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To the men of this world...

I am....

...the kind of girl who...
...sings in the shower.
...eats peanut butter from the jar.
...laughs outloud loudly.
...wants to live in the country.
...reads late in to the night.
...paints her toenails and fingernails fabulous colors!
...thinks jammies are a girl's best friend.
...is loyal to her peeps.
...drinks too much coffee.
...is afraid of grasshoppers.
...will ask random questions, "Has that hill always been there?"
...likes to do laundry.
...tries to be helpful.
...still likes to color.
...went on a really bad blind date and now drills the setter-upper.
...wears sunscreen all the time.
...loves Hallmark movies.
...has not found true love yet.
...is afraid of gluten.
...misses having a cat.
...eats raw green beans.
...loves to cook and bake.
...has an extensive summer wardrobe.

Random facts about ME.......

I love, love, love, LOVE daisies.

...and coffee.
...and dark chocolate.
...and going to the zoo.
...and reading.
...and math story problems.
...and vitamin D.
...and random / nonsensical things.  :)

Squeamish...

Something completely terrible has happened to me!!! 

Twice a year - my place of employment has a blood drive and up until a year ago (read:  2 blood drives ago), I would donate blood.  Something happened and now the mere thought of donating blood creeps me out!!!!  My heart palpitates and not in a good way {like seeing a crush} but in a nervous palpitating way that causes fear and trepidation to course through my veins. 

I've become a chicken!!!

What's a girl to do?  I gave myself a pep talk..."Angie Good, you need to donate blood!  It will save up to 3 lives!"  This wasn't working....so I took another approach.  "They will take 16 ounces which is 1 pound.  You will lose weight!  You are required to not work-out which means you can have coffee with Lauren instead of hitting the gym!  If you donate, you can have a snack.  You love the apple juice!!!"  Yep, it still didn't work.  I wasn't buying into any of it.  Forget weight loss...forget apple juice...(sigh).

I am squeamish and a big chicken! 

I wish I knew what is the cause of my squeamish state. 

3 mind-blowing facts about Miss Angie

On Sunday, I told my Sunday school three mind-blowing facts about Miss Angie...

When I was your age...
1) we didn't have the Internet.

2) Crayola crayons had one word names/descriptions.  Wild Timberwolf was just gray.  :)

3) Wal-Mart was not around.

I prefer...

 

Mittens to gloves

 

 

Dark chocolate to milk chocolate

 

Straightening my hair over the crazy curls

 

Knee socks to regular socks

 

Laughing to crying

 

Junior Mints to M&M's

 

Salad to steak

 

White lights on my Christmas tree to multi-colored lights

 

Silver to gold

 

Snow to rain

 

Spring to summer

 

Coffee to tea

 

Cellophane to regular wrapping paper

 

Handmade to designer

 

A sweet note to a text

"Miss Angie, how did you use math today?"

The question was posed to me in a text.  Hmmmmm...how did I use math today???

1. to tell time

2. measure oatmeal to cook on my stovetop

3. subtracted/added large quantities of money to determine contractor payment

4. counted the number of stitches to knit

5. considered numerical order when filing

6. compared dollar amounts of used vs. new books

7. added the quantity of label dividers

8. calculated how many minutes left in my workday :)

Wow!  I engaged many-a-math skill today.  Multiplying, dividing, adding, subtracting...

I love math.  

Sincerely,

The Girl with Straight Hair today :)

Cashews, Seattle, and Pencil Skirts :)

Within the past year, I have discovered that I love...

1. Cashews

2. Seattle

3. Pencil Skirts

First -- cashews.  I must confess that I am an anti-nut sorta gal.  I like peanuts especially with vanilla ice cream and chocolate syrup -- TIN ROOF!  :)  I will tolerate almonds because they are extremely healthy.  But cashews, they took me by surprise.  I love them.  Salted.  Unsalted.  Covered in dark chocolate...technically I've not had them covered in dark chocolate, but isn't everything better covered in dark chocolate?  Grasshoppers would not be better covered in dark chocolate.  Infact what a tragic waste of dark chocolate to cover an evil grasshopper with such preciousness as dark chocolate.  


I think it's safe to say...I could consume my body weight in cashews.  Not all at once.  Goodness.  I would pace myself....so it might take me 6 months.  Yes, given an ample supply of cashews, I could eat my body weight in 6 months time.




Seattle...you've read the blog posts.  You know, blog-stalkers, about my smitten-ness over the Emerald City and a certain 7-member clan that now resides there.




Pencil skirts.  Again...HELLLLLLLLLLLO...where have I been?  Living under a rock?  Pencil skirts.  They are fun and remind me of my days working for Rockford Public Library.  I particularly enjoy wearing pencil skirts with a cardigan and my glasses.  This way, my co-workers will teasingly ask, "And when are my books due back?"  No worries -- I enjoy it so I reply, "Three weeks.  And keep your voice down.  Shhhhhhh..."  

Fun Angie Fact #1,873

Yes, this is the one thousand eight hundred seventy third Fun Fact about Angie.  How did I come up with that absurd number?  Well, my blog counts the number of posts I've made...and this post -- this actual post you are currently reading -- it is the 1,873 post.  My blog also tracks how many page views I have each day...it doesn't give me specifics...just the number of posts viewed and how many views are from each country.  I have some faithful blog-stalkers in Russia -- shouts out to you guys or gals!!!  :) 

I like to check my blog stats each week...just to see which countries are stopping by to read the thoughts of the girl with curly hair.  Which by the way -- it was seriously curly today.  I'm liking the whole every-other-day curly thing.  My hair stylist was right -- if I straighten it every-other-day, it kind of messes with my curls on the "off" days and they aren't soo crazy and curly-curly.

I totally just forgot where I was going with this post and then I glanced down and saw that my camera is plugged in...

The 1,873 Fun Fact about Angie is...

Pink headbands with huge faux flowers that are clearanced sooo cheap that I couldn't make it if I tried really do make me smile and dig for loose change in the bottom of my purse.  And if you are wondering, YES -- there was enough loose change to purchase the above pictured headband.  Perhaps now would be a good time to go and clean out said purse...(sigh)...

Today I actually wore the headband that started my accessory (well, atleast my HEADBAND) revolution.  A wide black headband from the Dollar Spot at Target.  Seriously.  I think I purchased that headband 3 years ago...wow...3 years of headband wearing.  I remember purchasing it with Rhonda.  We were both hesitant.  Are you shocked?  Have I rendered you speechless with my declaration that I (we) hesitated over a headband purchase especially when said headband was a dollar?  I remember asking her, "Should we buy these?  I mean, they are only a dollar.  If we don't like them, some lucky gal can snag it from the Goodwill when we donate it."  Since those words left my lips, many a-headband has found its way into my life...  This brings me to an interesting question...and I need your help, Blog Stalkers...

Soooo let's say I have quite a few headbands, you know -- hypothetically...or realistically.  :)  What is a good way to store them?  I know at the stores they have pillars and they line them up vertically.  Currently, mine are in a basket...or two :)...and the headbands with flowers are perched precariously on the top of my shelf with a lip... 

Any suggestions for my headband storage conundrum? 

Skip the mushrooms, respect the raisins, and bring me some guacamole!!!

I'm not...
...a girl who orders mushrooms on her pizza.

...a snob.

...a big fan of football.

...for certain that I can ice skate backwards, but I'd really like to try.

...able to resist cute flip-flops.

...a girl who turns down a coffee date.

...able to walk past the Crayola display at Target without smelling the crayons.

...ever (as in never ever, ever) going to say that leggings are pants.  They aren't.

...impressed with raisins IN things (i.e. cookies, oatmeal, etc).  Respect the raisins. Keep them separate!  Earlier this week, I actually said, "I had a dream that all raisins were respected and able to live a separate life..."  It was after a cup of strong coffee.  It was the most not-right-Angie moment of the week.  Funny but seriously (SERIOUSLY) not right.  :)



I am, however...
...fond of Mental Health Vacation Days in which I find myself at Lake Geneva.

...able to laugh today about something that happened yesterday.

...a thrifty chick!

...absolutely crazy about guacamole and dark chocolate.  (Not together!)

...a typist of 100 words per minute.

...addicted to reading Jane Austen's fabulous works!

...a girl that wants to try snow shoe-ing.

...completely capable of falling head-over-heels which would hurt if I was wearing those Nine West heels that Sara forced me to buy last summer.  I say "forced" like she really had to twist my arm or something.  I am completely capable of this...falling...for now I am waiting and listening to the still, small voice of my Heavenly Father.  And I am learning to fall more in love with Jesus because He never disappoints, fails, or runs the other direction.

...contemplating (seriously contemplating) the sewing class at RVC.

...a fire hazard to the cottage.  "Fire hazard" as in she-leaves-candles-burning kind of fire hazard.

...content!

The Angies

Sensible, loves-spending-time-with-her-friends Angie
* You will find her calculating per ounce the cost of groceries.
* She loves to take Mental Health days and spend them with her closest friends.
* She has been known to arise from her slumber, brush her teeth, wash her face, and put on a clean pair of flannel jammies, drink coffee, and watch sappy chick flicks on lazy Saturdays.
* She is comfortable with herself.

Obsessive Gym-Loving Angie
* Eats tofu in her scrambled eggs
* Drinks a lot of water
* Reads all ingredients before purchasing an item
* Likes soy and almond milk
* Eats an obsessive amount of vegetables
* Loves her gym peeps!!!

Fun Angie
* Enjoys coloring with the little people in her life
* Talks to herself
* Likes play-dough
* Is enraptures over a new box of Crayola's 64!
* Laughs a lot!!!

Another doe. As in "doe, a deer, a female deer"...

Oh my goodness...something very strange keeps happening to me!!!!  Remember my post from Sunday (as in 4 days ago) when I was driving on I-80/90 going approximately 70 miles per hour and I was singing along with the Sound of Music soundtrack...and it came to song, "Do, Re, Mi" and I glanced off to the side of the road and saw that doe???  Do you remember?  (I'm hoping that you are nodding your head...)

Well, after a terrible day at work today (and it wasn't truly terrible, it was just really rough and full of all kinds of CRRRRRRR-AZINESS)...I popped in the soundtrack because I was thinking to myself, What would cheer me up?  Perhaps singing along with Julie Andrews about my favorite things....well, maybe I will start with "Do, Re, Mi..."  Surely that will brighten my day. 

So I found that the CD was in slot #3.  The song started and I said outloud (I LITERALLY SAID THIS OUTLOUD!!!!!!!!!), "Lord, are you going to send another deer?" 0.3 seconds later, I glanced to the right side of the road. YOU GUESSED IT....Doe, a deer, a female deer. She was super cute with white spots. I needed a good laugh and apparently the Lord saw fit to send it in the form of wildlife. :) I'm soo thankful for His blessings at the end of loooooong days.  And I am praying that He never sees fit to send me...
A) Possums
B) Snakes
C) Lizards
D) Grasshoppers and/or locusts
E) Bats
F) Red-winged blackbirds

He could, however, send a cute calf.  I know this is going to sound totally absurd to you, but since this is my blog and you are stalking ME...well, I would kind of like a calf.  Now I know that it's going to grow up and be a huge cow...but calves are just delightful!!!  I love it when they want to suck on your fingers.  And their noses are soft and pink.  Oh - and something else I would love...little chicks.  I'm aware that having chickens requires work and they are stinky and messy.  When I was a kid, our neighbors had chickens and several times I was called upon to go gather the eggs.  I remember being terrified of pulling the warm eggs out from under the chickens.  Chicks and calves....hmmmm...I'd also kind of like a huge garden.  I realize that if I did up and move to a farm that I would more than likely have to turn in my Engineering Secretary hat and done a cute straw hat and a gingham sundress...which I could totally pull off.  I love the country, don't you?  I mean - you can drive 45 miles per hour and not be caught up in the rat-race of city life.  You can walk through the grass barefoot (well, watch out for those snakes!) and just enjoy being.  You see, you can take the girl out of the country....but, my friends, you cannot take the country out of the girl.  Oh my -- where was I? 

Once I arrived at home, I sent off a cheery text informing my friend of what had happened AGAIN.  She had a novel idea...why not listen to the Music Man...too which I counter-offered, Fiddler on the Roof.  "Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match..."  I shall get the soundtrack from the bibliotecca tomorrow.  I love Fiddler on the Roof.  Did you know that the very first time I had ever seen that musical was 4 years ago with my dear friend, Trudy?  How is it that I was an adult before I had ever seen it?  It all goes back to the post where I confessed (and now you know it to be 100% true), I don't get out much.  :)

Tootles.

~ Angie

Traffic Control, Thrifting, and Fun Fact #24

Last year I volunteered to help with a medication collection sponsored by Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful.  It's held at Machesney Park Mall and runs from nine in the morning until two.  It was a nice way to get involved in the community in a very low profile sort of way.  (I am sooo a low profile sort-of girl!)  It was alot of fun last year because I volunteered with two co-workers that I really didn't know all that well.  So a couple months ago when they were looking for volunteers for this year's event, I signed up.  Little did I realize that I was going to be the ONLY one from my place of employment who would be volunteering. 

When I got to my morning shift today, imagine my surprise when they said, "You are going to direct traffic."  No harm there. I can wear a safety vest and hold an orange flag and direct traffic, right?  Well...I failed to realize that a majority of the donators would be elderly.  And let me just say right now -- WOW - THEY SURE CAN DRIVE CRAZILY!  What in the world!  Honestly - there were two times today when I felt my life was truly compromised.  It wasn't like we had an obstacle course set-up.  There was a man standing at turn #1.  He informed the motorists, "See the gal down there.  (Pointing to me!) Drive down to her and make a left." 

With my trusty flag, I even pointed to the left - lest they think their left was their right...  How can you not follow an orange (A BRIGHT ORANGE) flag?  Okay - so holding this flag and hearing it whip in the wind reminded me of my days in the flag corps!!!  Yes, I was one of those girls with the marching band that twirled a flag and wore the sparkly polyester outfit including a sequin headband.  I honestly loved being in flags!  My friends were in the flags.  We practiced all the time.  We made flag corps cool!  We had a terrific coach/instructor, LeAnn.  When I was in flags, I learned alot about interpersonal relationships.  It was a great experience for me.  I remember in the 11th grade, we spent hours learning a routine to "I Need A Hero" (a song from Footloose).  We practiced and practiced.  The rest of the band really didn't take us seriously up until this performance.  I mean, can you trust someone who knowingly French braids their hair and sprays it with aerosal glitter/hairspray?  Ummm...NO!  But I rememeber - after we performed that routine and we WON, the band members started taking us seriously - sparkles and all.  It was a good feeling.  We put in sooo much time and energy into that one performance.  Evcn now...all these years later, when I hear that song when I channel surf, I stop surfing and I listen.  I get a little choked-up when I remember the friendships, the heartache, the everything about being 16 and learning about life...about following through when you commit to something.  I'm thankful for my experience in flags!  And I am thankful for my fellow flag girls!  We seriously rocked!!!  And we were ultra-cool because we were with the band...

Back to today...(sigh)...

My favorite motorists were the ones that could not stay in-between the orange cones...I don't know if there was a depth-perception issue.  But I got to thinking...if they can't stay between two orange cones, why in the world are they driving?  There aren't cones on IL Route 251.  Maybe I should've recorded their license plate numbers and made a call to Jesse White.

I managed to survive the two scary episodes and turned in my safety vest at 11:25 a.m.  At which point, I promptly headed to Rhonda's to change out of my jeans and into a springy skirt and flip-flops for our thrifting extravaganza with Roxanne! 

What a fun afternoon in Janesville.  I found a couple of things...Roxanne found a couple of things...but Rhonda, she was the winner!!!  Let's see...what did I get?  A brown patterned cottony sundress.  A marroon-ish top which has an attached underneath layer of sheer marroon with white polkadots.  A light brown (not tan) sweater with a hood.  A green summery sweater-top.  I think that's it. 

After hitting that thrift, we grabbed some lunch...which to be honest, was much needed to even out my blood sugar levels.  You know you're hungry when you are standing in the dressing room at the thrift saying, "I hope they feed me soon because this dress is not funny yet I cannot quit laughing!" 

After lunch, we headed back to Illinois where we returned Roxanne to her humble abode and we (Rhonda and I) headed to the 49 cent thrift sale to search for skirts for the youth group girlies who are going to camp.  No luck finding skirts.  It seems all the tan tags were picked-over...so we went to Target where I obtained cat food for the evil one and quick-dry nail polish for myself.  Rhonda managed to keep me in stitches through the whole store.  We are soo not right when we are together...especially when we go long periods of time (ummm...since Wednesday) apart. 

After the red bullseye, we parted ways and I headed back to the cottage.  What a great Saturday!  I didn't clean a thing at the cottage...but I had a chance to volunteer and spend the afternoon with two dear friends.  The kitchen floor can wait one more day...and truth be told, it will be fine waiting two more days.  :)

Hope your Saturday was delightful!

Fun Fact #23

I'm a lake kind of girl...not that I don't love a good swimming pool.  But honestly - I prefer sitting on a dock drinking a lemonade while dipping my toes in the water. 

My favorite lakes:  Lake Geneva, Round Lake (Manitou Beach, Michigan), Lake Michigan

Fun Fact #21

I do not like...

Coconut

Brussel sprouts

Cooked cabbage

Mushrooms

Asparagus

Olives - black or green - GAG!

Fun Fact #20

I am particularly fond of un-planned, un-scheduled, un-booked Saturdays.  I love the kind of Saturday that just unfolds naturally...laundry, cleaning, reading, shopping, sewing, and cooking. 

Fun Fact #19

Most evenings, I do not turn on my television.  Infact tonight is one of those nights...it's weird because Thursday nights - I usually watch The Office but I know in the month of May, most television programming is in "sweeps" -- basically that means that they are airing repeat episodes.  I cannot remember the official definition but I do remember from Tanya and Mandy (two broadcasting majors at good ol' PCC) -- sweeps happen in May and most of the summer.  It's kind of nice that they take the summer off...that way, when it's nice outside, you are not tempted to be inside.  Or if you are like me, you are not tempted to have unnecessary background noise.

Now don't get me wrong - there are some times when I like having a movie playing or music on...but most weeknights this is not the case.  I like to read. 

So there you have it - Fun Fact #19 -- Angie Good likes peace and quiet in the evenings especially when she's had a hectic day at work.

Fun Fact #18

I love going to plays, musicals, symphonies...

Tonight I went to Starlight and saw Phantom of the Opera!  It was IN-CRED-I-BLE!  Amazing job done by the RVC Starlight cast!  I shall surely have those wonderful songs stuck in my head for days...

Fun Fact #17

I love it when I spend less than my allotted grocery money!  Groceries are expensive, have you noticed this too?  My goodness.  Now granted, we are now coming into the season when the price of produce will drop significantly because many fruits and veggies will now be "in season"....and hip - hip - hooray for fruit stands!!!  I read in the Rockford Register Star that they are going to have that Friday night Farmer's Market/Live Music thing downtown again.  I'm super excited about this...I still remember that container of strawberries from last year.  I got the bag home, washed them, and ate every single one of them.  Then I thought to myself, Well, that's just great, Angie.  You ate all the strawberries.  What are you going to use in your strawberry smoothie tomorrow morning?  Ummm...it ended up not being a strawberry smoothie after all.  :o) 

I'm thinking about going to South Haven, Michigan (which is near Kalamazoo) and going to the Blueberry Festival!  WOW!  That was totally random...

Where was I?  Oh yes - this is supposedly Fun Fact #17.  Here it is - Fun Fact #17...(drum roll, please)...

I, Angie Good, love it when the Lord allows me to purchase everything on my grocery list and still have money leftover in the grocery budget.  Today, I prayed specifically about my grocery list before I compiled it.  I, then, went to Woodman's and meandered around.  I purchased everything on my list and ended up saving $17!  Isn't that cool...Fun Fact #17 - saving $17!  I'm so thankful that the Lord watches over us and provides for our needs.