Wow have I been a slacker here lately. I only wrote two posts last week, me thinks! Sorry, pals. I’ve not been much company. I took last week off (for the most part) — we went on two day trips and I’ve been busy writing about those for the travel blog. I also discovered TWO English history PBS series online — Michael Wood’s “The Story of England” and “Queen & Country.” I’m such a sucker for British history. At night, instead of blogging like I ought to, I read The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle or The Adventure of English (a marvelous book by Melvyn Bragg). As a matter of fact, I’ve been watching so many British documentaries and BBC News specials that I think I am picking up the British accent! Next thing you know, I’ll be singing “It’s a Jolly Holiday With Mary.”
Oh what am I saying, I AM already singing it! Do you have any idea, the exhilaration of rolling down your windows, speeding through the Adirondack wilderness, and singing “It’s a Jolly ‘Oliday with Mary” at the top of your lungs?
My kids think I’m wacked. They know NOTHING. lol
Here. I found the audio in YouTube. Apparently, there is no video of the song. Those Walt Disney fuddy duds must be blocking it. Sheesh. Remember the penguins tripping over each other?!?! 
Oh yeah, Monday meme. Got a little carried away there.
1. What is your favorite Olympic sport?
Um. Penguin tossing.
What?! There is no penguin tossing?! Maybe ice skating, then.
2. What is the healthiest meal you’ve eaten this week?
Oh wow, I don’t remember. Down the hatch and all that…. Maybe grilled summer squash? Raw kale in a salad?
3. What is the unhealthiest meal you’ve eaten this week?
Ugh, probably those cheddar bacon fries when I ate out last week.
4. What jewelry do you wear every day?
I actually don’t wear any jewelry. I can’t wear my engagement ring because I broke off of the small support that holds the diamond. I can’t wear my wedding ring because after the renovation I developed a cyst on that finger (from fiberglass, I think). By the time the cyst was gone, my hands had swollen so much from all the manual labor that the ring no longer fits. I can’t wear necklaces and I sometimes wear earrings, but not often. I really can’t even wear glasses– I ruin them every year! Last year, I worked on a roofing project and sweated so much that summer that my metal glasses rusted through! I bought plastic frames this year but they are ruined, too. All the grease splattering from the barbecue grill burned small holes through the plastic lenses. 
Well, now I get to ask you a question! Here goes…..
Based on your own experiences, what word of advice would you offer to a young person just starting out on his own?
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July 30, 2012 at 10:07 am
My advice: Pay off your credit cards every month!
July 30, 2012 at 12:37 pm
My advice is to stay true to oneself…
July 30, 2012 at 2:05 pm
Avoid debt and start today to save for retirement.
July 30, 2012 at 4:07 pm
You rusted out glass frames? WTH?
As for advice – don’t get credit cards and don’t for the love of god cosign ANYTHING with family. It will come to bite you in the butt.
July 30, 2012 at 5:19 pm
My advice: Pay off your debts every month!
July 30, 2012 at 9:33 pm
My advice is college! Get at least a 4-year degree and go right after high school. If you can’t get into the school you want at first, go to community college for a year, work your butt off for the grades and reapply to the school you want.
July 31, 2012 at 3:46 am
Penguin tossing… ha ha ha. I do have to admit that I much prefer the Winter Olympics to the Summer Olympics. As for advice, hmmm, go to college and go after what you really want!
August 1, 2012 at 1:15 am
My hubby likes water polo best–that’s the sport he said he’d like to play. It does look like fun!
My healthiest meal of the week is salmon. Most unhealthy is pizza. I wear my wedding ring every day.
August 1, 2012 at 2:45 am
My advice:
Live with your parent as long as you can!!!!
Save up money. Enjoy the little things in life.
Don’t worry about growing up so fast.
Once you become an adult, you wish you were
a kid again. Life is so much simpler when you
are a kid.
August 1, 2012 at 2:58 pm
Lots of good advice here! Thanks for your comments.
August 1, 2012 at 11:26 pm
My advice would be not to give up who you are for anyone or anything!
And now I want cheddar fries… darn diet!