Smellyann Strikes Again

Aloha Friday Is Back!

A long absence, a new home... and it's back. Link up here if you're playing along with Aloha Friday today! To remind you what it is:

“Welcome to this week’s edition of Aloha Friday. In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. So I thought that on Fridays I would take it easy on posting, too. Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response. If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and leave your Aloha Friday post link below. Also, please consider linking back to this post so that others can join in, too! Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!” – Kailani

I've mentioned my Bucket List many times on this blahg, and I've been asked offline to post a complete list. If you know me, you'll realize it'll never be complete, but a few things I've mentioned are doing karaoke (never have), diving Australia's Great Barrier Reef, and visiting an IKEA store (CHECK - did that last month!!). 

So with that in mind, my question for you this week is:

What are the top three things on your bucket list?

I'll be back soon with this week's edition of Saturday 9. Have a great weekend, everybody!

Fin.

Aloha Friday: Card Exchange?

Link up here if you want. Otherwise, run along and play. Kidding! I'm feeling snarky. Don't take it poissonally.

So, my question for you this week is:

Do you want to exchange holiday 2012 cards with me? 

If so, leave your snail mail addy in the comments. I jest. Just comment below, saying heck yeah!, and I'll reply with MY address. I have tons of cards and LOVE getting a bunch back over the holiday season!! 

Have a fantastic Friday, y'all.

Fin.

Aloha Friday

Link up here if you've got questions for Kailani & friends today!

My question for you this week is:

Have you ever traveled in an RV (motor home)?

I haven't, but we're considering doing that in a few months as we meander westward to our destination of San Diego, CA. I'm really excited about the idea! Any tips?

Have a really swell day, peeps.

Fin.

Aloha Friday

Join us for Aloha Friday if you've got questions for us today!

My question for you this week is:

Do you speak any other languages aside from English, or your native language if not English?

I used to be quite fluent in Spanish but have lost a great deal of my fluency since I've moved from Miami. I also speak bits and pieces of about 15 other languages, but English and Spanish are my two mainstays.

Have a great weekend, y'all!

Fin.

Aloha Friday

Kailani & Pals link up here for Aloha Friday posts.

My question for you this week is:

Are you a good driver?

I used to consider myself one, until I got "Penelope," our Honda Odyssey, two years ago. I don't know why, but it seems like I'm trying to destoy the poor thing!! Oy vey.

What about you? Let me know in the comments.

Have a great weekend!

Fin.

Aloha Friday

Aloha! Link up here if you've got questions for Kailani and friends today!

My question for you this week is:

Do you have a low-flow toilet? Either way, what do you think of them?

My answer:

We have one. As an environmentalist, in theory, I think it could be a great idea. However, in practice, I find they SUCK @$$!!!! Ours CONSTANTLY backs up and has to be plunged to within an inch of its life, and our landlord has even knocked some off the rent because of it! It's RIDICULOUS, gross, and a constant source of irritation and frustration for me. TWO THUMBS WAY DOWN. Ugh.

On that happy note, have a great Friday! ;)

Fin.

Aloha Friday

Link up here if you've got questions for Kailani & Friends today!

My question for you this week is:

Do you help the homeless when you can, or do you generally brush them off?

If you read my last post, you'll see why I'm asking. I try to be altruistic when I can - giving of myself by donating blood to the American Red Cross, or my hair to Locks of Love when it gets long enough - though I realize I'm diminishing that altruism both by deriving pleasure from it and by telling you, so I'll keep some more things I do to myself. ;)

What about you?

Have a great weekend!

Fin.

Aloha Friday

Link up here if you've got questions for Kailani & Friends today!

My question for you this week is:

To what kind of music do you like to listen?

As for me, I like all kinds except country and explicit gangsta rap, but I'm especially partial to *whispers shamefully* Top 40 pop music. It's inherently singalong-able, and I love to sing!

You're next!

Have a splendid weekend, folks!

Fin.

Aloha Friday

Link up here if you're playing along with Kailani & friends!

My question for you this week is:

Do you have any kind of dietary restrictions? Care to share what and why?

The rest of my family don't have any restrictions -  no allergies, thankfully - but I do. I'm semi-vegetarian (used to be full-on vegan at one point and may eventually go back to that), which means I don't eat anything but chicken and certain sea creatures. Certainly none that I studied in my former life as a marine biologist! Also, because of my gastric bypass surgery, I can't have solids and liquids at the same time, so no bowls of cereal, no soup... and no high-sugar or very fatty foods, either. Basically, I'm on a high-protein, low-carb diet, which means lot of nuts, cheeses, and hummus for me!

What about you?

Have a great weekend and don't forget to check back tomorrow if you've got kids - I'll be posting a fun giveaway for you to enter!

Fin.

Aloha Friday

Link up here if you've got questions for Kailani and friends today!

My question for you this week is:

If you were an athlete, an Olympian, say, would you rather win by a close or a wide margin? Would you rather lose by a close or a wide margin?

Hubby and I differ in our answers to these questions. I'd rather barely win, having hung on through a tough, close game/match/meet, and squeaked out the victor, leaving the fans on the edge of their seats the whole time and on their feet cheering when I win. If I had to lose, I'd rather get absolutely trampled, with no hope of a win at all, than come so close and miss the Gold or whatever by a painfully narrow margin. Rob is the complete opposite. Guess they do attract!

So what do you think about it?

Have a great weekend, y'all!

Fin.

Aloha Friday - (GYMNASTICS SPOILER ALERT)

Link up here if you've got questions for Kailani and crew today!

My question for you this week is:

Does it move you that the first African-American gymnast just won all-around gold for the USA, or could you not care less about her race? Were you rooting for Gabby Douglas (a Virginia Beach native who, by the way, formerly trained at the gym where my older daughter will be training starting next month!) to take gold?

You can probably guess my answers, but yes, I was on my feet, cheering, clapping and whooping it up for Gabby D. I'm SO super proud of her, and thrilled that a young black woman accomplished a feat that will inspire many young female athletes in the years to come! GO GABBY!

Have a great weekend!

Fin.

Aloha Friday

Link up here if you've got a question for Kailani and friends today!

My question for you this week is:

Have you ever been to Hawai'i?

I couldn't think of a question, so this was inspired by the actual meme. ;D While I haven't been to the islands in the sense that I've STAYED there, I have flown through the Honolulu airport on our way to and from Guam in '02 and '03. I'm dying to go back fo' real.

Now. What about you?

Have a jolly weeked!

Fin.

Aloha Friday

Link up here if you have a question for Kailani and friends today!

My question for you this week is:

Are you an equal-opportunity hater, as my husband says?

What the heck?

I mean, if you're going to talk sh** about a bad driver, is it harder for you to do so if they drive the same make as a vehicle in your household, or does it not matter?

I know this is the most ridiculous question, but it came up today, so I'm asking y'all. As for Hubs, he's equal-opportunity. But if I see a

like my Odyssey, or a

like Hubs' F650GS,

it's harder for me to go, "oh, you stupid Honda driver!" On the other hand, I can cuss out a Ford pick-up truck driver (especially one with the Confederate flag plastered all over it *ahem*) with no such qualms. So, if you think about it, what about you?

Have a great weekend!

Fin.

Aloha Friday

Link up here if you're playing along with Kailani and pals this week!

My question for you this time around is:

Do your kids suck their thumbs? Ages? If no kids, did you?

All of mine still do!!! They are 7, 9 & 10. I sucked my thumb until I was nine, and nothing would break me of the habit, so... I guess we'll just wait them out. But sheesh! Our orthodontic bills are already mounting. Fun stuff.

Have a great day!

Fin.

Aloha Friday

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My question for you this week is:

Have you or your kids ever had lice?

I know, ew, gross question. If you read this post about my daughter acting on TV show recently, you'll see why I'm asking. It's the most tenacious critter on thick, curly hair - I hate it so!!!!!!!

FYI: Don't bother with the $25-30 drug store treatments. Instead, give coconut oil & tea tree oil mixed in your shampoo a try. That's our next planned step. If that doesn't work, the kid is getting a buzz cut, and I ain't jokin'!!

Fin.

Aloha Friday

Howdy, friends! Yes, it is actually me, back on the scene. Whew, it's been hell hectic! Link up here if you've got questions for the rest of us!

My question for you this week is:

What's the longest you've gone without posting on your blog?

I think this past two weeks, which I just realized, is my longest stretch. I've missed it and have had SO much to share but no time to share it. Since our recent downpour flooded us in, and there isn't much I can do, I'll try and catch up tonight. Stick around. ;)

Now you.

Have a great weekend!

Fin.

Aloha Friday

Link up here if you've got questions that need answerin' today!

My question for you this week is,

Have you ever written a letter just to get something out of your system, but never mailed it? (Wanna share?)

I've done it, but I'm afraid a couple times, I DID send the letter and burnt a few bridges. Ah, they needed burning anyway...

Have a great weekend!

Fin.

Aloha Friday

Link up here if you want. You know, I can't force you, and stuff.

My question for you this week is:

Do you groom your eyebrows? If so, how?

As for me, I'm a habitual plucker, but I didn't start until I was 25! I had wild 'n' crazy brows before that, but I didn't realize how bad until after I had my firstborn. Now I'm constantly tweezing away at them. Now, you.

Cheers!

Fin.

Aloha Friday

Hey y'all! Link up here if you're questioning along with Kailani and pals this weekend.

My question for you this week is:

Would you do a newsprint manicure? What do you think of it?

If you read my Friday Fragments post just before this one, you'll know I'm in the middle of doing it, because I love it! So cool. What about the funnies?! That would be... amusing. Heh.

Have a great weekend!

Fin.

Aloha Friday

Link up here to play along with Kailani & friends!

Yesterday, I took our two youngest (of four) cats, Cupcake and Muffin, to get spayed at the SPCA. So my question for you this week is:

Unless you're a breeder, do you spay/neuter your pets? If not, why not? If so, do you opt for the take-home pain meds?

Especially for spaying, I can't imagine not getting the pain meds, since it's a major surgery, but I would opt for it for a neutering, too. I mean, owie! All of our pets have been "fixed." It's the responsible thing to do, IMHO.

Have a great weekend, and happy Easter/Pesach!

Fin.