Oh Meme, Oh My. ..

I've been a bad, bad girl.

I haven't been keeping up with my memes, which are sort of like mini-homework assignments in the blogging world. So, since I made my daughter begin school on Labor Day (on a holiday?!? why, yes; she must labor!), I will tackle two memes that have been gathering dust in the blogger folder.

This first one is called "The Five Things Meme" (thank you for the tag, Whirlwind).

Name 5 things in your refrigerator:
1. Insulin for Zack, the 15-year-old cat with diabetes;
2. Thyroid medicine for Cally, the 16-year-old cat with hyperthyroidism;
3. Silk Chocolate Soy Milk for Belly, the 6-year-old with a milk allergy;
4. Ticket's Tapioca Pudding by Echo Farm for me, the 40-year-old with an obsession;
5. Two dozen eggs purchased weekly from a family we know that raises chickens.

Name 5 things in your closet (I'm assuming this means literally):
1. Several non-leather shoes and boots;
2. This coat I found at Target for under forty bucks. I thought it was tres cute, but worry it may be too "young". Thoughts?
3. Exercise clothes, silk teddies and ski wear---three things that don't see much light of day anymore;
4. My engagement ring: a plastic yellow rose that Fairly Odd Father gave to me when he proposed. He actually wasn't being cheap; I had told him I did not want an engagement ring (and, this was not some head game; I meant it). The ring broke within 24 hours, but he glued it back together and it was eventually woven into my bouquet for our wedding;
5. A piece of driftwood we found while camping at Meat Cove, Nova Scotia. FOF wrote this on it: "Love is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction."

5 things in your purse or backpack
1. An epi pen, just in case Belly has an allergic reaction to milk;
2. A tiny lucky pendant called "Green Man"; his face has almost worn away after years of banging against my coins;
3. Urban Decay's XXX Shine Gloss in "Love Junkie", a color I adore;
4. Dark Chocolate-covered Altoids;
5. This photo of the family, taken 2 years ago:

5 things in your car (it is all about being prepared)
1. Diapers and wipes;
2. Portable Potty (best $20 I've ever spent);
3. Changes of clothes for the kids, extra items for Jilly who can't be 'wet';
4. Band aids;
5. Eastern MA street map.

5 things in the world you want to see before you die (I started to get really philosophical about the things I want to see before I die, but I think I'm just supposed to list some cool places I want to visit):
1. The Hawaiian Islands;
2. Iceland;
3. Europe: the whole shebang;
4. The Israel described by Robin here;
5. Australia.

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Then, Robin tagged me for a new meme about eight things that drive me crazy.

"Doncha Just Hate It When":

* . . . a car pulls out in front of you, then go v---e---r---y----v---e---r---y-----s---l---o---w---l---y;

* . . .a request is met with eye rolls and sighs;

* . . .someone walk outs of the room while you're talking, but still insists, "I'm Listening!";

* . . .a neighbor's house or car alarm goes off while they are on vacation;

*. . .a friend blames everything that happens to their child on someone or something else, without even considering that their child could be in the wrong;

*. . .that nice, new, white shirt already has a stain on it---usually front & center;

*. . .a child thinks it is important to wake up several times a night to give you a hug and a kiss, to ask the time, and to tell you her finger hurts;

*. . .after all the kids are finally snapped into their car seats, the car keys disappear. . .again.