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The list is based on an exercise developed by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University. The exercise developers ask that if you participate in this blog game, you acknowledge their copyright.

Father went to college (he went into the Navy)
Father finished college
Mother went to college (nope, but she read a LOT)
Mother finished college
Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor
Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers
Had more than 50 books in your childhood home (at least)
Had more than 500 books in your childhood home (possibly, the stacks were quite high and everywhere!)
Were read children's books by a parent (I can't recall this...)
Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18 (piano, and art)
Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18
Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18
Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs (they paid room and board, I paid for the classes, which was the majority)
Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs
Went to a private high school
Went to summer camp
Had a private tutor before you turned 18
Family vacations involved staying at hotels (what few there were did feature hotels)
Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18 (I did have some hand me downs from cousins and then I got bigger than them!
Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them (I saved up cash and bought my own)
There was original art in your house when you were a child (I recall a painting my Dad did of a flower)
Had a phone in your room before you turned 18
You and your family lived in a single family house
Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home
Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course
Had your own TV in your room in High School
Owned a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College
Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16
Went on a cruise with your family
Went on more than one cruise with your family
Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up (not nearly often enough, but yes, Art Institute of Chicago and Museum of Science and Industry)
You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family (When I was still living at home with Gramma, she complained of 500 dollar heating bills in Winter)
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To balance out 'life in the Northern Clime', we once did have an equally expensive cooling bill when we lived in Casa Grande. Now the most expensive is around $180 in the worst month, at the lowest, around $40.

Thursday, January 10, 2008 B

"Giraffe Sitting Pretty"
10:08pm

I didn't know giraffes could sit that way!

Julia and I, along with two of our friends, saw Adam's Apples at the Yuma Historic Theatre tonight. Wickedly funny and refreshingly quirky, I've never seen anything quite like this Danish film. Everytime I eat apple pie in the future, I will think of this film.

I want to eat some apple pie. (A visit to the bakery may be soon! At least some apple turnovers if not pie.)

Friday, January 11, 2008

"Howlin' Good Time"
10:38pm

A Trickster Coyote seen at the antique show...

And a singing coyote...