Nancy Needs...

I laughed so hard at Lucy's post that I had to try this for myself. If you want to play, Google your name and the word needs in quotes to see what pops up!

Nancy needs some vino. (That goes without saying!!!)
Nancy needs to wake up. (Call me when the coffee's ready, but not before 9 a.m.)
Nancy needs a boob job. (uh...no thanks.)
Nancy's dreams of a courthouse turning into an ATM machine tells me she needs professional help. (what the.... my bank job must be making me bonkers.)
Nancy needs protection from Liberals. (Don't get me started...you really don't want me to get on my soapbox.)
All Nancy needs is a peanut butter sandwich, a box of crayons, and some paper to be happy. (Right on!)
Nancy needs your help, you can donate by check or credit card. (Cash or PayPal also accepted!)
All Nancy needs is to wolf down a three-thousand calorie dessert and bring the silver spoon back to Miles. (Did someone say cheesecake?)
Nancy needs more of those Howard Stern prank calls to get her some good exposure. (As if I'm on American Idol or something...)
Queen Nancy needs her own personal Boeing 757 kept on standby with 16 dedicated Air Force personnel to cater to her every whim. (It's good to be the Queen!)
Nancy needs saving by George Clooney and wants to listen to Schubert. (Now we're talkin'!!!)
Nancy needs to file a squadron commander’s report. (Wait, I thought that's what the Air Force personnel were for.)
Nancy needs to be in national office and we need to help put her in the US Congress. (Yep, but I don't know that the country is quite ready yet for me!!! I'd straighten out their PC butts in a New York minute :)

Winter Reverie

I've been given a nudge to update my blog...and to snap out of my winter reverie! I haven't been completely idle...been plugging away at my Pink & Brown crafty items for Claire :) I have to confess that the materials I chose also include blue and a little orange. The pink is not as prevalent as I had hoped when I started the project but there's no turning back now!

Lucy tagged me to go blog-surfing and find 5 blogs of interest by starting with the 5th blog on my list, going to the 5th blog on her list and so on.....I had to bend the rules a teensy bit and start with the 4th blog on my list. Here are all the fun places I visited!!!

Bitter Betty
Mommy Mosh Pit
Punk Rawk Purl
A Fistful of Stitches
Fresh Peth

I've also been out & about gathering up a variety of silk flowers for the commissioned piece I am making. Blues, mauves, creams, bamboo, orchids....I can't wait to get started on this one!

Really, I'm not a freak!

Oh Lord, I've been tagged by Shirlee at Big Blue Sky to reveal 6 weird things about myself....uh, um, er....okay!

1) At the dinner table, nothing can be pointing at me or crowding me or out of balance. I will rearrange things on the table until the perfect balance is found. This drives my family crazy. For some reason, I don't have this problem in restaurants, only at home.

2) For the last 10 years, I have made it a point not to step aside when walking down a store aisle if the person walking toward me is younger than me. I got tired of stepping out of the way for rude clueless teeny-boppers. Also, if I'm walking next to someone else in a store aisle and I decide to step out of the way for someone older, I cannot be on the left side and behind the person I'm shopping with. It's got to be the right side. I wound up on the left not to long ago and it weirded me out.

3) I sometimes catch myself counting things...number of steps taken from the car to the store, number of stairs climbed, number of cracks in the sidewalk, etc. This is probably an occupational side effect. I count money for a living, one bill at a time.

4) I rescue spiders every chance I get. There are only 2 exceptions to this rule: Black widows & brown recluses.

5) Speaking of bugs....I am fascinated by most bugs with the exception of ticks, fleas, gnats & mosquitos. Those little suckers deserve whatever I do to them. I used to pop into the local Waldenbooks to look up interesting new bugs in a bug reference book. It got to the point where it was embarrassing. The employees all knew why I was there. I broke down and bought the bug book.

6) I am terrified of tornadoes. I have never seen one and hope I never do. Bring on the hurricanes, nasty thunderstorms, hail, blizzards, whatever! Just please no tornadoes. I've had a number of nightmares about being in the path of a tornado. Shadows from a former life maybe????

I'm supposed to tag 6 people now...most everyone I visit in bloggyville has done this meme, so if you're reading this, TAG!!! How weird are you?? LOL

4 Things...

Having just visited Lucy's blog-Sweet Repeats- it looks like I can consider myself "tagged" for Four Things.....

4 Jobs I've Had...

• worked in a pizza restaurant at Sea World of Ohio, 3 summers in a row
• car salesperson
• French teacher
• a variety of positions at the bank where I've worked for the last 13 years!

4 Movies I'd Watch Again...

• The Man Who Would Be King
• Last of the Mohicans
• Lawrence of Arabia
• You've Got Mail (I've seen it a dozen times and can't help myself!)

4 Places I've Lived...

• Millington, NJ
• Hudson, OH
• Toulon, France
• Phoenix, AZ

4 Places I've Vacationed...

• Alaska!!!! (by far, my favorite!)
• Italy
• San Francisco
• The French Alps (skiing)

4 of my Favorite Dishes...

• my Mom's spaghetti :)
• roast pork loin with mashed potatoes and gravy
• green beans with spaetzle
• cioppino

4 Sites I Visit Daily...

• Google
• Sweet Repeats
• Newfoundland's Grand Banks (genealogy website)
• Fox News

4 TV Shows I Love...

• 24 (can't get enough of Jack Bauer!)
• House
• What Not to Wear
• Whose Line is It Anyway?

4 Places I'd Rather Be Right Now...

• asleep in my bed with the Divine Felines snuggled up with me
• driving to Raleigh to claim my Powerball millions (hahahahahaha!!!)
• on another Alaskan cruise (better wait until Spring for that though LOL)
• anywhere in the South of France

If you're reading this, feel free to join in!!!