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56 cures for blogstipation

June 12th, 2009 · 12 Comments · B.GA. (before Georgia), Blogging about blogging about blogging, Death to plants!, Dogalicious, Stinkbert and Scruffalupagus, Excrement, Humor: You're laughing WITH me, right?, Marriage: So sappy together..., Memes, Parenting, Roaming the blogosphere, Travel: Taking the crazy around the world

And yet ANOTHER way for me to bring the conversation around to bodily functions. I swear, I didn’t even try this time.

So anyway, my fellow former Cali girl Wendy at Weight What? participated in a gr8 meme full of 8s. And since I’m totally l8 in getting a blog post out and, as f8 would have it, haven’t had any other ideas of l8, I’m totally considering myself tagged. Fo sh8. (I… don’t even know what that means.)

8 Times 8 Equals…

8 Things I’m Looking Forward To:

  1. Monday, when I have a sitter scheduled for the whole day so I can write.
  2. Our trip to the beach at the end of the month.
  3. August 6. (The first day of school.)
  4. Buying a couch, cuz our 13yo sofa set has seen better days (and a whole lot of kid acrobatics).
  5. A trip to NYC in November, for “business.”
  6. June 19, when I get my iPhone 3G (S). I chose it over the Palm Pre because… I don’t know… It’s cuter?
  7. Harvesting 50 bajillion tomatoes in a couple weeks (unless we kill them before then).
  8. Wednesday, when I have a sitter scheduled for the whole day so I can write.

8 Things I Did Yesterday:

  1. Ate See’s Candy. (Orange Krispys, if you were curious)
  2. Washed towels.
  3. Broke up a fight.
  4. Washed aikido gis for the Charlies.
  5. Broke up another fight.
  6. Tried to write.
  7. Protected dogs from the Evil Thunder.
  8. Rescued trash cans from hill behind house after during the blustery storm.

8 Things I Wish I Could Do:

  1. Dance hip-hop on So You Think You Can Dance.
  2. Paint more like Picasso than a preschooler.
  3. A Triple Salchow.
  4. Cook.
  5. Multitask.
  6. Write fiction.
  7. Gain self-discipline. Without any work.
  8. Travel the world.

8 Shows I Watch:

  1. So You Think You Can Dance.
  2. House Hunters International.
  3. Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations.
  4. Dhani Tackles the Globe.
  5. iCarly.
  6. What Not to Wear.
  7. Dirty Jobs.
  8. Chopped.

8 Favorite Fruits:

  1. Navel Oranges (California only, please).
  2. Apples (red, sweet and crunchy)
  3. Bananas.
  4. Peaches. But I like canned better than fresh. Is that weird?
  5. Pineapples.
  6. Strawberries. But only every once in awhile. With sugar. In pie.
  7. Blackberries.
  8. Blueberries.

8 Places I’d Like To Travel:

  1. Spain.
  2. Portugal.
  3. Costa Rica.
  4. Italy.
  5. Scotland.
  6. France.
  7. Alaska.
  8. Hawaii.

8 Places I’ve Lived:

  1. Riverside, Smog Capital of California.
  2. Visalia, Linty Belly Button of California.
  3. San Diego, Heaven on Earth.
  4. La Mesa, forever known as The Place I Met Charlie.
  5. El Cajon, Just east of Heaven, but hellishly hot.
  6. Suburban Atlanta, GA.
  7. Exurban Atlanta, GA.
  8. Where next?

8 People I’m Tagging:

Aw, I’m feelin too lazy. Go do it yourselves, mmkay?

And thanks for playing…

“Steph’s last-ditch effort to write a blog post
before the kids find her!”

We’ll see you next time,
when we answer the question,

“How DOES Callie the Dog manage
to poo in her bed every morning?”

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12 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Callie // Jun 13, 2009 at 9:12 am

    I’m just jealous because Bob has his own twitter account. You love Bob more than me! That would make any dog nervous…..

  • 2 Nick the Geek // Jun 13, 2009 at 9:26 am

    The pre is way awesomer, but you aren’t geeky enough to know that so I forgive you. Also you are getting it on our 10 year anniversary. Yep on June 19th I will be married for 10 years. Did I mention we’ll be staying in Homeland, CA during part of our vacation?

    I’ll consider myself tagged if I come down with blogstipation, as opposed to blogingmustcomeaftereverythingelseIhavetodoinlifeation.

    Nick the Geek’s last blog post..Super Youth Pastor and the Church Split Engine

  • 3 Nina in Portugal // Jun 13, 2009 at 10:28 am

    I’m offended that Portugal is number 2, to Spain…of all countries.

    And stop bragging about your upcoming iphone….here they are about $800 with a new contract with the cell phone company. Not that we’ve looked or anything….
    ;)

  • 4 joyce // Jun 13, 2009 at 10:56 am

    NYC in November? I’ll be happily ensconsed in the very nearby suburbia by then. Will it be a quick trip or longer?

  • 5 Carol @SheLives // Jun 13, 2009 at 1:19 pm

    Wait. Eight times eight (8 X 8) . . . Doesn’t that equal sixty four? Do I have my times tables all goofed up again?

    Dawg, but that hurt my head!

  • 6 Steph at the Red Clay Diaries // Jun 13, 2009 at 1:57 pm

    Nick,
    I’ll let you in on a secret: I’m actually geeky enough to have read a lot of reviews and comparisons between the two. Video and voice capability pushed me toward iPhone. That, and getting the Pre would get me too much geek attention, and then they’d ask me to show them what it could do and I wouldn’t be able to.

    Nina,
    I’d totally go to Portugal before Spain. If somebody invited me… (But I speak Spanish a lot better than I speak Portuguese.)

    Joyce,
    3-4 days, but I think they have us running 24/7. But I’ll know better as the date approaches. I’d love to meet IRL.

    Carol,
    Oo, you figured out the secret! Actually, it’s 56 on purpose. Not because I’m bad at math. (Which I am.) I didn’t tag anyone w my last section. So technically, I only listed 56 things.

    Callie,
    Bad dog. Go lie down.

  • 7 faemom // Jun 13, 2009 at 3:45 pm

    The peaches thing IS weird. Just to let you know. And strawberry pie is awesome, but what about strawberry shortcake? Mmmm.

  • 8 Wendy // Jun 13, 2009 at 5:28 pm

    I just can’t believe WA isn’t on your list of places to go. Where’s the love?

  • 9 Steph at the Red Clay Diaries // Jun 13, 2009 at 7:14 pm

    Fae,
    Thanks for the validation. And I’m all about strawberry shortcake too! Strawberries + Sugar = deliciousness.

    Wendy,
    I’ll tell you what I told Nina…. I’d love to visit WA if I were ever invited there….

  • 10 Charlie // Jun 13, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    For the record, the fights she’s breaking up are not between the two Charlies. We do our fighting in Aikido class. And nage always wins.

  • 11 katdish // Jun 14, 2009 at 1:25 pm

    A Triple Salchow?

    That just made me laugh out loud! You really need to learn how to ignore you children more effectively. I should start a workshop on that. Of course, I only need 4 or 5 hours of sleep a night, so that’s helpful with the writing. Not writing much of any substance helps, too.

    katdish’s last blog post..Revelation

  • 12 Michelle // Jun 17, 2009 at 8:18 pm

    # Riverside, Smog Capital of California.
    # Visalia, Linty Belly Button of California.
    # San Diego, Heaven on Earth.
    # La Mesa, forever known as The Place I Met Charlie.
    # El Cajon, Just east of Heaven, but hellishly hot.

    And to think, I’ve lived in or near all of those communities, and agree with all of the comments, except about meeting Charlie – I’ve never met him – but La Mesa is where some dear friends used to live (remember Godwins? Her parents)…anyway…I’m rambling…

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