75 THINGS NOBODY ASKS YOU

1. First thing you wash in the shower?
My arms

2. What color is your favorite hoodie?
Teal (from the Women of Faith conference). I really want to purchase the heathered chocolate one from Close to My Heart, though.

3. Would you kiss the last person you kissed again?
Yes

4. Do you plan outfits?
Not anymore. When I worked full-time outside of the home, I always picked out my outfit the night before, in order to save time in the morning.

5. How are you feeling RIGHT now?
Ok I guess.

6. Whats the closest thing to you that's red?
A Valentine bookmark that Aunt Ginny made for me.

7. What is the closest food to you?
Crumbs of chocolate banana bread (which was really, really good). Does that count as fruit?

8. Tell me about the last dream you remember having?
About a week ago I dreamed about going to the dentist. (IRL I had two filling in my front teeth on Monday.) In my dream, I had to put burning ointment on my tongue and drink a strawberry milkshake laced with activated charcoal--all because of the location of the cavities.

9. Did you meet anybody new today?
No.

10. What are you craving right now?
A nap?

11. Do you floss?
Every morning.

12. What comes to mind when I say cabbage?
Boiled dinner.

13. When was the last time you talked on aim?
Couple of years ago.

14. Are you emotional?
Yes.

15. What lotion do you use?
I'm not big on lotion, but I do like Earth Therapeutics Foot Repair Balm for the callouses on my feet.

16. Have you ever counted to 1,000?
Probably.

17. Do you bite into your ice cream or just lick it?
I know I've bitten before, but generally, I lick.

18. Do you like your hair?
Not at the moment. It desperately needs a cut. I don't really mind my hair, but I really wish I had the talent to do something with it.

19. Do you like yourself?
For the most part I guess. (And at other times, I really dislike myself a lot.)

20. Have you ever met a celebrity?
I have a personal connection with Billy Rhythm. I also met a Miss Universe at the Bronx Zoo when I was a kid.

21. Do you like cottage cheese?
Yes, but I don't like to eat a lot of it at one time.

22. What are you listening to right now?
The hum of the computer. That is all.

23. How many countries have you visited?
Canada, Jamaica, Grand Cayman

24. Were your parents strict?
Not really. I didn't give them any problems, and they didn't give me any problems. We had a lot of respect for each other.

25. Would you go sky diving?
No.

26. Would you go out to eat with George W. Bush?
Sure.

27. Would you throw potatoes at him?
No.

28. Is there anything sparkly in the room you're in?
All my scrapbooking bling (answer stolen from Tami).

29. Have you ever been in a castle?
Cinderella's in Disney World, and Cinderella's castle at Storyland but not a real true castle I guess (answer stolen again from Tami).

30. Do you rent movies often?
As a family, we rent movies a lot, especially from Redbox. However, I never watch them. I'm not much of a movie person. It's a time committment type of thing.

31. Who sits behind you at work?
My cat likes to sit on the back of my chair.

32. Have you made a prank phone call?
No.

33. Do you own a gun?
No. (Dwane does, so from a marital property standpoint I do.)

34. Can you count backwards from 74?
Yes

35. Who are you going to be with tonight?
The kids. Dwane has a meeting. Alice might come over to use the typewriter.

36. Brown or white eggs?
Doesn't matter.

37. Do you own something from Hot Topic?
No. I don't know that I even know what Hot Topic is.

38. Ever been on a train?
Yes. Went to Boston for Women of Faith last summer.

39. Like the person your dating?
I like the person I married if that counts (answer stolen again from Tami).

40. Do you have a cell-phone?
Yes, but use it very, very rarely. It's basically an "in case of emergency" type of thing.

41. Are you too forgiving?
I don't know. I'd have to think about that.

42. Do you use chap stick?
Not regularly. Maybe once or twice a year.

43. What is your best friend doing tomorrow?
Working.

44. Can you use chop sticks?
I probably could get by ok, but I'm certainly not great at it.

45. Ever have cream puffs?
Oh, yes. Like them best filled with vanilla pudding.

46. Have you ever seen The Butterfly Effect?
No.

47. What was the last question you asked?
"Did you see the timeline in the e-mail?" to my co-worker.

48. What was the last CD you bought?
Oh, goodness. I don't remember. Maybe it was 18 Kids by Keith Urban...

49. Boys or girls?
I only have experience raising boys, and I love them dearly, so I'll pick boys.

50. What road do you drive on the most?
Route 73

51. Is your hair curly?
It quite curly when it's humid. I get those Shirley Temple ringlet things.

52. Last time you cried?
Monday.

53. Ever walked into a wall?
I fainted into a wall once.

54. Do looks matter?
Sometimes (Another Tami answer--I should've just had Tami answer these for me.)

56. Have you ever slapped someone?
I don't think so. I have spanked my kids bottoms about 3 times, though.

57. Favorite time of the year?
Autumn

58. Favorite color?
Pink

59. Are you sarcastic?
I don't really think so.

60. Do you have any tattoos?
No.

61. The last person you held hands with?
Dwane.

62. Do you sleep with the TV on?
Yes. Always. All night long.

63. Where was your profile picture taken at?
My grandmother's house.

64. Do you hate or dislike more than 3 people?
There are a couple of people that I have differences with (meaning that their way of doing things is not necessarily the way I do things), but I don't know that I'd call it dislike, and I certainly wouldn't call it hate.

65. Do you like your life right now?
There are things I wish could be different, but for the most part, I am happy.

66. How often do you talk on the phone?
A lot. And I don't even really like to talk on the phone. The nature of the business, I guess.

67. What is your favorite animal?
Cat (another Tami answer, of course)

68. What was the most recent thing you bought?
Groceries yesterday (Yet another Tami answer)

69. Do you have good vision?
Yes (and I have a freckle on my eye!)

70. Can you hula hoop?
I could hula hoop really well as a child. I tried to do it at Walmart last week, and couldn't do it at all. I'm awesome at it on Wii though.

71. Could you ever forgive a cheater?
Yes. But I don't think I could forget. Does that mean I didn't forgive?

72. Do you have a job?
Yes.

73. Can you handle the truth?
Yes.

74. What are you wearing?
Denim shorts, white Maine t-shirt.

75. Have you ever crawled through a window?
Yes--the night my house burned down.

A "DIDDY" FROM JOSEY

USE THE 1ST LETTER OF YOUR LAST NAME TO ANSWER EACH OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. THEY HAVE TO BE REAL PLACES, NAMES, THINGS. NOTHING MADE UP!

1. What is your last name? Wight

2. A 4 Letter Word: With

3. A Boys Name: William

4. A Girls name: Wilma (Here's what may be a little-known fact: When the Maine Bar Examiner's prepare essay questions for potential lawyers to answer, they will often use "Wilma" when referring to the Wife in the question. "Harry" is often used as the Husband's name.)

5. An Occupation: Whisperer to Horses

6. A Color: White

7. Something you wear: Work Boots

8. A Beverage: Wine

9. A Food: Wedding Soup

10. Something found in the bathroom: Window Cleaner

11. A place: Winterport, ME

12. A Reason for being late? Whining Kids

13. Something you shout: WILL YOU TWO STOP FIGHTING!

FRIDAY FILL-IN

1. Apparently there's some sort of BEAUTIFUL WEATHER HITTING MAINE THIS WEEKEND.

2. TOMORROW IS SUPPOSED TO BE A sunny day.

3. 2009 HAS BEEN FILLED WITH DWANE'S MEDICAL ISSUES so far.

4. CALEB IS WATCHING THE BEES ON PBS KIDS AND that was it FOR ME. I'M SCARED TO DEATH OF BEES!

5. For too long I've been OVERWEIGHT.

6. I am not obsessed with FACEBOOK; I am not!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to HOPEFULLY SCRAPBOOKING, tomorrow my plans include PERHAPS A TRIP TO AUGUSTA and Sunday, I want to SEE THAT BOBBY LABONTE IS NOT INVOLVED IN THE BIG ONE AT TALLADEGA!

FRIDAY FILL-INS

1. Join me in BEING EXCITED THAT IT MIGHT ACTUALLY REACH 67 DEGREES TODAY!

2. Put a little SCRAPBOOKING in your day!

3. Happiness is TO KNOW THE SAVIOR (SING IT WITH ME NOW).

4. TIRED and confused.

5. I'm waiting for THE RAPTURE.

6. CHOCOLATE is hard to resist.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to DOING A SCRAPBOOK GATHERING AT ERICA'S, tomorrow my plans include HANGING OUT WITH THE KIDS and Sunday, I want to TAKE A NAP (I NEED ONE SO BADLY)!

SUE'S MI-5

Would you rather:

1. Be able to stop time while you slept, OR Never have to do laundry?

I'd rather not have to do laundry. I'm not really sure of the advantages of stopping time while sleeping--maybe because you'd presumably live that much longer??
And this week, I've done so much laundry, having a break is looking really good.

2. Hit every red light for the rest of your life, OR always be wrong?

Who wants to be wrong??? I hate being wrong once, let alone all my life. I'll pick the red lights. It's a good time to say a prayer.

3. Be debt free (except for your house), OR eleven years ahead of schedule on your mortgage?

Definitely be debt free (except for the house). I fear that I owe so much other debt, that even saving 11 years on my mortgage wouldn't get me as ahead as canceling all of the other debt. Let's take all of the money paid out to the corporate piggies and give it to everyone to pay off their debt instead. Those same corporate piggies would still end up with the money, but at least people wouldn't have debt. Instead, they'd have money to spend in the economy! (It just seems so simple to me. Must not be.)

4. Always take a cold shower OR sleep an hour less than you need to be fully rested?

I'll sleep an hour less. I don't sleep enough now to get fully rested, so I'd never miss another hour. I think that if I had to take a cold shower, I'd never take one. Eww! I'd just do the sponge bath thing.

5. Always have to say everything on your mind OR never speak again?

Oh, goodness. That's a tough one. It's good to be honest, but it's not good to hurt another's feelings, and unfortunately, my thoughts are not always as good as they should be. I'm going to hope that I could still write and learn sign language, so I'll pick the never speak again option.

FRIDAY FILL-INS

1. Anonymous...HAS LOW SELF-ESTEEM.

2. MY DAD is a CITIZEN OF HEAVEN.

3. Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, NOT AT ALL.

4. GOING FOR WALKS AGAIN IS what I look forward to most about Spring.

5. Who needs therapy when YOU CAN HAVE CHOCOLATE INSTEAD (PLUS, IT'S A LOT CHEAPER).

6. FOIL WRAPPED CHOCOLATE EGGS MUST go into the Easter Basket! (SEE #5)

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to PERHAPS SPENDING A QUIET EVENING AT HOME, tomorrow my plans include HOUSING AROUND WITH MOM and Sunday, I want to CELEBRATE THE RESURRECTION OF MY LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST!

FRIDAY FILL-IN

1. Angels or not, I will ALWAYS LOVE MY BOYS.

2. YOU CAN'T HAVE ME any way you want me. YOU HAVE TO TAKE ME AS I ALREADY AM.

3. As my mother used to say, you're full of IT. (ALTHOUGH SHE REALLY USED TO ALWAYS SAY "THAT'S A BIG ONE, ELIZABETH".)

4. I NEED MY CRYSTAL LIGHT PEACH TEA after I'm done working out or doing something strenuous.

5. Even in the most crowded of rooms THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO PACK IN ANOTHER ONE.

6. TODAY is a day fraught with peril.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to GOING TO BED, tomorrow my plans include TAKING CALEB TO A BIRTHDAY PARTY and Sunday, I want to SEE IF DWANE FINALLY HAS A LITTLE LESS PAIN!