Passed to me by V’s Herbie 

1. Leave me a casual comment of no particular significance, like a lyric to your current favorite song, or your favorite kind of sandwich, maybe your favorite game. Any remark, meaningless or not.

2. I will respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better.

3. Update your blog with the answers to the questions.

4. Include this explanation and offer to ask someone else in your own post.

5. When others respond with a comment, you will ask them five questions.

24. Most of what I know about you is through celledhor. What is one thing about you that he wouldn’t know?
That’s tough. Character-wise, he knows me pretty well. Random factoids: I did more pull-ups than any other girl in my 5th grade class for the President fitness challenge. I’m still pretty good on roller skates. I love shrinky-dinks, and I’m pretty much stuck in the 80’s. Other than that: if I had a million dollars, I’d buy a house in Pasadena.

25. What’s your favorite kind of cookie?
I tried making the Nordstrom Cookie Recipe, or the Mrs. Field’s cookie recipe that was going around the internet a few years back. Yummy! Chocolate melted into the batter and chocolate chips. Any moist & chewie cookie will do.  
26. Were the bloggers you met at Blogher as interesting in person as they are online?
Blogher was nervewracking for me. There was chit-chat, and small talk, and laughter. Picture the first day of junior high at a new school, times twice as many people. Were they interesting? Absolutely. I got to meet all the women I stalk online, and I wanted to take them all home with me. There was some miss-match. Some of the women who I had a blast with, when I got home, their blogs were boring. Some of the women who’s blogs make them sound friendly, well… maybe they felt like it was the first day of junior high too.
27. Will you want to know the sex of your babies before they’re born?
I will want to know, but I will not tell anyone until the kid is born. From what I’ve seen, if you tell people the sex, they run out and go crazy buying useless pretty pink stuff or blue stuff. I appreciate more practical gifts. Same for the name. I don’t want to hear people’s opinon of what I name my kid, until the ink is dry on the birth certificate.

28. If you could pick one place in the world to vacation for a month where would it be?
For a whole month? Rome. I took three years of Latin in highschool. The ancient roman culture, mythology, history, and architecture are fascinating to me. Tentatively, we’re planning to go for our tenth anniversary.

 

We went on an Alaskan cruise!

 I was very proud of this picture:

Back to reality.

A really beautiful meme I swiped.  

14. Move out, already.

15. Push him out of the nest, already.

16. I wish you thought this was home.

17. That kid is going to hate the name you picked.

18. I wish I was pregnant. Yes, I’m jealous. Stop asking me *when.* Stop assuming that you know something you don’t.

19. What you did really sucked. Don’t justify your behavior. You owe me an appology. Don’t pretend everything is ok. It’s not.

20. I am not your therapist, your lifecoach, your peacemaker, your scape goat, or the keeper of your secrets. I will not fix this for you. Fix it yourself. Otherwise, my fee is $75 per hour, with a $200 surcharge for house calls.

21. I love you like you were my own kid.

22. Money can’t buy you love. DUH.

23. Sit down, shut up, and *graciously* eat the meal you have been served.