Ten Favorite Beverages

Mostly I drink Diet Coke, water, and coffee. I like these other 7 beverages too and drink them at least occasionally. What do YOU drink?

Ten T-shirts I Would Love to Own

10 Ways to Stay Cool When Working in a Factory

For your reading enjoyment, here are Ten Ways to Stay Cool When Working in a Factory. Actually this list may be better titled "Ten Ways to Not Faint of Heatstroke at Work."

You think I'm kidding. lol

1 - Ice Water - Be prepared with frozen bottles of water. They melt fast. I took 3 of them today and also one bottle of plain cold water. And two cans of Diet Coke. And I drank a frozen Coke on the way in.






2 - Dress properly for the weather. Wear long shorts or capris. (Knees must be covered when standing up.) Wear a thin shirt and roll up your sleeves. Roll up your pant legs too, especially if your uniform requires long pants. Even my boss had his pant legs rolled up today. (Those are not MY legs.)





3 - Wear something cold and wet on your head. Use a bandana if you brought one. Or go grab an appropriately sized rag and use that instead. You can put ice cubes in it and they will melt on you. Even if your do-rag is not wet, it will keep your hair from blowing all over from the.....




4 - Giant fans. Blowing right at your head. Oh yeah, baby.








5 - Instead of a rag on your head, you may prefer, as do I, a rag around your neck. The ice cubes still work this way; in fact, they work better. It gets your shirt all wet, and that is a bonus. (That's not me. I don't know who it is, some random person on flickr or somewhere.)






6 - Usually we get two 10 minute breaks during our shift (in addition to our 30 minute lunch). On hot days, our breaks are FIFTEEN minutes long instead.

7 - We get to sit in the air-conditioned lunchroom during break.




8 - Today there was a huge jug of Gatorade available for us. I passed on that. Not a big fan of Gatorade really.





9 - We also get free popsicles during the summer. This is the first week we've had them available. I ate a blue one and a red one. Chilly!






10 - When all else fails, drench yourself at the sink. Or pour a bottle of water on yourself.






So, there you have it. My survival plan for summer in a factory. Hopefully you won't need this information, but as the Scouts say, "Be Prepared!"

Ten DVD's I Have Watched Recently

The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition)	End of the Spear	Annie (Special Anniversary Edition)
The World's Fastest Indian	Beyond the Gates of Splendor	Texas Ranch House
MacGyver - The Complete Second Season	Quantum Leap - The Complete Fourth Season	Akeelah and the Bee (Widescreen Edition)
Sahara (Widescreen Edition)	Cool Runnings

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Once again, you get a bonus DVD. lol

I love Sahara so much that I ordered it (used from Netflix - way cool!). I also started reading Clive Cussler novels again. I think I was still a teenager the last time I read one!

Cool Runnings is one I've been wanting my kids to see for a long time. It recently came out on DVD and I jumped at the chance for the kids to see it. I find it very inspiring. Ooh yeah, Jamaica has a bobsled team...

The World's Fastest Indian is one I keep meaning to recommend to my dad. Mom, are you reading this? Great story with an "underdog" theme, sort of like Cool Runnings - old guy has a beloved speedy motorcycle and he wants to enter it in the speed trials in Utah.

Akeelah and the Bee is a movie that should have had more publicity. Why, oh why, do we get crap like Snakes on a Plane when there is good stuff like this going un-noticed? Another "underdog" story, though! LOL I must have a soft spot for the long shot!

Annie is a favorite from my childhood. I know all the music by heart. And so does my sister Christy, I imagine, since I played the RECORD (not CD) over and over and over. "It's a hard knock life, for us!" (Another "underdog story!!! lol)

Do I really have to say a thing about Fellowship of the Ring? It's only one of my favorite movies ever! It had been way way too long since I'd watched it and it was like running into an old friend, one of the ones where it seems you haven't spent any time apart at all. (Techinically ANOTHER underdog story!)

Did I review End of the Spear? If I didn't, I should have. Go watch it. It's really really touching and inspiring. Then, of course, me being the obsessive that I am, I had to rent the documentary Beyond the Gates of Splendor AND read the book by Elisabeth Elliott.

Two of my all-time favorite TV shows - MacGyver and Quantum Leap. Just trying to make my way through the series on DVD. My life would be so enriched if only Homefront would also be released on DVD. Someday..... Someday.....

That just leaves Texas Ranch House, one of the PBS series that I love so much, starting with The 1900 House. This American installment was better than the other American one - Frontier House. That one was just plain awful. This was much better... at least until the bitter end.

Ten DVD Releases I Am Anticipating

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I couldn't get pictures of these:
The Family Stone
End of the Spear

(I know that's 11! You get a bonus! lol)

UPDATED - 9/21/06 (and updated again 7/3/08)
Ten DVD Releases I WAS Anticipating back in April
The Greatest Game Ever Played – EXCELLENT!
Casanova – Didn't really like it, despite Heath Ledger
Narnia – Wonderful – bought it.
An Unfinished Life – Forgettable
Nanny McPhee – Didn't like it.
The Libertine – Trashy. Watched only a few minutes before turning it off and sealing it back up.
Hoodwinked – We Love This Movie! lol
Firewall – Forgettable
MacGyver (Season 6) – still working on season 2
The Family Stone – Not as good as I had hoped, but OK
End of the Spear – Very very good, I should buy it

Ten Reasons My Kids Play AYSO soccer

Ten Reasons My Kids Play AYSO Soccer
(in no particular order)

1 - AYSO soccer teaches sportsmanship. No negativity allowed.
2 - Soccer is a very active game. If you're on the field, you're moving!
3 - Teams are organized locally, so my kids play with other kids from our little town. This makes practicing easier.
4 - The coaches really care about the kids!
5 - I want them to grow up with activity being the norm, instead of the exception.
6 - They are learning skills incrementally, according to their developmental stages.
7 - It's a way to meet people in the community since we are not involved in the schools.
8 - This year anyway, practice is a block from our house!
9 - They get neat soccer pictures every fall.
10 - It makes me a "soccer mom"!

OK, I will admit that I really don't like the 8 am games!

Practice starts next week, and our first games are April 8th!

Ten Jobs Bob Has Applied for

Ten Jobs Bob Has Applied for (So Far This Month)

1 - Cinema Projectionist
2 - Cinema Maintenance Person
3 - Maintenance Supervisor
4 - Material Handler
5 - Production Operator
6 - On-Site Coordinator
7 - CNC Machine Operator
8 - Office Cleaner
9 - Natural Gas Supply Analyst
10 - Parking Manager

And that's the tip of the iceberg as far as jobs he's applied to since November!

Ten Things to Do on Sister Weekend

Ten Things to Do on Sister Weekend
(It's only 2 weeks away!)

1 - Eat chocolate!
2 - Talk to my 4 sisters, my sister-in-law, and my mom.
3 - Do the Sister Weekend Questionnaire.
4 - Play games (This time we must play Apples to Apples!).
5 - Watch a chick flick.
6 - Go out to eat (but don't all sit in a booth!).
7 - Do a special activity, like visit a costume exhibit at a museum or go bowling.
8 - Sleep in.
9 - Eat comfort food.
10 - Pick a date for the NEXT Sister Weekend!