Trophy Time

I have had this lovly award bestowed on me by Suzicate over at Water Witch's Daughter . I am baffled but extremely thrilled! If you have never checked her out, please do so. She has an "Old Friend" quality to her posts. Here's the thing..If you like me, then your really going to like her!

Rules are to share seven traits about yourself and pass it on.

Hmmm..Not to sure I have seven, but I'll give it a whirl.

Since I am not good at figuring myself out, I decided to see what others had to say.

My Mom...all negitives! What is up with that, MOM?
Stubborn...Okay maybe I can see that, a little.
Holds a grudge...Very true! There are just somethings I can't seem to get past.
Hoarder...Mom's version of hoarding is not like you would see on tv. She is probaly refering to the fact that I have a lot of keepsakes (like my very old teddy bear) or maybe even refering to the 40+ coffee cups (for two people) or the two drawers full of hand towels. I think that is not hoarding , just collecting. My house is NOT like those on tv, I like a clean house.


OCD is more like it! Not compulsive but collective!

My best friend of 17 years...Another negitive, but with humor behind it.
Short term memory loss...Many times when we were going to Bingo, she would ask me to stop at the store. I would most of the time just drive right on by, even though she just screamed at me "The Store!!" Her most fond and humorous memory of me! LOL

My Brother...sweet and negitive!
Caring, but bitchy.. I mother him! I care so much about him, I tend to come off as preachy or as he would put it..Bitchy! All I want is for him to stand up for himself and stop letting people control him! Is that too much to ask for? I think NOT!


Okay fine, that was bitchy.
(sorry for the bad words) Lets move on..

Hubby...Sweetest man I know.
He says the are all wrong! So sweet, you know he's just saying that so he can stay out of trouble! LOL!

Loving and Caring!
His definition of this is...
I keep the fat man's belly happy, cause he gets fed everyday! LOL!

BFF Janet says...Very sweet! You Rock Girl!
Thrifty...I have no choice but to be thrifty!
Creative...Yes, I can find ways to use things most people would throw away.


My sister says...
Hilarious...Her and Janet are the only ones that thought this. I can make my sister laugh, even with just answering the phone. She is hilarious too!


Now on to finding the lucky winners. Hmm, let me see...

Angelia over at Living, Loving, Laughing...

Stepanie over at Steph in the City

Shell over at Everythings better on a stick

Joshua over at The Technical Parent

A Name That Stays

First let me direct you to my pick for "Spread the Word" Thursday

I was going through f8hasit picks for awards and came across this post Funny is the new young. Something every parent with college kids should read or even younger kids to prepare for the day when they are college kids. It can also be used for those unforunate parents that have adult children come back home to live. I loved it and I pretty sure you will too.

Another shout out to f8hasit..Thanks for leading me to some great blogs! Although I still haven't finished with all of the winners (took me all night to do 7 of them), some are right up my alley. Thanks again.

Now on to the title of this post...

My super good friend, sister-in-law Janet and I were chatting on the phone, just random stuff as usual and this subject crossed my mind. What is this subject? I will do my best to put it into words for ya, cause my brain tends to lean towards pics instead of words.

Hold on got to wake up Taco Bell, he's snoring to loud for me to think.

Okay, I'm back...

Words that we use to name something that is the generic version of the name brand. Yeah that didn't come out right! Maybe if I give you an example you might understand my meaning, so here it goes:

Onesies...(Janet's word, BTW) The word Onesies is actually a name brand, but most everyone I know uses the word for all simular outfits.

Are you getting the idea? I hope so, cause that was the best description I could come up with.

Cheerios...(my word) For me this relates to ALL little round, dounut looking, oat, floaties in my milk. No matter what company actually made it. I don't go around saying "I'm going to have a bowl of Hill country Fare: Toasted Oats" LOL

Aspirin...This one is the opposite. Every pain reliever in my house is refered to as Aspirin, wether it be Motrin or Tylenol or Advil. Weird, right? Oh well...

Surely, you get my meaning by now.

So, what are some words you can come up with?