Chellz thoughts number two

Yay! or Boo!
I haven't figured out yet if I am glad or sad that my Birthday is coming just around the corner.
I will be 37 yrs. old.....[sigh]

Anyway, not much else to say.
Later, Chelle

Welcome to the 2006 edition of getting to know
your friends/family. What
you are supposed to do is copy and paste it Change all the answers so
they apply to you. I like this one because sometimes you forget the little details
about even your closest friends!

1. What time did you really get up this morning? 5:30 am
2. Diamonds or Pearls? Diamonds
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Chicken Little
4. What is your favorite T. V. show? Used to be Friends...don't really have one now.
5. What did you have for breakfast? Cheese Crackers
6. What is your middle name? Anne
7. What is your favorite cuisine? Shrimp, Lobster
8. What foods do you dislike? pork bean, kidney beans...any kind of those that are in that family.
9. What is your favorite potato chip? Lays regular chips
10. What is your favorite tape /DVD at the moment? Crash
11. What kind of car do you drive? 2001 Chevy Caviler
12. What is your favorite sandwich? BLT
13. What characteristics do you despise? Lying and bad-mouthing others
14. Favorite item of clothing? PJ`s
15. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation,where would it be?
Australia
16. What color is your bathroom? Ugly yellow
17. Favorite brand of clothes? What ever from the Goodwill store...hehehehehehe
18. Where would you like to retire? Possibly somewhere up North
19. Favorite time of day? Afternoon
20. Where were you born? Elgin, Illinois
21. Favorite sport to watch? Football
22. Who do you least expect to send this back? Not sure
23. Person you expect to send this back first? Dee Dee
24. What type of detergent do you use? Whatever is on sale
25. Coke or Pepsi? Pepsi
26. Are you a morning person or night owl? late morning person when I don't have to work.
27. What size shoe do you wear? 7 1/2
28. Do you have pets? 2 dogs, 1 cat
29. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with everyone? My oldest will be graduating from High School in June of 2006 YEAH!!!!
30. What did you want to be when you were little? To be lost in space ? I don't know?
31. Favorite Candy Bar? Hershey Dark Chocolate
32. What is your best childhood memory? Hanging out with my brother Aaron, and spending time with my friends.
33. What are the different jobs you have had? Do we need to go into that? Really who cares?
34. Favorite Color? Earth tone colors
36. How many Best friends do you have? 3
37. Eye color? Hazel
38. Ever Been to Africa? Nope
39. Ever been toilet papered? Yes, but don't tell my mom Ssshhhhh
40. Ever loved someone so much it made you cry? Yes
41. Been in a car accident? yes
42. Croutons or Bacon bits? Both
43. Favorite day of the week? A day that I can sleep in.
44. Favorite restaurant? Outback or Red Lobster
45. Favorite flower? Roses
46. Favorite Ice Cream? Chocolate all the way.
47. Disney or Warner Brothers? Mickey Mouse is from Disney so YEAH...Disney
48. Favorite fast food restaurant? Taco Bell
49. What color is your bedroom carpet? No carpet in bedroom
50. How many times did you fail your drivers test? Zero
51. Before this one, from whom did you get your last E-Mail? Does spam count?
52. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? If I had a credit card it would be Wal-Mart
53. What do you do most often when you get bored? Surf the net
54. Who are you the most interested in hearing from on this
questionnaire? Brenda
55. Last person you went to dinner with? Doug
56. Ford or Chevy? Chevy
57. What are you listening to right now? Amanda and Donald talking about Donald sleeping over at his friends house.
58. What person have you learned the most about life from? Uumm I don't know???
59. How many tattoos do you have? Two

Current Mood: crazy

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1. Spread 1 tablespoon of all-fruit jam on your toast rather than 1 1/2 tablespoons of butter.

2. Replace 1 cup of whole milk with 1/2 cup of nonfat milk.

3. Eat 2 poached eggs instead of 2 fried eggs.

4. Replace 1/2 cup of granola with 2 cups of Cheerios.

5. Instead of using whole milk and eggs to prepare 2 slices of French toast, use nonfat milk and egg whites.

6. Snack on an orange and a banana instead of a Snickers candy bar.

7. Munch on 35 pretzel sticks instead of 1 ounce of dry-roasted peanuts.

8. Replace 1 cup of sweetened applesauce with 1 cup of unsweetened applesauce.

9. On your lamb-and-vegetable kabob, replace 2 of the 4 chunks of meat with fresh whole mushrooms.

10. Dip an artichoke in 1 tablespoon of low-fat mayonnaise instead of 1 1/2 tablespoons of regular mayonnaise.

11. Steam your asparagus rather than sauté it in 1 tablespoon of butter or oil.

12. Instead of a 5-ounce glass of wine, opt for cherry-flavored sparkling water.

13. For a chewy snack, have 1/2 cup of dried fruit rather than 9 caramels.

14. Replace 3 slices of bacon with 3 slices of Light & Lean Canadian bacon.

15. Eat a Lender's egg bagel instead of a Sara Lee egg bagel.

16. Select 1 cup of home-style baked beans instead of an equal serving of baked beans with franks.

17. Replace 2 biscuits with 2 dinner rolls.

18. When making a sandwich, use 2 slices of Roman Light 7-grain bread instead of Pepperidge Farm wheat bread.

19. Eat 1/2 cup of steamed fresh broccoli instead of 1/2 cup of frozen broccoli in cheese sauce.

20. Make a burrito with 1/2 cup of fat-free refried beans and 1 ounce of nonfat cheese instead of the same amount of traditional refried beans and cheese.

21. Replace an apple muffin with a high-fiber English muffin.

22. Reduce a typical serving of chocolate cake (1/8 of a two-layer cake) by one-third.

23. Switch from 1 cup of whole-milk hot chocolate to 1 cup of steamed 1% milk flavored with a dash of almond extract.

24. Replace 1 cup of caramel-coated popcorn with 2 1/2 cups of air-popped popcorn.

25. Switch from 1/2 cup of yogurt-covered raisins to 1/2 cup of plain raisins.

26. Snack on 1 cup of nonfat plain yogurt instead of 1 cup of custard-style yogurt.

27. Top your celery sticks with 2 tablespoons of fat-free cream cheese instead of 3 tablespoons of regular cream cheese.

28. Replace 2 fried-chicken drumsticks with 2 roasted drumsticks and a cup of peas and carrots.

29. Instead of eating 5 chocolate-chip cookies, savor the taste of 2.

30. Lighten your 2 cups of coffee with 2 tablespoons of evaporated nonfat milk instead of 2 tablespoons of half-and-half.

31. Replace a 12-ounce can of cola with a 12-ounce can of diet cola.

32. Thicken your cream sauce with 1 percent milk and corn starch instead of a roux of butter and flour.

33. At the appetizer tray, choose 4 fresh raw mushrooms instead of 4 batter-fried mushrooms.

34. Use 2 tablespoons of fat-free sour cream instead of regular sour cream (on baked potatoes or in stroganoff). If done twice in the day, 100 calories will be cut.

35. Reduce the size of your steak from 4 1/2 ounces to 3 ounces.

36. Grill a cheese sandwich with nonstick cooking spray instead of margarine.

37. Replace 1 cup of chocolate ice cream with 2/3 cup of nonfat chocolate frozen yogurt.

38. Snack on 2 ounces of oven-baked potato chips instead of regular potato chips.

39. Instead of topping your salad with an ounce of croutons, get your crunch from 1/4 cup of chopped celery.

40. Instead of 1 cup of macaroni salad, eat 3 1/2 cups of spinach salad with 2 tablespoons of low-calorie dressing.

41. Cut the peanut butter on your sandwich from 2 tablespoons to 1 tablespoon.

42. Serve your turkey with 1/4 cup of cranberry sauce instead of 1/2 cup.

43. Order a sandwich on cracked wheat bread instead of a croissant.

44. Complement your hamburger with 1 1/4 ounces of oven-baked tortilla chips instead of a side of fries.

45. Split an apple Danish with a friend rather than eat the entire thing.

46. Order 2 slices of cheese pizza instead of 2 slices of pepperoni pizza.

47. Grab a Dole Fresh Lites Cherry frozen fruit bar instead of a Sunkist Coconut frozen fruit bar.

48. Snack on 1/2 cup of fruit cocktail canned in water instead of 1 cup of fruit cocktail canned in heavy syrup.

49. Switch from 1 cup of fruit punch to 1 cup of sparkling water flavored with 2 teaspoons of concentrated orange juice.

50. Instead of eating garlic bread made with butter, spread baked garlic cloves on French bread.

51. Rather than snack on 1 cup of grapefruit canned in syrup, peel and section 1 small grapefruit.

52. Dip your chips in 1/2 cup of salsa instead of 1/2 cup of guacamole.

53. Switch from 1/2 cup of Frusen Gladje butter pecan ice cream to Breyers butter pecan ice cream.

54. Use 1 tablespoon of mayonnaise in your tuna salad instead of 2 tablespoons.

55. Hold the tartar sauce on your fish sandwich, and squeeze lemon on it instead.

56. Replace 3 fish sticks with 3 ounces of grilled halibut.

57. In sandwich spreads or salads, use 3 teaspoons of dijonnaise instead of 4 teaspoons of mayonnaise.

58. Use 2 tablespoons of light pancake syrup instead of 2 tablespoons of regular syrup.

59. Top your pasta with 1 cup of marinara sauce instead of 1/2 cup of alfredo sauce.

60. For each serving of pasta salad you make, reduce the oil or mayonnaise by 1 tablespoon.

61. Replace 1/2 cup of peaches canned in extra-heavy syrup with 1/2 cup of peaches canned in water.

62. Prepare 1/2 cup of steamed peas and cauliflower instead of frozen peas and cauliflower in cream sauce.

63. Cut back on sampling during cooking. The following "tastes" have 100 calories: 4 tablespoons of beef stroganoff, 3 tablespoons of homemade chocolate pudding, 2 tablespoons of chocolate-chip cookie dough.

64. At an Italian restaurant, snack on a large breadstick instead of a slice of garlic bread.

65. Eat a 3/4-cup serving of pudding made with skim milk rather than a 1-cup serving of pudding made with whole milk.

66. Choose 1/2 cup of brown rice instead of 1 serving of frozen rice pilaf with green beans or 1 serving of frozen Oriental rice and vegetables.

67. Compliment your sandwich with 3/4 cup of split-pea soup instead of 1 cup of chunky bean and ham soup.

68. Replace 3 tablespoons of strawberry topping on your ice cream with 3/4 pint of fresh strawberries.

69. Pass on the second helping of mashed potatoes.

70. Eat 3 grilled prawns with cocktail sauce instead of 3 breaded and fried prawns.

71. Make a pie crust with 1 cup of Grape-Nuts cereal, 1/4 cup of concentrated apple juice and 1 tablespoon of cinnamon, instead of using a traditional graham-cracker crust. You'll save 100 calories per slice.

72. Replace 8 sticks of regular chewing gum with sugar-free chewing gum.

73. Snack on a papaya instead of a bag of M&Ms.

74. Substitute 3 ounces of scallops for 3 ounce of lean beef in your stir-fry.

75. Rather than spread 4 tablespoons of cream cheese on two slices of raisin bread, dip the bread in 1/2 cup nonfat apple-cinnamon yogurt.

76. Munch on 1 cup of frozen grapes instead of an ice cream sandwich.

77. Rather than drink a strawberry milkshake, make a smoothie of 2/3 cup of low-fat milk, 1/2 cup of strawberries and 1/2 a banana.

78. Replace 2 brownies with 2 fig bars.

79. Eat 2 meatballs instead of 4 with your spaghetti.

80. On a hot day, quench your thirst with a glass of ice water with lemon or mint instead of a can of light beer.

81. Eat 1/2 cup of black beans instead of 3 ounces of roast beef.

82. Replace 1 1/2 tablespoons of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter spread with 1 1/2 tablespoons of Nucoa Smart Beat margarine.

83. Choose 1 serving of vegetarian lasagna instead of lasagna with meat.

84. Eat 2 Kellogg's Nutri-Grain bars instead of 2 Kellogg's Pop-Tarts.

85. Drizzle 3 tablespoons of low-calorie French dressing on your salad instead of 2 tablespoons of blue cheese dressing.

86. Replace 1 large flour tortilla with 1 six-inch corn tortilla.

87. Eat a turkey sandwich instead of a chicken salad sandwich.

88. Choose 4 1/2 ounces of tuna packed in water instead of 4 1/2 ounces of tuna packed in oil.

89. At Burger King, have a Whopper Jr. Sandwich with regular fries instead of a Whopper With Cheese Sandwich.

90. Order your Quarter Pounder without cheese.

91. At Jack in the Box, eat a regular taco instead of a super taco.

92. Fix 1 cup of turkey chili with beans rather than regular chili with no beans.

93. Use 1 cup of fat-free cottage cheese instead of regular cottage cheese.

94. Order a sandwich with barbecued chicken instead of barbecued pork.

95. Replace 1 cup of corn with 1 cup of carrots.

96. Reduce your helping of turkey stuffing from 1 cup to 2/3 cup.

97. Have a single scoop of ice cream instead of a double scoop.

98. Replace 2 ounces of corn chips with 2 ounces of SnackWell's wheat crackers.

99. Eat 1 hot dog at the baseball game instead of 2.

100. Shred 2 ounces of fat-free cheddar cheese on nachos instead of regular cheddar.

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1.Leave the copy machine set to reduce 200%, extra dark, 17 inch paper, 99 copies.
2.In the memo field of all your checks, write "for sexual favors."
3.Specify that your drive-through order is "TO-GO."
4.If you have a glass eye, tap on it occasionally with your pen while talking to others.
5.Stomp on little plastic ketchup packets.
6.Insist on keeping your car windshield wipers running in all weather conditions "to keep them tuned up."
7.Reply to everything someone says with "that's what you think."
8.Practice making fax and modem noises.
9.Highlight irrelevant information in scientific papers and "cc" them to your boss.
10.Make beeping noises when a large person backs up.
11.Finish all your sentences with the words "in accordance with prophesy."
12.Signal that a conversation is over by clamping your hands over your ears and grimacing.
13.Disassemble your pen and "accidentally" flip the ink cartridge across the room.
14.Holler random numbers while someone is counting.
15.Adjust the tint on your TV so that all the people are green, and insist to others that you "like it that way."
16.Staple pages in the middle of the page.
17.Publicly investigate just how slowly you can make a croaking noise.
18.Honk and wave to strangers.
19.Decline to be seated at a restaurant, and simply eat their complimentary mints at the cash register.
20.TYPE IN UPPERCASE.
21.type only in lowercase.
22.dont use any punctuation either
23.Buy a large quantity of orange traffic cones and reroute whole streets.
24.Repeat the following conversation a dozen times.
"DO YOU HEAR THAT?"
"What?"
"Never mind, it's gone now."
25.As much as possible, skip rather than walk.
26.Try playing the William Tell Overture by tapping on the bottom of your chin. When nearly done, announce "No, wait, I messed it up," and repeat.
27.Ask people what gender they are.
28.While making presentations, occasionally bob your head like a parakeet.
29.Sit in your front yard pointing a hair dryer at passing cars to see if they slow down.
30.Sing along at the opera.
31.Go to a poetry recital and ask why each poem doesn't rhyme.
32.Ask your co-workers mysterious questions and then scribble their answers in a notebook. Mutter something about "psychological profiles."

Current Mood: bored

Ok I have a wee rant and rave........

After a lot of thinking and thinking some things have been bothering me so now I am going to vent here. Sometimes I sit and think that it is all my fault and I am hoping it's not and I have been told it's not. There has just been a lot of things going on and a lot of things that are going to be happening after the first of the year. Such as; Amanda is going to be graduating high school in June of 2006 and we need to really start looking for colleges. I should have been doing this all along with her thank goodness she is on top on things. She has been sending in applications here and there.

Well, around Sept. I posted a nomination for secertary to take over my postition. Here is the actual post.

From: "Chelle" <sweetchelle_511@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed Sep 28, 2005 9:10 am
Subject: nominations

Ok yes,
I nominated {left persons name out} for secretary....not that I don't enjoy doing this,but I thought that I would possible take a break

The reason doing this is because of the reason above. Amanda needing my help so that we can go visit the colleges that she is applying for. Then not to long ago a friend of mine posted that he is stepping down, and then two other friends decide to wash their hands of the whole thing. What happened to the dream of this organization? This organization, like any other organization is like a starting business. Ya can't expect after the first year for it to be booming. When starting any business/organization it takes three years before you see results!! I should know this because I want to open my own business and I am taking my time doing so because I want to succed after three years and there is a lot into doing all of this. (yes, i do pay attention in school....lol ) I wanted this organization to succed and it just seems like the two people that I RESPECT THE MOST decide to wash their hands of it. I still love them as friends, but I guess I really still don't understand why? After they've put so much into it. If this is what they really want to do then I guess I will RESPECT them however, I think that maybe they should really give it a second thought. This organization NEEDS people like my two friends to step up and do what they intended to do. Well, maybe after the first of the year when we have a meeting things will change??? I hope!! They have so many good ideas for things and I hate to see it all go down the tubes....Anyway, that was my weee rant and rave, and I don't do that much
bitchn' on here about these kinds of things but GGGGrrrrrrr

Time to get going before I get more upset...I kinda feel better now that I got that off of my chest.

Later, C

Current Mood: annoyed

OK
Another journal/blog thing to write in like I don't have enough to write in. LOL Thanks Joanie ;0) hehehehe Just wanted to make my first entry to be sweet and simple since I am tired and I am going to be going to be real quick here.

SO, until next time......
Chelle

Current Mood: sleepy