One Word, Two Words, 25 Things Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Me

BEWARE SUPER LONG POST!!!
I hope this doesn't offend anyone, but just really trying to be efficient here. And to stop feeling guilty.

This will be overwhelming if you read it all, but with all the FB tags (I love reading all about everyone else, believe me!), I just needed to get this all out once and for all so I can stop feeling guilty about not tagging people back in a timely manner. Also, I tried to get all of this in Notes on FB and the stupid thing made me lose the entire notes at least 4 times. I should have quit after one, but I am nothing if not persistent. So read at your leisure ... or not. But I will be referring back to this next time I'm tagged. My alter ego Sarcastica may put in an answer or two, beware.


ONE WORD

1. Where is your cell phone?

2. Your significant other? loved

3. Your hair? pulled

4. Your mother? friend

5. Your father? which

6. Your favorite thing? dreams

7. Your dream last night? real

8. Your favorite drink? cosmo

9. Your dream/goal? independence

10. What room you are in? bedroom

11. Your hobby? parenting

12. Your fear? none

13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? passionate

14. Where were you last night? meeting

16. Muffins? popyseed

17. Wish list item? lottery

18. Where you grew up? Switzerland

19. Last thing you did? dinner

20. What are you wearing? sweats

21. Your TV? off

22. Your pets? old

23. Friends? real

24. Your life? unfulfilled

25. Your mood? weary

26. Missing some one? no

27. Car? dirty

28. Something you're not wearing? bra

29. Your favorite store? none

30. Your favorite color? all

33. When is the last time you laughed? Sunday

34. Last time you cried? unknown

35. One place that I go to over and over? daycare

36. One person who emails me regularly? DailyCandy

37. My favorite place to eat? out

38. Why you participated in this survey? guilt

39. What are you doing tonight? work



TWO WORDS

No more than 2 words can be used...

1. Where is your cell phone? hopefully trash

2. Your significant other? best friend

3. Your hair? still attached

4. Your mother? spritual creative

5. Your father? have several

6. Your favorite thing? two kids

7. Your dream last night?always fabulous

8. Your favorite drink? lemon drop

9. Your dream/goal? total freedom

10. The room you’re in? master bedroom

11. Your ex? maybe dead

12. Your fear? dying unfulfilled

13. Your worst enemy? nope none

14. Where were you last night? basketball practice

15. What you’re not? proactively thoughtful

16. Muffins? if available

17. One of your wish list items? win lottery

18. Where you were born? Spokane WA

19. The last thing you did? cooked dinner

20. What are you wearing? comfy sweats

21. Your TV? not on

22. Your pet/pets? arthritic sweetheart

23. Your computer? Necessary evil

24. Your life? lacking passion

25. Your mood? anxiously weary

26. Missing someone? no one

27. Something you’re not wearing? warm socks

28. Favorite Store? anything scrapbooking

29. Your summer? favorite season

31. Your favorite color? love all

32. Last time you laughed? Movie theater


25 THINGS

1. I can't live far from the ocean

2. I love disco and I just decided that we were going to have Saturday Night Fever open houses once a month at our house

3. My first car was a '69 Fiat Spider convertible as a senior in High school - bright yellow - and people used to break into it (real easy) just to sit in it. Annoying, but no harm no foul.

4. I love to travel and go to other countries to learn about and experience other cultures - have been to over 20 countries so far

5. I have a real hard time with any person harming or killing another in the name of a deity. I actually think they are the epitome of ignorant and evil.

6. I'm fascinated by religious data and history and would love to know the truths, but even if I knew I would never be religious (rather I am spiritual)

7. I worry that my newish circle of friends will dissolve or stop including me once our kids don't go to the same school next year. They feed my soul.

8. My husband won't share his music with me

9. I really don't get technology at all. Can't get my family movies off mini DV's, have no patience to troubleshoot any problem, can't get my iPod to do what its supposed to do, haven't been able to get my company's web site up and running in two years, etc.

10. My kids amaze me; just watching their everyday comings and goings when they don't know I'm watching is amazing. The way she sticks her tongue out when she concentrates, the twist of his feet when he's getting candy, the happy hip hops down the hall ... its all quite joyful.

11. I hate do-overs. Never dated a boyfriend twice, hate having my work edited and given back to me, was dismayed when Juice turned out to be much like Mac - felt like a do-over at the time.
12. I have the worse time starting conversations with anyone - people I know and people I don't. I'm not great at chit chat conversations preferring in depth interactions.

13. I'm super interested in how others live their lives. Sorry if I ask really personal questions, but its how I learn new things for myself

14. I'd love to be a magazine editor

15. I have over 20 half started books & magazines by my bed

16. I love mid-century modern decor - actually I love watching HGTV's decorating shows, particularly Color Splash and Myles of Style. I wish someone would help me cause I'm seriously color challenged (as witnessed by our purple house - not intentionally that way)

17. I keep looking for my life's passion

18. I'm a risk taker even though it always pushes me out of my comfort zone

19. I have a thing about not wanting to eat the same thing twice in the same quarter, so I make dinner menus that are different for at least 90 days - I actually have 180 options to pick from or more - I love going through online recipes or cookbooks for things my family will like

20. I will write a book

21. I'm not very lucky but I will win the lottery someday

22. I'm not a fan of hot liquids - not coffee, tea, soups, and while I like hot chocolate, I like it lukewarm

23. My one regret is that I wish I'd done college differently

24. I worry about having enough money in retirement and living poor

25. I toured with a major R&B star in my early 20's

More About Me .. Me Me Me ... Yay Me!

What time did you get up this morning? 8:10a – Juice climbed over Myron and pushed me off the bed to get under the covers between us.

Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds – big ones if possible.

What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Hotel for Dogs - quite funny

What is your favorite TV show? Can only watch one regularly off DVR – Heroes; but love the décor shows on HGTV if I get to indulge in more than 10 minutes at a time

What do you usually have for breakfast? Kashi cereal or toast

What is your middle name? Sue (mother’s name is Suzanne – could be after her but never asked)

What food do you dislike? Fruit (especially orange) on/in/with stuff like burgers, pizza, chicken, chocolate (only some fruit dipped in milk chocolate works); white asparagus; sweet pickles

What is your favorite CD at moment? I only have a couple in the queue in my car stereo – mostly Beatles, the original score to Hair; like everything on my iPod, but rarely have it with me and haven’t figured out how to move the library over to my laptop so I can add more songs (anyone feel free to offer to helpJ)

What kind of car do you drive? VW Passat (just hit the 100,000 mark!!!)

Favorite sandwich? BLTA, but love a really good tuna, egg salad or grilled cheese.

What characteristics do you despise? Lack of integrity

Favorite item of clothing? not a fan of anything I own at the moment

If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? can't pick just one – Australia, Vermont in the winter (or Davos, Switzerland), Alaska cruise, China, Turkey, African safari, The Maldives. Anywhere with a nice pool in warm sun

Favorite brand of clothing? None – don’t even know what kinds of brands exist

Where would you retire to? Friday Harbor – San Juan Islands with a view of the Sound

What was your most memorable birthday? My 16th – my mom took me to London for some shopping and to see premier of Grease. By far my favorite birthday!

Favorite sport to watch? Baseball, finals of any sport, Olympics

Are you a morning person or a night person? Night

What is your shoe size? 11

Pets? 1 – Merlin, the 11 year old great Dane who is still hanging around

Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with us? We bought our first rental/investment property!

What did you want to be when you were little? I just wanted to survive

What is your favorite candy? Almond Joy

What is your favorite flower? Dahlias

What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? The day we get to decorate the house for the holidays as a family

What are you listening to right now? The news on TV, the kids swiftering the playroom and bickering about who gets to do what, Myron trying to get them to stop and the dog barking

What was the last thing you ate? French Dip, fritos, grapes

Do you wish on stars? Absolutely

If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Don’t know any of those colors and could never pick just one

How is the weather right now? Freezing!

The first person you spoke to on the phone today? My mom

Favorite soft drink? Diet Coke

Favorite restaurant? Met Grill, Seattle

Real hair color ? Dirty Blonde

What was your favorite toy as a child? Books, Chinese jump rope and 2 friends (to hold it); my records

Summer or winter? Summer!

Hugs or kisses? Kisses

Chocolate or Vanilla? Vanilla

Coffee or tea? neither – don’t drink hot beverages much although I love a good hot chocolate as long as it's only lukewarm

When was the last time you cried? It’s actually been a little while. I tear up at the drop of a hat, so likely I did that 10 times today, 20 yesterday, etc, but haven’t had time to cry much lately

What is under your bed? I’m not even going to look – the things I know for sure are my stash of my very own tool box that no one is allowed to touch but me, a storage bin with shoes and lots and lots of dust and dog hair I’m sure. Could be other stuff, but ‘m not willing to look otherwise I will feel compelled to clean it out and I don’t feel like doing that today

What did you do last night? Went to see The Drowsy Chaperone at the 5th Ave – great show!

What are you afraid of? I try not to spend any time being afraid of anything – very unproductive
Salty or sweet? both... and together!

How many keys on your key ring? 6-7 I think

How many years at your current t job? 2

Favorite day of the week? Saturday or Sunday whichever has the least chores to do

How many cities have you lived in? 6

Do you make friends easily? No – I’m shy and not prone to talking first; but once I do make friends they are friends for life


Then (High School Senior Year) and Now - Share!

1. Did you date someone from your school?

No. I was too mature and too cool to date those "boys."


2. Did you marry someone from your high school?

No. Married in my 30's to someone not from my school


3. Did you carpool to school?

No.


4. What kind of car did you have?

'69 Fiat Spider convertible


5. What kind of car do you have now?

2000 VW Passat


6. It's Friday night ... where are you? (then)

Sneaking into a club with fake ID


7. It's Friday night ... where are you? (now)

At home in my jammies


8. What kind of job did you have in high school?

Cashier, Jack In The Box


9. What kind of job do you do now?

Director of Operations, Meetings industry


10. Were you a party animal?

I went to parties, but was the sensible one


11. Were you considered a flirt?

Not in high school - learned that skill in college


12. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir?

No, came into high school from another country as a senior so had not idea there were these kinds of things


13. Were you a nerd?

I was a good student, but not considered a nerd


14. Did you get suspended or expelled?

Never


15. Can you sing the fight song?

Definitely not


16. Who was/were your favorite teacher(s)?

Teachers were the enemy, by my Chem teacher (can't remember her name) was really caring and the english teachers were both cute to look at


17. Where did you sit during lunch?

Cafeteria or outside


18. What was your school mascot?

Kangaroo (you heard me ... now stop snickering)


19. If you could go back and do it again, would you?

Only if circumstances were different (coming into High School before my Senior year) then maybe.


20. Did you have fun at prom?

I think so. I was glas to have been asked


21. Do you still talk to the person you went to Prom with?

Never saw him after graduation. I think he moved back to Japan and became a doctor


22. Are you planning on going to your next reunion?

Nope - didn't know anyone then and don't know anyone now (except for Linda who found me on FB recently)


23. Do you still talk to people from school?

No - see answer above.


OK - I'm done now!