LadyGypsy.net – the blog of Kimberly Dowd of New Jersey

The note says: Leave @ 12:30 or get OT. My workload is ever-increasing.

1. What did the last hat you wore look like?

Mah summer hat! It’s white with a slightly asymmetrical brim and an orange plastic buckle on one side. I wore that sucker all summer because I didn’t want to be at John’s wedding all shades of white and tan. Since it’s easier to stay relatively un-tanned in summer, I went that route.

2. What’s your strategy for unscrewing those stubborn jar-lids?

“Honey? Can you open this?

3. How good are you at keeping a lid on it?

Very good, which is much better than I used to be. Case in point: The thing I have going on now that I can’t mention here on the blog! (I’m not pregnant.) NB: Next time I start a blog, I’m not telling anyone I know that I have one.

4. Here in Hawaii, people are often very self-conscious about their eyelids. How do you feel about yours?

I have squinty eyes, so you never see much of my eyelid. It’s nothing I’ve ever been really bugged about, but it would be nice to have wider eyes. Eh.

5. Are you acquainted with anyone named Lydia?

My father’s grandmother (passed away when I was young) was named Lydia. I LOVE that name. Unfortunately, I don’t think I could give a child of mine the first name of Lydia because… well …

Hi. ‘Member me?

I have a lot to catch up on but in the meantime here’s a Friday 5 to hold the blog over. This week’s theme is Mint!

1. How picky are you about toothpaste?

VERY. Firstly, I only accept white or whitish toothpaste and definitely NOT colored gel. Why do I want to brush my teeth with red, blue or green colored goo? I’m going for white here, and I need all the help I can get. Secondly, I don’t want crap in my paste. No wee breath strips or whitening gel pellets. Just paste. Finally, it has to be minty, not cinnamony.

2. What’s the best cooked dish you’ve had that included mint?

Um. I can’t remember one dish I’ve eaten that had a minty taste. Can we go with baked? How about those Keebler Grasshopper cookies, but back when they had green cream in them.

3. How far would you have to go from where you are right now to get a breath mint?

Down the elevator and out to the corner store at the center terrace of the apartment complex.

4. Got any gum?

Yes! Here in my purse. Orbit sweet mint. I have two packs, actually. I’m supposed to leave one at work.

What’s something you keep in mint condition?

Oh, nothing. I crack everything open immediately and use the heck out of them until they wear out or Max chews them into oblivion.

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That’s all for now. The last 8 days have sapped me dry. At least I have a bunch of stuff to write about once I wake up.

Now that’s a giggly Friday Five theme, isn’t it?

As I could use some giggly, here goes:

1. Besides plain, what’s your favorite way to eat an apple?

WM makes the most amazing baked apples. It’s an alchemical work of art. He uses oats, butter, brown sugar and honey and ohmygoodness they’re divine. Best of all…it’s fruit, so it’s healthy, right?

2. Besides plain, what’s your favorite way to eat berries?

Take a bunch of berries — but not raspberries because they’re vile — and chuck them into a blender with some sugar, a squeeze of lime juice, ice… and rum. Lots of rum. Then you end up with a fruity berry drink…perfect for the patio or poolside. Best of all…it’s fruit, so it’s healthy, right?

3. Besides plain, what’s your favorite way to eat a banana?

Split a banana open lengthwise and put it in a bowl. Top it with ice cream and chocolate syrup and pineapple and whipped cream and caramel and eat it with a really long spoon. Best of all…it’s fruit, so it’s healthy, right?

4. Besides plain, what’s your favorite way to eat a peach?

Tucked deep into a warm bubbling pie, surrounded by brown sugar and syrupy stuff and topped with ice cream. Best of all…it’s fruit, so it’s healthy, right?

5. Besides plain, what’s your favorite way to eat a pineapple?

Longtime readers will remember that one of my favorite indulgent restaurants at Walt Disney World (hang in there, Mickey, I’ll be back eventually!) is ‘Ohana where you can eat all the skewered meat you can handle. If you’re man enough, you can order a dessert at the end of the meal. But even if you don’t, they serve you a bunch of pineapple chunks with a bowl of warm caramel. Eating pineapple and caramel is supposed to settle the stomach after a big meal. I don’t know if I necessarily buy that reasoning, but it’s decadent.

Seriously. Buy some pineapple. Melt some of those teeth-ripping Kraft caramel squares, dip dip dip and hakuna matata!

Best of all…it’s fruit, so it’s healthy, right?

RIGHT??!?!?