Vanity, thy name is Cheryl.

Google name meme via ka_crow.
Rules: Go to Google and type in quotation marks, your name and then "likes to" (e.g. "Jon likes to"). Type in the first ten things that come up and re-post in your own note. So: What does Google say that you "like"?

1. Cheryl likes to break this consultation into two appointments.
2. Cheryl likes to spend her free time with her husband, a radiologist.
3. Cheryl likes to liven up everyday foods with commonly used herbs such as parsley and mint.
4. Cheryl likes to wear platform boots -- including black!
5. Cheryl likes to boogie.
6. Cheryl likes to think she is in this category!
7. and Me cheryl likes to watch House and Reba and The Hills.
8. When working with a new client, Cheryl likes to concentrate on both building upon strengths and shoring up weaknesses to help better the client’s success.
9. Cheryl likes to be needed and to care for others, and she often worries about the people she loves. [This one was about Cheryl Ladd.]
10. Cheryl likes to spend her free time with her husband, David Magee, an interventional radiologist, and her two children, Ben and Allison.

#3 and #5 are my favorites.

Updates, I've written a few...

It's been a pretty long time since I wrote anything that wasn't a meme. I've been on and off sick, extremely busy with a second micro-job and holiday stuff, worrying about the global economy and our family economy, and playing too much Power Grid on BSW.

illyaa's phone finally gave up the ghost about a week ago. So we suddenly had to move on the front of getting new phones, which I had been hemming and hawing over for about 6 weeks. We've been out of contract for a long time, longer than I thought as it turns out. By the time we actually did something about it this week, we'd been out of contract for two years. Yes, you did read that right. My Treo is four years old, and looks like it. We attempted to upgrade our phones and deal with Sprint, and had several bad or frustrating experiences on the web site and in the store we visited (the one on Washtenaw between BeanersBigby and Chipoltle). The biggest source of frustration is that to get the full rebates on a Centro, Sprint was forcing us to have a data plan for me. I want a PDA phone because I want a calendar and note taker and some control over applications without downloading crap from a provider's proprietary store only, and the ability to get photos off my phone by USB connection. I don't expect to use email or web on the phone. So, the extra monthly $ were feeling like a deal-breaker. Then illyaa went on his company's web site to look for other provider's offers.

One advantage of his working for a global information behemoth (Thomson-Reuters) is they have good deals they negotiate for their employees. [The Sprint store employee we had tried to deal with kept saying Thomsom-Rooters, rhyming with Hooters. It was all I could do not to crack up.] Upshot: We are now with Verizon, who did not attempt to force me into a data plan. We have new phones, including a Centro for me. My Centro is a boring metallic navy blue instead of "vibrant rose," but I'm okay with that. lol. It came with a sudoku application, so my fidget-game needs are set for a while. :) All three phones arrived via Fed Ex yesterday evening, and we activated them this morning.

Yes, you did read "three phones." Older daughter S also has a phone now. Same model LG flip phone as her dad, but in candy apple red. It's locked to only accept calls from numbers in her contact list as of now, which is just our numbers so far. We plan to add her aunts and grandparents at least, and some of her friends too. Yes, we realize we are crazy. We figure this is an experiment, and will pay off when we go to game conventions. It will make me feel a little better about loosening the supervision tether on her. If she doesn't lose her phone by then. ;^) She needs a belt clip or a way to hang her phone on a lanyard, which we plan to work on this week.