The ABC's of Me

I found this great post over at Diary of a Dreamer. Rachel has a wonderful blog that you should check out right now if you are not familiar with it.


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A is for Age: 37 - almost to the top of the hill!

B is for Book: The Time Traveler's Wife and What's So Amazing About Grace (helped me immensely)

C is for Career: Right now I have to say mommy blogger and crafter, though in a few days I may be able to add professional writer to that list (will give more details if it all goes as planned).

D is for Dad's name: Mark

E is for Essential items to bring to a party: Hmm - I usually take spinach dip in a bread bowl if it's finger foods or a Buffalo Mozzarella, tomato, cucumber, and basil salad if there will be forks involved.

F is for Favorite song or music: I don't know if I have just one - I love R&B and hip hop, but I also listen to a lot of 60's and contemporary folk music. E the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and pretty much anyone who played at Woodstock. I listen to it all, except death metal, which I just Do Not Understand.


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G is for Goof off thing to do: I quite enjoy singing like an opera singer. It delights me so!

H is for Hometown: Columbus, OH

I is for Instrument you play: Piano and I can sing. I've always wanted to learn the cello

J is for Jam or Jelly you like: Strawberry jam


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K is for Kids: Well, you probably know them all by now: Kendall, 17, Tommy, 16, Collin, 12, and William, 3

L is for Living arrangement: 1968 brick ranch that is stuck in a time warp and has THE COOLEST mid century modern kitchen and bathrooms.

M is for Mom's name: Cheryl

N is for Name of best friend: Cheryl :-)

O is for Overnight Stay in a Hospital: First was when I had my appendix out and the second was when I had William (I was in the hospital almost a week after him because of my insanely high blood pressure.

P is for Phobias: going down on escalators. I feel like I'm going to fall forward.

Q is for Quote you like: "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." - Albert Einstein



R is for Relationship that lasted longest: My husband Tim - almost 6 years now.

S is for Siblings: 1 brother and 3 sisters

T is for Texas, ever been? Used to go there summers. Out in the middle of nowhere. The jalapeno pizzas were good, the insects gigantic, the rainstorms torrential, and mowing the lawn involved these barbed burrs flying at your legs.

U is for Unique trait: My earlobes are straight, I can smell cyanide, and I can roll my tongue. And I have a HUGE stork bite on the back of my head.

V is for vegetable you love: Broccoli, fresh sweet corn, sweet peas, eggplant, tomatoes, and cucumbers. I love veggies!

W is for Worst traits: I expect greatness from myself and thus am frequently unhappy with myself.

X is for X-rays you've had: Pretty much everything (including my innards!) except my skull and my legs.

Y is for Yummy food you make: coq au vin

Z is for Zodiac sign: Virgo


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Quizamajigger

My buddy Roxanne of the GREAT blog The 60/40 tagged me to take this quiz, so I will!

From We Heart It

1. What's your staple, go to meal?
Pizza or Stromboli. It's so easy to make! I also make chicken and noodles a lot because the kids love it and it's easy as pie (actually, it's easier than pie).


2. What do you want to be when you grow up?
I want a long lost rich uncle to die and leave me a HUGE inheritance because at this point I don't have a clue! Although I wouldn't mind writing.


3. What book are you reading at the moment?
I'm not really committed to one book right now. I sort of move from one book to the next depending on my mood. Gertrude Stein's Paris, France is at my bedside, Friendship for Grown-Ups by Lisa Welchel makes it's way all over the house, and a Women of Faith compilation the name of which escapes me now is in the car.


4. How do you relax?
I like to knit, crochet, read, and sleep. And I like to get away for some me time. I usually go to Barnes and Noble and read magazines.


5. What color are the interior walls of your home?
Most are pale yellow, but Will's room is a Colonial blue and the inside of my closet is red (because I wasn't brave enough to use it anywhere else).

6. What is your guiltiest pleasure?
Jeni's ice cream! I can't say or blog enough about it! Their Dark Chocolate is so amazing and the Salty Caramel is like heaven (salty heaven, but you know what I mean). After Jeni's, all other ice cream pales in comparison.


7. What time is bedtime and getting up time?
Okay. So when I was a kid, I'd put myself to bed at 8. In reality, I need about 10 hours of sleep, but I usually go to bed around 2 or 3 and wake whenever Will does, which could be anywhere from 9 to 11.


8. How long do you spend reading blogs (per day or per week)?
Way too much time. I read TONS and TONS of blogs. Usually I have around 300 posts to page through; some days I can do it in an hour, most days it takes much longer, and on bad days I just mark all as read.

So now

Manda of There is a Time. . .
Cora of Heartfelt and Homemade
Beth of Be Yourself. . .Everyone Else is Taken
Relyn of Come Sit By My Fire

You're it!

1975

Another one of Pip's brilliant ideas: Go to Flickr, type in a random year, and post your favorite photo. What I found was amazing.

Steve Gobeil

Go here for the story behind this photo. It's poignant and bittersweet. His Lost friends and lost loves photo stream is amazing.

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Ten Things

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Pip is doing Ten Things at her blog today and I thought I'd post mine.

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* I used to have a tremendous fear of car washes. I had to hide in my mom's lap. Will screams in them, too.

* I was the Valedictorian of my high school.

* I have issues with going down escalators. I feel like I'm going to topple over. Going up is Ok. I know where all of the elevators are in every mall in central Ohio.

* I lived in tutus when I was a little girl.

* My favorite candle smell is clove and orange (Target's Liberty line has one like this right now!)

* I broke my little toes as a teenager by catching it on the door jamb running like a fool so that I wouldn't miss a minute of "Santa Barbara."

* I like to fish, but haven't been since my grandfather died. It doesn't feel the same without my fishing buddy.

* I collect Ohio pottery. My prized find would be anything with a Raven from Rookwood pottery.

* I love noodles. I once had a dream when I was a child that I was born to an Italian family a la "Moonstruck" and had noodles for every meal.

* I have a pretty active imagination.

If you decide to post your ten things, leave a comment here and with Pip (she has a much larger readership). Have fun!