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Thirteen Things From My Week By Frances
1.) Rented and watched a British comedy called Death at a Funeral. Highly recommended. I’m also a big fan of Brit cons on TV. Favorites include Absolutely Fabulous, Chef, Keeping Up Appearances, The Vicar of Dilby, The Thin Blue Line, Are You Being Served? & Blackadder.
2.) Received a book I won in a raffle over at J. Kaye’s Book Blog. Now there’s a gal who can write a review.
3.) Finally sorted the giant bag of socks that’s been sitting by my dresser for weeks. A small accomplishment for some but huge for me.
4.) Decided that I need some online support to lose weight by summer. Just not getting it done on my own. Put the word out to my blog buddies. If you have any suggestions let me know in comments please.
5.) Discovered skinny decaf lattes at Starbucks. They’re great to sip on while I writing in a notebook.
6.) Finally started using my Blackjack to moblog. I’ve owned the thing for almost three months. It’s just that I can’t do anything before I am ready. I’m the same way with clothes. A new outfit can hang in my closet 6 months before it’s worn.
7.) Got together with dear HH. She’s the mother of a friend from childhood. We had dinner and talked. She understands everything. I never really knew my own mom; it would have been great to have one just like her.
8.) Sending an email to a friend I haven’t spoken to in 8 years. We didn’t have a falling out - just got busy.
9.) Rented and watched an excellent Independent film called ESL - English as a Second Language. Just how far will you go to live the American Dream?
10.) Set aside at least an hour every morning this week to write before I started my day.
11.) Have not been able to use my new camera. Evidentally I am in mourning for the old one.
12.) Tried out a couple of new memes.
13.) Read up on this new federal tax rebate thing - this may mean that we actually won’t owe anything this year. That is huge!
Everyone have a fabulous week.
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Thirteen Things I’ve Done Recently By Frances
1.) Talked to my friend Heart on the telephone after almost a year. He had been traveling all about the planet sans cell phone for the whole time. Can you imagine?
2.) Rented and watched an amazing movie - Ten Questions For The Dalai Lama. I could not recommend it more.
3.) NaBloPoMo has gone monthly, and I decided to do it again in March. The theme (totaly optional) is Lists. Let’s hope I can come up with a unique list daily.
4.) My beloved Canon 3.2 camera stopped operating.
5.) I got a new camera - Canon 8.0.
6.) Destroyed several journals. Those were that I used as my b***h and moan files. As I tear up the pages into tiny pieces I caste my cares away.
7.) Visited the new Ripley’s Believe it or Not in Times Square. Loads of fun. Believe it or not I did not have my camera with me. A friend and I went on the spur of the moment. I did have my new Flip camcorder in my pocket.
8.) Learned that I move my hands and feet too quickly when I use my Flip. All my videos looked like those old time films where everything goes really fast.
9.) Got 5 fabulous polos and tees at Burlington for less than 40 bucks. They were having a spring thing.
10.) Changed all the alarms and alert tones on my cell phones. They were all irritating me.
11.) I am now more irritated than ever with the tones. Will have to try a new set.
12.) Found an incredibly cheap out of the way Internet cafe for when I want to work away from home. My laptop is too heavy to carry around.
13. Decided to never ever ever reveal location and price of said Internet cafe. Don’t want the world there crowding it up and rasing the rates 
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Thirteen Bits of Trivia By Frances
1.) Heinz Catsup leaving the bottle travels at 25 miles per year.
2.) Most Americans’ car horns beep in the key of “F.”
3.) Murphy’s Oil Soap is the chemical most commonly used to clean elephants.
4 .) Babies are born without knee caps. They don’t appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.
5.) Shakespeare’s son’s name was Hamnet.
6.) Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined
7.) Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
8.) The Boston University Bridge (on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts) is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane.
9.) Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
10.) Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
11.) The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer.
12.) Percentage of men who say they are happier after their divorce or separation: 58
13.) Percentage of women who say they are happier: 85
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Thirteen Things I Did Online In 2007 By Frances
1.) Became part of a wonderful group of women bloggers: She Who Blogs
2.) Started an creative writing blog
3.) Redid my photoblog
4.) Started a mobile blog
5.) Became a part of several groups on Ning - I love it there!
6.) Made my third attempt at NaNoWriMo -didn’t win again - had an awesome time anyway.
7.) Won NaBloPoMo - also an awesome time
8.) Am participating in blog365
9.) Purchased several more web addresses - it’s an addiction. I’m using one of them for my new New York blog. It’s still under construction.
10.) Also under construction my fictional blog - it will feature the main character I created for my NaNoWriMo. She’s a teen-ager that’s going to get involved in some wicked situations.
11.) Discovered ScriptFrenzy - pretty sure I am going to do it.
12.) Joined a group for artists called Inked -In over at Ning & met the founders when they came to New York.
13.) Created a Gabcast account - hopefully I’ll be podcasting soon.
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Thirteen Things I Did Recently by Frances
1. Went to Atlantic City.
More pics here & here
2. Signed up for blog365
3. Rang in the New Year by myself. Hubby works nights, so I am used to it.
4. Went to see National Treasure 2. Nick Cage is sooooo cute.
5. Worked on my new blog. It’s all about New York. The web address will posted on all my blogs as soon as it is ready.
6. Decided to go for a new look, so I’m letting my hair grow out a bit and doing a coppery demi-tint.
7. Got really bad service and food in a new local restaurant, and decided to do something about it. The manager was evasive, so I began calling the managers of all the other locations. One put me through to one of the partners who gave me the personal cell phone number of the owner. What can I tell you - I get that way sometimes.
8. Spent New Years Day photostrolling.
9. Got myself a new journal for the New Year, but haven’t had a chance to write in it. It’s been really busy for me the last two days.
10. Decided to give up red meat meat and poultry for the New Year. Have been off caffeine for a few months, and chocolate for a month, it’s making a big difference in how I feel physically.
11. Bought myself a couple of really cute bags. This doesn’t mean I’m using them though; my trusted blue bag is still hanging from my shoulder.
12. Got a big bag of clothes together for the Salvation Army.
13. Have a wonderous New Year!
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Thirteen Random Things From My Week by Frances
1. I won a NaBloPoMo prize. <insert happy dance>
2. Joseph and Jennifer, the founders of Inked-In , were in New York, and we met up for lunch.
Inked-In is a great group for anyone into the arts.
3. We met at a lovely little restaurant/wine bar in Little Italy.
4. My meme blog and creative writing blogs re-opened after a month long break.
5. Rented Broken English. It’s a Parker Posy film - I love Parker Posy. A total chick flick.
6. Rented Live Free or Die Hard for hubby. Total non-stop action flick. He loved it.
7. It snowed Sunday, and I took a photostroll after lunch. I don’t like the mess snow makes, but it can be nice to photograph.
8. My daughter will be visiting New York this Friday & Saturday, so I got some things together for her. While going through the closet I found the purse and scarf she crocheted when she was very young. It’s not a talent she got from me. Both my grandmother and mother were great with the needles. I’m also giving her some china I bought at an auction back in ‘92.
9. I decided to start a ficitonal blog starring my NaNoWriMo character. She’s one wicked girl.
10. Blogger’s made some chaanges to their commenting sytem that really ticked me off!
11. I’ve been on a new vitamin regime, and this week I really began to feel positive changes because of it.
12. I’ve begun planning my birthday week. I like to have several one-on-one celebrations with my closest friends. So far best galpal is taking me to dinner this weekend, and Brando is taking me to a play during the week.
13. I took a photostroll Wednesday with my camera phone.
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Thirteen Random Things From My Week by Frances
Found a few interesting websites:
1.) 25 Worlds Weirdest Animals -The Blobfish & Axolotl really freaked me out.
2.) Freeware Files.com - lots of really useful freeware
3.) Nonags - more free goodies
4.) Pandora - create a free radio station that only plays music by your favorite artists.
I like free stuff!
Began organizing my photos, and found some that never got posted. Here’s a couple:
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7.) Had a creative date with myself yesterday and worked on two projects. One is a drawing and the other a love poem. I haven’t really drawn since I was a kid. The love poem is not the type of writing I usually do, but I figure why not step out of the comfort zone.
8.) Saturday I watched a movie called Mega Snake on the Sci-Fi channel. One of my blog buddies had a part in it. She got eaten by the snake!
9.) A salesman kept calling me on my cell phone, and it was driving me crazy. Yesterday I answered the phone, heard what I thought was his voice, and blasted him. After I ended the call he called right back. Turns out he was from a mortgage company, an acquaintance of mine had left my number as a contact. I was mortified, he just laughed.
10.) Discovered that when you try to break an old CD in half it can shatter into a million pieces, that take forever to clean up.
11.) Did a freewriting session left handed. Writing with your non-dominant hand can reveal a lot. This is a great book on the subject.
12.) Organized two dresser drawers - a huge accomplishment for me
13.) Decided to have another creative date with myself today. Fine tuning the first draft of my poem, and working on my drawing are the top items on my list.
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Thirteen Things From My Week by Frances
1.) Began moblogging - love it.
2.) Saw Superbad - Too funny!
3.) Had a Me Day yesterday - got my hair done plus manicure & pedicure
4.) Bought myself Wayne Dyer CD - I love Wayne Dyer
5.) Tried some new memes
6.) Went through storage box because there are things in there that I want to wear before summer is over.
7.) Dug out my jacket because it got cold the very next day!
8.) Had dinner Sunday with one of my best friends and her daughter. They moved out of the neighborhood a while back, and we don’t get together as much anymore. We had a great time.
9.) Made time to sit down with my notebook for several long freewriting sessions.
10.) Actually threw out some more junk and paper.
11.) Refrained from busting a friend who lied to me - still trying to figure out how I managed to keep my cool.
12.) Installed Life Journal on my laptop
13.) Bought myself a book on writing my Life Story
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Thirteen Things Bits of Trivia by Frances
The word “queue” is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.
Of all the words in the English language, the word ’set’ has the most definitions!
“Almost” is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
“Rhythm” is the longest English word without a vowel.
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
America’s favorite Crayola crayon color is blue.
The “naked recreation and travel” industry has grown by 233% in the past decade.
The name “Muppet” was coined by Jim Henson. The word was made from a combination of the word “marionette” and “puppet.”
A blue whale’s tongue is so large that fifty people could stand on it.
The giant squid is the largest animal without a backbone.
Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you breathe.
The elephant is the only mammal that can’t jump.
One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet.
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Thirteen Things About My Day So Far by Frances
1.) I got up at around 7 am and put my cell phone and camera batteries on charge. It’s a day off for me kids.
2.) Went to the gym for a sublime steam bath and whirlpool.
3.) Got home an hour or so later. What to wear? Decided on the new t-top, it’s a hot pink batik with a groovy yellow and ochre flower on it. Very seventies. Dug out my favorite sneakers, the ones that are broken in just right.
4.) Got online to check e-mail. Yay! another new member joined the group.
5.) Checked out new member’s blog: Callista’s Ramblings
6.) Checked out my blog buddy Lissa’s entry for contest.
Here’s the entry
Here’s the contest - tomorrow’s the last day.
7.) Checked out checking account. Everything that I needed to pay I paid.
8.) Ate a peanut butter on whole weat and a glass of Chocolate Soy Silk - yummy.
9.) Got bag ready for day. NEO, some cash for incidentals, camera, cell phone.
10.) Sent a few text messages. Thank goodness for unlimited text messaging packages!
11.) Decided on Indian buffet for lunch - delish.
12.) Decided to treat myself to a new bathing cap, the lycra kind, the rubber ones are just too tight.
13.) Wishing you all the best Thursday ever.
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Thirteen Things I’d Rather Be Doing Today by Frances
1. Sitting in DTUT’s blog browsing on my laptop. Of course, there’s an iced chai and one of their Devil’s Food Cupcakes by my side.
2. Visiting the Mythic Creatures exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History. Of course, my camera is with me.
3. Seeing Room 1408 - it’s a Stephen King - totally scareee I am sure. Of course there is a box of those malted milk choco balls by my side.
4. Sitting on the Coney Island Board Walk looking out at the ocean. Of course, there is a grilled hotdog and some of those crispy crinkle fries by my side.
5. Taking a photostroll. Of course, I blog those pictures as soon as I get home.
6. Renting DVDs at Blockbuster and having my own mini marathon. Of course, I pick up at least one bag of kettle corn for the microwave.
7. Writing on my NEO at Starbucks. Of course, I write at least three posts, four e-mails, and don’t work on my play.
8. Reading magazines at Barnes & Nobels. Of course, at least one totally trashy one is included in the stack!
9. Getting a manicure & pedicure. Of course, I chip at least one nail within the first 24 hours.
10. Touching up my roots. Of course, I’ve let it go far too long.
11. Throwing out junk. Of course, my place is still a mess.
12. Going to Atlantic City. Of course, I know the odds are always in the House’s favor, but I go anyway.
13. Shopping. Of course, I’m out of everything!
Everyone Have A Fabulous Thursday!
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Thirteen Things Random Things From One Of The Busiest Weeks Ever
Frances
1. I discovered that certain taxes I have to file can now be done online. This is a biggie; I had a confirmation number in seconds. No more filling out forms, photocopying or having to drag myself to the post office.
2. Read a really funny book: 700 Sundays by Billy Crystal. It’s a quick read; I was done in under two hours.
3. Kept up with my Yahoo Group members - they’re super.
4. Worked on the group website.
5. Had nice long conversations with two of my best girlfriends. Made plans to hang out with one Sunday evening.
6. Went to Barnes & Nobels on Sunday and got some writers magazines.
7. Got the laundry done - I still can’t figure out how I managed to work it in.
8. Went through all the mail that’s been piling up.
9. Got myself back on my diet.
10. Created my new favorite sandwich - low carb multi-grain wrap, a little lettuce, a hint of sun-dried tomato spread with thinly sliced mozzarella - delicious.
11. Sat down last night and cleaned out my handbag. With all the charge and bank withdrawal slips that accumulate you might think I had money.
12. Balanced the budget once again. Looking up at the sky and thanking whoever it is up there that likes me.
13. Had an amazing writing session with a friend. I love to collaborate.
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Thirteen Things From My Week by Frances
1.) Do this - you won’t regret it - I promise you. Go to a Spot of T’s blog, scroll down to the June 12th post about Paul Pottsm and listen/watch the video.
2.) I organized the picture folders on my laptop.
3.) And while I was organizing I found some pictures I hadn’t blogged.
4. And totally relived my daughter’s wedding.
The Unity Candle.
5. Had a 1GB card installed in my new camera phone, so there would be room for lots of pictures and videos.
6. Did a five hour writing session with a friend - it was great.
7. Received email and pictures from Heart. He’s still traveling. Miss you buddy.
8. Got a summer membership to the local pool/gym - thanks to hubby
9. Obsessed for a while about being seen in a bathing suit.
9. Dug out last summer’s black capris. They’re actually feel loose on me. Last year they were skin tight!
10. Feel a little better about the bathing suit after that.
11. Somehow got the budget balanced once again. Thank you universe!
12. Finally made an organized list of all my user names and passwords, and found a great place to hide it. Now if I don’t forget where I hid it - things will be great.
13. Made the banner above for this week’s Thirteen post in Elements.
Everyone Have A Fantastic Thursday!
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Tom’s Diner
by Frances
1.) Every once in while I just have to go have dinner by myself at Tom’s Diner. It’s a classic Greek owned New York coffee shop/diner on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.
2.) I’ve been going there since I was about 16, so that’s 30 years - wow.
3.) I always sit at the counter. Right in front of the TV set that sits on the dessert showcase. The TV’s old-fashioned attenae is bigger than the actual set - guess Tom won’t spring for a cable box.
4.) The place is always filled with students talking passionately about their studies, and what happened at the last dorm party.
5.) Fact: Suzie Vega wrote a song about Tom’s Diner.
6.) Fact: Tom’s Diner appeared on Seinfield. You’ll see lots of Seinfeld cast pictures on the walls, including a huge framed one of Kramer.
7.) You can have a complete roast chicken dinner at Tom’s for under ten bucks. That includes soup, salad, veggies, potato and dressing. And the chicken, of course.
8.) If you’re lucky you get to watch the old guy at the register yell at one of the customers.
9.) Tip: Don’t ask the old guy at the register for change for the bus, because he has no extra change. And he’ll pull the register drawer out right in front of you to prove it.
11.) Amazing fact: If you ask the old guy at the register for change to tip the waiter, change will suddenly appear in the cash register drawer.
12.) Tom is very sentimental, and he always has some local artist’s drawings on the walls.
13.) The Diner is located in a great section of Manhattan, so you can have a nice time walking off your complete roast chicken dinner.
Everyone Have a Simply Fabulous Thursday
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Thirteen Wishes by Frances
1.) I wish I could see my father one more time. I would say “Daddy I used to think you were crazy. Now I see myself becoming more and more like you every day. You were right about everything.”
2.) I wish I could see my grandmother one more time. Whenever something funny happens, I imagine me telling her all about it over one of our snacks at the dining room table.
3.) I wish I could see my brother one time. I’d love him to know that his devoted circle of friends have held a memorial for him every year since his left this plane of existence in 1990. And how much we all miss him.
4.) I wish I knew how to fly a helicopter. I would love to fly myself to the top of Bally’s in Atlantic City.
5.) I wish I wasn’t so afraid of heights; it would probably help with wish #4!
6.) I wish every parent would tell their children that they love them every single day.
7.) I wish that all colleges in this country were free.
8.) I wish that there were free safe daycare available to all parents.
9.) I wish that it were summer all the time in New York. Getting older I guess - just can’t stand the cold.
10.) I wish that I could be a Birthday Fairy. Every day I would be assigned a different person who was supposed to be alone on their birthday. We would meet by chance, and I would happen to find out it was their birthday, and then we would celebrate it in some fantastic way.
11.) A little shameless self promotion coming up. I wish that a lot of wonderful women bloggers will join my new group over at Yahoo.
12.) I wish I hadn’t said oh about a thousand or two dumb things over the years. My temper has improved substantially over the years, but it’s still not where I want it.
13.) I wish that I could make every kid love reading. I’m across the street from one of those stores that sells those video games, and sometimes the kids look like they’re mesmerized or something.
And One More Wish - May You All Have a Simply Fabulous Thursday
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Can you believe that 2007 is almost half over?
This week I decided to list 13 Things In No Particular Order That I Want To Do Before New Year’s Eve.
1. Finally learn to ride a bike. I am 45 years old and never learned how.
2. Create an online group just for women, and invite all the wonderful women bloggers I’ve met over the years.
3. Get all my family photographs scanned onto CDs or DVDs. I might bribe my daughter to pull this one off
4. Lose some more weight. I am about 17 down, but I want to be 50 down by New Years Eve.
5. Finally complete those plays I’ve been working on for two years.
6. Take another online course in writing. I want to do poetry this time.
7. Get a Pen Pal. Yes, a real old-fashioned paper, envelopes and stamps pen pal.
8. Rent Season 3 of Desperate Housewives as soon as it comes out and have a marathon!
9. Pay off at least one more credit card in full. I did one last month and it felt great!
10. Visit every museum along Museum Mile and blog about it.
11. Walk across the GWB at least once.
12. Start & finish NaNoWriMo.
13. Make at least one great new friend!
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1. Reopened The Meme Section
2. Made up my mind to lose weight/gain health & lost 15 pounds & 30 inches during the month of April.
3. Ordered myself a Neo (portable word processor), because the laptop is just too heavy to carry around.
4. Bought one of my all-time favorite reads, The Unoriginal Sinner & The Ice Cream God on ebay for a nickel!
5. Was going one place, changed my route at the last second, and ran into a friend I hadn’t seen in years. We exchanged phone numbers, and will be in contact again on a regular basis.
6. Took a Sunday and went to Philly for lunch and Atlantic City for dinner.
7. Am reading a new book by Meg Cabot; Size Fourteen Is Not Fat Either. It’s a murder mystery, and I am exactly half-way through it. Can’t wait to find out whodunnit!
8. Saw Spiderman 3 - Sandman & Venom are the new villians - see it.
9. Saw Disturbia - a remake of Rear Window with teen-agers - surprisingly good.
10. Saw Vacancy - what makes this extra scary is that it could happen. Do not go alone.
11. Actually cleaned out the drawer where I keep all my chargers and stuff. They are all within easy reach now. Why does it feel so strange?
12. Totally enjoyed Mothers Day!
13. Joined three Yahoo Groups for Weight Loss this week & already met a couple of great ladies.
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