Hmm now this was a different quiz for sure.

You are a Free-Wheeling Analyst.
Your attention to detail, confidence, sense of order, and focus on functionality combine to make you an ANALYST.

You are very curious about how things work, delving into the mechanics behind things.

Along those lines, how well something works is usually more important to you than what it looks like.

You find beauty and wonder mainly in concrete, functional, earthly things.

You are very aware of your own abilities, and you believe that you will find the best way of doing things.

Accordingly, problems do not intimidate you, as you believe in yourself.

You trust yourself to find solutions within the boundaries of your knowledge.

You don’t spend a lot of time imagining how things could be different—you’re well-grounded in the here-and-now.

Your independent streak allows you to make decisions efficiently and to trust your instincts

You tend to do things on the spur of the moment, not sticking to a set schedule.

You do your own thing when it comes to clothing, guided more by practical concerns than by other people’s notions of style.

Generally, you believe that you control your life, and that external forces only play a limited role in determining what happens to you.

Your charismatic nature, liveliness, and independence make you FREE-WHEELING.

You don’t mind being in the spotlight, preferring social gatherings to quiet nights at home.

You take a practical approach to people, not getting too involved in their feelings—or their business.

At the same time, your acceptance of others leads you to be understanding of their life circumstances, even if you don’t quite understand their emotional reactions to some things.

Although you have a wide circle of friends, you’re very discerning as to whom you can trust.

You’re not rigid in your beliefs about the world, and you don’t want to impose your perspective on others, but at the same time, you know that plenty of people don’t always act responsibly.

Engaging with others is a large part of how you live in the world, and most importantly, it plays a role in how you see yourself—you tend to learn a lot about yourself in situations where you are with other people.

You have an understanding of the complexities of situations, and you don’t judge others too hastily.

Yep…this is ME.

My back yard - today.

I’m still around…just not into blogging these past few days. I’m all moved and settled in. Just in time to leave once again for my last trek of the year: Sunday I’m leaving Logan Airport, heading to London, then Rome, then Athens….I’m visiting Greece for 3 weeks. I’ll be back stateside on the 22nd.

I need to THANK Duncan and Civil Truth for their posting here-for keeping the site going in my frequent absences. It’s good to have friends who will do this.

Until Later………BE GOOD EVERYONE!!

Do you see anything odd in these pictures?? Keep in mind it is mid August. I snapped these Monday…

I just bought a house. The river is located on my property and this is the view from my back yard. And the little bush is on the wooden fence in the yard too.

Appetizer
What is your favorite kind of pie?
Easy…Pecan Pie. Homemade, hot with lots of whip cream on top.

Soup
Name something that made you smile this week.
Reaching another goal that I had….see the Main Feast for that!!

Salad
What do you do to cool off when the weather is hot and humid?
Get nekkid and go dipping in the quarry. Where the water is nice and cold and deep, and reminds me of why the heat isn’t so bad afterall.

Main Course
You receive $1,000 in the mail with a letter that says you can only use the money to redecorate one room in your home. Which room do you pick, and what do you buy to spruce it up?
I’m not into decorating. At all. Never have been and doubt I ever will. I just bought a house (the goal I mentioned above) and my focus is getting it renovated and updated. I’m a very simple person who prefers simple surroundings. Life’s too short to worry and wonder about colors, textures, looks…and besides, the less “decorating” the easier things are to maintain. SO, I wouldn’t waste a thousand dollars on such petty things. I would give the money to my kids though so they could have some cash to “decorate” their college dorm rooms! (Alas, like mother they are: They’re as simple as I am…)

Dessert
Fill in the blank: My _________ says __________, but I __________.
hmm.

My horoscope says one thing, but I always have the opposite thing happen!!

WHAT GAL DOESN’T DO STEAK?? AND who uses meat consumption as a way to catch a date? Fercryinoutloud?? Apparently, quite a few!

Restaurateurs and veterans of the dating scene say that for many women, meat is no longer murder. Instead, meat is strategy. “I’ve been shocked at the number of women actually ordering steak,” said Michael Stillman, vice president of concept development for the Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group, which opened the restaurant Quality Meats in April 2006 on West 58th Street.
…the meat is appealing to them, much more than what I saw two or three years ago at our other restaurants,” Mr. Stillman said. “They are going for our bone-in sirloin and our cowboy-cut rib steak.”

In an earlier era, conventional dating wisdom for women was to eat something at home alone before a date, and then in company order a light dinner to portray oneself as dainty and ladylike. For some women, that is still the practice.

Steak. mmMMmm. Kat had some last night, pepper crusted. I’m having some tonight, beeah marinaded. Lady like or not, it’s GOOD wholesome and very satisfying FOOD! So go ahead ladies and gals everywhere: Grill up a nice T Bone, or Sirloin, or Porterhouse, or rib eye, to your hearts content…rare, medium or well done it’s all good. Spice them up or keep them plain. Serve it with salads and corn, or grilled veggies - or eat it on it’s own. STEAK IS GOOD FOOD thats even better for the soul.

MIA since Thursday afternoon, I’ve been.

And for what? I went hiking. Not just any old hike though…no…a bunch of friends, my daughters and their BF’s embarked the Presidential Traverse up in the White Mountains. An unguided tour…It was freakin awesome.

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