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1. Your phone rings. Who do you want it to be?: Zach, Dawn or my mom.
2. When shopping at the grocery store, do you return your cart?: Yes I do. I park close to the cart return or I unload the groceries and take the kids with me to return the cart and then take them back to the car. Usually we shop as a family, so it isn’t an issue where we park though.
3. In a social setting, are you more of a talker or a listener?: Depends. I used to be a chatterbox, but my cousins criticized me for trying to take over conversations, so I tend to hang back in group situations now. If I know the group I revert to my chatterbox ways.
4. If abandoned alone in the wilderness, would you survive?: Probably do ok for a while.
5. Do you like to ride horses?: Haven’t done it since I was a kid, but I think I would enjoy it.
6. Did you ever go to camp as a kid?: Every yer from 5th grade until High School, then I was a councelor.
7. What was your favorite board game as a kid?: My favorite game was UNO. When I was little, I loved Candyland and I remember loving Sorry and wishing I had a Moustrap game at elementary school age.
8. If a sexy person was pursuing you, but you knew he/she was married what would you do? Tell them to go away and if I knew their spouse, tell them their husband is an ass.
9. Are you judgmental?: I am working to be less judgemental, but it is certainly a work in progress. I tend to be most judgemental about people who are very close minded, which is ironic.
10. Could you date someone with different religious beliefs than you?: It is several decades since I was dating, but I pretty much stuck to people who were Christian, although not all of my dates were Mennonites. (although they were often a similar belief…Baptist and Methodist were about as far away as I got…oh, exept for the dolt who seemed to worship football more than anything else. lol.)
11. Are you continuing your education? Every day. I do plan to continue my formal education. I still am not sure what the degree will be though, but I am leaning towards Occupational Therapy now. (I started out being an Elementary Education/Special Education major, changed to Theatre then Communication Arts (one class difference between the two) and got my AA in that. When I returned to school I was a Computer Science Major and was ready to switch to Human Factors Psychology/Human Computer Interactions when I left school) Not sure if I would go to school for this, but I would like to learn the more technical aspects of photography. I have an eye for it and love it, but there is so much more to it that I don’t know and if I ever want to go into it professionally I have a lot to learn.
12. Do you know how to shoot a gun?: Yes, learned as a kid. Most of my experience is with a bb gun, but I have had my shoulder ripped off by a shotgun a few times too. lol
13. If your house was on fire, what would be the first thing you grab?: After I knew the people were all safe, I would grab photos…the external hard drive first (baby photos of the kids) and the old photo albums second.
14. How often do you read books?: Every day. I have a lot of non-fiction reference type books that I consult regularly. I am currently reading an autobiography and would like to read some fiction again soon. I read very quickly.
15. Do you think more about the past, present or future?: I spend the most amount of time on the immediate future…later today, this week. Right now I am planning for the upcoming semester, so I am thinking out until May, working on finding materials to maximize Zane’s preschool. I requested the list of books they are going to be using and make sure he is introduced to it during night time reading two weeks before, and then try and do some activities (I try and do a homeschool type thing every afternoon to carry over his therapies) and more directed reading the week before he reads it in school so he can work on the language and social skill without having to work so hard at comprehension at this point.
16. What is your favorite children’s book?: According to my mom, Green Eggs and Ham. lol. I like “Harold and the Purple Crayon”, and just got one of my childhood favorites “Caps for Sale”. Anything Dr. Seuss is great, but my favorite of those is one of his unusual ones, “Many Colored Days”.
18. How tall are you?: 5′6″
19. Where is your ideal house located?: Semi-rural with a storybook garden surrounded by natural landscaping. Temperate climate. I would love seeing Mountains, but I don’t want to be in them because I find it confining. Lots of green around me.
20. Last person you talked to?: My baby girl
21. When was the last time you took pictures in a photo booth?: Only happened once, when dh and I were dating.
22. When was the last time you were at Olive Garden? Last Fall was the first time in years. Loved it.
23. What are your keys on your key chains for?: Car and house. What else is there?
24. What did you do last night?: Sorted through my diaper stash to donate the excess to somebody.
25. Where is your current pain at?: My neck, shoulders and upper back (shoulder blades area).
26. Do you like mustard?: I don’t like yellow table mustard, but I like hot mustard with Chinese food and brown mustard on sandwiches.
27. Do you like your mom and dad?: Very much. My folks are very loving and supportive of me.
28. How long does it take you in the shower?: If I am washing my hair, the shortest I can do it in is 7-10 minutes, only if it well brushed before hand, and even that is pushing it. I usually take closer to 20-30 minutes or whenever the hot water runs out, which ever comes first. I hate the thought of getting wet, but once I am in there, I don’t want to leave.
29. What movie do you want to see right now?: I don’t know what is out in the theatres because we almost always wait until things come out on video. The only exception to that is Star Wars movies, but since they are over, the only time we watch movies in the theater is on a date night, which happens maybe once every year or two. lol. (yeah, we need to do that more…childcare is a real issue though)
30. Do you put lotion on your dog or cats?: That sounds insane. Why would you do that? We don’t have any pets right now anyway.
31. What did you do for New Year’s?: I don’t really remember. I actually forgot it was New Years and missed the NYE Rockin’ Eve thing.
32. Do you think The Grudge was scary?: Creepy with a side of funny because of who we saw it with. Zach’s best friend watched it with us and he likes to lean forward & jump at the tv and talk back to the screen in his alien language (that he made up in childhood) during the creepy parts, so it really takes the edge off a scary movie for us.
33. Do you own a camera phone?: If I duct tape my camera to my phone, would that count?
34. What’s the last letter of your middle name?: e
35. Who did you vote for on American Idol?: Last season? I have never voted, but I liked Taylor.
36. How many hours of sleep do you get a night?: I aim for 8, usually get 6ish in 2-3 hour segments.
37. Do you like care bears?: Don’t hate them, but I was more into Strawberry Shortcake and Holly Hobbie as a kid. Holly Hobby is too modern now so I don’t really see myself getting into it with my dd. I liked HH for the “Little House” similarity.
38. Do you know how to play poker?: No
39. Do you wear your seatbelt?: Always. I feel naked without it. My folks had seatbelts and carseats in cars and pickup trucks long before it was normal and me in a ca
40. What do you wear to sleep?: not much. lol
41. Anything big ever happen in your hometown?: Other than sports stuff that nobody cares about, nothing I can think of.
42. Is your tongue pierced?: No
43. Who’s the funniest person you know?: My husband.
44. Do you like funny or serious people better? I like a person with a good sense of humor.
45. Ever been to Vegas?: No
46. Did you eat a cookie today?: No, but I will have cake later
47. Do you use cuss words in other languages?: Yes, I can cuss in German.
48. Do you steal or pay for your music downloads?: I actually don’t download music. I rip the CDs I have paid for into MP3s so I can listen to them online though.
49. When was the last time you said “I love you” and meant it?: About 5 minutes ago. Several times a day, every day.
50. Is your cell usually on vibrate or ring? We haven’t had a cell phone since Zane was a baby and it didn’t have a vibrate feature.
