How smart is your foot?

This is just plain silliness, but give it a try. I'd love to know if you can outsmart your foot. Here's what you do:

Without anyone watching you (they will think you are GOOFY......and they might just be right) and while sitting where you are at your desk in front of your computer, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles.

Now, while still doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand.

Your foot will change direction.

There's absolutely nothing you can do about it! We both know how dumb it is, but before the day is done, you are going to try it again, if you've not ready done so.

So- that's my fabulous post of the day! Just a little light-hearted silliness to take a few minutes away from working, thinking, whatever you're doing. Have a great day.

Just stuff

OK, I admit I haven't posted for a while. Dean is back in school, after having two weeks of P.E., a week of band camp, and lots of soccer practice. The coaches are determined to get these kids in shape before the first game, and they're working them hard. Football players have to practice twice a day, the first being 6:30 in the morning. The school schedule is crazy enough, with jazz band starting at 7:00, so I feel for those who have to get their kids onto the football field by 6:30.

I'm still job hunting, finding lots out there that don't work for me and a few things that might. Along with this, I'm working on some projects for others and trying to just get stuff done that's been lagging. For example, I have been cleaning up old email. I came across this one that I saved because it was just plain funny. It is a phone call that was played on the radio in Texas and they had so many requests to replay it that they put it on their website. A man was leaving a message for someone else and witnessed an accident involving four elderly women. His laugh is contagious; I was cracking up when I heard it, and it made me laugh again yesterday. There is no swearing, so copy and paste this link and turn up your speakers. Enjoy it!

http://www.chumfm.com/MorningShow/bits/march24.swf

Absolutely nothing new to say

It's Tuesday now, and I have nothing to say. OK, I never have nothing to say, but I have nothing new to say. I'm still job hunting; had a good interview yesterday for a job I was a little leery of when I got called about it, but somehow it feels right. I have a second interview there tomorrow, so we'll see what happens. I am getting tired of searching all the websites and reading job descriptions galore. The perfect thing would be too get a job now that didn't want me to start for another week. Hey, I can dream, right?

Even the file review I'm doing for my old boss doesn't feel like I'm actually working, and I'm feeling unproductive. So I'm not to going to look today. I have a big bag of apples and I'm going to pick up Dean today, take him to buy new shoes, and come home and make apple crisp. I have a good recipe, it's actually for berry crisp, but I'm using apples. I'm going to do a few things around this messy house of mine and ignore the fact that I am unemployed. Here's the crisp recipe (and remember I'm substituting sliced apples for the berries):

Berry Crisp
2 12-ounce packages frozen mixed berries (such as blueberries, blackberries, strawberries and raspberries; about 6 cups), unthawed
1/4 cup sugar
1 cup all purpose flour
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
3/4 cup old-fashioned oats
2/3 cup light brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
7 tablespoons chilled unsalted butter, diced

Preheat oven to 375°F. Combine berries, 1/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup flour and lemon juice in large bowl; toss to blend well. Transfer berry mixture to 9-inch-diameter glass pie dish.
Combine remaining 3/4 cup flour, oats, brown sugar, spices and salt in medium bowl. Add butter; rub in with fingertips until topping holds together in small moist clumps. Sprinkle over berry mixture. Bake crisp until berry mixture bubbles thickly and topping is golden brown, about 1 hour. Let stand 15 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Enjoy your day!

Life is back to normal - sort of

Well, Dean is home from Mt. Gilead. He had a great time, as always. Lots of dirty laundry, but that's fixable, and no injuries this year. Yay! Now we just have to do some stuff to get him ready for school.

Another interview tomorrow, and it's hard not to get discouraged. I need to remember who's in charge and learn to be patient.

Heather turned 35 yesterday. She's coming tonight for dinner and a movie. Hard to believe that the tiny girl who came home from Germany when she was 1 is now all grown up, has her PhD, and is such an amazing woman. Sometimes I still picture her in her little red and white dress with her first tricycle. I never actually feel old until I look at the kids and wonder how they got to be the age they are so quickly. Maybe I'm getting senile! I love just talking with her; she's so smart and funny.

Anyway, I'm just babbling. Think I'll go talk to Dean while I get dinner ready. Happy Saturday!