frazzled & frumpy

Oops! I missed a day of NaBloPoMo- don't tell,ok? Today, I had a car for the first time in a week (which meant I had to drive the Handy Man to work at 4:50am -blech!) So, I've been running errands all day and am just now sitting down with my laptop. *sigh* Now, I'm answering the questions asked by Sleepy Joe when she gave me this sweet award. I will try to keep the rules, as much as possible. One of the perks of getting older is that you don't feel the need to always 'color in the lines'. 1-Answer the questions posed by the person who nominated you. 2-Nominate some others for this award. I'm nominating some of my readers who've been with me the longest. Sarah at The Best Stuff Annie at My Crazy Wonderful Life  Kim at Kimber and Krew  And a new reader, Shannon at Love, Peace and Hodson . 3- Post 10 questions for you nominees to answer. First, here are my answers. 1- Who is your favourite band or singer or song?     I'm a huge...

What happens when you take a week off the internet? For me, lots of housecleaning. And a strange feeling of longing every time I got on my computer. Also, people start playing tag. I've been tagged twice by two of my favorite blogs- Larissa at Papa is a Preacher , who is lucky that she lives far away from me, because I'd be so tempted to kidnap her and call her my own. And Sleepy Joe at The Life and Writings of Sleepy Joe , who is a great writer and who gives me a thrill just thinking that someone from England would read my blog. I'm supposed to tell you eleven things about myself (for both tags that would be 22! whew!). Now, I know you're thinking, 'Gosh, I wish Jewels would tell us more about herself. She's such a closed book. A mystery. A mystery wrapped in an enigma.'  I'm not sure I could come up with that many, even remotely interesting, things about me. So, instead, I'll just answer their questions.  That'll probably tell  you more tha...