the Black and White cookie

My husband named our first dog Buddy Lee, but he has evolved into such a smart dog he can answer to many variations of his name.  These are some of our favorites (possible his since he answers to these):

1.  Bud
2.  Bud L
3.  Baby B
4.  Bubbles
5.  Buddles the Bear
6.  Buddy Love
7.  Bud Chocula
8.  Budder Berry
9.  Budders
10.  Beetle Bailey
11.  The BL
12.  Bean Bag
13.  Budder Bean

Thirteen Things I am Afraid of………….

1. That what Barack Obama said on page three of Audacity of Hope is correct, “…every man is trying to either live up to his father’s expectations or make up for his father’s mistakes.”
2. That happiness is not at the bottom of that jar/box/bowl of [insert any carb-food type HERE].
3. That I do not fit in at my new job.
4. They will eventually stop rerunning Seinfeld
5. Having to go through debit/credit card or check theft/fraud again - that’s a real pain. And here I used to tell my mom, “don’t worry, you’re not rich enough to steal from.” Guess I was off base on that one, huh?
6. Having to dance or sing in public, unless pathetically drunk.
7. I am going to start to talk funny working with all these Southerners.
8. Aerosmith might break up, or die.
9. The Re’pubs will freeze Guiliani out, if I need to see one of them in the WH it’s Rudy.
10.What would I do if I didn’t teach?  (and sometimes I think about not teaching)
11. Not getting pregnant.
12. Money, I always worry about money, no matter how much or how little there is.
13. That my friend is going through something really scary and I cannot/ don’t know how to help him.

Thirteen Things essential to the Holidays:

1. Time Off
2. Food
3. Seeing Friends/Family
4. Decorations
5. Movies
6. Food
7. Shopping
8. Sleeping Late
9. Holiday Music
10. TV Specials
11. Food
12. Surprise Gifts
13. Food

Seinfeld “The Gum“

Thirteen Things GOOGLE Says About ME! I googled my first name and some verb & look at the results: 1. Penny Loves Kenny Footwear 2. When Penny eats out now, she’s not afraid to request her food to be made exactly how she wants it. 3. Penny needs to switch meds. 4. Penny SaysDe Beers doesn’t regard the emergence of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto… 5. Thus the Penny Should be abolished 6. Penny looks like an option 7. Penny Wants to meet 13 people. 8. Yet, 18 months after Penny died, there has been no review of the performance of the doctors who treated her. 9. The diameter of the penny can be easily obtained by using a ruler. 10. Penny Will 11. Penny never really guards her stuff. 12. A bad bad penny OUght to know what I liar I am 13. A group dedicated to keeping the penny, called Americans for Common Cents Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1. (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

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Thirteen Things I will eat for Thanksgiving Dinner 1. turkey 2. ham 3. riesling 4. corn 5. rolls 6. glazed carrots 7. sticky bottoms 8. sweet potato souffle’ 9. stuffing/dressing 10. a variety of soft cheeses, the best you ask? Rosenborg’s Bleu Cheese w/ Cranberry 11. coconut cake 12. apple pie 13. pumpkin pie The average American Thanksgiving meal consists of over 3,000 calories. Don’t hurt yourself! Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1. (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

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Top Thirteen Favorite Lyrics1. “I think you;re blind to the fact that the hand you hold is the hand that holds you down” Everything to Everyone, Everclear 2. “I will be sitting on top when the sky falls down and it all goes wrong again” When It All Goes Wrong Again, Everclear 3. “You know I live for the day when you say “baby let’s just run away” Learning How to Smile, Everclear 4. “Our hopes and dreams are out there somewhere, won’t let time pass us by, we’ll just fly” Fly Away From Here, Aerosmith 5. “It’s amazing, that when the moment arrives you know you’ll be alright, it’s amazing” Amazing, Aerosmith 6. “And then she asks me, do I look alright? And I say yes, you look wonderful tonight” Wonderful Tonight, Eric CLapton 7. “I don’t wanna meet your friend and I don’t wanna start over again. I just want my life to be the same just like it used to be” Wonderful, Everclear 8. “I see friends shaking hands…..sayin’.. how do you do, they’re really sayin’……I love you. I hear babies cry…… I watch them grow, they’ll learn much more…..than I’ll never know. And I think to myself …..what a wonderful world” What A Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong 9. “If you pay the price, she’ll let you deep inside. But there’s a secret garden she hides” Secret Garden, Bruce Springsteen not the Madonna version 10. “The past lives on inside your brain. I don’t think you need those memories hangin’ round, yeah, good-bye, kiss your past good-bye” Kiss Your Past Good-Bye, Aerosmith 11. “What good is a man who won’t take a stand? What good is a cynic with no better plan?” Better Way, Ben Harper 12. “Like an old man sitting alone at a lunch counter, never leave lonely alone… ” Never Leave Lonely Alone, Ben Harper 13. “Where do all the porn stars go when the lights go down? I wonder where all the porn stars go ’cause when you need one, they are never around. I think they moved out to the suburbs and now they’re blonde, bland, middle-class Republican wives. They all have blonde, bland, middle-class Republican children. Blonde, bland, middle-class Republican lives.” Volvo Driving Soccer Mom, Everclear Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1. (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

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JERRY: You faked it? ELAINE: I faked it. JERRY: That whole thing, the whole production, it was all an act? ELAINE: Not bad huh? JERRY: What about the breathing, the panting, the moaning, the screaming? ELAINE: Fake, fake, fake, fake.

Thirteen Things I Have FAKED 1. Interest in any meeting after twenty minutes 2. My way through many a song on the radio 3. My way out of ONE HS English paper - and I have felt guilty ever since 4. Speeches - the key to pretend you mean every word you say - even the ones you make up 5. Substitute plans, but I always felt this was an art form….. 6. Excuses on why the utility company should turn my electricity/gas/phone back on, but not for years now 7. I have faked my way through book discussions for education classes, at least I usually read them in the end 8. I have used bibliographies to find other sources for college papers 9. …that I ‘have just moved to the area” when I get pulled over or (still) have to ask for directions 10. that “I haven’t seen this Law & Order” so DH does change the channel 11. my way through some HTML when I am feeling very brave and have a lot of time 12. Concern over phony baloney parents’ excuses on how they can’t be expected to help their own kids 13. I wouldn’t get fake boobs, but I would get them realigned

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ELAINE: All right, let’s go, I give you half an hour. JERRY: What? ELAINE: Come on! JERRY: Are you serious? ELAINE: Look, Jerry, we have to have sex to save the friendship. JERRY: Sex… to save the friendship. Well, if we have to…

Thirteen Things pieces of China I still need… for the first Thanksgiving at my place.1. Four more place settings, (the most expensive part!) I have my eye on an EBay auction. 2. Large Platter 3. Small Platter 4. Glasses: water/ tumbler, six 5. Vegetable Bowl, Large 6. Soup/Cereal Bowls, six 7. Accent Plate, six 8. mathcing table cloth, linens 9. Silver and ivory (cheap accent plates) 10. Pasta Bowl, six 11. Sugar Bowl & Lid 12. Gravy Boat 13. Salt & Pepper Shakers [IMG]http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h91/pen63/CourtyardPlatinumLENOXChina.jpg[/IMG] Good thing I live by a Lenox outlet!

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Thirteen Thirteen Books You Should Read Friday Night Lights, (of course the book is better than the movie…God help us now with the TV show!) This is such a vivid description of what it must be like to be a part of a team that is an empire. Favorite Quote? “…the words of a father with a son who had gone to Permian and had later become a world class sprinter in track. He saw the irresistible allure of High School sports but he also saw the inevitable danger in adult’s living vicariously through their young. And he knew of no candle that burned out more quickly than that of the High School athlete. ‘Athletics lasts for such a short period of time. It ends for people. But while it lasts, it creates this make believe world where normal rules don’t apply. We build this false sense atmosphere. When it;s over and the harsh reality sets in, that;s the real joke we play on people….’ Everybody wants to experience that superlative moment and being an athlete can give you that. It’s Camelot for them. But there’s even life after it.” That resonates with me everytime I read it. My Losing Season This book shows the power of a good coach, the importance and what happens to a team that does not have a good coach…. It reminds me of a quote from another Pat Conroy book, Prince of Tides:”A coach occupies a high place in a boy’s life. If they are lucky, good coaches can become the perfect, unobtainable fathers that young boys dream about and rarely find in their own homes.” The Water is Wide It is all about this first year teacher (in Georgia) and how he learns to deal with crap….see my favorite quote. Failure is Not an Option Remember watching the Tom Hanks Apollo XIII movie? This is by the guy in the white vest & it is EXCELLENT! Remember the scene from the movie where they “have to fit a square peg in a round hole“? Well, the WHOLE BOOK is riddled with those goosebump moments…..from Mercury to Apollo. Longitude; The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time Wow, this combines old world Europe and science in the old country…….fab read! Undaunted Courage Stephen Ambrose is an all time fav, true, but the story itself! Jefferson dreamed such a big dream and Lewis & Clark carried out the seemingly impossible. All the scientific details of “undiscovered” flora and fauna - - - amazing! The Giver This book is set in a utopia and will blow your mind. Drop me a line when you read about the apple. All Harry Potter books - Don’t make me explain that they are not evil, they are well written and have gotten MANY children to turn MANY pages. 1776 This gave me a new appreciation for the fragility of the American Revolution from a military point of view - - and it drew me straight into the recent The Revolution Sunday evening episodes on the History Channel. This is only a history of that one year, but includes details I did not retain from American History. The DaVinci Code Okay, I do love a good controversy - it involves The Church too as a bonus! Seriously, you set in Europe, invoke centuries past, and write a good narrative on top of it and I will buy it. The Poisonwood Bible Yes, I found it through Oprah. This combines a few interesting themes for me: missionaries and colonial Africa…… a good historically based fiction read. Anything by Jane Austen (start with Pride & Prejudice, end with Emma); all young girls shoudl read this during middle school and beyond…….. I love Mr. Darcy! Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1. (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

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Thirteen Things I am Going to do FYI - “Tag Applied For” is what those in the rural (& not-so-rural) South write on their cars while they are or are not waiting on license plates. Of course, noted within 5 minutes of each other, a professionally printed version on an UPS vehicle and also available in cardboard in the back window of a Ford Tempo. 1. Write a children’s book. 2. Retire Early. 3. Start writing my newsletter again. 4. Finish my master’s paper, since I was accepted to present it at this year’s NCTM! 5. Guess I already told you #5, present at the NCTM. 6. Hang the rest of my posters in my classroom. 7. Finish repotting my houseplants (started over the long weekend) 8. Reorganize my closet. 9. Sell some of the crap I stupidly moved down here, EBay?!? 10. Weed the front bed. 11. Get back on respectable Law & Order viewing schedule. 12. Finish unpacking the basement, maybe, someday. 13. Keep a regular yoga schedule.

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