Cordelia’s Mom nominated me for this challenge the other day, and I wasn’t going to do it, because I’d just done something similar on Facebook. But then Anxious Mom also nominated me and she said if I didn’t do it, I’d have to perform some bizarre ritual involving MMM Bop and setting fire to the hair of an infant lest I get bad juju or whatever, so I’m doing the challenge!
Four names people call me other than my real name:
Joey, Mama, Baby, Mrs. Motrin
Four Jobs I’ve Had:
teacher, legal assistant, writer/editor, hardware ho
Four Movies I’ve Watched More Than Once:
You’ve Got Mail, Love Actually, Midnight in Paris, The Thomas Crown Affair
(More like 100 times, I’m just sayin.)
Four Books Or Authors I’d Recommend:
(Like I know what you like to read.)
Alice Walker, Barbara Kingsolver, Amy Tan, Alice Hoffman
Four Places I’ve Visited:
(And enjoyed. And would recommend.)
Mackinac Island, Quebec City, Chicago, Memphis
Four Things I’d Rather Be Doing Right Now:
having sex, hangin out with my girlfriends, getting a pedicure, day drinking
(Three of those at once sound fantastic by the way. What am I doing with my life?)
Four foods I don’t like:
I am not sure there are four…I will think…
I’m not a fan of lamb, mussels, mango, or cooked beets. I’ll eat them, but they’re not foods I enjoy eating.
Four of my favorite foods:
raw oysters, Bing cherries, MIL’s corned beef gravy, ice cream
Four Shows I Watch:
Game of Thrones, Modern Family, Indian Summer, The Big Bang Theory
Four Things I’m Looking Forward To This Year:
sleeping in, visits from friends, fireworks on Fourth of July, Labor Day weekend
Four Things I’m Always Saying:
“I love you.”
“Mhm.”
“Whose socks are these?” I spend a lot of time talkin about socks. I really do. Moo leaves them everywhere. The dog sleeps on them, Clara thinks they’re her babies, Cletus thinks they’re his prey, Catticus exercises his dominance on them — they drag them all over the house! The odd sock basket overflows and I have to keep washing them because I don’t know how clean they are when I find them. Sassy wears mismatched socks on purpose! Everyone’s feet are too close in size now to distinguish, and Moo’s on socks that the other three have worn, so I can’t remember whose are whose…which leads me to my next commonly spoken phrase —
“Oh for fuck’s sake!”
I’m not going to tag anyone, but lemme just say that was the best time I’ve ever had hyperlinking, spacing, and struggling to decide — and no infant hair was destroyed in the making of this post.
Happy Friday everyone!
joeyfullystated 
Hardware ho? As in, worked in a hardware store? Or some other kind of “hardware” ???
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As in, I worked in a hardware store, and I did it all 😉
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So weird. I worked in a hardware store, too. For YEARS. The only thing I didn’t do there was work on the loading dock! LOL
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That IS weird. I really liked it. I stayed on part-time after working there through college. It was a great environment. Until it wasn’t.
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I liked it a lot. There were mostly retired old men working as salesmen on the floor. My brothers worked there before me through high school, so I did, too for a while. I started on the register but ended up working wherever they needed me. The old guys got a kick out of me knowing about hardware and repairs and stuff. It was fun while it lasted. Unfortunately, a new manager landed and I hated him and he disliked me because I kinda had the run of the store to work wherever I wanted and that wasn’t how he worked. So I left.
How many women usta work in a hardware store back in the late 80s? (Good grief I’m old…)
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That is uncanny! That is exactly how it went for me. The front office manager got promoted and the new one was power hungry and resented what was interpreted as my ‘freedom’ and that was the end of that for me.
94-98 was a good run. I still have a lot of knowledge and some fine memories 🙂
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I’m a little freaked out over here… 😉
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Nicely done. Your juju is safe. I like your author recommendations. I need to read more books by each of them. Happy weekend.
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Thank you 😀
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See – I told you it would be fun! I’m glad you decided to participate, and I’m glad I’m not the one who threatened you into doing it.
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Me too, thank you! 🙂
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My ma went to Mackinac Island for an anniversary, and my brother vacationed there. Both said it was really nice. Id like to go some day.
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I hope you get to. It’s lovely and peaceful.
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I knew that ritual was overrated 😀
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Some great answers there Joey. I have noticed that you have got a thing about socks….just saying!
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It’s Me vs Socks on the daily, Judy! 😉
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I feel your pain! 🙂
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Hardware Ho…your killing me! Could you please clarify the original TC Affair or the remake?
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Oh I like the original, but it’s the remake I’ve watched 100 times 🙂
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Seems like you should avoid all the bad juju, except I think you seriously ticked off the socks gods.
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It does seem that way…
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Ms Motrin! MMBOp! yes indeed! 🙂 … btw have you seen the movie “Leaving Normal” with Meg Tilly and Christine Lahti? It’s good, and one of the ladies works in a hardware store…her catchphrase is always “happy hardware” 🙂
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Yes, I am apparently Mrs Motrin. It’s too hard to say Mottern. Often, I’m Joy Motrin. So cute.
No, I haven’t seen that movie, but I did look up the trailer. I’ll have to figure out how to SEE it!
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I’m glad you don’t have to go into the weekend with bad karma 😉
And ooh, I forgot about You’ve Got Mail. Loooove that movie. And I feel ya on the socks. They get strewn everywhere, and we don’t have a pet inside, so I have to rewash since I never know, and I’m not willing to sniff anyone’s socks to find out for sure. But at least I can tell whose is whose.
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One day the feet in your house will all be so close in size as well, but for now, enjoy it 😉 LOL
I, too, refuse to sniff zee socks!
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Bings are good, but I prefer Rainiers. Also, Love Actually is the single worst movie ever made, and I am including Mariah Carey’s Glitter in that. 🙂
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While it’s unfortunate your taste in cherries and movies is so poor, I still believe we can coexist peacefully in the blogosphere.
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Bwahahahaha! You have to admit that Love Actually is sapfest. And as for cherries, don’t hate, I have bings in my fridge RIGHT NOW, but the Raniers are better IMO. LOL.
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Perhaps we are a sappy family, but that is, hands-down, the movie we watch more than any other.
I seriously live for Bing cherry time. And it’s only about two weeks away. Right now, they’re hard and sour and red and cost too much, but oh how good they’ll be…Do you think I will pace myself this year? 😛 Haha, me either.
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They are perfect here right now. We always get produce first. I have had a lot! I think I bought a few pounds and have about 6 left that were not quite right.
The part with the cards…what would he have done if his FRIEND had answered the door? Kinda messed up.
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Yes, you don’t need to remind me that you live in Foodie Haven, as I am fully aware and totally jealous.
Now you know people who are obsessed in such a way are incapable of making rational decisions. Plus, it’s a movie, so you know, written that way.
Husband from couch: If it’s carol singers, give them a quid and tell them to bugger off.
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Hahaha!
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Going to check out Alice Hoffman as I love the other three!
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Excellent! She has QUITE a range!
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My joy with socks is how people just walk by them as if they are not on the floor. Like they are saying, “If I do not look down and acknowledge them they are not really there!” Moo is the worst. Each time I tell her that if they were put up the cats could not get to them, so it is your fault. My guess is after her 5k this morning no cat will play with THOSE socks. Hopefully they find themselves in the hamper before the day is out.
Funny thing about you working in the hardware store is you know just as much, if not more, about tools as me. I hope that does not mean I have to turn in my man card. It is nice to say, “I need this tool please”, and you simply know what I am talking about. You are pretty awesome!
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Yes, it’s 99% Moo’s fault. Also, thank you! xxx
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Great lists of stuff! When you say you’re not tagging anyone, can we like, you know, pretend we’ve been tagged if we want to play too?
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Absolutely! Go for it! 🙂
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Mackinac Island??? Just Googled it, had never heard of it. Sounds like a great place to visit.
I must add that raw oysters and Bing cherries are at the top of my list too 🙂
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Ah! Good to know we share love of two important foods 🙂
Yes, Mackinac is beautiful, one of my favorite places ever. Gorgeous cool weather in August.
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I don’t have an infant, with or without hair.
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Me either. Although, I do have locks of infant hair from long, long ago — but still, who wants to burn hair? lol
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love amy tan too (and sad, but I think she has some very chronic illness – lyme related) andhow- fish cheeks is a fav….
and enjoyed this post you hardware ho…..
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Thank you 🙂
Yes, she has Lyme. In one of her books, she writes about it sucking the life out of her.
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oh…. well I only have read her older stuff – mostly short stories I guess – and feel so bad for her…
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Hodor…
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Oh I know! Did your heart break, too? Aw, Hodor. *sniff*
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My dream job…to be a hardware ho. (I’m serious)
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Reblogged this on The Popcorn Daily.
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Thank you 🙂
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