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Book Meme

March 17, 2007 · Filed under books, meme

Stolen from Thordora.I think you can figure out what to do!

1. The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown) READ IT
2. Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) READ IT
3. To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee) READ IT

4. Gone With The Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Tolkien)
6. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien)
7. The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (Tolkien)
8. Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery) AGAIN AND AGAIN*
9. Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
10. A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry) READ IT*
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Rowling)

12. Angels and Demons (Dan Brown) WANT TO
13. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Rowling)

14. A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving) READ IT
15. Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden) READ IT

16. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Rowling)
17. Fall on Your Knees(Ann-Marie MacDonald) READ IT*
18. The Stand (Stephen King) READ IT
19. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Rowling)
20. Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte) READ IT

21. The Hobbit (Tolkien) READ IT
22. The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger) READ IT

23. Little Women (Louisa May Alcott) READ IT
24. The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold) READ IT
25. Life of Pi (Yann Martel) READ IT
26. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
27. Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte) READ IT
28. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (C. S. Lewis) READ IT
29. East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
30. Tuesdays with Morrie (Mitch Albom)
31. Dune (Frank Herbert)
32. The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
33. Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand) READ IT

34. 1984 (Orwell) READ IT

35. The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
36. The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett) READ IT*
37. The Power of One (Bryce Courtenay)
38. I Know This Much is True (Wally Lamb) READ IT*
39. The Red Tent (Anita Diamant) READ IT*
40. The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
41. The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean M. Auel)
42. The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini) READ IT*
43. Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella) READ IT
44. The Five People You Meet In Heaven (Mitch Albom)
45. The Bible
46. Anna Karenina (Tolstoy)
47. The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas) READ IT*

48. Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt) READ IT
49. The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
50. She’s Come Undone (Wally Lamb) READ IT
51. The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver) READ IT*
52. A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens)
53. Ender’s Game (Orson Scott Card)
54. Great Expectations (Dickens)
55. The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald) READ IT
56. The Stone Angel (Margaret Laurence) READ IT

57. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Rowling)
58. The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough) READ IT
59. The Handmaid’s Tale (Margaret Atwood) READ IT
60. The Time Traveller’s Wife (Audrew Niffenegger) READ IT*

61. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) READ IT
62. The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand) READ IT
63. War and Peace (Tolsoy)
64. Interview With The Vampire (Anne Rice) READ IT
65. Fifth Business (Robertson Davis)
66. One Hundred Years Of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez) WANT TO
67. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (Ann Brashares)
68. Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
69. Les Miserables (Hugo)
70. The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupery) READ IT
71. Bridget Jones’ Diary (Fielding) READ IT
72. Love in the Time of Cholera (Marquez) WANT TO
73. Shogun (James Clavell) READ IT
74. The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje) READ IT
75. The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett) READ IT

76. Tigana (Guy Gavriel Kay)
77. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith) READ IT
78. The World According To Garp (John Irving) READ IT
79. The Diviners (Margaret Laurence)
80. Charlotte’s Web (E.B. White) AGAIN AND AGAIN*

81. Not Wanted On The Voyage (Timothy Findley)
82. Of Mice And Men (Steinbeck) READ IT
83. Rebecca (Daphne DuMaurier)
84. Wizard’s First Rule (Terry Goodkind)
85. Emma (Jane Austen) READ IT
86. Watership Down (Richard Adams)
87. Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) READ IT
88. The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields) READ IT
89. Blindness (Jose Saramago) READ IT
90. Kane and Abel (Jeffrey Archer) READ IT
91. In The Skin Of A Lion (Ondaatje) READ IT
92. Lord of the Flies (Golding)
93. The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)

94. The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd) READ IT
95. The Bourne Identity (Robert Ludlum) READ IT
96. The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton) READ IT
97. White Oleander (Janet Fitch) READ IT

98. A Woman of Substance (Barbara Taylor Bradford)
99. The Celestine Prophecy (James Redfield) READ IT
100. Ulysses (James Joyce)

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Fashion Meme

March 7, 2007 · Filed under clothes, meme

Stolen from Denial! If you play, leave a comment and let me know!

A: What Accessories do you wear everyday?
My wedding set, earrings, a handbag, and my watch.

B: What is your beauty routine?
Shower, lotion, cosmetics, brush teeth. Evening, I wash my face with a cleansing wipe, and use some night cream if my skin is feeling dry.

C: What was the last item of clothing (for yourself) that you purchased?
It has actually been a while…hmmm…I think it was the Old Navy gauchos I bought for my belly dancing class (very comfy!)

D: Do you use a dresser, closet, or both?
Closet.

E: What type of earrings are in your ears right now?
Gold hoops with tiny diamonds in them, a birthday gift from my husband a few years ago, in the bottom holes. The rest of the holes have tiny fake diamond studs.

F: What type of figure do you have?
5′4 and curvy, with large breasts and long legs.

G: Do you wear glasses?
yes. usually contacts

H: What type of handbag do you carry?
Usually my Coach Leather bag. I have redand brown leather bags I wear when the outfit requires it, and a black Coach evening bag. In the spring I will switch my everyday bag form the leather one to my Signature Jaquard Hobo.

I: What is your ideal style?
Trendy, with an edge.

J: What jewelry are you wearing right now?
My rings, watch, earrings, navel ring and nose ring.

K: Do you wear knee-hi stockings?
Nope.

L: Do you *have* to wear matching lingerie?
No. I have to buy my bras at a plus size store, so the panties are too big for me and not my style. I usually buy black or nude though, so I can coordinate nicely.

M: Do you wear makeup?
Yes, I love it.

N: Do you wear nightgowns?
Yes, often. If I get cold in the middle of the night, I pull on pyjama pants and a sweatshirt of Adam’s.

O: What outerwear do you put on when going out on a typical winters day?
I have either an everyday wool coat or a dress wool coat, a scarf and gloves.

P: What is your favorite perfume?
I don’t wear it, it gives me headaches. Just smelling it does, so I don’t know.

Q: Is your motto “quality over quantity” when it comes to clothing and accessories?
No, I tend to go with cute, trendy and flattering and will make it through the season. I re-vamp my wardrobe every season, so I see no need to my expensive high quality stuff since I’ll never wear it the next year anyways.

R: Do you wear rain boots?
No.

S: Do you wear socks or slippers when your feet get cold?
Socks. or Slipper socks.

T: Do you have a set of travel luggage?
Not really, some hand me downs from my parents. We are not big travellers.

U: What is your daily uniform?
Usually pants and a sweater of some sort.

V: If you are married, did you wear a veil with your wedding dress? If not, how did you do your hair?
Yes, for the ceremony, not the reception. My heair was in a curly updo, with a tiara.

W: Do you wear a watch?
Yes.

X: What item of clothing always makes you feel eXtremely beautiful?
A sparkly low cut dress.

Y: What is your favorite type of yarn?
Yarn? What’s that?

Z: Do you prefer zippers or buttons?
Depends on how the outfit is.

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3 songs…

March 4, 2007 · Filed under meme, music

I was reading The Queen of the Mayhem, and decided to take up the Queen’s challenge and pick the three songs I listen to over and over again, my 3 all time favorites.

This is really kind of tough for me, as I tend to be someone who gets “into” a song, and then cannot get out of it.

In the last few months, songs that I’ve been playing a lot have been Promiscuous by Nelly Furtado, Hips Don’t Lie by Shakira, Not Ready to Make Nice by the Dixie Chicks, and Buttonz by The Pussycat dolls. But they don’t count. They are recent loves, and I know that sometime in the next few months, I will have forgotten about most of them, except for, likely, NRTMN.

So, I am thinking more along the lines of timeless classics, songs I played over and over again years ago, and still do today. Songs that take my breath away and make me stop whatever I am doing for a moment whenever I hear them unexpectedly in an elivator or store or on the radio (where I rarely hear them). This is harder…there are many…yet somehow, I must cut them down to 3.

I’ll start easy. Breathe by Faith Hill. It was our wedding song. I love it. Sometimes it makes me cry. Sometimes it makes me smile. Sometimes both. It always makes me think about my husband, who I have been falling in love with all over again the last while…

The line that makes me shiver: In a way I know my heart is waking up, As all the walls come tumbling down, Closer than I’ve ever felt before, And I know, And you know, There’s no need for words right now. It makes me think of all my favorite moments with Adam, those moments in the dark where words don’t matter and all there is is touch.

Next is, I hope you dance, by LeAnne Womack. I heard this song the first time when I was pregnant, and it brought tears to my eyes, and it so perfectly encompassed all the dreams I had for the child inside me. Now, that child is a spirited little 4 year old who loves to dance and always will. When I am in the car, far from home, and thinking about her, it is the song I play. I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance, Never settle for the path of least resistance, Livin might mean takin chances but they’re worth takin, Lovin might be a mistake but its worth makin,
Dont let some hell bent heart leave you bitter, When you come close to sellin out reconsider, Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance, And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance. I hope you dance….i hope you dance. I hope you dance….i hope you dance. These are the lessons I want to teach my girl. Lessons I someimes need to re-learn for myself.

Lastly, a song I don’t quite understand, but love. I have heard it over and over for years, and gave it very little though. Then it played as the background to the Big Fish (a movie I LOVE) commercials, and since then it has just made me feel so good. Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel. I know every word, yet haven’t a clue what it means. But just listening to this song makes me happy, and what is better than that? If anyone actually gets it, let me know, eh?

Climbing up on solsbury hill
I could see the city light
Wind was blowing, time stood still
Eagle flew out of the nightHe was something to observe
Came in close, I heard a voice
Standing stretching every nerve
I had to listen had no choiceI did not believe the information
Just had to trust imagination
My heart was going boom boom, boom
Son, he said, grab your things, Ive come to take you home.To keeping silence I resigned
My friends would think I was a nut
Turning water into wine
Open doors would soon be shut

So I went from day to day
Tho my life was in a rut
till I thought of what Id say
Which connection I should cutI was feeling part of the scenery
I walked right out of the machinery
My heart was going boom boom boom
Hey, he said, grab your things, Ive come to take you home.
Yeah back home When illusion spin her net
Im never where I want to be
And liberty she pirouette
When I think that I am free

Watched by empty silhouettes
Who close their eyes, but still can see
No one taught them etiquette
I will show another meToday I dont need a replacement
Ill tell them what the smile on my face meant
My heart was going boom boom boom
Hey, I said, you can keep my things, theyve come to take me home.Dina, Dawn and Curiosity, come and play!

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Foodie Meme

February 28, 2007 · Filed under food, meme

From Christine!

1. What’s your #1 comfort food? Oatmeal.

2. If you were on a deserted island, what one food would you want to have with you? Pizza. Always good. Even when it is bad, it is good. I never get sick of it.

3. What is/are your signature dishes? (What dishes are you ‘known’ for?) My salads and my Tiramisu.

4. It’s Friday night, you don’t know what to cook. You opt for… Fish with roast potatoes, salad and Asparigus. Or I’d order in.

5. What’s your biggest weakness when it comes to food? Pasta. I love it and could eat it once or twice a day. I used to…hense the 190lbs I weighed about a year ago! 6. What food can you absolutely not eat? There are actually many. Olives. Pickles. Liver. Shrimp. Anything with a head. That is the short list.

7. You need a drink. You grab a….Very cold water.

8. What’s the most decadent dish you’ve had? Wow, I don’t even know. I was at a wedding a few weeks ago and the dessert was a very creamy custard with raspberries. It was up there for sure.

9. What’s your favorite type of food? East Indian.

10. Favorite dish? Mattar Paneer

11. If your partner could take you to any restaurant you wanted, which one would it be? I’d want him to track down the best Indian restaurant in Toronto, and take me there.

12. Are you a soup or salad person? Usually Salad, though I do enjoy soup too.

13. Buffet, take-out or sit-down restaurant? Sit-down. I need limits, and the food is better.

14. What’s the most impressive dinner you’ve ever made? Ya know, I just am not a fancy cook.

15. Do you consider yourself a good cook? Pretty good. I am not very fancy, but I have a few favorites I make often and well. I can put on a good show!

16. Do you know what vichyssoise is? Some sort of sauce?

17. Who’s your favorite TV cook? I haven’t a clue, I am not into cooking shows.

18. Can you name at least three TV cooking personalities? Ummm….that barefoot lady, Nigella something and the naked guy.

19. Homemade or homemade from a box? Homemade usually, but I am not anti-box.

20. Name 3 or more other foodies you are going to tag. Karrie, Wendy and…ummm…Judy (since it is food relating, gotta be my FCD ladies!)

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