I got up way too dang early for a Saturday. Someone forgot to give Liam the memo about sleeping in on Saturdays. We were up late with him again last night; this time it was swimming. My sister in law and her husband are staying at a hotel here in town and invited us to come over and let the boys go in the pool. Since I don’t think I own a swim suit that fits and even then I’d be hard pressed to wear it in mixed company, I didn’t go in the water. But Kile took Liam in and he LOVED it. As far as he was concerned it was just a big bathtub and he loves himself the bathtub. Still, it was 9:30 before we got out of there, the second night in a row that Liam was kept up so late. And if we do end up going to the drive in tonight to see “Live Free or Die Hard” then it’ll be the third night in a row that Liam is up late. Whoops. Still, the kid could have at least slept in a little this morning, you’d think.
Anyhow, I’m here to do a meme that I saw over on Rocks In My Dryer and you know I can’t resist a good meme. Especially on the weekend when it’s hard to come up with posts sometimes. So here we have “Five Random Questions”. Wee!
- If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?
That would probably be something unassuming like grapefruit. I wouldn’t want to pick one of my most favorite foods because I would hate to get sick of lobster or shrimp scampi or something. This is a really, really hard question though. Diversity is the spice of life, after all. No matter what I pick I’m guaranteed to get sick of it within a week’s time. - What’s the most nerve-racking “close call” you’ve ever had?
I’m going to assume this means any “close call” and not just the kind you have when driving. Of course, I’ve had those too. I don’t know, that incident with Liam and the teeny, tiny Lego from a week or two ago was pretty bad. Then there was a the time those speed demons tried to run us off the road. I’m not doing so well at these questions, am I? I blame having to get up at 6:30 on a Saturday morning. - Name five features your ultimate dream house would have.
Ah, now here’s a question I can really get behind. :) I could write a novel.- Hardwood floors. I detest wall to wall carpeting. While I know with wood floors I’d be wiffering right and left, at least I would know when they are absolutely clean. You can’t get carpet absolutely clean. It’s just NASTY.
- A landscaped backyard. Or the funds with which to landscape it. I’m sick of looking out the back door at a yard full of weeds. We can’t ever have anyone over for barbecues or anything. It’s just embarrassing.
- A three car garage. Garages are so puny these days. Ours is technically a two car garage but even if we had nothing stored in there, it’d be hard to fit two vehicles in there. At least a three car garage would be able to hold two cars PLUS all our junk. Sweet!
- Five bedrooms. Four would be good too, but five would cover all the bases. That way Harry and Liam could each have their own room, we’d have one for guests and one more if we do have another baby. Perfect! But dang, that’d be one hell of a big house.
- A hot tub. I’m a fool for a hot tub. A pool? Eh. But a hot tub? OMG, YES. I could sit in a hot tub until I’m one giant prune surrounded by wrinkles surrounded by more prunes. My love for the hot tub is great. This would go great in the landscaped back yard!
There’s only about a billion more features Id like to have, but this will do for now, don’t you think?
- Who has been the most influential non-relative in your life?
Oh jeez. Let’s see here. Outside of some of the obvious choices (i.e. God, George Washington, Eleanor Roosevelt, etc) I’ll have to say it was probably a teacher or two. Actually, I know it was. It was Mrs. Flanagan, one of my third grade teachers. I had two, and they traded of which days each of them taught the class. The other teacher, Mrs. Haifly, was probably no less influential but I had a teacher’s pet thing going with Mrs. Flanagan. Both of these teachers really encouraged my love of writing. I remember Mrs. Flanagan sent me a postcard that summer from her vacation and I think I still have that around here somewhere. - What one non-physical feature would you most like to change about yourself?
Ooh, non-physical. That’s harder. In light of recent events, however, I have to say it’s my wishy-washyness (yes, that’s totally a word). I need to speak up when I’m not down with things, even if it might cause a conflict. I need to not be afraid to say “no” to people. And when I do get stuck doing things I don’t want to do, I just need to suck it up and do it instead of freak out and curl into the fetal position. Actually, I could probably go on and on and on with this question, couldn’t I?
So that’s my answers. In the tradition of this meme, I’m supposed to come up with five more questions for anyone else who wants to do this meme to do. But since no one will probably do it unless I specifically tag them, I doubt the questions I have come up with will matter that much. Nevertheless, here they are and if you do do this meme, drop me a comment below and let me know!
- If you had to choose one season to endure for the rest of your life which would it be?
- Do you prefer apples or oranges? (ha!)
- Name three movies that you consider to be the best movies of all time.
- Name three movies that you are embarassed to admit that you love with all your heart.
- If you could travel to any country in the world and spend a month there doing whatever you want, where would you go and what would you do?
Enjoy!
This is me. I'm a thirtysomething stay at home mom to three kids. For years I was a stay at home mom to one kid and trying very hard to have more. It took a LONG time (ie: 6 1/2 years), but finally Liam arrived and charmed us with his blue eyes and ginormous, round head. Then we got a shock: I was pregnant again and this time it was a GIRL. Our hearts and home are full at last and now that we're done having babies, we get to relax (snort) and watch them grow (not too fast now, you hear?). Thanks for coming by, feel free to dip into my archives, read my About and History pages (just don't do Jackson's Story without tissues!) and make yourself at home.
