Know Me Better...March 23

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This Week's Questions

What is the kindest thing anyone has done for you?
What is most memorable about your high school years?
Have you ever gotten up early for a "black Friday sale"?
Were you named after anyone?
Would you bungee jump, skydive or something similar?

What is the kindest thing anyone has done for you?
When my husband was serving in Iraq neighbors and friends were so generous with their time in helping us with yard work and household tasks that we couldn't manage ourselves. I still feel so grateful nine years later.

What is most memorable about your high school years?
Two things percolate to the top of mind: a) Ken, Rita, Gerry, Andy and I goofing around together. We would do silly things like fire drills from our cars when we got to intersections or pool tournaments. b) SYMCO and church camp---I was on a church council of youth that met once a month and planned a summer camp. I loved those meetings and the friends I made. 

Have you ever gotten up early for a "black Friday sale"?
Depends on how early is early. I get up every Black Friday by 8 AM or so to go to the sock sale at Fred Meyer. But that is generally it. That sale ends at 11 AM so I usually don't have to get up that early.

Were you named after anyone?
A woman that worked with my mom. I have never met her, so it is pretty unspecial.

Would you bungee jump, skydive or something similar?
No. I get frightened on roller-coasters. I can't even imagine coming up with the nerve to free fall, even for a short period of time.

Know Me Better...Feb 5

I am a Reader, not a Writer

This Week's Questions:

Is there anything you would like to say to or ask your favorite author?

•  Yes, I'd like to ask John Green (The Fault in Our Stars) who always refers to his wife on his vlog as the Yeti, how she feels about that?
  

Are you a dreamer or a realist?

• I'm half dreamer, half realist. I spend a lot of time in my head thinking about or dreaming of things.  But I also have my feet firmly planted on the ground.

Theater or Rental?

• I love going to the movie theater but seldom do.  I try to see movies that would be best if viewed on the big screen at a theater and save my money and rent if the movie would be fine on a TV. But every once in a while we go wild and go to two movies in one week-end like this last week-end.  Woot. Woot. 

Share a family tradition.

• A bookish tradition that we share...Every Christmas season we sit down together and read aloud The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson.  We've read it so many times we could probably all recite it line by line. Another bookish tradition, when I was growing up my father would read us How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss every Christmas Eve, right after reading the Christmas story in the Bible. 

Favorite late night snack?

• Ice Cream, but I shouldn't and, in fact, I've stopped buying ice cream because if it is in the house we eat it!

 

Know Me Better, January 12

I Am a Reader-Not a Writer

"Know Me Better"

This Week's Questions:

Where is your favorite spot to read?
Are you a fast or slow reader? (you can test your reading speed here)
Fanfiction - Love it or Hate it? Have your ever read/written it?
Summer or Winter?
Truth or Dare?

My Answers:

• My favorite spot to read is currently the couch in the family room but I have also found a bit of time to read at the desk in my back office during lunch time.  My absolute favorite spot is in the hammock  in the backyard but not this time of year, obviously. :)
• I took the little test and found that I read around 380 words/min.  If I were able to maintain that speed of reading I could read War and Peace in 28 hours.  Ha!
• Fanfiction?  I don't even know what it is.  I looked it up and still don't know.  Please tell me.
• Summer. Duh!
• Truth, I'm not a very daring person.

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