Categotry Archives: Thursday Thirteen
13 Bad Pictures
The final count is in. I took 13,852 pictures on this trip. Most of them are trash. For instance: 1. Most of the time I simply lifted the camera and clicked. No looking through the view finder because there wasn’t time. Often the angles or bad.
13 Pictures of Indonesia
You probably noticed I’ve been traveling again. I went for a quick tour of Java, Bali, and Flores/Komodo. In other words, I went to Indonesia. Here are some pictures I took while there. 1.
Kid Quotes
1. The Girl: I’m allergic to sewing. I break out in stress. 2. The Girl (Walks up with cat): Organic purr machine. 3. The Girl: Literary works are such downers. Unless it’s Shakespeare. Then it’s satirical and horrifying. 4. The Girl: Mainstream culture is only mainstream because it’s convenient for a lot of people.
13 Bloggie Habits
I’ve been posting regularly to this blog since 2006. In that time I’ve picked up a few habits. I’ll leave it to you to determine if they are good or bad habits. 1. I always, always, always go to the blog of someone who leaves a decent link with their comment and find something to comment on. When I can, I do it in less than 24 hours.
Window Replacement Checklist part 2
I left out a few things from last week. Remember, this is for putting a window in place of a door. 1. Crowbar! They aren’t joking when they say you can break your screwdriver if you keep using it to pry up wood. And yes, just assume you are going to have to remove every flipping piece of trim. Better to do it from the start rather than arguing over it and ended up removing things as you go. 2. […]
Window Replacement Checklist
If I ever have to do this again, I want this list so I don’t have to go to the lumber yard so many times in a row. 1. Window. One that will fit in the hole you need to fill. 2. Studs. Measure them out! For filling a doorway you need two times the height of the doorway, plus two times the height from the top of the window to the where you’re going to end up ripping out […]
13 Reasons I am Tired
1. Lack of sleep. Seems that’s a regular on my tired list. 2. Spending all day with my shoes on. 3. Sitting only when driving. 4. Running out to buy new supplies all the time because I can’t seem to get it all in one go. The guy at the lumber yard is starting to flirt. BTW, drywall doesn’t come in 1/4 inch. It comes in 3/8 inch. 5. Not listening to enough music. 6. Scaffolding is heavy. 7. And […]
13 Fads My Kids Dragged Me Into
Over the years my kids have demanded that I pay attention to all kinds of fads and interests. Here are thirteen of them. 1. Spongebob. (cartoon) 2. Rugrats (cartoon) To be fair, I was watching both before the kids were born, but they kept it going. 3. Arthur (cartoon) 4. Pokemon (cartoon, and trading cards) 5. Princesses and pink everything. 6. Sailor Moon (Just cartoons. Short term) 7. Dragon Ball Z (Cartoon, card game, and video game) 8. Skateboarding 9. […]
13 Fandom Concepts/Acronyms.
The Girl hangs out on social media and fan sites. Here are some of the acronyms used there that popped into her head. 1. Cannon – Things that happens or is present in an original series/work of fiction. 2. Ship – Short for relationship, generally romantic. usually means the person saying wants to see a pair that is not in reality or cannon existent. 3. OTP – One True Pairing 4. SMH – Shake My Heat or sometimes mistaken for […]
13 Places I Have Walked.
A big part of this weight loss program I’m on is about getting exercise. We’re supposed to get a minimum of 150 minutes of aerobic exercise every week. That’s a lot of walking. 1. Around the block. Literally. In February this was the most I could handle. The pain was intense. By the end of the month I was still only going around six to ten blocks from my home, and it took between fifteen and twenty minutes. 2. To […]
13 Questions
Recognize this list? I swiped it from Mia Jo Celeste 1. If you had an endless supply of any food, what would you get? Water. Oh, wait. I already have that. Lucky me! 2. If you are an animal what would you be and why? Human. I like having brains. 3. When you were little who is your superhero and why? I didn’t have one. I was too busy living. 4. Are you a morning or a night person? Night, […]
13 Changes
As I mentioned a few months ago, I’m part of a special program designed to help people with a predisposition to heart disease and diabetes. The program is called Lifestyle Balance. The point is to make permanent changes in our lifestyles that will promote health and longevity. Here are some of the changes I’ve noticed so far. 1. I have lost twenty pounds since the beginning of February. Not bad for three and a half months of dieting. Given how […]
13 Places Where a Cough is Unwelcome
I have had a persistent cough most of my life. Most of the time I don’t really pay attention, but lately I’ve found that it has probably closed a lot of doors that I didn’t realize were being closed by my cough. Here are 13 places where people would not want to see someone coughing. 1. In the kitchen, particularly of a restaurant. 2. In an operating room. 3. In a nursery school. 4. In an old folk’s home. 5. […]
13 Resolutions
Now and then I like to stop and check my progress. 1. I am down more than 15 pounds since February. 2. I have set up an appointment for a full hip replacement in October. 3. I routinely go out walking or bicycling for half an hour a day. 4. Sometimes I eat salad. 🙂 5. I am on page 82 of revisions on Beautiful Spanish Hussy. 6. I still visit the blog of everyone who leaves a usable link […]
13 Pictures of Flowers
It’s Spring! I’ve been seeing pretty pictures of flowers all over, not just on Heather’s blog. For over a month I didn’t have any flowers to take pictures of. Then my first attempts were awful because I used my new cell phone on a cloudy day. Then I got stubborn and insisted on using my cell phone so I could learn how to do it and because I didn’t want to go wandering around the neighborhood with my excellent but […]
