Things I learned about my husband by looking through his iPhone pictures

Okay, I’ll admit, I didn't really learn anything new about my husband.  The photos just confirmed what I already knew about him.

He likes football:

Cars:

Car parts:

More cars:

And cars that go very fast:

And Tractors:

Oh and more tractors:

He likes fishing:

And he doesn’t totally hate my cat:

Although he loooves his dog:

And of course Crown Royal.

 And there you have it!  I wonder what my phone photos would say about me?  There are probably too many pictures of my cat, I'm guessing.

Memoir Monday: How NOT to rent a car in France

It's time for a Memoir Monday!  This one is entitled:

How (not) to rent a car in France. In 6 easy steps.




When I was 19, I spent a semester in France. The university I attended was just about 2 hours west of Paris, so at one point, my best friend and I decided that it would be a good idea to rent a car and drive to Paris.

Step 1: You must be 25 to rent a car in Paris. If you are not 25, play dumb until the last minute when the rental car guy asks for your driver’s license/passport/international ID card. At that point it’s too late and he already went through the paperwork hassle. Bring a friend who’s 25 and SWEAR that friend will be doing all the driving.

Step 2: Be prepared to look very uncool. You will not be driving incognito, my friend.

Step 3: Learn to drive a stick shift. It is preferable if you learn to drive a stick shift before you rent the car. It is also preferable if you have more stick-shift driving experience than twenty minutes in your friend’s dad’s 1957 Chevy with a 3-in-the-tree stick shift that stalls out halfway across town.

Step 4: Learn to drive in a roundabout.  It helps if you've completed Step 3 first.  If you don't know, wing it.  Pretend you are a master of the roundabout. Don’t be all scared like “I’ve never driven in a roundabout or anywhere in the continent of Europe or hell, I’ve never driven a stick shift.” Instead be like, “Haha roundabout, take that! Those other cars will move, I'm almost sure of it.”

Step 5: If you get lost, at night time, and you pull into someone’s driveway to turn around, and then you back out, make sure there is no oncoming traffic in case your clever manipulation of the stick shift results in the car stalling out crossways in the middle of the road while your passengers stare in horror at a set of oncoming headlights… (don’t worry, we got it started again in the nick of time)

Step 6: Book a hotel room in advance. Otherwise you may end up at a little hovel next to the "nude dancing girls" venue because it's the only one that still has rooms available.

And a bonus:

When you return the car to the rental place a few days later, intact and unscratched, make sure to go home and say your prayers.

The Five Things of Thursday

FIVE THINGS I NEVER THOUGHT I'D LIKE, BUT NOW I LOOOVE

1) National Public Radio (NPR)

2) Hummus

3) The Kindle (love love love!)

4) Red Wine

5) Aluminum Water Bottles




FIVE THINGS I THOUGHT I'D LOVE FOREVER, BUT NOW NOT SO MUCH


1) Tye-Dye shirts

2) Cassette Tapes

3) Nancy Drew Mysteries

4) Vanilla Frosting

5) Super Nintendo

Edit: Just realized that I started this post as "The Five Things of Friday" intending to publish it tomorrow. Halfway through I changed my mind and decided to post today, totally spacing the fact that it is not Friday. So since it's Thursday... It's now the Five Things of Thursday.  Ta da.

Four Favorites Friday

In no particular order, here are my four favorites of the day:

1) Favorite customer service rep:  The lady at the speedy checkout line at Wal-Mart who actually knew the definition of the word "speedy."  AND she was super nice.
2) Favorite commercial:  The Snickers "Grocery Store Lady" Halloween ad
3) Favorite new artist: The Maine
4) Favorite pet moment: When I feed the cat and she is so absolutely ecstatic about dinnertime that she is literally purring while she is eating.

And there you have it.

Five Question Friday

1. Do you collect anything?

Books.  (Not really intentionally, I just buy them and read them and then never take them to a used book store so they just.. well, pile up.) 

2. Name 3 celebrities that you find good looking.

Aren't most of them?  I thought that was requirement #1, or at least somewhere before requirement #57, "acting skills"

3. Do you have any scars? If so, what's the story behind them?

A dog bite, a bicycle accident, and that one time I was shaving my legs with a new razor blade.

4. What is a food that you like to eat, but others might think it's gross or weird?

I LOVE hummus.  I mean, I lovelovelove hummus.  I could eat hummus all day, every day.

5. Have you ever seen a tornado in real life?

I spent my formative years in Kansas.  What do you think?