Memorial Day Weekend

Labels: family

The Impossible

I was completely addicted to this from 3:00pm-4:30pm. It's sad, really. Anyway, I got to question #56. What can you get to?

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And The Answers Are...

Thanks to all the quiz participants! Bert did not realize I had ever permed my hair. Luckily, he missed that week in 2001. I am happy he missed the blonde streaks as well. :)

Answers below in all caps...y'all are the best!

Question #1
What is Anisa's favorite color?
red
orange
HOT PINK
turquoise


Question #2
What is Anisa's favorite TV show of all time?
SEX AND THE CITY
Who's the Boss
Laguna Beach
Grey's Anatomy


Question #3
What is Anisa's middle name (all were once contenders)?
Rose
MARGRETT
Lauren
Natasha


Question #4
What did Anisa get her B.A. degree in (all of these were really considered)?
International Business
English
Industrial Engineering
COMMUNICATION


Question #5
What is Anisa's favorite day of the year?
JUNE 22, HER BIRTHDAY
Christmas
Thanksgiving
New Year's Day


Question #6
What kind of food does Anisa really hate?
Indian
Thai
Chinese
SUSHI


Question #7
How old was Anisa when she got married?
23
*24*
25
26


Question #8
What did Anisa not actually ever have done to her hair?
DYE LIGHTER BROWN
highlight with blonde streaks
cut short
perm


Question #9
Which of the following does Anisa not love?
chocolate
sleep
MUSICALS
shopping


Question #10
Where is Anisa's top dream vacation (although all would be great)?
Virgin Islands
Bora Bora
PARIS
Greece

Labels: meme, random

How Well Do You Know Me?

I thought this was pretty cool...I did this on Laura's blog. I am interested to see what everyone's results are...

Enjoy!


Create your own Friend Quiz here

Note: Bert's score should've been a 90...I read the quiz to him and accidentally marked something incorrectly...

Labels: meme, random

Weekend in the ATL

So, I have gotten terrible at taking pictures, but I managed to get these (aren't my parents so cute?) from our weekend in Atlanta. This was my cousin Shann's graduation party at an Indian restaurant. The party was lots of fun and the food was crazy delicious.

It was wonderful to see family and we will do it once again this weekend in Huntsville for my cousin Sana!

Labels: family

Just In Time For Election Season...

Your Political Profile:

Overall: 40% Conservative, 60% Liberal Social Issues: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal Personal Responsibility: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal Fiscal Issues: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal Ethics: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal Defense and Crime: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal

I got this quiz from Morgan's blog and I thought it was decently accurate. Check it out if you feel like taking a break!

Labels: politics

Ew

I went to eat Mexican yesterday and it was gross. I mean, I LOVE MEXICAN FOOD! But this place...ew.

The chicken inside my burrito smelled EXACTLY like Matty's wet cat food. I took a few bites, meowed, and took all the meat out.

My friends thought I was crazy, but agreed. Meow indeed.

Do you have any weird food stories?

Labels: food, random

Happy Mother's Day!

I have...

the best mother,
the best grandmother,
the best little Spanish grandmother-in-law,
the best aunt...

in the world.

I am blessed to know many wonderful mothers. Especially mine.

Labels: holiday

Pretty Sure This Is A Repeat...Oops!

I love surveys and filling stuff out. And so to celebrate my 2-year blogiversary, I am going to do one today.

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? Oh yes. Anisa is a combination of two of my great-grandmother's names. One was named Anisa and the other one's middle name was Nisa. My middle name, Margrett, was my paternal grandmother's first name.
2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? Wednesday night while watching "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants."
3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? It has gotten worse lately because I have to write so quickly taking notes in grad school, but I like it when I actually have time to write normally.
4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Turkey...the best ever is Boar's Head...that stuff is crazy delicious.
5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? No, but I have the best two little cousins in the world. And one of them said recently that he wished I was his mommy. Haha...that's only because I don't discipline him, I play with him, I have a cat and I let him eat sweets.
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Yes.
7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? Yeah, I can dish it out, but I can't take it back to me. :)
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yep.
9.WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? No way. I'm afraid of that kind of stuff. No skydiving, scuba diving, etc. either.
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Lucky Charms.
11.DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Nope.
12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Emotionally...yes, very. Physically...no.
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? I do love Neopolitan (which I used to call Napoleon when I was little). I also love anything involving chocolate in any capacity and large chunks of candy. Ew...I hate the word chunks. I mean, large pieces of candy.
14.WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? Face.
15.RED OR PINK? PINK!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE pink. Especially hot pink.
16.WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? Hmmm...let's see...oh yeah: stomach, thighs and upper arms.
17.WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? Mama (and Daddy too).
18.DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO REPOST THIS? If they feel so inclined...
19.WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? Jeans and awesome brown wedge shoes.
20.WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? Pria protein bar.
21.WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? Madonna's "Borderline" and Bert on the phone.
22.WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO THIS SUMMER? Go to the beach, work, relax and take summer school starting in June.
23.FAVORITE SMELLS? Old Spice and fresh-baked cookies.
24.WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? Bert.
25.DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? Ginger is the best (retired) blog designer evs.
26.FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH? Extreme celebrity gossip? OK, OK. I can handle college football in small doses. Baseball is still pretty painful, but I am trying really hard since Bert loves the Yankees so much.
27.HAIR COLOR? Dark brown.
28.EYE COLOR? Dark brown.
29.DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? No.
30.FAVORITE FOOD? Cheese pizza (and chocolate and Mexican too).
31.SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Happy endings...scary movies scare the bejeesus out of me.
32.LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants."
33.WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? Purple.
34.SUMMER OR WINTER? Summer.
35.HUGS OR KISSES? Both.
36.FAVORITE DESSERT? Chocolate.
37.MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? ?
38.LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? ?
39.WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? NO BOOKS until grad school is over. I heart Us Weekly.
40.WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? Nothing; it is black and ergonomic.
41.WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON T.V. LAST NIGHT? Grey's Anatomy. And get this: a child was abducted so I missed the last 5 minutes of the show because the guy was talking about it over Grey's. They caught the bas*ard 10 minutes later.
42.FAVORITE SOUND? Right now, I love it when Matty purrs. I love knowing that I have given love and a safe home to another creature.
43.WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? India.
45.DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? Hmmm...I can write and I like to pretend I can sing and tapdance. No, I don't have special training and yes, I look and sound ridiculous.
46.WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Columbus, MS.

SO......I just realized I have totally done this before. I am almost positive. Weird. I am sure this exists elsewhere on my blog. :)

Labels: meme

Happy Two Year Blogiversary To Me!

I can't believe I have had this blog for two years today. Wow. So much has changed in two years. I look back and realize how amazing God is in making miracles.

Hope all of you have a wonderful weekend! Thank you for being a part of my life and reading my story.

Labels: blog

Not Quite Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Today has been a strange day. Strange, but good.

I woke up feeling not so hot around 4am. I stayed home from work today...I felt bad enough to stay home, but good enough to enjoy it. So that was nice.

Bert found a job teaching summer school at another school in town. It didn't work out at his school because they gave the spots to the incoming and outgoing department heads, but as it turns out, the new job is even better. I was really happy.

Then I got a big fat bill from a gallbladder ultrasound. Oops...I did not fully understand that my new PPO insurance was going to be so much more than my old HMO insurance. Oh well. So that was kind of sad. But really, it's OK. C'est la vie.

But THEN, I found out I made a B in my microeconomics class. Now, my entire life, I can tell you that I have probably made around 5 B's on my report card. I am usually really disappointed when this happens. However, I am THRILLED. The professor was super nice, but the subject matter was like another language to me...like this foreign language that I could not comprehend, no matter how hard I tried. I studied hours upon hours for every test. I went to get help during office hours. I read the assigned work. It was as bad as high school physics, the only other class that gave me real trouble. I am just so happy I made it out with a respectable grade.

And so, now it is 3:00 p.m. I have barely watched TV. I have talked on the phone, spent too much time on the internet and cleaned some. It feels so great to not have any homework. And I am feeling much, much better.

I shall now go take a shower. After that, I am going to make a sour cream pound cake that I owe for a cookbook tasting. And following that, I shall either watch "Can't Hardly Wait," "13 Going on 30" or "Kindergarten Cop." That sounds like the best afternoon ever.

So today was a good day.

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Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to the best Mama in the world. Love you so.

On this day, 40-some odd years ago (I would never tell her age :)), a giant 16-pound baby was born to a tiny little Indian woman in a small village halfway around the world. That giant baby would grow up to be a brilliant professor and fabulous mother. And she would barely gain 100 poounds over the course of her life.

That would be you, beautiful Mama. I wish you only good things on your birthday, this year and always.

Labels: birthday, Mama

What You Know About Math?

This is crazy hilarious. Watch this spoof on T.I.'s "What You Know."

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May Day

When, I was a little girl, I loved this book:


To this day, it is the most beautiful book I have ever read. I could not get a picture of the May Day celebration (copyrighted), but when I was little, I wanted so badly to dance around a Maypole like the children in the book. Here's an illustration of a Maypole:

I think of that book and the beauty of all the months. The dancing around the Maypole, the way they put cakes with glowing candles to float down a river, etc. It was beautiful.

And I have no idea where a Maypole is, but one day, I shall dance around one.

Labels: holiday