Prime Rib Dinner Take One!

It's the second annual Prime Rib Dinner for my library! You can check out the first Prime Rib Dinner here! Well, last night all of the board members, Dad, and Bro #1 set up for the Prime Rib Dinner. Of course non of us really remembered how we set up last year, so I deiceded to take pictures this year, that way next year, we can look at the pictures and know how to set it up. Well, last night was long, but fun. I actually can't wait until tonight. I have no clue what I'm doing, but I'm going to be doing something! Well, here's what it looks like and I'll give you a post about tonight tomorrow morning!

Inspired

I figure that I should let my voice be heard since DD posts way more often than I do and technically this blog is supposed to be both she and I.  You all seem to love all her posts and comments, but I have to tell you that you are missing out on the many other positives of DD. 

She has actually grown up to be quite a young woman and finds ways to inspire me everyday.  In fact, right now she is waiting for me to get my act together so that we can go for a walk.

Having a daughter is an amazing thing - I would say I recommend it highly, but unlike a dog it is not like you can just go out and buy one. . .So what I will say, is that if you have one, enjoy her.  Listen to her dreams. Talk to her about her interests.  Share in her talents.  Having a daughter somehow allows you to stay a little younger than you really are.  Somehow, you parent yourself and can be a bit of a child yourself.

So if you haven't yet today, perhaps it is time to sit down and have a cup of tea together.  As for me, I'm going to go get my walking shoes on and be prepared to listen for the next couple of miles.

By, Mom

Playing Games and a Puzzling Flashback Friday

Go and do your own Flashback Friday! Go to Linda's Blog, yeah that's right click the blue linky things within this scentence! Go! This weeks Flashback Friday prompt:

Did you play many games when you were growing up? What were they? (Include outside games as well as board & card games.) Who did you generally play with? Did your entire family play games or just the kids? Were there any traditional games your family always played? What were your favorites? Are they still around today? What about puzzles? Was that a popular pastime at your house? Were puzzles saved for holidays or did you do them any time? Were they set out for anyone to work or just one person?

Games, well the memory that really sticks out, was a day when Mom and I came home from something around 5:00, we came home in the middle of a pretty bad thunder storm, and when we got home we had electricty for maybe 10 seconds and then it went out. We waited for it to go back on as we grabbed the candles, propane camping grill thing, flashlights, and matches. Once everything was assembles, we light the candels around the dinning room table, we had about 5ish candles going on the table, which produced enough light and a couple candles in the kitchen. When the power didn't come back on in a hour, and I was getting tired from reading my book, I asked Mom if we could play a game, she said yes. So we got, I think it Monoply but it could have been Life, a game out and the four of us, Dad, Mom, me, and Bro #1 gathered around the table organizing the candles so we can all see our pieces and our money, but at the same time see the board. The power came back on, about five minutes after we've finished the game.

Playing board games with the family is mainly a Mom, Bro #1, and I thing. Dad doesn't like board games that much, I don't know why, but he hates them. He'll play dominos and card games (only Rummy 500 most of the time). We attempted to have game nights as a family, but they didn't really work that well because of all of our schedules and Dad couldn't gaurentee that he would be home for dinner every Friday night, or whatever night that we wanted to have the family game night.

Mom loves to do puzzles, I think they're a waste of time when you get past that 2 hour mark on a 1000 pice puzzle, like honestly you have just used 2 hours of your life getting absolutely nowhere in this puzzle, while you could have been doing work or something. I guess I don't have any of the patients for a puzzle, but at least I admit to it! I'll try to work on a puzzle once in a while, but doin't expect me grabbing a  puzzle when I'm bored, because in five minutes it might be 1000 puzzle piece pick up!

Cae

Spelling Through Songs

Let's spell through singing or count!


1. Glamorous by Fergi
2. Dinosaur by Ke$ha
3. Beautiful from Even Almighty
4. Respect by Aretha Franklin
5. Trouble from The Music Man
6. Hollaback Girl (Bananas) by Gwen Stefani
7. Ridin' Solo (Solo) by Jason Derulo
8. Damaged (Damaged and Heart) by Danity Kane
9. L.O.V.E. by Nat King Cole
10. D.I.V.O.R.C.E. by Dolly Parton
11. The Effect (Flobots, is this a word?)by Flobots
12. 2012 by Jay Sean
13. Gloria by Van Morrison
14. F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E by Pulp
15. U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D From Starlight Express
16. L.O.V.E. Machine by WASP
17. Henery the Eight I am! by Hermans Hermit
18. BAD by WASP
19. Pump It by The Black Eyed Peas
20. 3 Words by Cheryl Cole & will.i.am
21. Campfire Song from Spongebob Squarepants
22. Schadenfreude by Avenue Q
23. F.U.N from Spongebob Squarepants

I had to ask for some help from my friends, since I couldn't think of many songs, but with all of my friends on Facebook we made it work. So I'm going to give a shout out to S.C., N.A., I.L.aka The Rev, Rabbit, Pan, Sophie, Sky, Alphabet, Aetheon, Jess, Bro #1 and CH thanks so much guys! Without you I would have a very lame list!


Now for all of you lovely people reading this slightly weird and crazy blog, isn't that list  ?


Cae :)

Random Dozen!

This week's Random Dozen theme is: Questions from Us! You! Whoever does the Random Dozen! It was Lid's birthday, Happy Belated Birthday Lid! So she asked us to think of questions for her!! Hope you enjoy :) You can link you to the Random Dozen at 2nd Cup of Coffee, enjoy :)

1. From "Men Are Dumb ....": If you had a theme song that played whenever you walked into a room full of people, what would it be? You know, I was just thinking about this while I was at camp, becuase my origional one was The Climb by Miley Cyrus, because I was moving and all and I hated the new town. But I have now grown out of that phase, and I'm kind of in the look for a new one, I guess if I have to put something down, then it might as well be Wonder Pets Theme Song =]

2. From Pam of "Alert And Oriented x 4": Which of your shoes are your absolute favorite, and which are of the object of your most painful shoe-buyer's remorse? My favorite pair of shoes are these black heels that I bought for a wedding, that's happening next Sunday, but they are so comfortable and they are oh, they were worth the money!!

My most painful shoe-buyer's remorse, well first off Mom bought this pair for me, but I was with her. These black heels were for a homecomming I never went to, and let me just say I have no clue how I would have danced in these if I did go to the homecomming. These shoes are the most painful shoes I have ever worn!





3. From Susanne of "Living to Tell the Story": Tell about your favorite birthday celebration that you've personally experienced. It was my surprise birthday, It was on February 1st, 2003. That date ring a bell? Space Shuttle Columbia crashed that day. I was coming home form a basketball game and my father was lectring me on anticipation and NPR was playing that the space shuttle had crashed, that actually stopped dad from the lecture, we walked into my house. I was compleately sweaty and disgusting, and there was a sign for "Cae's Spa, happy birthday" on the railing. My mom threw an at home spa surprise birthday part for me after I've been hinting on both for a while! It was one of my favorite parties!


4. From Lori of "Just me and My Life": If you were a flavor of ice cream, which would you be? I would be a Ben and Jerry's flavor, no doubt! Chocolate Macadamia would be my flavor, I'm rich (As in really good) like the chocolate and I'm a little nuts ;)



5. Cindy Swanson of "Notes in the Key of Life" asks: Have you ever had a crush on a movie star? Who was it, and are you still crushing? You know, I never really have- - -I guess in some films there are some really cute actors, but the main one for me would probably be Jack (Leonard DiCaprio) from the Titanic.



6. Jill from "Jill Boyd's Place" inquires: Glasses or braces--if you had to wear one, which would it be? Does it count if I already wore braces? I would do glasses, that way they don't cause pain on my mouth 24/7, they don't effect what I eat, and I can always change the style, right?



7. Nel from "Fasteneau Facts" asks: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? Paris, France; Vienna, Austria; or somewhere in England



8. Thena from "Patiently Waiting" wants to know: If money were no obstacle, what would be the perfect birthday gift to receive? Do I even need to answer this one? It would be a 1968 Stingray Corvette, red of course.

9. From "Life Through Bifocals," LynnMarie asks: What is your favorite birthday meal? Beef Stroganof, my grandmother's recpie!!!



10. Debby at "Just Breathe" checks in with: Do you still send hand-written thank you notes? Yes I do, a hand written note shows how much the gift must have ment to you, or else why would you be writing this letter?



11. Linda from "Mocha with Linda" poses this question: What is something you've done that you never thought you'd do? Ohh I don't know, I'm sure that Mom could give you a list a mile long, but I can't really thing of anything. Acutally, I lied- - - I never thought of being a waitress or even serving at an event, but I accomplished that last year at my libraries Prime Rib Dinner.




I'm on the left and V, S's daughter, is on the right.




12. Jewel, my homegirl from Indiana who writes at "Musings from the World of Jewel," is very insistent that we answer this: Mount Rushmore honors four US Presidents: Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt. If you could add any person to Mount Rushmore, who would you add and why? You know, I wouldn't add another president. Mainly because I haven't made my desicion on which predsident has done a good job and who's my favorite president, but at the same time I think that Mount Rushmore has the right presidents up there, and we shouldn't change that. Of course if I ever become president, I should be added there, don't you think?

Laptop

We finally have a new laptop, my grandfather. Although I love him dearly, stupidly ignored both mine and Mom's pleading not to buy a laptop and well he bought a laptop for the family. It is a nice Toshiba Laptop, and so far I can't complain, especially since I can continue blogging, writing, and working on my buisness, but I still wish that my grandfather listened to us, but oh well. Now that I have a laptop and as long as I am behaving, not that Cae doesn't, but I've had my times. You should expect more activity, you should also expect me to see Random Dozen and Flashback Fridays!

Cae :)

Put Your Heart Into It!

I was talking to my boss S, the other day at the library's annual Fall Book & Bake Sale. We were in the library doing library stuff, she was mainly adding magazines and book on cds into the collection and I was just keeping her company, and we got onto the subject of the library. The one thing I never realized was how much, or little, S got when she became the director. She got a little collection and a huge task to make this library as big as it is today. If you walked into my library today, you wouldn't know that the YA section was non-exsistant at one point, that we lost our whole collection when the library burned to the ground several years ago, that the children's section was S's little project, that this little library is fighting for it's life. I believe that if you love something with all your heart and you want it to succeed then you have to show it, you need to be there for this cause or building, you need to be there to support it, and you need to put your heart into it. When I walk into my library, I see how much of S's heart that she put into the library, and let me tell you. It's a lot! Noticing how much of S's heart went into this library and is still going into this library, shows me how I want to be when I'm a library direction.

Now, I've always thought of the what if's in my life, what if I didn't go to the library that day, what if I was never a good reader, but just recently have I asked myself a new what if.

What if S wasn't the director of my library?

Cae ♥