Friday, Friday, Friday oh Friday...and I'm splintered...fragmented even

•  Have you seen the commercial where the taste buds are clamoring for Snickers ice cream? I get the idea of wanting ice cream and of cheering for ice cream.  But if taste buds can emote, can cellulite cells?  Are they thigh high and cowering in fear every time our buds have a pep rally? 

• Also,while I'm thinking of commercials did you see the one for Memorial Day at Sears where the guy opens his smokin' briefcase and it's actually a barbecue grill?  The fine print reads, "Do not attempt."  Seriously, someone had to tell me this was not a good thing to try out?

• I certainly don't get blog posts that are made up solely of photos borrowed from pinterest.  What's that all about?  I know, I know I'm a curmudgeon.  Give me a year and I'll catch up to what's cool. That's how long it usually takes me.  I am so not cutting edge. 

• In effort to be more Web savvy I asked to be invited to pinterest; I was accepted (phew, don't they know how uncool I am?) and now I'm really confused.  A place to share pictures, okay, but then people share those same pictures on their blogs?  Picture me my eyebrows furrowed, I'm lost!(Should I post a photo of that?)

• I only directly linked one video to this post because I can't very well be critical of people who post only pinterest pictures when I'm only posting youtube vids.  How hypocritical would that be?

• Answer?  VERY!

• My favorite sandwich of late, Panera's mozzarella and tomato panini. (But I've never had one this obviously cheesy.)

• My complaint of late, over air-conditioning.  I'm just getting used to being not cold and I'm now cold.  Inside.

• Vandy shared a term I plan on using all summer and beyond, "TABs," tasty adult beverages.  I'm a lightweight, one drink is enough, and it helps that my husband never drinks so I'm always safe with that one, but I do like them tasty!

• My "to do" list for this summer is growing, and I couldn't be more excited!  Now to stay on a schedule and get things done: tutoring two days, running, hill climbing, Christmas crafts, new recipes (any recipe is a new recipe to this gal), some sewing (eep), learning to crochet...can't wait! 

• I have gone cold turkey on a vice this week, I'm not going to share here what it is, but it's better that I completely avoid it.  So if you could pray for me, join me in prayer for this one, I'd love it--and God will know what you're talking about!  (It's nothing that was illegal, unhealthy or immoral, I promise you, just something that wasn't good for me emotionally.)

Mrs. 4444, I thank you for hosting Friday Fragments, it's my mini-therapy

Glad to be real:

Also hopping here...

It's Tuesday, why, that's so random!

     Yes, Yes, I'm linking up here today.  I have such fun with this opportunity/hop, it allows me to voice some of the minute shtuff ("shtuff" is  an old Mac and Mommy reference) that bounces in my head all week.

Random itching with curiosity shtuff:  We have neighbors who are away on their honeymoon, and we've been collecting their packages.  Oh boy, do I want to open them! I'd even write their thank you notes for them...if only...

Random ol' TV shtuff:  My curiosity about these packages reminds me of Laura Petrie and her raft.  Does anyone remember that Dick Van Dyke Show episode?
Random please think about this shtuff:  Teaching is simply hard work, and just 'cause you went to school doesn't make you KNOW what it's like to be a teacher.  Teachers have been getting bashed a lot.  I've been feeling bashed by people I know who don't seem to get when they say bad things about greedy teachers, they are hurting me.

Random as political as I get shtuff:  Breaking the circle of poverty should be our focus, not blaming society's ills on teachers.  We teachers DEAL with society's ills for eight hours a day in our classrooms. It doesn't get much more real than that. 
Random score shtuff:  Brad loves the glasses I bought.  Yeah, I bought them for my Margaritas; he who has never imbibed likes their heft for iced tea.  I see matching green high balls/tumblers in our future.  Do the men in your life care about things like glasses?

Random field trip shtuff:  My class is going to Feed My Starving Children this week.  Check it out @  FMSC.org.
Random aging shtuff:  I purposely went to Walgreen's to buy this.  This was on the top of my list.  Does that make me old?  Do my reasons of 1) being organized and 2) keeping my sink counter cleaned off absolve me of oldness?  I didn't think so...

Random too young for me shtuff:  On the same list was bright coral nail polish.  The only shade I could find was Wet N Wild/aka the nail polish 12-year-olds buy.  Whoa baby, at .69 a bottle, that's gotta be some long wearing stuff.  I'll let you know.
Random I'm not Martha Stewart shutff:  I recently stumbled across this freebie, and I like the lines.  Any ideas for its use?

Random health shtuff:  scores... Slim Fast 5 days, pounds lost 1.  Couch to 5K, fourth week, running time without passing out, 5 minutes.  I'm feeling okay about both.  Thinking the latter is MUCH better for me. (I pretty much just signed on for a 5K on 10/2/11, so I have to keep working, working, working at running, running, running.  Eep!)

Random if I were a mommy blogger shtuff:  My son is done with his first year of grad school.  No photo available, but I'm smiling for him!  He's coming home in July, so of course we're planning a party.  Now picture a bigger smile on me!

This just tickled me...Wee Bit Wednesday

I'm linking up here this evening, just for fun, while it's still Wednesday.

Wee Bit questions:

{one}  When was the last time you used a pay phone (if ever)?

I used them plenty as a kid, but I can't remember the last time.  A last time was when I used a lovely phone booth to make a call from U.S. Cellular Field's Stadium Club to check on a sick Mackers (circa 1990).

{two} Did you ever fail a subject in school?

At least twice in college, I left classes after the drop date. Those grades were F's until I reenrolled in the classes to earn A's. 
 

{three}  Where do you go to get your favorite hamburger/cheeseburger?

Portillo's a Chicagoland institution.

{four} Have you ever served jury duty?

Nope, been called, showed up, was questioned, sent home.

{five} How old were you when you moved out of your parents house?

40.

Long story, but suffice it to say, that wasn't the first time I left...

 {six}  What is your favorite color to wear?

Pink or red.

{seven}  Do you have a pair of shoes you wear all the time?

All fall and winter, my brown Mary Jane heels.

{eight}  Do you enjoy talk radio?

NO!  Not in the true sense, but I do listen to Christian talk radio, for the True sense!

{nine}  If you turn one unhealthy food into a healthy one, what food would it be?

Cheesecake.

Or anything with cheese or anything with cake.

{ten}  Who is the best speaker you have ever heard in person?

Our teaching pastor, Pastor Dale Hummel