A Fun Little Color Test

I found this color/personality test this morning on How About Orange.  You choose your favorite and least favorite colors and it gives you some insight to your personality.  Takes less than 5 minutes.  (Great little time waster without wasting too much time.)  I liked in the results that it made mention this is your personality today (because you know we could very well choose different colors tomorrow depending on mood, weather, etc).  So, here's the 411 on what I'm like today.

You are 47 % extrovert and 53 % introvert.


You are a manager and a structured person, you know how to take into account the needs of each person while leading them towards the set goals.

You are also creative, you always have new ideas, and your inspiration comes from the inside.

Finally you are able to listen to others, you show a good emotional intelligence, you know how to bring your support to others.
 
I really liked this last statement:
 
You are a creative person, with always new ideas, and you know how to apply them, You are intellectual and intelligent, you wonder and you inquire before taking any action and setting your values.
 
Not sure how accurate it all is, but it made me feel good.  Sometimes, that's enough.

Life

It's crazy busy around here. Lots of laughing and lots of tears. A lot of learning going on. Kids developing talents and mom is trying to right along side them. The house varies between company ready and disaster relief required (with not much middle ground). The husband is the best. Party planning abounds. As do the remnants of my craft projects, out of season clothing and festive decor waiting patiently for it's turn to be displayed. Food's getting good and dishes are stacking up. Just like the laundry. The treadmill's in fine working order thanks to that man of mine signing me up for a Halloween run. New calling came through. Good friends save the day. And my sanity. Several times over. I make mistakes. Lots of them. When they happen, I feel like an ostrich. Medicine is a good thing. So is eating breakfast. I should use both more. Did my hair for the first time this week since Sunday (and then only because I had to). Am still cavity free. So is Sophie. My only 3 yr old to reach that milestone. "A Hot Dog" was the first book McKay read. He did it tonight. Smarty pants. I miss Lyndsi. She's gone too long at school. Life isn't perfect. It's quite complicated and frustrating. Sometimes it downright sucks. (Yes-I did just say that). But mostly it's good. And I'm okay with that.

Can I just say...

..That I'm grateful to have been taught to be kind and thoughtful and to not judge others?? I may not be good at these things all the time, but I think people in general don't deserve the lashings they get. I was checking out some books by Jon and Kate (of Jon and Kate plus 8 fame) on Amazon and reading the reviews (1st mistake right there). There were some HORRIBLE accusations and mean things said. I just couldn't believe people would a) say such mean things about people they've never personally met and b) apparently have no interest in their show/life anyway. Think what you will about that show, the Duggars, the Bachelor, religious groups, colleges, celebrities, etc, etc. etc. But lets follow some sound Disney advice, "If you can't say something nice, don't say nothin at all." (Thumper's father hit it right on the head with that one.) If we all were just a tad nicer, the world would be a different, better place. Challenge: be a nicer, kinder person today and watch to see how it affects (or effects? never did get that one) those around you and how you feel about yourself.

Sproost-Find your Style

I am 100% wine country and 0% for both Zen and Arts and crafts. Click here to find your style!

Admittedly, not much on the site was my style. Of the 5 choices (ranging from hate it to love it)-most got an "ok." The highest rooms only got "like it." But, this "wine country" look is pretty similar to what I do like. What's your style?

I Heart Free Stuff

Like this:

And this:

And this is what my kids are doing and have been doing all morning and a good part of what they did yesterday:

The first picture is all the free stuff I got at the Get Down With Scrapbooking charity crop last weekend. Of course that doesn't include the make and take projects and a few embellishments that I had already put away when I took this picture. It was a great weekend and my hubby was awesome to let me have that time to myself. Thanks Jeff! I can't wait for next year's crop.

Next is my can rotator shelving system. Free. My mom found this deal for me. One of the big concerns I have about this current house is where to put well, first my family and their things but a close second is where do I put a one-year supply of food? Not that I have that yet, but we are trying to work on it. My mom food these great shelves and it will work beautifully. A lot of my shelf space in my current food storage area is taken up with cans and cans of things we've purchased at caselots. Now I can fill that space with other good food storage things.

Lastly, my kids have been quite taken with McKay's collection of hot wheels cars and this little loop-de-doo track thing. They group cars by families. Then they rearrange them and group by gender. (I didn't realize cars and families or genders either.) Then they put them in straight lines. Now the games on hold till Lyndsi gets home from school. (Currently they're putting their basketballs down for naps. I am living with creative geniuses here.)