Women Over Fifty

I’ve been tagged.  This is a first for me and I’m honored, I think.  I was tagged by Recovery Rocks.

I’m supposed to post seven weird facts about myself.

1. I’ve had many high-pressure jobs and the tension sometimes comes out in odd ways.  My daughter and I were at a Fred Meyer store in Washington State.  It was near Easter and the store was decorated for the occasion.  Walking down the aisle, I saw two dummies dressed for Easter.  The man was dressed as a golfer.  The woman was dressed for an Easter parade.  Without saying a word, and looking terribly respectable, I walked to the woman with authority and stole her flowery Easter hat.  I placed it on the golfer’s head, stole his cap, and put it  on the woman.  By the time I finished and stepped back to admire my work we were laughing so hard we could hardly leave the store.  It seemed wise to do so.
2. I was in a five and dime store (kinda like today’s super drug stores or maybe Walmart).  I was back by the curtains and the phone was ringing and ringing and ringing and ringing.  When no one seemed interested in answering, I did.  I told the caller that no one was there and hung up.  This time we managed to leave the store without giggling.  I’ve been tempted many times to do it again.
3. In high school we were given the word about how someone had written something on the wall.  I wasn’t really listening.  I was probably reading a book.  Then I heard my name.  Apparently the principal was really putting the pressure on to catch the culprit.  Everyone in the room was insisting that I did it.  I didn’t know what I was accused of, but I answered “Yes, I did it.”  This was a game we played with our teachers.  I would admit to almost anything and the teachers always knew I hadn’t done it, but they didn’t know what to do.  This time the class roared.  The writing was on the wall of the boy’s bathroom and it was a dirty joke.  Every one knew I didn’t do dirty jokes.
4. I visit my daughter’s web sites and pretend to be my husband.
5. I will write almost anything if I’m getting paid for it.  So I was at work and I was told to write a How-To book on how to use a particular telephone.  This was the old fashioned ten button desk phone.  It had no special features.  The interesting part of the product was installed on the roof.  It was a satellite receiver/transmitter for the phone and I wrote the book on how to install it on the roof. The contract said that we would write a book on how to use the telephone. So I did.  I told them that when the phone rang they should pick up the receiver (picture of receiver) and say Hello.  Then they should listen in the receiver to hear what was being said.  When the conversation was done, they should say Goodbye and hang up.  This was complete with illustrations, captions, and arrows pointing to things. As the little book was being published I entered it in a contest.  When asked what was the most difficult part of the work, I said it was to be serious about what I was doing.
6. I also wrote a quick reference card for a cell phone that would fit inside its leather skin.  It covered the basics of how to use the phone.  It was about 1.3 x 2 inches or something like that.
7. Glory be!  We’re on the last item of this list!  I’m writing a mystery and I won’t blog about it on this list.

Now, who will I tag?  Here are seven sites in any order at all:

1. Review Me Today by ~Kat~ .  Kat reviews other people’s blogs.  You can request a review at ReviewMe.Today.com .  Before you send in a request, read her blog. There are some restrictions.  Lately she’s reviewed sites in honor of Batman, how to create an avatar, and the Quirky World of Jessi , which is another great site.
2. In Fifth Gear by huskies to husbands.  I love her handle - choconoodle.  In Fifth Gear talks about how to own your name, why not cut your nails it public, and how to survive a long-distance relationship - maybe.
3. RetroYakking .  Topics here are Google and stalker technology, an add for a car for sale, and talk about the weather in Britain.
4. Ideas Free and Frugal .    This blog claims that dogs can talk (she proves it with YouTube),  offers her peanut butter fudge recipe to anyone at all, and invites you to meet her new dog, Sweetpea.
   
5. Momma Dosey .  Momma Dosey says she takes it day by day, laugh by laugh.  On this site she talks about the government breaking something - a bone? She also talks to her stomach and says some things never change.
   
6. Mouse Medicine.  This is one of my favorite blogs. Mouse’s blog is full of pictures, poetry, and interesting things.  She’s also won a number of awards.  Check out her picture of birds on telephone wires, which she calls Random Notes.
   
7. KatalinaMau.  Katalina talks about Health, Wealth, and Happiness.  She’s also my kid.

Thanks for the award Recovery Rocks .  I’ll do something nice for you some day.

Marilynne

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