An Interview

I am thrilled to share this video segment with you today.  It is probably my best video ever.  I had an opportunity to answer some interview questions that Ronnica gave me, and I enjoyed doing this for her... and for you.

Here are the questions she asked:

1.  You've mentioned a couple of times your love of Disney World...what is your favorite ride/exhibit/part?

2.  What are you reading right now?  What do you think about it?

3.  What's your favorite part of your job?

4.  If I were to visit you, what places would you show me?

5.  How did you meet your husband?

I hope you can hang in here with me to the end.  It is about 15 minutes long (shout out to Flip Mino for potentially a full 60 minutes of recording time), but if you figure about 3 minutes per question, you can see why.

Interview With Liz from Liz on Vimeo.

I thoroughly enjoyed answering these questions on video.  If you happen to have some questions for me, why not ask me a few in the comments.

A Whole New World

I'm hoping I get a few more responses about vlogging ideas.  And thank you, Ronnica, for the vote for a song & dance.  I know you just wanted to get a laugh out of me, and you did.

Moving on to a different topic...

Today, for the first time in 3 years, we have satellite TV service.  Oh. My. Goodness.  I feel like I've stepped into another world.  A world in which I will no longer be subjected to Antiques Roadshow on PBS because nothing else is on.  A new world with really cool commercials that I've never seen before.  A world of Emeril Live, classic movies, and Lifetime.  Do you have any idea how many episodes of Reba you can view in a day?  A lot!  Not to mention my dear, long lost friend, Monk... Oh, how I've missed you.

And do the 3 little letters D-V-R mean anything to you?  I don't know how to use it yet, but whoa baby, am I gonna learn.

Earlier in the week when we were anticipating the installation of our dish, I told Rich that we were going to celebrate by picking out a classic movie to watch.  I've been looking forward to seeing old movies more than anything.  Well, as he avidly channel surfed this evening, as any red-blooded American male would do, he landed on a movie that he knows I like, and we proceeded to watch it. 

Yours, Mine, & Ours with Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda has always been enjoyable to me.  The storyline is funny and never gets old to me.  I really didn't think we'd watch the whole movie.  I assumed he would become disinterested and move on to something else soon enough, but we watched it all the way to the end.

Are you ready for the irony?  Out of all the things he chose to watch on our new satellite TV, he picked a movie that we already have on video.  Yes, that's right.  We ALREADY HAVE IT ON VIDEO, meaning we can WATCH IT WHENEVER WE WANT TO.  Does anyone else do this?

Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go find out when Monk is on....

Oh, the Vlogs... How They Elude Me!

I haven't vlogged in over a month, and I think I might need therapy.  Can a vlogger experience withdrawal symptoms?  I mean, is eye twitching normal, or should I be concerned?  I can't come up with a THING.  My Day at the Office segments have dwindled away to nothingness. 

I'm afraid to say it, but I think I've got VIDEO BLOCK!  {gasp}

I've got this fancy, schmancy Flip Mino camcorder now and don't know what to do with it.  Makes me a little sick to my stomach.  Okay, maybe a LOT sick to my stomach.  What has happened to the video making, crazed woman inside of me?  I don't even know who I am anymore.

So, my faithful readers, I need to hear your opinion on this matter.  I've created a poll in order for you to weigh in on what you would like to see in a vlog.  (Again, for those who don't know, a vlog is a video blog.)

Please vote and tell me what YOU want to see because I am all about being a people pleaser.  You can even vote for more than one choice.  If you have some idea other than what is included in the poll, especially if you choose "none of the above", leave me a comment. 

Can ya help a girl out?

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25 Things About Liz

Just for fun, today I thought I'd make a list of 25 random things you may not know about me.  Just think of this as the typical "100 Things About Me" list that I should've written for my 100th post about 200+ posts ago and never finished.  Twenty-five is hard enough.

So without further ado...

1. I have a fascination with books.  Not just reading them, but I love the covers... to smell them, feel them, and I always judge a book by its cover.
2. My feet are always cold.
3. I have a fear of being trapped in a fire.
4. It freaks me out to be upside down, so I do not like standing on my head and never learned how to do a cartwheel.  Somersaults were even debatable.
5. I do not watch any of the most popular TV shows like The Office, Lost, 24, etc....
6. Speaking of Lost... I don't get it.  Really.  I've tried.
7. The only vacation destination I love is Disney World.
8. Everyone thinks my husband is younger than me, when in fact, he is 7 years older than me.
9. I have never seen any of the Rocky movies, nor do I care to, for that matter.
10. My full given name is Elizabeth.  I was named after royalty.  :)
11. My favorite movie of all time is Anne of Green Gables, which I guess is more like an epic series, since it spans 4 VHS tapes.
12. I took piano lessons from age 4 to 16.
13. Psalm 27 is my favorite.
14. Ephesians is my favorite book of the Bible.
15. John Piper is my favorite non-fiction author.
16. The attribute of God that I love the most is His sovereignty.
17. I have never ice skated, roller bladed, or skied.
18. I own 3 pairs of running shoes.
19. My favorite food is Chinese.
20. I never tried tapioca pudding until I was 35 years old, and I discovered I like it.
21. I had a brief try at scrapbooking but found I was too much of a perfectionist for it to be a relaxing hobby.  It would take me hours just to create one page.
22. I am a recovering perfectionist.  :)
23. Whenever I am driving down the street and see a cat I say, "Kitty Kitty", every single time.  I don't know why.
24. I used to sew my own clothes.
25. I just bought a Flip Mino camcorder, which I plan to use very soon to produce riveting vlogs for you to view.

So there you have it.  Twenty-five random facts that you never wanted to know about me.  Thrilling, huh?

Now We're Getting Somewhere

Do you remember what I do on Saturdays?  Probably not, so I'll refresh your memory.  It's the day I go to my First Place Bible study.  Yeah... that.

So, you know how last week I had to really get myself back on board with the plan of being self-disciplined and choosing with my will to eat good stuff?  Well, that's exactly what I did. 

For the past week I've written down on my fact sheet/food diary all the food I ate, even when I went out to restaurants.  This week I will start counting the actual exchanges and tallying my bread, meat, milk, veggie, fruit and fat servings. 

Uh oh...I forgot about the 8 glasses of water a day.  Hmmm...can I ease into that, too?  I'm really into Vanilla Coke Zero right now, which leaves very little room for water.  I guess I still have a couple kinks to work out with my diet plan. 

On a final note, I'm pleased to report that it made a difference to rein in my appetite last week.  I lost about 1.5 pounds.  Now that's a step in the right direction.