A Saturday Blogthingy: My Personality

This one is pretty much dead on. I like to think of myself as compassionate, but I am way too rational for that!! And yes, I do tend to speak my mind, which tends to get me into trouble.

Your Personality Is Rational

You are both logical and creative. You are full of ideas. You are so rational that you analyze everything. This drives people a little crazy! Intelligence is important to you. You always like to be around smart people. In fact, you're often a little short with people who don't impress you mentally. You seem distant to some - but it's usually because you're deep in thought. Those who understand you best are fellow Rationals. In love, you tend to approach things with logic. You seek a compatible mate - who is also very intelligent. At work, you tend to gravitate toward idea building careers - like programming, medicine, or academia. With others, you are very honest and direct. People often can't take your criticism well. As far as your looks go, you're coasting on what you were born with. You think fashion is silly. On weekends, you spend most of your time thinking, experimenting with new ideas, or learning new things.

The Three Question Personality Test

We are off to swimming lessons in an hour or so. I get to swim with Emma and Aidan is repeating the same course he did last time. He is like Jonathan and does not really like to swim so much. Emma is my fish! As long as he has some skills so that he can swim without drowning. That's all I ask for. No pressure to be the next Olympic Swimmer.

Friday Fill-ins!!

1. Apparently there's some sort of _____ rule that says Calgarians must have snow until June.

2. Is wishing for a warm and _____ sunny day.

3. 2009 _____ has been less stressful than 2008 so far.

4. God said let there be light and _____ that was it.

5.For too long I've been _____ saying I am writing and not doing it. I am going to change that this weekend.

6. I am not obsessed with _____Fringe; I am not!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to _____ hanging out with my husband after the kids go to bed (I love that time), tomorrow my plans include _____ swimming lessons and working in Promiseland at church and Sunday, I want to _____get up early and do some writing, and make a nice supper for my parents and watch The Amazing Race (go Margie and Luke!)!

Manic Monday

Describe to me your favorite lounging clothes.
My blue PJ pants which are flannel with snowflakes on them.
An oversized T-Shirt from my Prego days
A ratty old sweater that I have "borrowed" long-term from my mom.
A nice warm pair of socks (in the winter).
My blue, fuzzy, Cookie Monster-type slippers. (Not really Cookie Monster, but the color and fur of him!!)

If you promised to never lie again in your lifetime, in what area would it be hardest to uphold the promise?
I try not to lie, as a rule. Plus, I am not very good at it to begin with. I do not have a poker face, so people can pretty much tell that I am lying right away. I guess the place where it does happen sometimes is when people ask for your advice and you feel better about lying to them then telling them the truth. I like to protect people and not hurt them. (i.e. "Do I look fat in this?", for example...)

Give a one word answer to the question "why is life worth living".
I have two... GOD/CHRIST and LOVE, these sort of go hand in hand for me.

Vegas: The First Installment

I was putting together a photo album of our trip to Vegas. I do plan to put these into a scrap book at some point. Of course, we are not sure when that will happen. So for now I am just going to protect them in an album.

This got me to thinking about our trip there and the fact that I haven't really shared anything about it on here. I said I would, and I haven't. So, I guess I will share a bit tonight. We'll call this the first installment.

First and foremost, I think I should tell you about the two shows we went and saw because those were the highlights.

The Blue Man Group:
Totally awesome! I had no idea what to expect, but I was totally blown away. If you ever get the chance to go and see it, you should. It was amazing. They were funny, they were really good musicians and their band ROCKED!! And there are a few surprises to boot.

On a side note: While we were sitting there before the show started, there was this guy with a whole bunch of flowers, two rows in front of us. He started talking to the people behind him about meeting his girlfriend at the show. Then he asked to borrow their cell phone. (He was really weird, okay? Not a good vibe about him at all!!) The people said no and told him there was probably one out in the lobby that he could use.

Well the next thing we know, he is sitting in the empty seat beside me. He starts talking to the lady on his other side. (I was purposely trying to avoid eye contact and was pretending to talk to Jonathan!) Anyway, after a few minutes about talking about his girlfriend coming to meet him, he left. I did reach down, at one point, and grab my purse from under the seat. Just in case!! He was totally working the crowd. I have no idea what his game was, but he did not have tickets around us. The seat he was sitting in was filled with a lady. Overall it was a creepy experience, but the show totally made me forget about it!!

The Phantom:

So we got our tickets online when they were having a sale. We ended up getting 2nd row seats for quite cheap. Let me tell you, those were wonderful seats. I mean, we could see the expressions on the actors' faces. It was so good. And they start by putting the chandelier together and then it comes crashing down (well, almost) on some of the audience at the end. I can't explain it, but it was amazing. I think it is something that you need to experience. The guy that played the Phantom was amazing!! It was a wonderful time (and no creepy flower boys, either!!)

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I am glad that we spent the money on those above two shows. They were well worth it. Even if there was a creep on the lose! Don't worry, though. There were a lot of those around. We were in Vegas, after all....