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Random Poll
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This board is putting me to sleep lately. Let's do something fun 
What have you eaten today?
What magazines do you subscribe to?
How many pets do you have? How long have you had them?
Last book you read:
What's your favorite thing to cook?
How long have you posted on Pets?
Favorite vacation spot?
A favorite quotation?
Re: Random Poll
What have you eaten today? Oatmeal with frozen cherries and a few dried cranberries, peanut butter, cinnamon and 1% milk; leftover whole wheat pasta with spinach, scallops, olive oil, garlic and parmesan cheese; baby carrots
What magazines do you subscribe to? In Style, Elle, Elle Decor...but I buy lots of others each month. I have a problem.
How many pets do you have? How long have you had them? Just one - Bella a almost 2 year old boxer/beagle/pug mix. We adopted her a year and a half ago
Last book you read: I'm reading The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb by Melanie Benjamin now
What's your favorite thing to cook? pasta - it's easy and delicious
How long have you posted on Pets? almost 2 years; this is my 2nd SN
Favorite vacation spot? Savannah, GA so far
A favorite quotation? "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."--Martin Luther King, Jr. IHO MLK day yesterday
What have you eaten today? Italian, yum!
What magazines do you subscribe to? Food Network and some sort of fitness magazine. I have no idea how I got the fitness magazine subscription, it just started showing up one day.
How many pets do you have? How long have you had them? Just Gloria, 2 1/2 years now.
Last book you read: The Wizard Heir
What's your favorite thing to cook? Rack of lamb - mostly because of my H's reaction when I cook it.
How long have you posted on Pets? Um 2 1/2 months, I think.
Favorite vacation spot? Arkansas.
A favorite quotation? Can't think of one, so I suppose I probably don't have a favorite.
What have you eaten today? Breakfast- banana bread and coffee. Lunch- leftover pasta from last night and a shortbread cookie, water. I'm dying for a coke, but we don't have any!
What magazines do you subscribe to? A friend got me a script to Parents for my birthday. It's not something I'd buy myself. I get SELF, but I'm sick of it, honestly.
How many pets do you have? How long have you had them? Pit bull- we got her in May 2005! Our foster lab, we have had since September.
Last book you read: Dreams of Joy (follow up to Shenghai Girls)
What's your favorite thing to cook? I love to make that blue cheese pasta sauce someone posted the link to here. YUM!
How long have you posted on Pets? Since 2005.
Favorite vacation spot? So far, Costa Rica. Though Belize is a very close second. I like Central America.
A favorite quotation? I saw one at the doctor's office earlier this week that I loved and now I cannot remember it. I will see if I can find it on a google search. It was something about succeeding.What have you eaten today? Some apple cider, a green smoothie (water, banana, raspberries, strawberries, ~4 oz spinach, scoop vanilla protein powder), coffee with French vanilla creamer (fat free), a handful of cocoa roasted almonds, fish and chips (went to lunch with a friend), and an orange. I'm planning on having some carrot sticks and garlic hummus, too. And probably H's pulled pork on a roll for dinner.
What magazines do you subscribe to? None
How many pets do you have? How long have you had them? I have 3. I've had Scamp for about 3 1/2 years, Sammy just a few months less; we've had Zoey for 6 1/2 months.
Last book you read: from Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series, I think the last one was Drums of Autumn; I'm not good at remembering the titles since I read on a Kindle. I'm currently reading Temple of the Winds by Terry Goodkind; it's part of his Sword of Truth series. (yes...I'm a fantasy/sci-fi geek)
What's your favorite thing to cook? I like to try new dishes when I cook so I have a recipe to follow. I don't know if I have a favorite thing to actually cook. I prefer baking.
How long have you posted on Pets? Almost a year! I think I started posting here around March or April of last year.
Favorite vacation spot? I haven't been to very many places, but I'd probably never turn down a return trip to the Dominican Republic; I also LOVED a couple of years ago getting to stay in an absolutely amazing house in the Outer Banks. I'm hoping to go back again this year when my family all goes down.
A favorite quotation? What is love? As far as I can tell, it is passion, admiration, and respect. If you have two, you have enough. If you have all three, you don't have to die to go to heaven. - William Wharton
B/w 1/8: betas 17,345, progesterone 25.6
Oh, I need to read Dreams of Joy. I really liked Shanghai Girls!
What have you eaten today? Chobani yogurt, homemade broccoli & tofu fried rice, some Trader Joe's peanut butter cups (even more amazing than Reese's), and too much Diet Cherry Pepsi.
What magazines do you subscribe to? Clean Eating Magazine, The Economist, Newsweek
How many pets do you have? How long have you had them? 5 pets:
Max, cat: adopted May 2006
Petey, cat: adopted May 2006
Alice, cat: adopted January 2007
Cal, dog: adopted June 2007
Nite, dog: adopted July 2011
Last book you read: Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry. It's the second in the The Giver trilogy.
What's your favorite thing to cook? Soup! Lentil soup, vegetable soup, chili, etc.
How long have you posted on Pets? For a while. At least 3 years.
Favorite vacation spot? We never go on vacations
I love big cities though.
A favorite quotation? This is a poem from the Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters. It's a collection of poems written by the residents of the town of Spoon River after their deaths. The reader feels that he/she is wandering through a cemetery and getting advice and thoughts from the people whose headstones are there. I think this is one of the most beautiful poems/things I've ever read.
George Gray
I have studied many times
The marble which was chiseled for me--
A boat with a furled sail at rest in a harbor.
In truth it pictures not my destination
But my life.
For love was offered me and I shrank from its disillusionment;
Sorrow knocked at my door, but I was afraid;
Ambition called to me, but I dreaded the chances.
Yet all the while I hungered for meaning in my life.
And now I know that we must lift the sail
And catch the winds of destiny
Wherever they drive the boat.
To put meaning in one's life may end in madness,
But life without meaning is the torture
Of restlessness and vague desire--
It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid.
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What magazines do you subscribe to? Reader's Digest
How many pets do you have? How long have you had them? Miko for a year and a half, we got him as a puppy, and we just found a dog two weeks ago that we're calling Kita
Last book you read: Into the Wild
What's your favorite thing to cook? Meatloaf.. it's easy
How long have you posted on Pets? a year and a half
Favorite vacation spot? Tahiti (Moorea)
A favorite quotation? "The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all"... I think it's from Mulan
What have you eaten today? Not enough :-P -- a bowl of Cocoa Krispies, and two slices of toast with butter and blackberry preserves
What magazines do you subscribe to? Bon Appetit, Food Network magazine, and Cosmo.
How many pets do you have? How long have you had them? Owen, my lab who lives with my ex-H, adopted in June 2008; Reese, my Aussie Shepherd, adopted in December 2008; Carl, my pittie, adopted April 2010.
Last book you read: probably some pregnancy or parenting book
What's your favorite thing to cook? My creamy pumpkin soup (to bake: chocolate chip cookies)
How long have you posted on Pets? since late summer 2008
Favorite vacation spot? domestic: Outer Banks, NC; international: cruising through the Caribbean.
A favorite quotation? "A dog has about a hundred facial expressions: 1 for aggression; 1 for submission; and 98 for 'Are you going to eat that?'"
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<a href="http://www.thenest.com/?utm_source=ticker&utm_medium=HTML&utm_campaign=tickers" title="Home DLove both of those series, I spent several months last year on the Outlander Series and read the Sword of Truth series probably 9 years ago; it's still one of my favorites.
You might like the series I'm reading now, the Warrior Heir, the Wizard Heir, and the Dragon Heir. Have you read Game of Thones? I'm thinking of starting it next.
Yay! Another geeky book lover! Hahahaha. I'm slowly working my way through both. I left alone Sword of Truth forEVer after I got my Kindle and have just picked it back up to continue. Whenever I get some spare change again, I'll buy the next e-book in the Outlander series. I read the first book in that YEARS ago and had absolutely no clue it was a whole series until just last year. I've been devouring them since then, hahaha!
I have not read Game of Thrones yet. A friend of mine bought it, so I might have to steal it from her when she's finished reading it. Have you read The Hunger Games series yet? I've had a few people tell me to read it, but I don't want to get sucked into something that's going to read like a kid's book. I like depth of language and description in my books!
B/w 1/8: betas 17,345, progesterone 25.6
What have you eaten today? Alton Brown's overnight oats recipe for breakfast, a string cheese for a snack, and I just now had a southwestern "burrito" which I made from last night's leftovers (whole wheat tortilla, southwestern grain medley, shredded balsamic chicken). Plus 2 cups of coffee and a couple glasses of water.
What magazines do you subscribe to? Sunset and MS Food.
How many pets do you have? How long have you had them? 1 dog, 2 cats. We got the dog in December 2009. I rescued Cat in February 2003 and Hobbes in September 2008.
Last book you read: I'm working on the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, but I'm finding it hard to get into.
What's your favorite thing to cook? Honestly, I prefer to bake, but sadly that's out right now (trying to eat healthier with DH). I would say that I prefer to make anything that can be partially prepared ahead of time. LOL
How long have you posted on Pets? Since 2009, I think?
Favorite vacation spot? We haven't been on a vacation in years, sadly. But I'd like to go back to Alaska.
A favorite quotation? Do it right, right away.
I'm glad I wasn't the only one! I forced myself through the whole book, but I just could never get into it. In the end, I finished it just so I could know, but I have no motivation right now to attempt the next 2.
B/w 1/8: betas 17,345, progesterone 25.6
I loved the The Hunger Games. I would recommend The Hunger Games before the Heirs series, both are good, just The Hunger Games are better in my opinion. The plot is a little more mature/dark in The Hunger Games as well.
I also found the first one had to get through, and it was good compared to the next two, in my opinion. The second and third books are like one really long, slow book.
I need to stop posting on this thread before my book-wormishness becomes even more apparent.
I agree, the first part of GWTDT was awfully boring, but if you can make it through the first few chapters you'll enjoy it.
What magazines do you subscribe to? Triathlon
How many pets do you have? How long have you had them? 4, I have had the cat the longest, 11 years.
Last book you read: I am currently reading "The Da Vinci Code."
What's your favorite thing to cook? I don't cook.
How long have you posted on Pets? Since 2004
Favorite vacation spot? Taiwan
A favorite quotation? Live today like it's your last.
They see us rollin'...they be hatin'.
What have you eaten today? Um, a lot. A big bowl of chocolate chex for breakfast, a strawberry fruit & grain bar, string cheese, granola thin w/ dark chocolate on the bottom, a Lindt truffle, 2 slices of pizza, yogurt, popcorn, a small salad, milk, and applesauce.
What magazines do you subscribe to? Cooking Light, but I will probably let it run out.
How many pets do you have? 5 How long have you had them? 3 of them I have had for 2 years, 2 of them for about 8 months.
Last book you read: Baby Bargains
What's your favorite thing to cook? Comfort food
How long have you posted on Pets? Since I joined the nest, whenever that was.
Favorite vacation spot? I loved our trip to Europe and want to go back. But I enjoy my family's vacation spot in Central NY.
A favorite quotation? Hmm...I can't think of one right now.
5 cats. 1 baby.
What have you eaten today?
Greek yogurt w/ pumpkin seed granola, Ezekiel wrap w/ peanut butter, bananas and a little honey plus a couple goldfish crackers on the side.
What magazines do you subscribe to? none (is that weird?)
How many pets do you have? How long have you had them? 2
Porter, Scottie, he'll be 4 in June & Ernest, Scottie, he'll be 2 in April.
Last book you read: Read? A fault in Our stars by John Green. But I am listening to A Wrinkle In Time L'engel before bed (one of my favorites from childhood and another great series for sci-fi/fantasy geeks)
What's your favorite thing to cook? Anything in a crockpot. That's not quite cooking though so Indian vege Curry which I am making tonight.
How long have you posted on Pets? Just a couple of weeks/ months?
Favorite vacation spot? Chico Hot Springs, Montana.
A favorite quotation? " That human piece of garbage would make Satan weep." ~Deputy James Garcia (okay maybe not my favorite but one of my funniest and I couldn't decide on any others)Source: twoscottiesgal.blogspot.com via Amanda on Pinterest
What have you eaten today? 1/2 a banana, stromboli for lunch and I'm about to devour a Fruit Roll-Up.
What magazines do you subscribe to? Um, wow, a lot. Motor Trend (of course!), Car & Driver, AutoWeek, Automobile, Road & Track, Everyday with Rachel Ray, House Beautiful, Elle Decor, Woman's Day, Martha Stewart Living, Town and Country and Shape. At least those are all the ones I can think of. I may have a problem. But at least I have transferred them all to iPad subscriptions so I'm not wasting all of that paper.
How many pets do you have? How long have you had them?
Just Bentley the Scottie. 2 1/2 years and I can't imagine life without him!
Last book you read: Just finished the Scorpio Races (I highly recommend it and I think I can lend it to anyone with a Kindle.) And I just started a modern-ish retelling of Jane Eyre, but I can't remember the name of it.
What's your favorite thing to cook?
Probably chicken pot pie. I like chopping all the veggies.
How long have you posted on Pets? About 2 1/2 years.
Favorite vacation spot?
Lake Havasu City, AZ. It's a 60 mile lake in the middle of the desert. What's not to like!?
A favorite quotation?
"Fashion is about what you wear, style is about how you live your life." - Ralph Lauren. And the man had/has Scotties, so he knows a thing or two about style. Well, and fashion.
Thank you! I've been feeling like such a loser when everyone I know loves it ...
I really enjoyed it but I too found it hard to get into at first.
Life and Love at #16 | our married life blog
What have you eaten today?
Cereal, clementines, shepherd's pie and white cake with strawberries.
What magazines do you subscribe to?
Self, Martha stewart living, and cooking light. None of which have even been opened before going in the magazine holder in the last four months. I keep saying I'll read them but I haven't.
How many pets do you have? How long have you had them?
2. Sherlock the grey cat is almost 11 months old, and we got him a month and a half ago. Turbo is going to be 6 this march and she's a leopard gecko.
Last book you read:
I last read the hunger games, but now I'm on the Steve jobs biography and I'm loving it. As an ex apple employee I find it incredibly fascinating.
What's your favorite thing to cook?
All sorts of stuff. I get sick of doing the same crap over and over, so anything new.
How long have you posted on Pets?
Since we got Sherlock, so only since late November ~1.5 months
Favorite vacation spot?
Hawaii. It's a dream. I'm so glad we chose to get married there and I cant wait to go back.
A favorite quotation?
The clock of life is wound but once and no man has the power to know if the clock will stop at a late or early hour. Now is the only time we own, so live, love, toil with a will. Do not wait until tomorrow for the clock may then be still.
Life and Love at #16 | our married life blog
What have you eaten today? Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie
What magazines do you subscribe to? National Geographic Kids (for DS)
How many pets do you have? 3 cats, 1 dog, 2 koi and 1 pleco (fish)
How long have you had them? Cats- 11, 8, 1.5 years. Dog- 11 years. Fish- 7, 6 and 1 year.
Last book you read: Sherlock Holmes Collection
What's your favorite thing to cook? I hate to cook... but I love to eat!
How long have you posted on Pets? 3 Days... I'm a Newbie :-)
Favorite vacation spot? HAWAII (or Disneyland for DS)
A favorite quotation? "We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." - Immanual KantWhat have you eaten today? - coffee, a hashbrown, a tofurkey and cheese sandwich, a burrito with egg white and cheese
What magazines do you subscribe to? - Los Angeles Magazine, Martha Stewart Living and some professional periodicals
How many pets do you have? How long have you had them? - Currently, 2 Persian cats - Samson and Delilah. They are 5 years old, but just celebrated their second anniversary with us. I can't even remember not having them! Nimbus, our Norwegian Forest Cat, was put to sleep in October, at age 14. I adopted him when he was 7.
Last book you read: Last one finished was Catherine the Great by Robert K. Massie. I'm currently reading The Book Thief.
What's your favorite thing to cook? Good question! I LOVE to cook. I make a mean vegetarian chick'n piccata. I also love making pesto, paninis, enchiladas (spinach, mushroom and jack cheese with green sauce are the best) and homemade pizza.
How long have you posted on Pets?On and off for a few months I guess.
Favorite vacation spot? I don't usually repeat vacations, so there's no where I go often, but my favorite vacation was Scotland!
A favorite quotation? "The news is the first, and best, version of history." - Mark Twain
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What have you eaten today? a banana, soup for lunch, a slim jim and cheese I impulse-bought in line at walmart, and a BLT for supper.
What magazines do you subscribe to? DH gets playboy, maxim and modern drummer. None for me. lol.
How many pets do you have? How long have you had them? I've had pets my entire life. Currently though, I have two guinea pigs (Piggins, I've had for 4 years and Sammy, I've had for 3 years) and two cats (Eastwood, I've had for just under 2 years, and last our Newest Addition, Josey, whom I've had for 3 months)
Last book you read: I'm reading the 3rd book in the game of thrones series on my kindle.
What's your favorite thing to cook? Anything, really.
How long have you posted on Pets? a few months... not too long.
Favorite vacation spot? Anywhere, although I'm kind of lame, because I get tired of being away after a while.
A favorite quotation? I love quotes.
?Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.?
? Dr. SeussWhat have you eaten today? Cheerios, a clementine, 2 tacos, 14 almonds, a fiber bar, a handful of strawberries and grapes, and a slice of cheesecake.
What magazines do you subscribe to? BH&G, Good Housekeeping, Prevention
How many pets do you have? How long have you had them?
Mae (DSH brown tabby) adopted 7/19/2004, Polly (white and tabby Polydactyl) adopted 10/8/2007, Brooke (Plott hound mix) adopted 6/25/2008, Mona (senior GSP) adopted 11/9/2010, Juliet (dilute tortoiseshell Polydactyl) adopted 8/27/2011, Walker (Treeing Walker Coonhound) adopted 12/21/2011.
Last book you read: I'm currently re-reading for the umpteenth time Flora's Lot by Katie Fforde (or Bidding for Love is the US title). Before that, I read Sophie Kinsella's Mini Shopaholic. I don't "do" any heavy reading anymore since Lilia was born, LOL
What's your favorite thing to cook? My ''cooking'' consists of using the quesadilla maker :P
How long have you posted on Pets? About the time we adopted Brooke in 2008.
Favorite vacation spot? I hate traveling. I am such a grump on vacations. I do like upstate NY though.
A favorite quotation? Well, my senior quote was "From the day you're born till you ride in a hearse, things will be bad, but could always be worse". Encouraging, eh?What have you eaten today? Homemade egg mcmuffin, cashews, and a bowl of cereal.
What magazines do you subscribe to? Cooking Light.
How many pets do you have? How long have you had them? Just one right now, he's been with us since August.
Last book you read: One by Rick Riordan. Not sure of the title, my niece gave me a bunch of them and asked me to read them. I'm forgetting which one is which.
What's your favorite thing to cook? Anything that has to simmer or bake for several hours, because I love the way it makes the house smell.
How long have you posted on Pets? Not sure...maybe 9 months?
Favorite vacation spot? We go to a ranch every summer, it's by far my favorite place.
A favorite quotation? "Isn't it pretty to think so?"What have you eaten today? I have only eaten a muffin and some water for breakfast.
What magazines do you subscribe to? None, but I do get LTD Commodities in the mail lol.
How many pets do you have? How long have you had them? I have three corgis. Buddy (5), Hawk (4), Molly (2).
Last book you read: Sadly a Politica Science book for school zzzz.
What's your favorite thing to cook? Porkchops, easy yet delicious.
How long have you posted on Pets? I am going on three years but I have been on and off. This is my second SN.
Favorite vacation spot? Rochester, NY. All of my family lives out there.
A favorite quotation? "I play for keeps" ***eskimo kiss**