Friday, September 02, 2005

56 Questions

I'm working on a photoblog, but for now I'll share my answers to these 56 questions.

UNIQUE
1. Nervous habits - I bite the inside of my cheek. I also pick at my cuticles.
2. Are you double jointed - No. Flexible (for a fat chick) yes, double-joined no.
3. Can you roll your tongue - Yes. So can all three of my kids.
4. Can you raise one eyebrow at a time - Oh yes and boy, do the kids know they are in trouble if I do!
5. Can you blow spit bubbles - EWWW.
6. Can you cross your eyes - Yes, but there’s a rumor going around that if you do they’ll stick that way.
7. Tattoos - Three of them. I’d have four, but the money I had set aside for the next one I ended up using to buy the kids new shoes. Sometimes responsibility is a bitch. I'm thinkin' about putting one of those PayPal buttons on here to get some donations for one.
8. Piercing - Just my ears - three on one side, two on the other
9. Do you make your bed daily - Actually yes. Almost every day. Now, if Paul’s off or working the late shift I don’t because he gets really ticked off when I tuck the comforter in over his head. Yes, I have done it.

CLOTHES
10. Which shoe goes on first - Left.
11. Speaking of shoes, have you ever thrown one at anyone? - Yep. And a checkbook and a bottle of Baby Magic.
12. On the average, how much money do you carry - Who wants to know? Fitty, are you planning on mugging me as well as chopping me up and stuffing me in a barrel?
13. What jewelry do you wear 24/7 - My wedding ring, my family ring, my toe ring and my silver bracelet
14. Favorite piece of clothing - My ladybug pajama pants

FOOD
15. Do you twirl your spaghetti or cut it - If I’m scarfing down the spaghetti because I have to leave in 2 minutes for karate or some other something, I cut it and cram it in. If we’re sitting down at the table, I twirl.
16. Have you ever eaten Spam - Yes. There was this chick that used to watch us occasionally when we were little and she made Spam and mac&cheese one day. We told her that there was NO WAY we were eating it and then she pulled out this enormous paddle (affectionately named "Luther") and said that she really did think we would eat it. We did. It wasn’t too bad actually. But then again, we also ate Vienna sausages when we were kids, too. *retch*
17. Do you use extra salt on your food - Not usually.
18. How many cereals in your cabinet - Usually not very many, but for some reason right now there are seven. SEVEN?? Who needs seven different kinds of cereal at once?
19. What's your favorite beverage - Sweet tea.
20. What's your favorite fast food restaurant - Sonic
21. Do you cook - I love to cook.

GROOMING
22. How often do you brush your teeth - Twice a day. Unless it’s been one of those days and sometimes I realize at the end of the day when I feel like I’m wearing little hand-knitted sweaters on my incisors that oops, I kind of forgot. But that’s pretty rare.
23. Hair drying method - The dryer with a diffuser or else I look like Buckwheat from The Little Rascals.
24. Have you ever colored/highlighted your hair - Countless times. I even did the whole Sun In thing in high school. It’s a wonder I even have any hair after all of the crap I’ve done to it.

MANNERS
25. Do you swear - .....
26. Do you ever spit - ROFL. Only when Mom or Heather do first. (I can’t find the post where I talked about us doing this. It’s a riot, though. Trust me.)

FAVORITE
27. Animal - Cat
28. Food - Chocolate
29. Month - December
30. Day - Saturday
31. Cartoon - Garfield
32. Shoe brand - I’m pretty fond of my New Balance sneaks.
33. Subject in school - English
34. Color - Blue
35. Sport - WWE
36. TV shows - Lost, Alias, Scrubs, ER, Grey’s Anatomy
37. Thing to do in the spring - I hate spring. I sneeze a lot.
38. Thing to do in the summer - Stay inside in the air conditioning
39. Thing to do in the autumn - Just sit under the trees and read and watch the kids play
40. Thing to do in the winter - Bake, read, listen to music, watch the kids play

IN AND AROUND
41. In the CD player - The soundtrack to Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Why couldn’t my favorite musical have been Cats? That title’s a mouthful to type)
42. Person you talk most on the phone with - Sis
43. Reading - At Home in Mitford, the first in the Mitford series. The last book is due out in November so I’m re-reading them all.
44. Do you regularly check yourself out in store windows/mirrors - Of course. Everyone does, whether they'll admit it or not.
45. What color is your bedroom - Oat
46. Do you use an alarm clock - Ug, yes
47. Window seat or aisle - I haven’t flown since I was 8, but I’m figuring I’d probably prefer the fetal position no matter where I sat.

DUMB
48. What's your sleeping position - On my side, with my hands under my chin.
49. Even in hot weather do you use a blanket - Gotta at least have my feet covered up.
50. Do you snore - Oh gosh yes. It’s just awful.
51. Do you sleepwalk - Nope. I did once when I was a kid. I emptied my sock drawer then went back to bed.
52. Do you talk in your sleep - Yes. I am hardly ever NOT talking.
53. Do you sleep with stuffed animals - No, but I did up until I moved in with my husband.
54. How about with the light on - No. The darker the better.
55. Do you fall asleep with the TV or radio on - No. Paul HATES for the radio to be on.
56. Last interesting person you met - Have I mentioned that I am daytime caregiver to 3 small oh children? I don’t meet interesting people, but I read about them. They sound nice.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

LMAO at the last one! I just finished up a stint of watching three under 15 months every day. I'm amazed I can even speak English anymore. I'm off to the big bad world of preschool with 2,3 & 4 year olds....MUCH more to my liking!

Redneck Diva said...

Jewels-THREE under 15 months? Girl, are you insane? I'm amazed you can speak English,too! Preschoolers are fun - we're learning how to write the first letter of our first name right now. I hope I master that soon. Right now I just sign my checks with a big smiley face. :)

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