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How often do you call your parents?

If you're going to get technical, I hardly ever *call* my parents.  But lately, I've been seeing them about once a week.  Usually I see them about once a month and chat with my mom via email pretty regularly.  It helps that we live in the same city (basically)

What products can't you live without?
Submitted by galindafied.

Diet Coke.  and my computer, maybe.  I could live without my computer, but it wouldn't be fun.  Or pretty :)  But Diet Coke is definitely a staple.

stolen from devillibrarian

Describe Me in one word...  just one word.
Heres how to Play :
1. Put my one word in the comments section of this post. Just one word that describes me.

2. Then copy and paste it into your blog to have others do the same about you.

When you travel, do you use a guidebook so that you're well prepared, or do you go without much prior knowledge so that you're surprised?
Submitted by Jack Yan.

I use several guidebooks...and still have space/time for surprises...  I like to plan a list of things to see and do, but we also leave time to wander and see things that we stumble on.  I think it works pretty well that way. 

Apparently, I only eat things that come in bowls....

Have I mentioned how much I'm enjoying *not* having my house on the market for the moment?  :)  

This past Saturday was "Graduation Day" for our cake decorating class.   We were supposed to bring three things to class - a cake, roses, and drop flowers. 

My mom and I both decided (independently) to make chocolate cakes.  I was to make the roses for both cakes (14 total), so I chose pink, since brown and pink usually look very nice together.  In order to give them enough time to dry and so that I'd have time to make them all, I started on the roses on Thursday night.  I made 6 roses before I literally couldn't squeeze my hand anymore.  So I went to bed :) 

Friday, I frosted the cake and made 8 roses (with no hand pain!).  I also made about 30 drop flowers.  I only needed like 11, but I wanted to have enough in case I broke some or something. 

So we carted all this stuff to class, only to discover that most of our classmates had already decorated their cakes!  Our instructor had told us the week before that we would be finishing the decorating in class, so we brought the parts. 

Anyway...she showed us a couple new things (sweet peas, leaves and vines) and we decorated our cakes.  Mine turned out pretty well, I think :)  My mom did the leaves on mine, since I still hadn't quite gotten the hang of it when it was time to do them

Show us your favorite childhood toy.

This is Bear.  Bear is a handmade "Care Bear" who has been with me since I was 2.  He's well loved, obviously :)

When was the last time you surprised someone else?

I'm thinking it was Friday night, at the bar with Will.  I answered one of his questions in an unexpected way, I think....

List three things you'd buy with your last $20. One practical, one frivolous and one of your choosing.

Do I get $20 for each category?  Or $20 total?  'Cause I don't know how much I could get for less than $20....
And what's the difference between "frivolous" and "one of your choosing"?

Let's see...
Total of $20
Practical: Lunch (~$10)
Frivolous/My Choosing: new earrings (~$10)

$20 for each category
Practical: gas for my car
Frivolous: new shirt(s) at Target
My Choosing: lunch at Sam's Bar & Grill

Show us something that's got you hooked.

Alton Brown - Good Eats, Iron Chef, whatever....I can watch him for hours.