2:00 pm in Prescott, Arizona

It is 2:00pm and an absolutely lovely day today in Prescott. My husband and I enjoyed a morning of drinking coffee on our little deck out back and then we took a nice walk in our neighborhood. This was the first time, I really got around the neighborhood, and it was quite fun. There were lots of homes for sale, and we peaked in a few windows. I don't know why that felt a bit naughty, but it did. They are empty, so it really wasn't a bad thing. I think I am perpetually feeling naughty, because as a child growing up in California, we spent a lot of times playing in abandoned houses or the new models that would be open. There weren't a lot of lox boxes back in the day, and we were really young and naive (like ages 7 to 11). We had no idea if it was a bad thing to do. We just went inside and hung out.

Now I am waiting for my husband to finish getting ready so we can go to a thrift store. I am addicted to those, and I was thinking of doing a thrift store mission. I used to do them a lot. I would go to find something in particular. I thought today might be a good time to find the worst t-shirt ever. I'll let you know if I do it. One year I found an awesome "Got Bail" shirt that was an advertisement shirt for a bail bondsman in California. I still have it. :)

Off to enjoy the day!

Kelly

The worst thing about being bored...

I really hate being bored. Really hate it. Boredom leads to bad things for me. Nothing bad enough to make it so I can never run for public office, although let's face it...I never will, but bad for me mentally or physically. Check it out...

When I am bored I eat. Eating isn't a bad thing in and of itself. It is the boredom eating that sucks for me. I don't know about you, but I have never eaten a "Boredom" salad or a "Boredom" carrot. I HAVE eaten "Boredom" crackers with cheese, cookies, potato chips, and even Oodles of Noodles while bored, but the salad thing just doesn't happen. I am also not one of those people who says "I'm bored, I think I'll exercise!" I am not saying I will never say that, but I would probably be just as likely to don a superhero costume and leap tall buildings. Right. There was a time when I was totally concerned about weight and muscle mass, and even then I never ate a salad or exercised because I was bored.

I have been fairly non bored this week thanks to the blog party going on. There have been some great blogs to read, and I really enjoy these glimpses into every one's daily life. Now if I could just do some blog browsing while at work...that would be SWEET.

What do you do when your bored?

Do you ever feel weird?

My son thinks I am weird. He thinks my husband is weird too. I don't know if I am weird so much as a free spirit. Here are some of the things that I think make me a little odd.

This is kind of weird to me, and I actually asked a co-worker about this. I have weird hand writing. I can start a letter writing one way, and totally end it writing another way. I have weird handwriting. It is almost like two different people wrote my letter. Yes, the writing is that different! I wish I could get a sample put on here and show how odd it is. I had never really thought of it until I started my new job. My co-worker thinks that I just have different personalities and it is reflected in my writing. Not different like "Sybil" different, but I do have really different writing.

I talk with different accents. I do this on purpose. I do not think I am suddenly British or Irish, but sometimes I just gab that way. It is usually used to emphasize a joke I am making. I don't just say, "Hey I am going to speak with a Southern accent today." It isn't on purpose like that, but I do put on accents like a hat for a moment or two and just run with it. I also speak with cartoonish voices. This is really a play thing that I do with my husband so that doesn't count really. :) It is like a courtship ritual. Besides, my husband loves my accents.

I use props in pictures all the time. I love taking pictures or being in pictures and putting myself in a prop position. If I am on a roller coaster or a ride where they take pictures, I can always be seen making a terrified face. It isn't that I am terrified. I just like to make the face. If a camera is nearby and I am in a convenience store, I will pick up an item like a bag of chips and make a really silly "Yummy" face like I am advertising something. Really, I am a great big spectacle.

I have weird friends. One of my best friends is truly as odd as I am. We used to write stories to each other at work. She would write a line, and leave it for me to write a line. We'd crack ourselves up. We have literally spent a good hour or more trying on every ugly pair of sunglasses we can find at a department store. Indeed though, if we did this with some people, they would probably walk away. Actually one of our friends was with us and did leave us.

Was I always weird? I think so. When I was a kid, I used to spend hours telling myself stories, before I actually would fall asleep. I never saw this as talking to myself. My mom used to read me bedtime stories, but when she worked more she couldn't. I just kind of filled in the blank and made up my own.

Does any of this seem odd to you?

Expelled -- The Movie Trailer.

What do you think?

Myself, when I was in school (a Catholic school -- nothing against Catholic School, but I also learned about astral projection there too), my Science teacher taught us a creation evolution perspective. He believed that beings did evolve, but he believed it was a process guided by God. For a long time I believed just that. He was an excellent teacher, and of course I believed everything my teachers told me...period.

I look forward to seeing this film, because after time my beliefs did change, and I am highly tired of the fact that people are puffed up and lifted up for anything that is against God and put down for anything that is remotely for God. Even intellectuals go through this.Kelly