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Overheard this morning at breakfast, as Bug sat at the kitchen table all by his lonesome..."These honey nut cheerios are sweet AND crunchy!"


*Originally posted March 29, 2008

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This is the beginning of another busy weekend for our house - just the way we like it. Church tonight and Sunday morning. I have a new song to learn by tonight (just got the words yesterday but it isn't too bad). Tomorrow we will be back working at the duplex units at Manville so Saturday will be full of construction and cleaning and painting and making ready homes for people. Lots of fun! Really, it is. Hard work but fun!

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5 Question Friday

1. Do you sing karaoke? If so, what is your go to song? 

I don't sing karaoke - anymore.  When I hung out at the bars I did ALL the time.  Didn't have a go to song that I can remember though.  Now that I don't go to the bars, there is no one around with a karaoke machine.  Maybe I need to invest!  (Let's take up a collection!  {grin})

2. What is your favorite coffee drink?

  I wasn't looking forward to answering this question because I thought I was all alone in my non-coffee drinking world BUT I have found at least two other bloggers who don't.  My friends all think I am strange.  I get my caffiene fix from pepsi, sometimes I go and get all radical and have pepsi lime (I know!).  But I don't even drink that every day. 


3. If you could choose your own name, what would it be?

Oh, I have no idea.  When I was a kid I always wanted to have a girl name that could have a boyish nickname, like Samantha or Jolene.  I know, I wanted to be Sam or Joe or something like that.  I hated being called Angie (still not really fond of it but at least I don't hit people...anymore...{grin})

4. Were you ever bullied?

Not that I can remember.  The only time I can even really think of was when our house burned down and the kids teased us that my brother had done it - even though it was an electrical fire {sheesh} but that was even more geared to my brother.  Um, so not likely.

5. How often do you eat fast food?

Are we classifying Subway as fast food? I would say that I eat fast food once a week to two weeks. I really try not to eat McDonalds; it makes me feel sick {gee, I wonder why?}


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Thank goodness!  I was a little nervous.  Whew!  Now I can carry on my day.  At ease, people.  It all worked out.  {grin}

and you guys were nervous....

I'm not a follower!

According to Blogger, I am not following ANY blogs!  Um, exqueeze me?  I had lots of blogs I was following!  What if I can't find you all....?

Perhaps YOU will know

Just how wet is "wet wet"? Jellybean & Bug were playing in puddles on a walk at their grandparents and according to Jellybean, M & Bug got "wet wet" but she only got a little wet.

*Originally posted April 9, 2008

Declutter bug strikes again!

I've been on a decluttering kick - have been for some time now.  It seems to be a never ending task in this house anyway.  (Anyone else?  Just me?  Oh...)

The other day I attacked Bug's room.  No before or after pictures.  Kind of glad about that though.  The "before" scared me enough to wonder if I would find someone's small child in there alone and scared or Jimmy Hoffa or something.  Still, I put on my brave face (perhaps some rubber gloves {grin}) and grabbed a bag for garbage.  His room is now clean and this is what I took out of it.  I would also like to mention that this was ALL trash! (broken toys, filled coloring books, things boys collect that their moms don't want to know were in the house - sort of kidding).

(Ok, so the milk jug and the laundry detergent bottle were not a part of his room but, the three bags of garbage and the really ratty pillow were.)

I also gathered a whole lot of stuff from our house to go to the thrift store (And again, still lots more stuff for me to gather and/or get emotionally ready to leave my house.  WHY are we so attached to things!?)

The painting is not something I have parted with but it has been moved to my husband's office.  LOOK at all that stuff - just look at it! The more I get rid of the more "extra" clutter drives me crazy and I am getting a bit more ruthless.

However, I did end up bringing more stuff into my house.  You do have to replace the clothes you get rid of - especially when your children seem to out-grow everything at once.  I did get some really good deals though!

Found, at WalMart, 2 pair of rubber boots for my children.  Originally cost $12/pair.  Purchased for $3/pair.  Both kids equipped for half the cost of one pair! And, as I have a girl and a boy left at home, I did what any loving "this aint no fashion show" mom frugal mom would do.  I bought my daughter a pair of plain dark blue boots from the boys department for $3 instead of spending $16.00 to get her pink ones with flowers that will be covered in mud {as soon as the snow begins to melt}; this way, in two years, her brother will fit them fabulously.

I also found some great shirts for the kids.  $75.00 worth of clothes for them for the much smaller cost of $13.00!  My kids need to wear dress clothes to school and, at times, it can be very hard to find suitable stuff for them. 

Here's what I found...

(Sorry, don't know why it is rotated and can't get it fixed, gtaking this from a memory stick and, although rotated properly on the stick, it is spinning it sideways)
Flower print shirt for Jellybean $3.00
White polo shirt for Bug   $3.00
Fooler hooded shirt w/ brown cord jacket for Bug  $7.00

My kids can wear all of these things to school and church and, other than the polo shirt, are clothes they would choose to wear everyday.  The hooded shirt Bug can only wear on "casual" Fridays but I am very happy with my "deals".  Now to find them some more pants.  {sigh}

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How much can I get for this much?

I used to work at a gas station and we had a young girl that would come in with a ziploc baggie full of coins and ask us "How much can I get with this much?". Drove me bonkers. Drove us all bonkers, actually. You had to count the money and figure out how much candy she could get with that much money and the taxes, and work around her with customers who were wanting to pay for their gas, etc. She came in every day - some days several times a shift.

I don't know why I shared that other than it popped into my head right after I finished making 12 wraps for school lunches. One for tomorrow and eleven for the freezer. I got to thinking "wow. I think I just made the main part of 12 lunches for the cost of a McDonalds meal" and that got me to thinking, "how much can I get for this much".

I know.

Don't even try to figure out how my brain works at times - you will feel lost and slightly confused. Unless you do have the same process of thought as I do and then, perhaps, we can help each other out. Never know! {Grin}

I'll bet you are wondering what I made, aren't you? Well, wondering or not I am about to tell you - even show you! Lucky you. {grin}

I found this recipe for Salsa Chicken over at From My Kitchen (thanks Brandi!) quite awhile ago. Today I threw 3 chicken breasts in the crockpot with some salsa (I buy ours in bulk so I guesstimate at how much it was - perhaps a cup) and shredded them up. On 12 tortillas, I spread out some sour cream that I had just bought for $0.50 (I know!), put a couple forkfuls of the shredded chicken and topped it with shredded cheddar. I wrapped them up individaully in plastic wrap and then put them in a freezer bag.

Take a peek at these... (Yumm-o)

11 of the 12 I made (#12 is for tomorrow's lunch)

I would guess that the 12 of these wraps cost me approximately $7 to make. You're looking at about $0.58 per wrap.

When I look at that, I just don't know if I could ever pay $6.50 for a Big Mac Meal or $5.29 for a 6-inch sub with baked chips and a drink at Subway again. (Ok, maybe hardly ever; I really like Subway!)

Health Records Laughs

I used to work in Health Records and I have seen some very silly things; these are not them. I am taking this from an email my cousin sent me. VERY fun stuff!

"Actual sentences found in hospital patient charts"

She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night.

Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.

On the second day the knee was better, and on the third day it disappeared.

The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.

The patient has been depressed since she began seeing me in 1993.

Discharge status: Alive but without my permission.

Healthy appearing decrepit 69 year old male, mentally alert but forgetful.

The patient refused autopsy.

The patient has no previous history of suicide.

Patient has left white blood cells at another hospital.

Patient's medical history has been remarkably insignificant with only a 40lb weight gain in the past 3 days.

Patient had waffles for breakfast and anorexia for lunch.

Between you and me, we ought to be able to get this lady pregnant.

Since she can't get pregnant with her husband, I thought you might like to work her up.

She is numb from her toes down.

While in ER, she was examined, X-rated and sent home.

The skin was moist and dry.

Occasional, constant infrequent headaches.

Patient was alert and unresponsive.

Rectal examination revealed a normal size thyroid.

She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life, until she got a divorce.

I saw your patient today, who is still under our car for physical therapy.

Both breasts are equal and reactive to light and accommodation.

Examination of genitalia reveals that he is circus sized.

The lab test indicated abnormal lover function.

The patient was to have a bowel resection. However, he took a job as a stock broker instead.

Skin: somewhat pale but present.

The pelvic exam will be done later on the floor.

Patient was seen in consultation by Dr. Blank, who felt we should sit on the abdomen and I agree.

Patient has two teenage children, but no other abnormalities.

The Birds and the Bees and The Pharmacy Tech?

*I origianally posted this on my "other blog", the one my whole family has access to, including Rush which is why I moved here - to sort through things a little more discreetly. Anyway, I posted it Jan 5, 2009 and given the bunch of fun mamas and some nurses I have drop by, I thought you would all enjoy a laugh. (I am going to be moving some of my posts from the other blog over here little by little - just to keep some special stories all together)

Are you ready? Let's begin...

Last night Jellybean came downstairs to tell me that she just heard that someone we know may be pregnant. This led to all sorts of frightening levels of conversation. She looked at me quite befuddled and quizically asked, "What does sex look like?"

PANIC raced through me!!!!!! Cra-ap!! Why did I correct her!? She would have been just fine thinking it was 'pregnant' at least for the next 15 years, right??? "What does sex look like?! What does it look like??!!!". I can hear that question pounding in my ears.

"Oh, honey, you don't need to worry about that right now. Mommy will explain it all to you when you are a little older. For now all you need to know is that it is something special between mommy's and daddy's."

LO-ONG, AWKWARD SILENCE......

"Mommy...? I think I know what sex looks like."

"Oh?", I whispered with my mind racing through all the things she could say so I could "plan" my response.

"Yeah. I think it looks like a vitamin."

I stifle a laugh."No, it isn't a vitamin but right now you are a bit too young to really understand what it is but, I promise, as soon as Mommy and Daddy think you are ready to understand I will talk to you and explain it. Okay?"

"Okay," she said, smiling sweetly at me as she bounded from my chair and out of my office.

"Whew!" I feel my lungs begin to exhale a huge sigh of relief and my heart rate slows to normal. I wiped the beads of sweat that had begun to form on my brow and began to wonder when WOULD she be ready? When would I?

This meeting is called to order

Do you have family meetings?  What about you and your spouse (significant other)? Do you have meetings with each other?

At our house, we do.  We do both.  BigB and I will meet to discuss things that pertain to things that are in their preliminary stages,  household finances, budgeting plans, etc.  When we have family meetings we discuss things that are more family oriented: what will we do with the money we get from returning our recyclable bottles - vacation savings account or where?  Things like how people have been doing on their chores, what needs to be changed, what is working with our schedules, what isn't working, what needs tweeking.

So?  Do you meet or not?  What do you discuss?  How often do you meet?

Do you run your house like a business or are you a fly-by-the-seat-of-your pants kinda house.

Honestly, I fluctuate between the two.  Sometimes I get too lazy to put in the extra effort and I can tell - we seem to fall apart somewhat.   

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Black and White Wednesday - Destruction

This picture was taken of the hospital I was born in, the hospital I had my tonsils removed in and the hospital to which I was taken the first time I was raped. My dad was born in this hospital and my auntie was the Nursing Unit Manager of the Pediatrics Dept. My brother and sister were born here. My sister was born a few weeks premature; she fought for her life here. My dad was brought here when he hurt his back when he was (I believe) hit by a tree while working as a lumber jack. Up until our house burned down, he had the letter I "wrote" to the doctors as a three year old, thanking them for helping my daddy.

I cried when they tore it down. This was that day.

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My wandering heart

Yesterday afternoon, for 2 hours, Rush sat with me in the same room for the third time since running away from home.  The first time was, by far, the hardest, the most awkward, the most painful.  The second time was, a bit, easier.  The first day of that second visit was great; she snuggled with the kids and laughed with us, and let her guard down.  The second day of that second visit couldn't end soon enough.  She put up a wall and began speaking to us all with arrogance and, almost, hatred in her voice.

Yesterday she came with my mom to visit.  It has gotten easier.  It is still awkward.  It is still painfull, especially when it is time for her to leave because I want to scream at her that she can't go, that she belongs here, that this is her home.

Rush had a really good talk with BigD yesterday - just the two of them.  I haven't had that chance yet.  That chance to spend one-on-one time with her.  (I don't know if she wants it with me.  Yet!)  He apologized for his shortcomings as a father; he let her know there is always a place here for her - always! He talked to her about her need to pay off the restitution she owes to her first employer when she stole almost $1500 from them.  The important thing is that they talked.  She did not get defensive; she did not tune him out.  She did not reject his words.  She talked back with him. She asked his advice on a couple things.  She allowed him to be her dad.  There was a beginning there.  She told him that she still believed in God and that  brought so much hope for us.

Now, it's my turn.  I am wanting to save up some money and drive to the city she lives in with my mother and step-father, and I want to take her out to a really nice place to eat.  Not some chain family restaurant because chances are it will be loud and it will be too cluttered for us to spend time just being with (just) each other.  I want to show her that I have been changed by her leaving.  I want her to know that everything I have done in my life, whether it has been right or wrong, has been done because I thought, at the time, it was best for her.  My over-reactions and emotional outbursts were because I wanted something more for her and for my other children.  All that I did was for the sake of my family, with my children at the heart of those decisions. But I also want her to know that I am sorry for the wrong decisions I made - even though their intentions were honorable.

It has been terrible being without her.  It was her and I for so long.  There is not a day that goes by that I do not miss my girl.  Yes, I am functioning, doing all sorts of things, being happy, laughing but in the midst of the life I am living and the things I am doing, I am missing her, thinking how great it would be if she were there with me, imagining her at my side doing things together. There is almost always an underlying thought process about her.  I would be lying if I said there wasn't.

It is not a mourning though.  Well, perhaps it is a mourning but not a mourning I have ever gone through.  I am not constantly sad, depressed or moping.  I am doing things; I am laughing.  I am living and doing more than the merely existing I did when she first left.  Now that doesn't mean that a part of my heart isn't wandering around a city I don't live in, walking the halls and the classrooms of a school I have never been in, laughing with friends I have never met or living a life I am not entirely part of. 

A piece of my heart does do just that but it does that with all my children.  I have 7.  One is a recently divorced young man living down in Kansas City, MO and a part of my heart wanders Kansas City with him as he works, as he rebuilds...  Another part of my heart wanders the hospitals that my newly wed daughter works at, wanders her small town community...  Another part wanders with the two children who still live with their mother, who I have not been able to see much of lately - a teenage boy who is never at home, who never tells his mom where he is going, whose mom doesn't care where he is going or who he is with, who wanders at night with friends I have never met doing who really knows what...my heart wanders with him.  And it wanders with his sister, who now doesn't have Rush with her, knows not where or what her brother is up to - my heart wanders with her through gymnastics and dance recitals, through swimming and making goofy videos with her friends.  My heart wanders with the lives of the two children that live with me even though I know where they are and what they are doing, my heart is always there with them.  It follows my husband to the most northern peaks of our province that he flies in and out of for work.

My heart is always there with all of them.

My heart knows that there will be a restoring in my relationship with Rush.  I can't say for sure that she will ever live here again.  

Just got news and other randomness

News that we may be getting a visit from my mother, step-dad and Rush on Monday.

It will be Family Day here for some of the provinces in Canada on Monday; we get the day off.  It is also winter break week.

My 6 year old, Bug thinks that Valentine's Day is the day where "daddy is supposed to truckmantic to mommy".

Jellybean lived one of her dreams on Thursday; she was able to go watch a sled dog race.  I'll post pictures on Monday (probably).

We're having a supper at the church tonight - followed by a Money Matters meeting and a Servants in Training meeting.  Apparently some big news will be announced.

Other than that, not much to mention, friends.  Sorry, pretty boring today. 

Have a very Happy Valentine's Day with your loved ones.  I know I am excited to be with the people I love, at my fabulous church today!!  Tomorrow I will spend quality {alone} time with my honey.  Today my very dear friends celebrate their 29th wedding anniversary!  Congratulations, Wayne and Shar; we love you SO much!

It's Saturday; do you know where I am?

If you guessed back at Manville Bay working, you won! Unfortunately, I told you the answer and have no way of verifying that you knew on your own so...there is no prize. Rats! And it was really good too! It was a...a...I give up. I have no idea what it would have been but it would have been really good.

Some of the work I was doing last Saturday. Mudding, sanding, cutting in and painting.

Floor prep (for the laying of the lino which I, thankfully, did NOT do); I am being stretched in my skillset but I think that would be a bit much. We want it to look nice. Ain't happening if I do lino. Nope! No way! Not gonna happen! And yes, that is a Pepsi lime that is motivating me and pumping me full of sugary energy to continue.

Really, I loved the Pepsi lime last weekend. I mean, I like the taste of it ALL the time but, given that most of my crew didn't show up, this bottle of citrusy flavored goodness was my helpmate! Seriously. I was draggin' by the time I got home. Just look at that tired, weary person up there. (And yes, I have now been dubbed AngieMyma)

As tired as I was, and do I ever mean tired (I was awake long enough to shower, eat supper and go to bed), it is such a great tired. Doing something for others, working your body to that brink of exhaustion for someone else...it has its rewards. One of them being that you fall asleep before your head hits the pillow. {Grin} Among others.


This picture was taken two Saturdays ago and is part of what I am doing again today. Right now even - since this was a scheduled post and all. So, could you who pray, pray that my work crew shows up and that we meet our deadlines and all that. If you aren't a praying person maybe you could just send some Pepsi lime...{Grin}

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Black and White Wednesday - The Eyes Have It

I have just recently posted this picture on here but when I found this blog carnival at The Long Road to China I knew which picture I wanted to use this week.  Unless I totally change my mind when I go to add the picture.  It could happen.  I am fickle that way.  {Grin!}

I guess we will all see wen I get to that point {I know! The suspense is killing ME TOO!}

Ok, so here is what I decided...TWO pictures

This is my beautiful daughter, Rush.  Yes, she is the one who ran away from home.  I sure do miss looking into those beautiful eyes of hers.  And just look at how LITTLE my Bug is in the back...

I cry just about every time I see this picture of Jellybean.  It was taken at PB&J's wedding.  At this point she had been crying (sobbing, uncontrollable crying) for 45 minutes.  It began in the middle of the ceremony.  Yes, the flower girl was a blubbering mess of ooey, gooey emotion in the middle of the ceremony.  Why?  The pastor had just said that it was time for her sister to leave her family and start her own.  We had always told her the wedding meant PB was going to be part of our family now.  When the pastor said that, she believed that meant she would never see her sister again and that she was no longer her sister.  Poor little thing. 

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The big reveal

and now I open it up to positive critiquing - not that what you say has to be a positive comment but please, I am sensitive {GRIN} word things nicely.  You wouldn't want to see me hear that you made me cry.  HA HA HA!

In the morning After I finally go to bed and rise again

I will be posting some pictures that I would LOVE to get some feedback on.  I have recently been given, yes given, Lightroom and Photoshop Elements and so, I have finally had some time today been able to play around a bit.  I would love for you to tell me what you think, give me some pointers, what catches your eye positively and negatively so I can learn from my mistakes and to see what people, as a whole, are optically in favor of - you know, eye candy.

For now, I am going to go to bed; tomorrow, er today, is Day Two of babysitting one of the cuteste not-related-to-me boys I have ever had the joy to spend time with.

You under there?

You see that odd shaped lump under the blanket on my son's belly?  Yeah?  Yeah, that's our cat.  She's an odd little thing, and I use the word 'little' very loosely as she is a fat cat - a very fat cat.  Sometimes, if we don't want to hurt her feelings, we call her fluffy.  {Grin}

She was a "rescue" cat'; the lady we got her from found her, near death, in a ditch after being hit by a vehicle.  She was darn near starved, dehydrated, cold, scared and badly broken; she had broken her hip.  She was just a kitten.

Her rescuer kept her wrapped in a blanket to warm her, to comfort her and brought her back from te doorstep of death she was on.  Once she was fully healed, the woman looked for a good home for her, as she had no room for her in her home.  We were lucky enough to get her and to love her.

6 years later, she still LOVES being wrapped in a blanket or snuggled with us under a blanket, and my kids are more than happy to oblige.

 She's a beautiful cat, a little spoiled.  If Bug doesn't feed her as SOON as he is done eating supper, she is trying to open the cupboard door where we keep her food and meowing at him. 

Jewel is a long haired, blue tortoise shell cat and when we first got her, and Jellybean was 3, she went around telling everyone that she had a blue cat.

The only pictures missing

from this group of photos from my skit writing spree are the ones where I am attached to my laptop like it is a new arm, the look of stress on my face as I am trying to figure out where to take the audience next AND several empty cans of Dr. Pepper or Pepsi to keep me awake and caffiene boosted (as I don't drink coffee).

Amish and Yummish

A friend gave me a starter batch of Amish Friendship Bread. The first go around we made it a Cinnamon Loaf; this time, when Bug was helping me measure, we decided to make it a Chocolate Loaf.

It is a HUGE hit with my kids, who have taken it to school and shared with their friends, who are now placing their orders with me for the next batch.

I wish I had the recipe to share with you, but given it was a starter and I am now going off that starter to continue with my baking, I have no idea how to make it - other than the additional ingredients you add to it. And, yes, I did go a little crazy and diverted from the recipe. I so totally did add chocolate chips and walnuts to these loaves. Maybe next time I will add, gasp, marshmallows too!

We made 6 loaves that day. Gave one away to a friend, kept one out for school lunches and froze the other 4.

When a boy helps in the kitchen

he likes to help with the measuring...

And once you tell him what 'measuring' really means when it pertains to baking, he likes to do that too.

"But my hands will catch fire"

Last night I ran Bug a bath (bath night for both kids and he happened to be first on the agenda). I made the water nice and warm - knowing that the heat of the water and the bath just before bed would put. him. out. like. a. light.

Bug tends to be overly dramatic when it comes to bathing in warm water and would happily bathe in frigid waters. {BRRRR}. Here is our conversation.

Mama, the water is too ho-ot!

No, Honey, it isn't. I checked. It is just fine. Your body will adapt to it and you will be just fine. You need warm water to get clean.

But Mama, it's too ho-ot!

No, Sweetie; I promise you it isn't.

My hands are about to catched on fire.

No they aren't; you are fine.

My legs are catcheding on fire, Mom.

No, honey.

Well then, my weiner is about to catch on fire and it will be a roasted weiner!

Bug, I promise you, you will not catch on fire nor will you roast your "weiner". The water is fine. You will not burn; you will not catch on fire. In fact, if you complain about the water too much more you will be complaining about being cold soon.

Fine den! I will have a bath!

Forgive our Tress Pantses

Jellybean had made it her life's month's mission to have The Lord's Prayer put to memory. Each morning in the car and on the way to school she would begin to recite it; however, she could NEVER remember how it started. For some reason the words "Our Father" completely eluded her.

On Monday that all changed for her; she began to say The Lord's Prayer and didn't need to ask "Um, how does it start again?". And it went something like this:

Our Father who AREN'T in Heaven
HOLLOWED be thy, your name.
Thy Kingdom come
Thy will be done
On Earth
As it is in Heaven
Give us this day
And our daily bread
And forgive us our TRESS PANTSES.
As we forgive those who TRESS PANTS against us.
Lead us not into temptation
And deliver us from evil.
For your's is the Kindgom
The power and the glory.
Amen.

I think it is a very good thing she was in the backseat and I was in the front seat and it was dark and I had no voice; you know, so she couldn't see or hear me lose my mind trying not to laugh over our TRESS PANTSES...

So, we decided to help her out a little; we corrected the "aren't in Heaven" part by telling her it was perfectly all right for her to say "who is in Heaven". The TRESS PANTSES thing, we decided to put in terms that she could understand a bit better. That being said, Jellybean now says "Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us". Oh and before I forget, it is also "Holy is thy name" instead of "HOLLOWED be thy name". Se seems to have things completely under control now.

We're all good.

Doppelganger and a game

Yes, friends, it is, apparently doppelganger week. Who knew!? Anyway, I learned of this via facebook and have set up a game for my facebook friends. I did not want to leave any of you out so I am bringing it over here.

What is doppelganger week? I have been told that doppelganger week is where we post pictures of someone famous(actress, singer, sports celeb) that we have been told we look like.

First picture I will post a picture of me so you can compare and then I will be offering you three choices. I can't wait to read your responses!

Perhaps I should point out that most of these comparisons were made when I was about 50 lbs thinner.

Choice #1

Sara Gilbert, more commonly known for her role as Roseanne and Dan Connor's second oldest daughter on Roseanne. The question I have for them is did I remind them of her physically, attitudely or both?

Choice # 2 Slash of Guns N Roses.

Yes, I was honestly compared to looking like him. The comment was softened by saying I could pass for his twin sister so I am assuming that means I didn't have the whole bad boy facial fuzz going on.

Choice #3

Winona Ryder. Really? Just ain't seeing it...

All right peeps, happy choosing...