Thanks, Craig
I inherited this meme from Craig at MT Politics.
What I was doing ten years ago:
1995 was a very good year for me. I married the Sugar Beet Baron in April of that year. I was adjusting to married life; farming; and rural living while still working “in town” (Red Lodge) until October’s beet harvest.
5 years ago:
Probably the same things I’m doing right now, except for internet usage.
1 year ago:
Same things that I’m doing now.
Yesterday:
Same things that I’m doing now. Boring, isn’t it?
5 snacks I enjoy:
Chips & salsa or nachos
Crunchy cheese doodles - serious addiction that I’m working on
Berries - blue, straw & rasp
Cannoli - it’s been a few years, sigh. . .
Wilcoxson’s ice cream bars
5 songs I know all the words to:
Multiply this by several hundred. How about songs that I’ve changed the words to?
5 Things I would do with $100 million:
Rule the world (not really - I like being a hermit too much for that).
Convince the Baron to take a couple of days off. He has never had a vacation in his life. And then the poor man married me.
Help out family & friends
Get my cemeteries documented
$pend $ome - probably at Goodwill and the Rescue Mission
5 locations I would like to run away to (but not for long):
Cape Cod
The parts of Montana that I haven’t seen yet
Alaska
The parts of Wyoming that I haven’t seen yet
Ireland
5 bad habits I have:
Spending too much time on the computer
An aversion to cleaning
eBay, going to yardsales and thrift shops
Spending all the grocery money - on groceries!
Monopolizing conversations - please, just tell me to shut up - I won’t be offended.
5 things I like doing:
Working in the garden
Driving/riding - cars, tractors, horses etc…
Blogging/blogvisiting/commenting
Cooking/eating/visting
Researching/Reading
5 things I would never wear - or wear again:
Miniskirt
Mink stole
Bikini - used to, but those days are long gone
A size 2 - not since my vegan days, sorry
A padded bra
5 TV shows I like - (please note serious lack of cable and/or satellite):
CSI - no, that’s not 3 - I like the original - Las Vegas.
Quincy - I know that it’s been off for years - but are you noticing a theme here?
Rockford Files - I know, I know, but I really like James Garner.
Twin Peaks
24
5 Biggest joys of the moment:
The Baron
Lucky
Ty
Rocky
Okay, Sugar - when she isn’t biting me or the others
5 Favorite toys:
Pentax Optio WP
The Dell
Kawasaki Mule
Green Tractors
The Oreck - HA!
5 (+/- ) Next victims :
I am sending out requests to my victims.
Stay tuned. . .
*****UPDATE 11:52 AM Saturday 09 July 2005*****
Victims Bonnie, Kirk and Linn have memed (is that a verb?) above. Still waiting for the rest!
***UPDATE 6:02 PM Saturday 09 July 2005***
Levi has his answers up at Droch Night Design.
July 8th, 2005 at 4:38 pm
Looks like Craig got you already. when you speak to Craig again, lert him know he will be the first person to do my new meme. THE MOST EVIL MEME IN THE WORLD!
July 8th, 2005 at 6:36 pm
Just curious, vacation. I’ve heard of that term before but I have no idea what it means. Can you define it for this poor cowboy?
July 8th, 2005 at 6:53 pm
Two words that people who persue agriculture as gainful employment have no idea what they mean are “vacation” and “profit”. (Actually the Brits, Canucks and Aussies have a better word for vacation. They always say they’re “on holiday.”)
For those who care, I have answered these evil querys. You all have been warned.
Kirk from Mesa, AZ (where it’s 112 degrees today)
July 8th, 2005 at 9:26 pm
Kirk, I just read an email from a friend up the creek towards Shell from Greybull where it was 111.4 today. Only about 101 here. Must be some smoke in the air as the sunset was beautiful. bonnie
July 8th, 2005 at 9:52 pm
Sam - I’m intrigued - EVIL you say?!
Sarpy - Damned if I know.
I had a few experiences today that I will write about soon. I am so glad that Bonnie & Kirk responded to the meme - Thank You!
I wished that I had my camera when I drove through Bridger this evening (back from Billings run) - the bank clock read 119 F. I’d imagine it was off a few degrees.
July 9th, 2005 at 11:08 am
Since y’all are having a hot spell (methinks the sun was shining directly on the Bridger bank sign though–119 sounds a bit high, even though I remember like yesterday when it hit 122 here some years back; the planes coundn’t take off because the charts telling pilots how much power to use to get airborne stopped at 120), I must ask Moos (who is originally from the Big Apple–the Baron must be one charming fellow), and anybody who has either moved to Montana or Wyoming from the Midwest, East or Deep South, or who currently resides in these places which is worse: 110 with little or no humidity, or the high 90’s in both. (The most miserable summer I can remember was when I visited my mother’s family in St. Louis in July of 1966–I was actually a child at the time–and it was over 100 every day we were there with humidity in the low 90’s).
Kirk & Sheba (safely ensconsed in our trailer home with the evap cooler running full blast–in running for the Wimp of the Century)
July 9th, 2005 at 2:15 pm
Kirk, the humidity is 38 which is a long way from 98 but I think over 100 degrees is HOT where ever you are. It is 87 in the house and the swamp cooler is still in storage. I am not saying anything as the whole crew is in fast forward working on combines because the barley is ripening fast in the heat. That is working on combines between changing irrigation water and feeding cattle.
The coldest I ever was was in Kanarado, Kansas where the humidity was 95, temp 12 above and the wind at about 25 mph. Prefer 20 below here and no wind! bonnie
July 10th, 2005 at 2:03 pm
Sarpy Sam, vacation is what you used to call “leave” when you were in the navy.
Vacation is similar leave except in the navy you had someone to pick up the slack when you were gone but now the work awaits you when you get back.
Fill out your leave chit, give it to the Darling Wife and see if you can get away from the homestead.