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Nearest Book, Fifth Full Sentence Meme

May 13, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Memes, Minnesota Me 2 Comments

Subtitled: Stop blogging and go to bed, already.Here's what you do.Grab the nearest book and...1. Open it to page 161.2. Find the fifth full sentence.3. Post the text of the sentence along with these instructions.4. Don't search around looking for the coolest book you can find. Do what's actually next to you.I love it when the results of a meme … [Read more...]

Old and Gray

May 11, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Memes, Minnesota Me 8 Comments

Is what Lorri of The Mac and Cheese Chronicles (I love that title!) is growing, waiting for me to respond to her tag, “Whatcha Reading?”It’s only been how long since she tagged me? Let me check.Oh, well, two weeks in Minnesota Mom time is nothing. I’m not so bad. On the contrary, I’ve been much worse.Without further adieu, then, (although I’m good … [Read more...]

Warts and All

March 22, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Memes, Minnesota Me Leave a Comment

It's uncanny that a meme should see through me! (Perhaps my husband wrote it.)ht: Marvelous 'MegYour Five Factor Personality ProfileExtroversion:You have high extroversion.You are outgoing and engaging, with both strangers and friends.You truly enjoy being with people and bring energy into any situation.Enthusiastic and fun, you're the first to say … [Read more...]

To Match My Blog

March 21, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Memes, Minnesota Me Leave a Comment

ht: Mom of boysYour Brain is PurpleOf all the brain types, yours is the most idealistic.You tend to think wild, amazing thoughts. Your dreams and fantasies are intense.Your thoughts are creative, inventive, and without boundaries.You tend to spend a lot of time thinking of fictional people and places - or a very different life for yourself.What … [Read more...]

My Visual DNA

March 9, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Anecdotal, Memes, Minnesota Me Leave a Comment

Read my VisualDNA™ Get your own VisualDNA™ht: dear Michele and darling 'Meg … [Read more...]

This Meme’s for Heather

February 20, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Memes, Minnesota Me 11 Comments

...who I am certain has fallen asleep waiting for it!Coffee, tea or other beverage? You don’t really need the answer to this one, do you? I’ll give it to you anyway: strong coffee with cream.Are you a morning bird or a night owl? I get up at 5:00 a.m. without an alarm clock. Does that qualify me as an early bird? Consequently, my friends know not … [Read more...]

You Know You’re a Geeky Homeschooler

February 19, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Anecdotal, Memes, Minnesota Me 3 Comments

...when not only do you make the kids do their schoolwork on a national holiday, you also make them take impromptu presidential quizzes and rewrite all papers that say "Linkun".Which is not to say that Momma don't got time to blog!You Are Apple RedYou're never one to take life too seriously, and because of it, you're a ton of fun.And although you … [Read more...]

The iPod Meme

February 13, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Memes, Minnesota Me 7 Comments

This is a fun one.According to rules of the game, (ht: SFO Mom), “Go to your music player of choice and put it on shuffle. Say the following questions aloud, and press play. Use the song title as the answer to the question. NO CHEATING.”I’ll confess that I’m a little bit red-faced about some of these musical revelations, especially after this … [Read more...]

The A-B-C’s of Homemaking

February 5, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Hearth & Home, Memes, Minnesota Me 6 Comments

I was honored to be tagged for the homemaking meme by the author of one of my favorite blogs, The Gift that's Kristen. (Okay, so that's my name for it.)When it comes to homemaking, I am a total work-in-progress. I love having my home all neat and tidy, but with five little people running around it doesn’t often happen. Sometimes I start to overly … [Read more...]

Ten Things I Love that Begin with the Letter “A”

January 6, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Memes, Minnesota Me 7 Comments

This meme started out at Semicolon and continues on at By Sun and Candlelight, where at last count the “Count me in!” comment box had 35 entries!Here is my contribution.1. Andrew and all the Apostles I would have been named after Peter, had I been born a boy. I also love the book of Acts and the many inspiring accounts of apostolic heroism … [Read more...]

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