What was:

1. …your first grade teacher’s name? Mrs. McGrath

2. …your favorite Saturday morning cartoon? Road Runner was cool… So was Hong Kong Phooey.

3. …the name of your very first best friend? Pat Brown.

4. …your favorite breakfast cereal? Cocoa Puffs

5. …your favorite thing to do after school? Watch F-Troop and Mr. Magoo. I used to run home just to see them.

Have a good Friday.

I haven’t done a Friday Five since October. TGIF.

You have just won one million dollars:

1. Who do you call first? Mom.

2. What is the first thing you buy for yourself? A new truck.

3. What is the first thing you buy for someone else? A new truck.

4. Do you give any away? If yes, to whom? 10% to charity, pay off family members’ homes.

5. Do you invest any? If so, how? Yes, not sure how, depends on how much is left.

It’s been a heckuva long time since I participated in a Friday Five. So let’s try one, even though today is Wednesday.

1. Name five things in your refrigerator. Milk, Coca-Cola, Butter, Eggs, and Apple Juice.

2. Name five things in your freezer. Chicken, Pork Chops, Ice Cream, Tater Tots, and Ice.

3. Name five things under your kitchen sink. Cascade, Tiles, Paint, OxyClean, and Windex.

4. Name five things around your computer. Radio, TV, Phone, Window, and Fan

5. Name five things in your medicine cabinet. Tylenol, Motrin, Aleve, Vicodin, Amoxycillin. :)

Let’s see. This makes Friday Five #34.

Yes, It’s Friday time again….

1. What do you most want to be remembered for?

Being a good father and husband.

2. What quotation best fits your outlook on life?

I think, therefore I am.

3. What single achievement are you most proud of in the past year?

In the past year? Helping JM learn his numbers and letters.

4. What about the past ten years?

Finding my wife (okay, realizing she found me, sheesh) and settling down.

5. If you were asked to give a child a single piece of advice to guide them through life, what would you say?

mangi la porta (If you habe you to ask, you DO NOT want to know)

Welcome to Friday!

1. What brand of toothpaste do you use?

Crest or Colgate. It depends if I am home or travelling.

2. What brand of toilet paper do you prefer?

2-ply (smirk)

3. What brand(s) of shoes do you wear?

Rockport

4. What brand of soda do you drink?

Coca-Cola

5. What brand of gum do you chew?

Care-Free Koolerz

Friday, again? You should’t have.

1. What drinking water do you prefer — tap, bottle, purifier, etc.?

I like my water mixed carefully with high fructose corn syrup (or sucrose), caramel colors, phosphoric acid, natural flavors, and caffeine.

2. What are your favorite flavor of chips?

Good old fashioned potato chips work fine for me.

3. Of all the things you can cook, what dish do you like the most?

Perogies are good, Shrimp Etouffee is yummy, but my favor home cooked meal has got to be my Chicken with Noodles (homemade noodles though).

4. How do you have your eggs?

In a carton in the refridgerator. How do you have yours? Oh… hehe… Basted is best, but I will settle for scrambled most of the time.

5. Who was the last person who cooked you a meal? How did it turn out?

Gidget, of course. And it was yummy. Very yummy.

Friday already? WOOHOO!

1. Would you consider yourself an organized person? Why or why not?

In my office, yes, in the rest of the house, no. sigh. Gidget organizes the hosue so well we usually cannot find what we are looking for.

2. Do you keep some type of planner, organizer, calendar, etc. with you, and do you use it regularly?

Outlook, and Secretary-IT. I don’t use them as much as I should.

3. Would you say that your desk is organized right now?

For me, yes, and it is very clean too.

4. Do you alphabetize CDs, books, and DVDs, or does it not matter?

Yes. It matters. Does it matter if the sun comes up each day? Sheesh.

5. What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever had to organize?

A teacher of the year award contest (way back in 1982). Of course, Mr. Stewart, the government teacher won hands down. He’s the coolest you know, drinking warm buttermilk and eating oreos. He’s a classic.

Okay, so I have forgotten a few fridays. Tough. Here goes…

1. Do you like talking on the phone? Why or why not? Yeah, I guess. No real reason other than it’s convenient.

2. Who is the last person you talked to on the phone? Some idiot telemarketer.

3. About how many telephones do you have at home? Six, I think. Four for personal use, and 2 for office use.

4. Have you encountered anyone who has really bad phone manners? What happened? Yes, the idiot telemarketer. After telling him I was not interested, he told me that I did not know what products they offered. haha. Idiot.

5. Would you rather pick up the phone and call someone or write them an e-mail or a letter? Why or why not?Well, it depends on the person. For family and such, its nice to pick up the phone, otherwise, email is kewl.

I don’t know if they have been back for a while, or if they just came back, or what, but you know what? It’ FRIDAY!

1. As a child, who was your favorite superhero/heroine? Why?

Ultra-Man {smirk}

2. What was one thing you always wanted as a child but never got?

Nothing that I can think of at the moment… Hmmm.

3. What’s the furthest from home you’ve been?

2,800 miles, while going to school in Hawaii.

4. What’s one thing you’ve always wanted to learn but haven’t yet?

The meaning of the number 42.

5. What are your plans for the weekend?

Take down the Christmas lights, play with the kids, and relax.

1. Did you vote in your last elections? Of course. Duh.

2. Do you know who your elected representatives are?Yes I do, although I did NOT elect some of them.

3. Have you ever contacted an elected representative? If so, what was it about? Yes I have. I replied to the NRA once, and sent copies to my elected representatives. Only one of them acknowledged my letter. Buttheads.

4. Have you ever participated in a demonstration? Yes, but that was back in my high school days.

5. Have you ever volunteered in an election? What was the result? Yes, yes, yes. I worked on two consecutive campaigns for John Moran (sheriff of Clark County) and I worked on a re-election campaign for Richard Bryan (one of the greatest Senators to come out of Nevada).

Have a weekend. Take two if you need them.