Tabbikat's Thursday 13 #15

13 Things You Probably Never Wanted to Know About Emperor Penguins

1. Emperor Penguins live in Antartica where it is so cold there are no trees, flowers, or grass.


2. Emperor Penguins are the largest of all the penguin varieties, they grow to be about four feet tall and weigh 48–82 lb.


3. Emperor Penguins are flightless birds.


4. Emperor penquins can swim very quickly, and dive as deep as 1,755 feet below the water's surface.


5. Emperor penguins can stay under water for up to 20 minutes at a time.


6. On land Emperor penguins waddle on their strong webbed feet, hop, and use their beaks and claws to climb up hills. They slide down the hills on their tummies, the same way kids slide down hills on sleds.


7. Fish form the bulk of the Emperor Penguin's diet, which can include crustaceans, such as krill, and cephalopods, such as squid.


8. Like all birds Emperor penguins lay eggs, but they do not build nests because there are no twigs and grass for them to build nests with. Instead after the mother penguin lays the egg she passes it to the father who keeps it safe and warm by resting it on his feet and covering it with a flap of skin called a "brood pouch".


9. Emperor penguin chicks weigh less than a pound and are covered with grey and black fuzz.


10. Baby Emperor penguins eat partially digested food that their mother regurgitates (throws up) for them.


11. Emperor Penguin chicks will stay with their parents until they are about 6 months old and have their adult feathers.


12. Young Emperor Penguins stay in the water or on the water's edge for 4 years after they leave thier parents, then they travel inland and lay eggs of their own.


13. Emperor Penguins are serially monogamous. They have only one mate each year, and stay faithful to that mate for that year. However, fidelity between years is only about 15%.

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Tabbikat's Thursday 13 #14

13 Places I'd Love To Go!

I decided just to list these alphabetically since it was too hard to put them in a most to least type list...

1. 
   Caribbean
   anywhere would be fine with me


2. 
   China


3. 
   France


4. 
   Grand Canyon, Arizona
   I went when I was 5 but I don't really remember it and I don't have pictures


5. 
   Hawaii


6. 
   India


7. 
   Ireland


8. 
   Miami


9. 
   Mount Rushmore National Monument, Keystone, South Dakota


10. 
    San Francisco


11. 
    Disney World


12. 
    Washington D.C.


13. 
    Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

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Tabbikat's Thursday 13 #13

Randomness Reigns
Below are 13 questions from a myspace quiz and my 3 word answers to them...
1. Where is your cell phone? on the table

2. Your hair? brown straight boring

3. Your favorite thing to do? laugh with daughter

4. When is the last time you laughed? earlier this morning

5. Your favorite color(s)? blue pink purple

6. The room you’re in? bedroom/office/grey

7. Who did you hang out with last night? mother daughter pets

8. Muffins? cranberry orange nut

9. One of your wish list items? a good job

10. What are you wearing? shorts shirt wristband

11. Your pet? dog three cats

12. Your summer? long hot fun

13. Your relationship status? very very single

Go ahead and try it, it's fun!



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Tabbikat's Thursday 13 #12

13 Craft Items My House Is Never Without

Arts & crafts are a big thing in our house, someone is always making something. We have gone so far as to stretch our crafting in to the digital age and even my 6 year old knows how to use paint shop. So in a house of crafters here are 13 kid friendly crafting supplies we are never without.

1. 
   construction paper


2. 
   paint


3. 
   brushes


4. 
   crayons


5. 
   copy paper


6. 
   glue


7. 
   scissors


8. 
   dried beans & seeds


9. 
   felt


10. 
    aluminum tart tins


11. 
    yarn


12. 
    clay


13. 
    markers

Bonus:

modge podge


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Tabbikat's Thursday 13 #11

13 First Lines

Rules: Okay below are 13 first lines from novels. All of them on this list are books that I have read. If you know an Author, a title, or both just post your answer in a comment. I will put correct answers up with credit to the person giving the correct response first. Have fun!

1. As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. ~ The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka ~ 1915 (Journeywoman)


2. All children, except one, grow up. ~ Peter Pan, J. M. Barrie ~ 1904 (Journeywoman)


3. It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents--except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness. ~ Paul Clifford, by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton ~ 1830


4. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. ~ Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen ~ 1813 (Journeywoman)


5. All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. ~ Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy ~ 1875 (Journeywoman)


6. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair ... ~ A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens ~ 1859 (Journeywoman)


7. Call me Ishmael. ~ Moby Dick(Carol), Herman Melville ~ 1851


8. Call me Jonah. ~ Cat's Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut ~ 1963 (Kat)


9. I am a sick man ... I am a spiteful man. ~ Notes from Underground, Fyodor Dostoyevsky ~ 1864 (Kat)


10. Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice. ~ One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez ~ 1967 (Kat)


11. The drought had lasted now for ten million years, and the reign of the terrible lizards had long since ended. ~ 2001: A Space Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke ~ 1968 (Kat)


12. If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth. ~ The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger ~ 1951 (Journeywoman)


13. "To be born again," sang Gibreel Farishta tumbling from the heavens, "first you have to die." ~ The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie ~ 1988 (Kat)

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Tabbikat's Thursday 13 #10

13 of My Favorite Books

1. 
   The Stand,
   Stephen King


2. 
   Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,
   J. K. Rowling


3. 
   I Know This Much Is True,
   Wally Lamb


4. 
   A Christmas Carol,
   Charles Dickens


5. 
   The Color Purple,
   Alice Walker


6. 
   What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary Day,
   Pearl Cleage


7. 
   The Green Mile,
   Stephen King


8. 
   Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone,
   J. K. Rowling


9. 
   The Client,
   John Grisham


10. 
    Where The Heart Is,
    Billie Letts


11. 
    The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1),
    Stephen King


12. 
    A Tale of Two Cities,
    Charles Dickens


13. 
    The Secret Garden,
    Frances Hodgson Burnett

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Tabbikat's Thursday 13 #9

13 Albums I've Listened to in the Car
During the Last Month

1. 
   I bought all of David's American Idol performances from i-tunes and made my own little cd! It's my favorite and plays at least once a day in the car.
   Favorite Song...
   The World I Know
   


2. 
   I bought this from Amazon before it was pulled (yeah me!) and have listened to it over and over, even my daughter likes this one.
   Favorite Song...
   Don't Say A Word
   


3. 
   This album has been a favorite for a long time but hadn't been in the car in ages, thanks to David Cook for reminding me how much I love it.
   Favorite Song...
   The World I Know
   


4. 
   This album has been in my car for years and years, it gets more use than any other cd I own.
   Favorite Song...
   In God's Country
   


5. 
   This is one of those cds that I seem to search out when things go wrong, hence the multiple copies floating around the house and cars.
   Favorite Song...
   One
   


6. 
   I don't remember where I first heard this or when I bought it but it is a favorite for traffic jams and other need to relax moments.
   Favorite Song...
   Hide and Seek
   


7. 
   This is another DC addiction, I bought it at the start of the Top 12 and it has been in constant rotation since.
   Favorite Song...
   Incarcerate
   


8. 
   This album has been in car rotation since college, which was a long, long time ago.
   Favorite Song...
   Sunday Bloody Sunday
   


9. 
   This has been in and out of the car over the last several years, I like to sing along and the kid even knows a few.
   Favorite Song...
   With Arms Wide Open
   


10. 
    This was a gift from a former boyfriend, he's long gone but the music remains.
    Favorite Song...
    My Hero
    


11. 
    This is my daughter's favorite, and let me tell you it isn't really a step up from Backyardigans & Dora the Explorer.
    My Favorite
    Gotta Go My Own Way
    
    Daughter's Favorite...
    Fabulous
    


12. 
    I honestly can't believe that I listen to this, but my daughter loves it so...
    My Favorite...
    See You Again
    
    Daughter's Favorite...
    Nobody's Perfect
    


13. 
    The last of the kid friendly albums in the car, I try to avoid this if possible; but sometimes a mom has got to do what a mom has got to do.
    My Favorite...
    Breaking Free
    
    Daughter's Favorite
    What I've Been Looking For
    

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