An Austen Quiz

The picture's a little corny (I guess it's the only shot in the movie where he actually looks happy...) but the idea is a lot of fun.

I liked that Mr. F is #2. Perhaps mostly b/c I appreciate my Mr. Steady, and also since S&S is the only Austen I know that well.

Wouldn't it be awful to have another book on my reading list just because I wanted to know what the man was like?
;o)

You scored as Col. Brandon, Your husband/boyfriend is most like Col. Brandon of Sense & Sensibility! He is very attuned to your tastes and enjoys sharing them with you. While he resists being flashy, he is very generous, though he will never be overbearing, even if he is correct. The two of you engage in many pursuits together and enjoy a romantic, steady relationship. Col. Brandon 70% Edward Ferrars 60% Darcy 55% Knightley 45% Edmund Bertram 45% Tilney 25% Captain Wentworth 25% Who is Your Jane Austen Boyfriend/Husband? created with QuizFarm.com

Scattegories Meme

From Simply a Musing blog.

The game is SCATTERGORIES...it's harder than it looks! Here are the rules: Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following. They MUST be real places, names, things...NOTHING made up! If you can't think of anything, skip it. Try to use different answers if the person before you had the same 1st initial. You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl name question.

Your Name: Amy (Jane)
1. Famous Singer/Band: Avalon
2. 4 letter word: Arts
3. Street: Aurora Avenue (double!)
4. Color: Auburn
5. Gifts/Presents: Antiques
6. Vehicle: Automatic
7. Things in a Souvenir Shop: Animal figurines
8. Boy Name: Andrew
9. Girl Name: Amber
10. Movie Title: Aristocats
11. Drink: Apple juice
12. Occupation: Auto Mechanic
13. Celebrity: Jessica Alba
14. Magazine: Acoustic Guitar
15. U.S. City: Austin
16. Pro Sports Teams: A's
18. Reason for Being Late for Work: Ambulance
19. Something You Throw Away: Awful Books
20. Things You Shout: Ack!!!
21. Cartoon Character: Anita (101 Dalmatians)

Really, that bit about it being hard is part of the template. I think I have a pretty easy letter.

iPod Meme

From Everyday Mommy. I've already got the feeling I'll have at least as many book chapter titles as song titles.

Instructions:

1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesn’t make sense. NO CHEATING!

How do you feel today?
The Passing of the Grey Company--The Return of the King (JRR Tolkien)

What’s your outlook on life?
Riddles in the Dark-- The Hobbit (Tolkien)

What does your family think of you?
Soulin' -- Astra Kelly

What do your friends think of you?
He is a Song-- Twila Paris

What do your exes think of you?
Sunrise-- John Michael Talbot

How’s your love life?
Savior of my Heart-- Sheila Walsh

How will your love life be in the future?
The Prophet-- Michael Card

Will you get married?
Where Does My Help Come From-- Shalom Jerusalem

Are you good at school?
The Queen of Narnia-- The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)

Will you be successful?
Stranded-- Plumb

What song should they play on your birthday?
In the House of Tom Bombadil-- Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien) There is a *neat* instrumental with a similar title by Nickel Creek (is it?); a rollicking, lively tune that would be excellent for my birthday if someone wanted to send it my way...

What song should they play at your graduation?
The Black Gate is Closed-- The Two Towers (Tolkien)

The Soundtrack of your life?
Happy all the Time-- Baby's Best Bible Songs

You and your best friends are?
Two Tragedies (Ouch!) -- The Last Battle (Lewis)

Happy times:
Be Our Guest-- Beauty and the Beast soundtrack (the stage musical)

Sad times:
Journey to the Crossroads-- The Two Towers (Tolkien)

Every day:
Talking Beasts-- Prince Caspian (Lewis)

For tomorrow:
The Storm and What Came of It-- The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Lewis)

For you:
Murlough Bay-- Iona

What does next year have in store for me?
Let the River Flow-- Darrell Evens

What do I say when life gets too hard?
Tradition-- Fiddler on the Roof

What song will I dance to at my wedding?
The Lord Reigns (Actually it was "We Rejoice in the Grace of God," but this works too.)

What do you want as your career?
The Window on the West-- The Two Towers (Tolkien)

Your favorite saying?
Be Bold and be Strong-- Hosanna/Integrity

How will I die?
The Gentle Healer-- Michael Card

This was a *kick*! Some of these are sooo thought provoking... others are just provoking ;o)

Tutu Contest

5 minutes for mom is having another contest, this one for a tutu.

It looks like such fun :o)

Milk-Freezing Wisdom

For those of you who, like me, tend to drink a lot of milk but only like powdered milk for cooking, here is my accumulated wisdom from freezing, thawing and using around 65 gallons since my beginning and biggest find at 50-cents/gallon last Memorial Day weekend.

(And, no, that doesn't include the number of gallons we drank w/o freezing... We go through a lot of milk.)


Commencing:

Be sure the plastic jugs you pick have one or two of those indentations. They'll expand out as things freeze and you don't have to break the seal before you are ready to use it.

It's the ones we had to open (because, in our inexperience, we didn't check for circles) that went bad the quickest.

The floaty spots are fat, best as I've been able to tell. I've never been able to find any consistency in thawed milk's fat separating or not, so I always shake the jug before I pour.

If you use hot water to speed thawing it can give the spots an off-taste, though they might not be fully "bad" yet. I won't drink anything that tastes weird. That said, I have no problem with drinking expired milk.

I find those dates to be highly conservitive and am thrilled when I can find next-day milk for a dollar.

I buy as much as can fit in my cart (sometimes it's too heavy to push) and freeze it all.

When you drink as much milk as we do you can save $20-60 a run. And you don't have to worry about running out of milk.

Milk is pretty consistently good for a week after sell-by (one local market has added a "use-by" under the sell-by date.) and freezing seems to halt the aging, so once thawed we have week (No. problem.) to get through a gallon.

I usually set a new gallon in the sink when I have half a gallon left in the fridge, and that works pretty well.

Milk can be thawed more quickly in water, but that (especially hot water) doesn't work as well IMHO. My own theory is that the hot water speeds up all the aging in the shell of melted milk, making it go bad sooner.

(Oh, and when 1% and whole are both on-sale, I do all this x2. It's worth it to have exactly what you want when you want it! I do the 1% and the rest of the family--DH and two preschoolers-- do the whole.)

Hoorah milk-drinkers!

More ideas at Rocks in my Dryer.

contest entry

I'm not sure how much longer this contest is going (I didn't see a date for the drawing), but over at 5-minutes for Mom, you can sign-up for a "year's supply" of Nexcare bandages.

My kids love their great "tattoo" designs, and it would be fun not to buy for a while.

"My" Color

Your Inner Color is Blue

Your Personality: Your natural warmth and intuition nurtures those around you. You are accepting and always follow your heart. You in Love: Relationships are your top priority, and this includes love. You are most happy when you are serious with someone. Your Career: You need to help others in your job to feel satisfied. You would be a great nurse, psychologist, or counselor.

What's Your Inner Color?