Friday Feast

Appetizer

What is the weather like today where you live?

Cloudy, calling for thunderstorms

Soup

On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how career-minded are you?

If you consider motherhood a career, then my career is my life LOL. Speaking of actual careers in the typical sense. I thoroughly enjoyed the work I did pre-kids (accounting) and could enjoy it again (once kids are grown) however, I've not once felt like I "lost my identity" when I quit and became a SAHM, like so many moms I know struggle with.

Salad

What type of window coverings do you have in your home? Blinds, curtains, shutters, etc.?

So far just whatever the previous tenants left. There are valances in 3 of the rooms (living room, kitchen & bathroom) and nothing elsewhere. I do need to get blinds at least in our room. Doubt I'll do anything in the girls room (unless I find this winter that we're losing too much heat out the windows & do something insulated, but from a decorative standpoint it would just look cluttered because of their loft bed and from a privacy standpoint their window looks out on woods & empty fields beyond and the loft bed provides additional privacy so not needed). Might do blinds in the school/play room if I decide I want the option of putting an air mattress in there for guests (my parents get to sleep in the girls' beds w/ the girls on the floor of the loft between them, but other guests might not appreciate that arrangement LOL) . . . if I ever get the house totally clean & uncluttered & am feeling bored/creative, some nice valances of somesort would be nice in the dining room, but it's pretty low priority for me.

Main Course

Name something that instantly cheers you up.

A spontaneous hug or cuddle from my girls :)

Dessert

How many times do you hit the snooze button on a typical morning?

My kids are my "alarm clock" and no matter how many times I hit them, they don't let me sleep longer LOL (just kidding on the hitting part, though I do sometimes "whine" at them to let me sleep). Back when I didn't have kids and had an alarm clock, I purposely set it early enough to be able to hit snooze several times, I like to wake up slowly LOL.

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Appetizer

If you could live on another continent for 1 year, which one would you choose?

Europe, I'm fascinated by the history there!

Soup

Which browser do you use to surf the Internet?

Firefox

Salad

On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being highest), how much do you know about the history of your country?

I'll say 7, I love history, so I'm probably higher then that on the early American history, but once it gets to "modern" times I'm bored w/ it, so I definitely don't know as much about more recent history (as evidenced by the fact that I easily CLEP'd first semester American History in College but just missed the needed score to CLEP 2nd semester.

Main Course

Finish this sentence: Love is…

Love is of God.

Dessert

Have you ever been in or near a tornado?

Nope


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Appetizer

Do you consider yourself to be an optimist or a pessimist?

Somewhere in between. I try really hard to be an optimist, but sometimes pessimism sneaks in . . . I like to say I'm a realist LOL.

Soup

What is your favorite color of ink to write with?

Depends on my mood, and more often, whatever pen I can find. I like "fun colors" (pink, green, purple . . . ) for some things, but beyond that, no real preference.

Salad

How often do you get a manicure or pedicure? Do you do them yourself or go to a salon and pay for them?

I've never had a professional manicure or pedicure in my life. Fingernails get chopped when they get long enough to annoy me. Toenails, I paint every couple weeks in the summer, let them "breath" in the winter (which means they get chopped when they get long enough to annoy me)

Main Course

Have you ever won anything online? If so, what was it?

Yup, I've had a pretty good string of luck this last year (or maybe I've just joined WAY too many blog giveaways & the law of averages worked in my favor LOL). Some of the "big" things (in terms of value &/or how much we've used/enjoyed them.

• $100 Lands End gift card (haven't used it yet, but I'm having fun "window shopping" while I wait for a free shipping offer to come through LOL)
  
• Starbucks gift card that came right before our move, when dh was gone all week, every week. Boy did I enjoy & treasure my Friday (when dh was back home) trips to Starbucks and a few minutes of "alone time" after a week as a single mom. LOVELY timing for a lovely treat :)
• A Fancy schmancy doll stroller that A claimed as her own (w/ L's agreement, I told them to share it, they worked out between themselves that it was A's) and she has absolutely LOVED! They haven't thought to get the doll strollers out yet since the move (probably because the strollers are in the basement & will need to be for outside use only, this house is TOO SMALL to be going on "trips" w/ the strollers through the house) but it's been awesome
  

Dessert

In which room in your house do you keep your home computer?

Oh, is there supposed to be ONE home computer? LOL. DH & I each have laptops, they generally are plugged in in the living room, though I probably use mine the most sitting out on the front porch. The girls have a desktop that we also have the printer networked through. It's in the schoolroom/playroom upstairs.

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Appetizer

When someone smiles at you, do you smile back?

Usually

Soup

Describe the flooring in your home. Do you have carpet, hardwood, vinyl, a mix?

We're moving in just over a week, but this house is mostly carpeted, vinyl in kitchen & bathrooms, hardwood in the entryway. New house is mostly carpeted, vinyl in the kitchen & I think tile in the bathroom.

Salad

Write a sentence with only 5 words, but all of the words have to start with the first letter of your first name.
Lucy Locket loves licking lollypops

Main Course

Do you know anyone whose life has been touched by adoption?
Yes, my younger brother's adopted, so our whole family has been.

Dessert

Name 2 blue things.

My girls' eyes :)

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Appetizer

What was your favorite cartoon when you were a child?

We didn't have a tv at all until I was 6, and then watched very little, and very selectively. So I never really watched cartoons per se. My favorite show was probably the land of make believe portion of Mr Rogers

Soup

Pretend you are about to get a new pet. Which animal would you pick, and what would you name it?

A new pet is very low on my list of things I'd want right now LOL. But the girls are lobbying for chickens when we move. They'd get to name them, so it could be anything from things like peep, to made up words we've never heard of (they have long-term imaginary friends named So-so and Gosha, among others) or would never consider for a name (they have dolls named, respectively, Pancake and Pizza, among other things). It also wouldn't surprise me if one ended up named Pepper, the name of the chick I had as a little kid, and a story they ask for quite regularly.

Salad

On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how much do you enjoy getting all dressed up for a special occasion?

3, maybe? Once in a great while, it's fun, but for the most part it's just more work than it's worth LOL

Main Course

What kind of music do you listen to while you drive?

Usually kid music, or at the moment, kid stories. If I'm alone, lately I've been enjoying some old Christian CDs (from my high school years LOL) that I found while cleaning :)

Dessert

When was the last time you bought a clock? And in which room did you put it?

Hmmm . . . it's been awhile, probably the travel alarm I bought to have on my side of the bed since there wasn't room for anything else while the cosleeper was up. That was probably a year ago, maybe 2.

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Did you think I fell off the face of the earth? Yeah, me too! Busy week. Packing, making candles . . . spending more time than I should have entering Bloggy Giveaways . . . we also got to spend a whole afternoon w/ friends, which is definitely a priority since we won't get to see them as often once we move.

Anyway . . . here's today's feast.

Appetizer

Name something you would categorize as weird.

Weather that's in the 80's one day and the 30's that night.

Soup

What color was the last piece of food you ate?

Brown (cereal)

Salad

On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how much do you enjoy being alone? 9

Main Course

Fill in the blank: I will _________ vote for ___________ in _______.

How does that all work, w/ moving to a new state this close to the election? Let's go with "I will probably vote for McCain in 2008"

Dessert

Describe your sleeping habits.

I stay up way too late. I canNOT go to sleep without at least reading for a few minutes (it's hereditary, Mom's the same way LOL), I sleep on my side, and would happily sleep in until 10:00 if kids let me LOL.

Friday Feast

I thought this looked like fun.

Appetizer

If you could be any current celebrity for one whole week, who would you want to be?

Shudder, unless there's a celebrity that still has their privacy, none! I'm so not a fan of being in the spotlight in any way shape or form!

Soup

On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being highest), how much do you enjoy talking on the phone?

Maybe 2? I'm more of an e-mail kind of girl. I see phones as a way to get/give information when needed.

Salad

Name a charitable organization to which you have donated (or would like to).

After reading all the blogs about the recent trip to Africa with Compassion, I would so love to sponsor a child!

Main Course

What is a food you like so much you could eat it every single day for a month?

Chocolate!!!

Dessert

Have you or anyone in your family had the flu this year?

If so it was a mild version of it, not sure if we had a light version of the flu or just a bad cold, whatever it was went through our whole family a week or so ago.