Mug Meme

I used to be crabby about memes. I don't really like them. They seemed a waste of time. Like blogging isn't, right? So, I have decided to stop being so crabby. I can choose which memes I participate in, and which ones I don't. I just need to lighten up. Which is why I am hoping to unload so much stuff when I finally get to do the garage sale.

I am supposed to show you pictures of my Mugs. Jan told me to just dust them off, not clean them all. Well, as you can see, there are a lot of them, and they are all pretty dusty. These hang on a hat rack, on the right side of my dining room window to the back yard. The top three are Garfield collectibles from McDonalds many decades ago. The middle four and the middle of the bottom three are what Jack and Ron called Butt Mugs. They are pictures of the KYIS 98 Morning DJs' butts, and many of them have autographs. They sell for a lot of money in this area, if you have one that someone missed. I know, silly. Don't ask. They are nice guys. Bottom row left is Celestial Seasonings in the pattern of the Mandarin Orange Spice. I got this years ago, not at their factory this year. Bottom row right is Rt.66.


This next picture is the left side of the dining room, where I hang more mugs on a larger hat rack. This batch have been dusted in the past two months, so there is not nearly so much dust. Top to bottom, and left to righ; Row 1t: DH's Big Blue Band from High School; Mary Englebreight "Life is a chair of bowlies"; handmade colorful mug with little imprints of cat sillouettes; Sleeping Beauty. Row 2: Niagara Falls; Maxine "Just because you're in love, don't go getting disgusting in public."; Maxine "Don't worry if I bite your head off. I'll spit it out."; Hallmark comic "Please, please, PLEASE let my car start this morning!"; DH's fave college team, OU. Row 3: My High School, Farmington NM Scorpions, the front is our school logo, the back is a list of the 300+ graduates names. VERY TINY print; Oklahoma Christian University logo; Precious Moments mug that has my name across a heart; handmade mug that my Aunt S bought for me for Christmas about 10 years ago, it has buttons designed on it, and a scripture printed out, Psalm 33:3.


The next two pictures are three mugs I got on my trip to Colorado in April. The first is the best chocolate in my little world. Not a bad mug either. The handle is really chunky, and has a little imprint for your thumb. Nifty!


The next two are mugs we bought at the Celestial Seasonings store. We were planning to come home and join a Scrabble Tournament at our favorite coffee shop. I brought the mugs, and let everyone use them. We didn't drink out of them, and we all cheated with them, so at least it was equal cheating. They have many words all around the sides (some repeated, but hey, it's a start) that start with the letter on the tile picture.


This next one, I tried to get a picture of the tiny print on the bottom, but the picture just came out white. It says the cup was made in Occupied Japan. This is big, because there are not a lot of pieces that were left intact. Occupied Japan had a problem with being Occupied, so when they kicked out the invaders, they destroyed a lot of beautiful pieces. I have a larger dish also made in Occupied Japan, but not in this pattern.


There you have it. Muggy Chelf's Collection of Collections.

I won a contest over at Flea's blog. I named a Chicken. I got the chicken in the mail today, and opened it. But I was running late, and I left the tan puffy envelope, with the chicken inside, on our couch. When we came back from our mid-week Bible classes (and the dinner the church serves on Wednesday nights) we found this: An empty envelope.


Then DH hollers to me from our Bedroom. "Did you have the chicken back here?" I said no, I left it in the living room. Marvel, I am pretty sure, stole my chicken, and took it back to the bedroom, and left it like he leaves his Gift of Mouse toys. This is at the foot of the bed, on my side, near a pile of throw blankets I keep meaning to wash.


Poor "Fowler" (I won by Flea's helper-son picking my name suggestion for the chicken) was put in Kitty Toy P.O.W. Camp. He was chewed before he even got to fly. So sad. I still haven't removed the tag, and I can see that the cat chewed the tag a bit. I am surprised, really, that the head isn't gone, and the thick rubber isn't chewed to tiny bits. I have put Fowler in a safer place for the night. I think he needs to come to the family reunion in Kansas this weekend. I just need to make sure that the mean boy cousins don't attach him to a rocket.

I Let The Peer Pressure Get To Me

Alright. I had to. I took the "What Cake are YOU?" quiz. And I got a disappointing answer.

I can't have ice cream often, no matter how much I love it. This thing calls me High Maintenance, and Easy to overdose on. How... odd.

Here you go, Jan. I may try again, just to see what other cakes are available. I prefer Cheesecake, in a variety box from a Factory.

You Are an Ice Cream Cake

Surprising, unique, and high maintenance. You're one of a kind, and you don't want anyone to forget it. You're fun in small doses, but it's easy for people to overdose on you!

What Kind of Cake Are You?

Black Cherry Kool-Aid And P.J.'s

Word of the Post
Today's word is: scintillating
/sin"til*late*ing/ adjective
To emit sparks; brilliantly clever, witty, having high spirits; sparkling or effervescent.
Engaging conversation, exciting events, glittering costume jewelry or a simple static shock can all be described as scintillating.
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I have a meme to answer. I was tagged by someone who doesn't know me. Hee hee. My new blog buddy, Suzeque, tagged me with this one. I don't usually answer these in my emails... but I will play for this time. Grudgingly.

I get a little cranky about all the crazy memes floating around. I don't want anyone to take this personally. It is my own small opinion of the meme (this includes junk mail forwards!). They are really hidden phishing scams, I am sure of it. How many times must I answer 20-140 questions, about what drinks I like and what I am wearing? I would hang up on anyone who asked such a thing over the phone. (Except for my DH, of course) Seriously, we let the world stalk us in a joke or in a meme, but we get offended that our friends want to know us. The guilt trips over deleting the religious ones make me ill. I don't have to forward junk to prove that I love Jesus, and that He is the Savior of my soul. The sob stories over missing children can't be backed up, but demand that the more people who see the picture, the better the chance of the non-existing child can be found. It just gets old.

Kind of like my opinion of a photograph: you can have one. After that, something gets broken. Whether that be your camera cracking for my face, or me throwing your camera off a cliff depends on your attitude when I refuse the second time. I am not usually a violent person, just a volatile temperament about junk stressing me out.

Suzeque, this is one for you. Here is some of my storied past, checkered though it may be.

Questions of Fours

Four jobs that I’ve had:
1. Glory Be! Christian Bookstore (now Family)
2. Joshua's Christian Bookstore (bought by Family and now out of business... There is a P.F. Chang's and a Lasik clinic there now)
3. Durango Cat Company (ask me about my stint in the Cat House!)
4. Subway Sandwich Artist

Four movies you would watch over and over:
1. The Princess Bride
2. Beaches
3. Any Veggie Tales
4. Sleeping Beauty

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Mom's Build-Your-Own-Nachos Buffet Bar
2. Mom's Potato Soup
3. Garlic Mashed Potatoes
4. Food. Seriously, I just love food, and you could tell just by looking at me.

Four TV shows I love to watch:
1. Frasier
2. How I Met Your Mother
3. Most anything on Food network (the only thing I can’t stand is the Barefoot
Contessa) ~ I agree with Suezque's answer exactly!
4. Pushing Daisies

Four Places I’ve lived:
1. Byron, NY
2. Fort Collins, CO
3. Gallup, NM
4. Oklahoma City, OK

Four places I’ve been on vacation:
1. Houston, TX
2. Niagara Falls, NY
3. Phoenix, AZ
4. The Four Corners, UT+CO+AZ+NM

Four websites I visit daily:
1. UserFriendly.org
2. Day by Day by Chris Muir
3. Indexed by Jessica Hagy
4. My list of Blogs (many more than I list on my page)

Four places I’d rather be right now:
1. anyplace in CO
2. reading a book
3. sleeping
4. Cleaning Mom's house, and swapping cars with Dad

I will spare you the rest of it... I am not tagging others to play along; they can join in or not if they choose.

Now, for a little News of the Weird. A kitty is getting frequent flier miles. What amazes me is that after the adventure, the cat got to go to NY to be interviewed by Al Roker for the Today show. Wish I could fly for a mere $80. She skipped that the first time. She made it through an X-ray of the suitcase! (Wow, our airports need better security measures!) My cats always hop in my travel bags. They seem to think that I will not leave if they are in my bag. I think also it has something to do with smells. They think if my stuff smells like them, other animals will leave me alone. It almost never works. Mystic knows the difference between the bag that carries her to the car for the trip to the vet, and the bag that carries my clothes when I take a vacation. She won't go near her own bag if she can help it.

Have a happy week!

Name That Meme!

I have already done a post today, so this one will not have the word. Well, OK, technically the last post was yesterday, as it is now post-midnight. But I haven't slept, so it is still Today to me. I feel that since I have been gone so long, without a computer at hand, that I need to make up a little time with all of you. Guilt! The great motivator.

I tried first with my given name, Michelle, and then it occurred to me that most of you know me as Chelf, so I did that too. C was harder than M. Just so you know.

DH came in and saw what I was doing, and said this was like Scattergories, only personal. Anyway, I stole this after seeing it on two other blogs I regularly visit. Here be me answers. Steal this from me too. Go ahead. Make My Meme.

RULES
• Use the the first letter of your name to answer each of the following.
• Answers must be REAL places, persons, 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 initial.
• DO NOT use your name for the boy/girl name question.
• DO NOT use a search engine to look up answers!
• GO!

1. Your Name: Michelle/Chelf
2. Famous singer/band: Madonna/Cindy Lauper
3. 4 letter word: Move, More/Can't, Cone (Ice cream!)
4. Street name: Montgomery (in ABQ, Liz!)/Churchill Way
5. Color: Mauve/Cerulean (shade of blue)
6. Gift/present: Movie/Candy
7. Vehicle: Mustang, Ford/Cabriolet, VW
8. Things in a Souvenir Shop: Mirror/Coins
9. Boy's Name: Mahlon/Caleb
10. Girl's Name: Michaiah/Charissa
11. Movie Title: Mask/Caddyshack
12. Drink: Mojito/Cognac
13. An Occupation: Mortician/Counselor
14. Flower: Marigold/Carnation
15. Celebrity: Marlon Brando/Camryn Mannheim
16. Magazine: Mademoiselle/Car and Driver
17. U.S. City: Medford, OK/Chattanooga, TN
18. Pro Sports Team: Miami Heat/Colorado Avalanche
19. Fruit: Mango/Coconut
20. Reason for Being Late to Work: Moron in Traffic/Can't find parking space
21. Something You Throw Away: Mold/Charred meat
22. Things You Shout: Mayhem! Madness! Mischief!/Cannibal! Call a Locksmith!
23. Cartoon Character: Maxine/Cathy