Me Via Flikr

C over at Polka Dots & Pansies did this yesterday & I thought I'd play along.

a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.

b. Using only the first page, pick an image.

c. Select the size of boxes as 3 by 4. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.



Use these questions in each URL box!!!
1. What is your first name? Pam
2. What is your favorite food? pizza
3. What high school did you go to? Waterford Kettering
4. What is your favorite color? yellow
5. Who is your celebrity crush? Johnny Depp
6. Favorite drink? cold water
7. Dream vacation? secluded island
8. Favorite dessert? creme brule
9. What you want to be when you grow up? an actress princess
10. What do you love most in life? my family
11. One Word to describe you? loyal
12. Where do you live? Michigan

Play along if you want & leave me a link so I can see what you look like!

Flickr asked that I paste this in here to recognize the people who actually took these pictures, so here it is.

1. Dad & Pam, 2. Pinocchio's Pizza farm, 3. WKHS 1962 classmates, 4. Contact line, 5. +[ Johnny Depp: drop dead gorgeous ]+, 6. water droplets in the shower - o.k. bokeh, 7. Untitled, 8. Creme Brule, 9. I loved the movies of Esther Williams, 10. Snowmen family in TX, 11. We did it? Barack Obama won? Yay! Yes We Did!, 12. Late October on Lake Michigan

Go Ahead, Show Off!

Auds over at Barking Mad is giving away a $250.00 Target gift card. All that is required is tooting your own horn! Seriously, to enter to win this gift card Auds wants to see our 5 favorite posts from our own blogs.

Without further ado or adieu (computer search says both are correct) here are 5 of my favorite posts.

Purple Cartoon Areolae

I May Have To Change Grocery Stores, But I Still Have My Panties

Dear Sasha Fierce

Men...

When I'm Hopped Up On Goofballs, I Steal

Check out my personal faves & then hop over & see who else is playing!

A Great Contest & A Great Project

Tiffany from The R Family Diaries and The Secret is in the Sauce is giving away 2 $100.00 Target gift cards. She has been chosen by Pepperidge Farm to be among the faculty of Fishful Thinking. According to Tiffany, "Fishful thinking is an initiative that offeres parents tools to foster optimism in kids."

I actually have tears. The focus on optimism is my favorite thing. I have a son who is 17 & one who is 13 & sometimes it's hard for them to feel optimistic about things.

My 17 year old has not been able to find a job. All of the positions here in Michigan that teens would normally fill are filled by unemployed auto workers, etc.

Graduating high school doesn't mean a whole lot. You graduate high school, so you can get into a good college & get a degree, but he knows plenty of kids who have that degree & still have no job.

Our kids need optimism & as a parent I am stretched thin to continue to make them feel optimistic, when I'm running low myself.

To find out more about Fishful thinking and to enter the contest to win one of 2 $100.00 click here.

Musical Monday

My friends Diane & Jori host Musical Monday & after missing a couple of weeks, I'm glad to be back in the swing of things.

This week, The Cure, probably my favorite band ever, singing Love Song, probably the best lovesong ever. This isn't the video I wanted, you're not allowed to embed the orginal music video for the song. If you're interested you can find it here.

OK, you know what? I'm gonna give you a twofer. I just can't post this without posting the other contender for best lovesong ever, Just Like Heaven. Original video here.

Sigh. Guess what I'm gonna be listening to for the rest of the day!

Simply Delicious Sundays & Books

I participate in Simply Delicious Sunday, which is hosted by Tamy at 3 Sides Of Crazy. My entries are located unter the cooking tab at the top of the blog. Even if you don't care about my recipes, check out Tamy's blog. She's got some of the best recipes on the web!

Also, my books feature at the top of the blog has been broken out into it's own blog. Mimi's year in books. I think it will be easier than trying to keep them all in one big post. If you care you can find it here: http://mimisyearinbooks.blogspot.com/.

Parenting Product of the Day

Boy I wish I could go back to those potty training days, now that this is available!



*I couldn't find a website or any evidence that this is a real product

Flashback Friday

I just found this & since I had out some old pic of myself I thought I'd play along.

This was 1972, so I was 5. I love how the mouth of the pumpkin kind of looks like a map of the United States! We've got the always cool avacado green stove topped off by some cool mushroom candles. Man, the 70's was ugly, but I was dang cute!

For more Flashback Friday fun check out Tara over at Too Much Information.