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What are you doing right now?

If you’re familiar with Facebook, you’ll recognize the title of this post. “What are you doing right now?” is the friendly greeting that welcomes you aboard. This is the place where you can change your “status.”

I love changing the status of my Facebook account(s), but I try not to go overboard. I don’t Twitter, so I don’t have the urge to update my status continuously, but I like to have fun with it.

I was also recently tagged for a meme by Cadiz. Because I’m under no obligation to actually complete a meme when tagged, but I like to have fun with these things, too, I’ve decided to combine these two things: my love for the Facebook status and the six random things Cadiz wants to know about me.

Why not? It will be fun!

So, I went through my Facebook archives and copied six of my favorite status changes. They are ones that make me laugh, and ones I’d like to preserve for just a little bit longer.

Oh, and if you’re not familiar with the Facebook Status, it always lists things in the third person. Sometimes I follow that rule, and sometimes I don’t. (Momma doesn’t like talking about herself in the third person, but it is what it is.) So, what you’re left with is [your name] and then whatever. For my purposes here, I’m using Momma as my name.

Okay, here we go! I’m not going to tag anyone specific, but if you’d like to play along, feel free to leave your own favorite Facebook Status in the comments, or post them on your own blog!  Consider yourself tagged.

Here are six of my favorites, in no particular order:

Momma…

…is dancing to Depeche Mode in her living room with her daughter. I *never* saw this day coming…but I love it.

…is no longer laptopless, like she was yesterday. That’s not as exciting (nor chilly) as it sounds! ;)

…is watching Claire load the washer, and she’s doing a great job! It’s about TIME this girl started to earn her keep! ;)

…had to explain to her hubby that the “Mom Exchange” section of her parenting magazine isn’t quite what he had in mind. LOL!

…has secretly replaced her regular Facebook Status with a non-calorie version, and no one has seemed to notice.

…was going to procrastinate today, but she might not get around to it.

So, what about you?  What are you doing right now?  ;)

ABC – The All About Me From A to Z Meme

I’ve been tagged for a Meme by Libby! (In case you don’t know, a Meme is like an online chain letter. You don’t have to participate if you’re tagged, but they are fun to do.)

So, here we go!

A. Attached or Single? Attached. My hubby and I have been attached since the beginning of 1997, and legally bound since November 2000.

B. Best Friend? Would it be too sappy to say my hubby? Seriously, he’s my best friend of the male persuasion. I have a lot of really close girlfriends, and the definitions get kinda blurry. I do have one true “best friend” from high school and one from college. You two know who you are. ;)

C. Cake or pie? For some reason, this question reminds me of Eddy Izzard’s skit “Cake or Death?” Ha! Only, this one is a slightly harder question. That being said, I’d definitely choose Pie. And not just any ol’ piece of pie…but the crust of the pie. The crust is my absolute favorite part of any pie, and it always has been. You can ask my mom. She even put that little tidbit in my babybook. ;)

D. Day of choice? Every day that we have a choice is a great day! Oh wait. I think this means something else. I think my favorite day of the week is Saturday. My favorite day of the year is my birthday, tied with a close second for Claire’s birthday, with Christmas chugging up close behind. (Daddy’s birthday, though exciting, is just a slow runner in this race, apparently.)

E. Essential item? Wow. It’s funny how this answer has changed for me over the years. If I had to boil it down, I’d have to say “electricity” because it’s used to power everything fun and important in my life, but just as I was typing that, I thought how nice it would be to be on a nice little island, breezes blowing, hammock in the shade…WiFi would be nice, but not essential. An icemaker would be nice, but not essential. Then, it hit me. TiVO. I’m not sure I could live without TiVO. ;) Because, island getaway or not, I want my shows to be recorded and sitting patiently for my return.

F. Favorite color? Lavender. Purple. Cobalt blue. In that order, usually.

G. Gummy bears or worms? Bears. Definitely Gummy Bears. I’ll never forget licking the backs of them and sticking them on random objects when I was in Junior High. (We actually did this in one of my classes, with teacher approval, on purpose. I never was a true rebel.)

H. Hometown? I was born in a small town in the middle of a state in the Midwest. I grew up on a farm.

I. Favorite indulgence? Chocolate Truffles. There is a “Chocolate Factory” store near us that makes the most amazing chocolate truffles. Mmmmmmmmm.

J. January or July? In July, I prefer January. In January, I prefer July. Am I hard to please? Why do you ask?

K. Kids? The technical term for baby goats. ;) Yes, I have one child. She is 2.5. I have two children if you count the 35 yr old male also in my charge. ;)

L. Life isn’t complete without? Laughter. I honestly believe that. I laugh so hard every day. Sometimes at myself. Sometimes at others. Sometimes at others laughing at myself and/or others. A day without laughter is much too stressful, if you ask me. In fact, if you haven’t laughed today, you weren’t really paying attention. ;)

M. Marriage date? Well, my wedding date is in November of 2000, but the marriage lasts longer than that. :)

N. Number of brothers and sisters? I have two younger sisters and a younger brother.

O. Oranges or Apples? Apples. I love apple juice and orange juice, but I can’t drink orange juice on an empty stomach or I get an upset tummy.

P. Phobias? I don’t have any technical “phobias,” meaning that none of my fears are debilitating. I can do what I need to do in the presence of them. That being said, I don’t like spiders or tornadoes.

Q. Quotes? “Do or do not; there is no try.” ~Yoda So true, Yoda. So true.

R. Reasons to smile? It is impossible to get through the day with my hubby and/or my daughter and not smile. Before Claire came along, my hubby kept me rollin’…and now the two of them are a riot.

S. Season of choice? I prefer Fall. I love the colors of the leaves, the coolness in the air and the smell of both burning leaves and wood burning stoves.

T. Tag 5 people: I can only pick five? ;) Okay, here they are! Mayberry Magpie, My Two Pennies, Noble Pig, Alyndabear, Weebles Wobblog. (You are busy ladies, so I won’t be offended if you aren’t into Memes…I just thought I’d tag you. So…You’re it!)  Or, if you’re looking for a fun exercise to get your blogging juices flowing, and you want to play along too, feel free to use this idea!

U. Unknown fact about me? Well, if I told you, it wouldn’t be unknown now, would it? ;)

V. Vegetable? I love asparagus. I think it’s my favorite.

W. Worst habit? I tend to pick my fingernail cuticles when I’m nervous.

X. X-ray or Ultrasound? I’ve had both. They are both cool technologies. In my experience, ultrasounds are usually happier events.

Y. Your favorite food? If I have to pick my very favorite, I’d say sushi. But, I love a bunch of different types of food, with Italian and German Restaurants teetering at the tippy top of my list, too.

Z. Zodiac sign? Pisces! Here Fishy Fishy Fishy. :) The Aquamarine is March’s birthstone, and I have two of them in my wedding ring setting.

Seven Random Things

Schmutzie from Schmutzie’s Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come has tagged me for a meme! For those of you who don’t know, a meme is like an online chain letter.

The rules:
• Share seven random and/or weird things about yourself.
• Tag five people to do the meme and link to their weblogs.

Seven Random and/or Weird Things about The Casual Perfectionist:

1. I have red hair, and I’ve always had red hair. My eyelashes and eyebrows are a very light strawberry blonde and practically invisible to the naked eye. My eyelashes are very long and look nice with mascara. I brush a hazelnut colored eye-shadow into my eyebrows so that they can be seen. The first aesthetician to do my eyebrows taught me that trick.

2. I cannot stand wood ticks. I loathe them. The thought of them makes me feel nauseous. I don’t like thinking about them, and I don’t like talking about them. Why I’m devoting a whole number to them on my list is random and weird. (So, I think that fits the criteria of this meme, huh!?) ;) I have not seen a wood tick since I moved away from my childhood home on the farm. It’s been over 15 years since I’ve seen one. Not that I’m counting. ;)

3. My ears are very small, but I can wiggle them, making my glasses move up and down my nose.

4. I am fluent in a foreign language, but I can introduce myself and count to ten in seven languages.

5. When I was little, I memorized the alphabet in American Sign Language. I can still spell words pretty quickly using it.

6. Growing up, I was in the Knight Rider Fan Club. I even had an official blue-print of KITT. They’ve re-made Knight Rider and it was on NBC the other night. I TiVO’d it and couldn’t wait to see it. My husband insisted on watching it with me, but he would not stop making fun of it. I paused it and told him to stop making fun of it, or I’d shut it off and watch it when he wasn’t around. That’s when he told me he wasn’t making fun of it; he was making fun of me. Ha! Well, he can make fun all he wants…he wasn’t an official member of the fan club, so that makes me better than him. So there. Pppppppppt.

7. I have 92 subscriptions in my GoogleReader, yet I’m always looking for new blogs to read. Luckily, most of those blogs do not update daily (like mine). If they did, I’m not sure I would get much else done. ;) Either way, it’s a good thing I’m an expert at multitasking.

Because I can’t keep track of who has done a meme recently and who hasn’t (see #7), I’ve decided to tag the last five people who have commented on the site:

Lori at weebleswobblog.blogspot.com
Ashley at thelightersideofgrowingup.typepad.com
Psychgrad at bloggingwagon.blogspot.com
Noble Pig at noblepig.com
Alynda at alyndabear.com

Gotcha! You’re it! ;)

I’ve been tagged!

I’ve been tagged by Lisa, of www.thelisashow.org. This is a fun little game! Plus, four is my favorite number! ;) Here are my answers (in no particular order):

Four Jobs I Have Had In My Life
Hotel Front Desk Clerk
Collections Associate (yep, that’s a bill collector)
Social Worker
Adventure Vacation Travel Consultant

Four Movies I Can Watch Over and Over
The Princess Bride
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
American Beauty

Four TV Shows I Like To Watch
Lost
House
CSI
My Name is Earl

Four Places I Have Been On Vacation
Germany
Austria
The Netherlands
Belgium

Four Favorite Foods
Sushi
Italian cuisine
Anything chocolate
My grandmother’s homemade raspberry cobbler recipe (Edited to add: The recipe is here!)

Four Websites I Visit Daily
CNN
My local NBC news station website
My WordPress Dashboard (blog stuff)
GoogleReader

Four Places I Would Rather Be
Traveling through Europe
Lounging around in Santa Fe
Playing at the pool with Claire
Snuggling under the blankies with my hubby

Four Bloggers I Am Tagging
My Two Pennies
Libby
Molly
Schmutzie

You’re it! ;)