Since today is pretty much a lazy day for me, I figured it might be fun to actually do it. I'm going to do both Gill's and Beth's questions (since she tagged anyone and everyone!) but I'm not going to tag anyone myself. This tag surely won't die with me and, honestly, I'm not feeling ambitious enough to come up with people to tag :-)
Eleven Things About Me!
1. In the last couple of months, we've adopted three senior cats. Two girls, Big Mama and Bob, and one boy, Graphite.
2. Since doing this, I've discovered that I am actually a cat person. More specifically--a fat cat person. I fell in love with Big Mama at first sight...she weighs in at 20 pounds!! Bob weighs about 13 pounds. I don't know...there's something about a fat cat that makes me smile.
3. I am making split pea soup for dinner. I am a great soup maker. I can make a tasty soup out of just about anything.
4. I've always hated mint. Until very recently. Lately I've been grabbing every chocolate/mint flavored item I can get. Weird.
5. I do not own one pair of single color socks. All my socks are wild crazy patterns.
6. Whales are my favorite mammal.
7. I absolutely love reading to my kids.
8. I keep my spare change in an actual piggy bank, She's a pink pig wearing a tutu and tiara. I call her Priscilla.
9. I love perfumes that smell like food. My recent favorite is called Un-Birthday. It smells like candy and it is awesome.
10. I have a job interview on Friday...send me positive vibes!
11. I am nowhere near interesting enough to come up with eleven things.
Now...for Gill's questions...
1. What is the first book you remember reading as a child? I read a lot of books! The first one that comes to mind is the Sweet Pickles series. I used to love those!
2. Have you ever owned a fad toy--such as a tamogotchi? When I was a kid, I had cabbage patch kids and collected garbage pail kids cards. That counts right?
3. What was your favorite childhood game? Clue. Hands down. I still love playing Clue. Second would probably be word games like Scrabble and Boggle.
4. Can your body do anything strange--such as ear wiggling? I can do the taco tongue thing. My toes also can spread really wide apart. I have pretty talented toes. When I was young, I could flip the record I was listening to and restart it all with my toes.
5. If you had to spend the rest of your life in one room, who would you take for companionship? I can't imagine anyone would want to spend forever with just me. That's a punishment I wouldn't want to inflict...they'd go crazy for sure.
6. Do you have a friend who knows to wipe your computer should you suddenly die? No...and I don't think there is anything on here that I would be embarrassed for anyone to see anyway.
7. What is the worst grammar pet peeve that you have? Oh but there are sooo many! They're/their/there...your/you're....to/two/too...I see people say that they 'half to go to the store' that irks the crap out of me.
8. You can go back and change one life decision--would you? Nope...I'd keep it all the same.
9. You're coming back to this world as an animal--which one? An orca whale.
10. Would you confront someone who was doing something illegal--such as littering or cycling on the pavement--if there were signs forbidding it? I'd probably make some sort of obnoxious passive-agressive comment in a loud-ish voice. I'm not big on confrontations.
11. What sound can make your heart miss a beat and a smile break out unbidden? The sound of my children laughing and playing nicely.
Now for Beth's questions....
- When did you start feeling like a grown-up? I'm not sure I've reached that point yet. I mean...I know I am...I'm almost 40...but it sure doesn't feel like it.
- What celebrity made your heart go pitter-patter when you were a kid/tween/teen? First it was Corey Feldman (my sister was the Corey Haim fan) then it was Donnie Wahlberg from New Kids On The Block.
- What song do you and your sweetie think of as “your” song? We really don't have one. There's been a few over the years that have been more like inside jokes but no real "our song".
- Do you consider yourself patriotic? Why or why not? I wouldn't say that I'm overly patriotic. That being said, when blatantly anti-American comments are being made, it does make me irritable.
- What is something you once believed, but no longer do? Santa? Tooth Fairy?
- Jean shorts: Just fine or a sure sign of extreme dorkiness? I think it depends on the style of jean shorts. They aren't my style but I've seen many people pull them off nicely.
- Has an infomercial ever prompted you to make a purchase? If so, what did you buy? Nope, I can't say that I have bought anything.
- What snack do you have hidden in the back of the cupboard/fridge? Nothing especially decadent today. I do have snap peas and salsa. Healthy and tasty!
- What book or movie seemed to speak to the masses, but didn’t do much for you? Fifty Shades of Grey. It's just so badly written. I feel like it has an underlying message that risque sex practices and abuse/trauma are always linked. That seems like a bad message to me. And I honestly don't know how she got away with using "he smelled like Christian" that many times to describe his scent. Ummmm....hello? We can't really smell him...you have to do better than that!
- What do you wear to bed? Four days a week, I sleep at work. I just wear whatever I put on to go to work that day. At home, it's usually shorts and a t-shirt or some similar combination.
- Is there a story of you as a child that your parents told so many times that it became part of your history? Something cute or funny you said or did, maybe? Care to share? I can't really think of anything. Maybe I was a pretty boring child ;-)
My daughter (she's 30) and I were just talking about the feeling like a grown-up thing. Even though I was born old and responsible (and she was, too), we agreed that there are times when we still wonder when that fully-grown-up thing will kick in. She said she feels like an adult when she's with her kids, but not always at other times. I said that I pretty much always felt (and still do--at 50!) the same way.
ReplyDeleteI'm giving the Fifty Shades of Grey thing a go, but so far, it's really bad. Crap writing, for sure. And editing? What the hell?!