My son playing Battleship with a friend
As the oldest of five I always had someone to play with growing up. Some of my best memories are of children laughing as we played games such as: White Elephant Bingo, Erf, Speed, Hearts, Skee Ball and Air Hockey. Now that I am grown I still love playing games. A few of my childhood games have morphed and popped up here on line. Today on my blog I am going to be playing: Tag and Scattergories. Mo (Maureen is her name but she goes by Mo and that is just cool) and Stephanie (aka Steph-Steph-bo-Beph) ‘tagged’ me on their blogs so that I would play along. Technically I am supposed to ‘tag’ other people, but those who have played Monopoly with me when I was the banker know that I tend to bend the rules for a more fun game. So I am not going to specifically tag anyone. I am just going to say that anyone who wants to play along can, either on their own blog or here in the comment box.
TAG:
The Bendables (aka Rules): Share 7 random facts about yourself.
- I used to have a Smiley Face collection including: t-shirts, pins, stickers and a mug.
- When I was 18 I was in Australia was standing in a tattoo parlor with money in hand thumbing through the book of designs with some friends. If anyone else in the group had actually gotten one I would have too. But no one else wanted to, so I didn’t either.
- Before I got married I wanted to have a dozen kids.
- I wear glasses for close up work. The eye doctor told me that because I have blue eyes and I live so close to the sun that my eyes were damaged. While I have 20/20 vision I need to help my eyes so they don’t get so tired doing close up work.
- My beverage of choice for when I am flying is V-8 (or tomato juice).
- I do not own an iPod.
- Someday I hope to go on an air balloon ride.
SCATTERGORIES:
The Bendables:
* Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following questions.
* They have to be real places, names, things. Nothing made up!
* You can’t use your name for the boy name or girl name question.
(I am assuming the regular rules of Scattergories applies as well… no repeating words for answers… more points for alliterations… etc.)
- What is your name: Angie
- A 4 letter word: Airy
- A boys name: Aaron
- A girls name: Allison
- An occupation: Apple orchard Administrator
- A color: Azure
- Something you wear: Asics
- A beverage: A&W root beer
- A food: Alligator (it tastes like chicken, trust me)
- Something found in the bathroom: Axe Aerosol Antiperspirant
- A place: An Architects office in Adelaide, Australia
- A reason for being late: An anteater ate my alarm clock.
- Something you shout: Ah! Ants are attacking!
And I will end with a quote I saw on someone else’s blog that I really liked:
“We don’t stop playing because we grow old.
We grow old because we stop playing.”
Find a moment to play today and come back to tell us about it.
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{ 24 comments… read them below or add one }
Love it! My personal favorite: An anteater ate my alarm clock.
Also: I hate V8. And I inherited my hubby’s ipod. Still haven’t done anything with it.
And: So how many kids do you want to have NOW?
Steph Steph Bo Beph
@Steph Steph Bo Beph – I don’t so much like V-8 if I am not actually thousands of feet above the ground speeding along at ghastly speeds in a metal tube. To answer your question… DaRonn and I decided on five names for our children during our engagement. The four that we have so far have followed our plan nicely (girl – boy – girl – boy). The only one left is a little girl we plan to adopt. And the orphanage we run makes up for any desires I may have for more kiddos.
Didn’t think I wanted to play your tag game with the letter ‘J’..but I’ll try…
1. Jill
2. Jump
3. Jack
4. Julie
5. Juggler
6. Jewel tone purple
7. Jacket
8. Juice
9. Jelly Bellies (my fave veggie)
10. Junk drawer
11. Juno, Alaska
12. just too slow
13. Jeepers!!!
There! that wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be!!
And I like your quote about playing…as I play in clay ALOT!!! The quote is very “Peter Pan” like and it reminds me of my fave song from the original movie, “I won’t grow up”.
Have fun playing, you all!
@Mom – Usually J is a tough letter for this game. You did great! I am glad that you played along.
Let’s see…
“If growing up means it would be beneath my dignity to climb a tree I’ll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up; not me.”
You got it! It’s fun playing with you!
Yeah!!! You played along…and how do you live without an ipod these days? hehehehe
@Mo – DaRonn says I would love it if I had one. I dunno.
seven random facts about myself
1. I color my hair, and not sure how much gray is really in it, I don’t let it go that long.
2. I love bagels for breakfast
3. I still love to crayon..and my kids are older now, so it obvious I am doing it for me.
4. I drive a school bus, and love to make the children laugh
5. i think chocolate is a basic food group
6. I love gel pens..all colors..no reason
7. If I don’t spend time with the Lord, every one knows it..it shows on me instantly.
( will come back and do the second part, later…motherly duties are calling me! love you Princess)
@Darla – I had always wanted to know how to drive a bus! I learned how to drive on a fifteen passenger van and since then the bigger the better. Your #5 made me chuckle.
Seven Random Facts About Myself:
1. I got a splinter in my tummy when I slid off the top bunk when I was four.
2. I wanted a dozen kids, too! I still want one more girl, even though the idea is ridiculous right now.
3. When I am nervous, I rearrange furniture.
4. I hate talking on the phone to people I have never met – unless they are telemarketers, in which case I love messing with their minds.
5. I have finally declared a truce with my hair and just let it decide what hairstyle it wants. We are both happier that way.
6. One of my favorite ways to spend a free day would be walking by a rushing river in a green woods in the mountains.
7. I grew a big pumpkin in my garden this year.
@Ellie – Thanks for playing along!
Your #6 sounds delightful and exhilarating. Congrats on your pumpkin! It ws nice to get to know a bit about you.
Seven random facts about myself:
1) I can’t eat onions.
2) I like to bowl
3) I am the only African American Fulltime Missionary that I know
4) I like shopping
5) I can lift one eyebow
6) I only like milk in my cereal
7) I am a missionary with a marketing degree.
One more things. You forgot that you have started playing Scrabulous with me.
@DaRonn – Once when we were kids we tried orange juice on our cereal… it was really gross! Do you remember in Costa Rica at the hotel we asked for cereal and milk and they brought us warm milk and corn flakes? That was really gross too.
YES! I love that we are playing scrabble online together, man! I love you DaRonn.
You want to try cornflakes and Coke – served to me on an ANA flight some years back!
And Angie, where was this Australian tattoo parlour?
Now…seven random things about Sheep:
1. Only Angie and my old mate Dicko call me Sheep
2. I love little flowers
3. Coffee and donuts keep me going on bad days
4. I’m a hopeless golfer – but I quite enjoy it
5. I played drums with a rock band … MANY years ago
6. I have wonderful friends (I’m very lucky!!)
7. I’ve been playing Scrabble with my friend Monique since we were teenagers – and I’ve never beaten her.
@Sheep – It was in down town Brisbane.
That is so awesome that you played along. It was nice getting to know a bit about you. Good on you for the drums. Rock on! 
Tag:
1. I’m addicted to Venti Vanilla Soy Latte’s from Starbucks!
) At this rate I’ll be sixty before my kids are in college!
2. I met my hubby in Israel! SUPER cool story!
3. I’m the oldest person on my mother’s side of the family at age 36.
4. I’ve gone to 13 schools from preschool to Master’s degree!
5. I have a favorite blanket that travels with me…it’s been to Israel twice, Bolivia and all over the US!
6. I dreamed I would be married by 25 and have 2 kids by 30 that way they would be grown up and off to college by the time I was 50! …I got married at 34 and am still waiting on the kiddos!
7. I have a huge heart for kids with special needs and their families! May God give each an extra batch of mercy and grace!
Scattergories:
1. What is your name: Libby (aka Livvy Lu!)
2. A 4 letter word: Love
3. A boys name: Luke
4. A girls name: Lauryn
5. An occupation: Ladies laundry liason
6. A color: lavender
7. Something you wear: leggings
8. A beverage: Lucious Latte
9. A food: Legumes…yuck!
10. Something found in the bathroom: lotion
11. A place: London
12. A reason for being late: luck ran out!
13. Something you shout: Look out!
@Livvy Lu – I am so glad that you played along! Your answer for occupation was amusing to me: ladies laundry liaison. Funny!
Oh dear. This is going to take up some time, but I want to play.
1. I can write backwards.
2. I enjoy reading before bed.
3. My favorite color is green, but I am slowly outgrowing my abhorrence for pink. I actually wore a pink and green combo today.
4. My favorite reading topic is historical romance – preferably 17th or 18th century England.
5. I bite my fingernails – unfortunately. I’ve made some small amount of progress in the last 30 years, but … it’s off and on. I don’t like it. I wish I had pretty fingernails.
6. My favorite season is springsummer. We get precious little of it up here.
7. My greatest weakness (I think) is procrastination. It’s for sure in the top 3.
1. What is your name: Anita (Annie)
2. A 4 letter word: Agog
3. A boys name: Adam
4. A girls name: Aspen
5. An occupation: Architect
6. A color:
7. Something you wear:
8. A beverage: Alizarin crimson
9. A food: Apple Streudel
10. Something found in the bathroom: After Party (see bedhead products)
11. A place: Addis Ababa
12. A reason for being late: Any
13. Something you shout: Aha!!
@Anita la jugadora – I am glad that you played along! Fun.
By the way… artists rarely have pretty fingernails.
“artists rarely have pretty fingernails.” really???!! I’ve never heard that. Hmmmm.
Ummm …. something happened to my list there. Not sure what. Correction:
6. Alizarin crimson
7. Agate necklace
8. Aranciata (it’s an orange flavored San Pellegrino)
I think that was my fault, because I had to contemplate 7 and 8. Ooops. don’t know how that happened. :]
Wouldn’t most ladies you know just die to have someone help out with the laundry??? What better…a support group! Ha!
so what changed your mind about having a DOZEN kids!?!
What changed my mind? A logical fiance (I talked him up from three and he talked me down from twelve). And then having an orphanage to fulfill my baby holding urges.