getting to know you, getting to know all about you

I hate that tune, and now it will be stuck in my head for the evening ... oh well. My friend Kylie P sent this to me, and although I don't usually fill these out, I am feeding Avery, and don't have anything else to do, so ...

Welcome to the new edition of getting to know your friends (and
family). Okay here's what you're supposed to do, and try not to be lame
and spoil the fun! Just copy (do not forward) this entire e-mail and
paste into a new e-mail that you can send. Change all the answers so
that they apply to you. Then send this to a whole bunch of people you
know, INCLUDING the person that sent it to you. Some of you may get
this several times that means you have lots of friends.

1. What is your occupation? mommy, wife, Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultant

2. What color are your socks right now? white with gray toes/heels (yes, boring today)

3. What are you listening to right now? You've Stollen My Heart (that's my guess, anyway, from the repeats in the chorus, its on 88.5)

4. What was the last thing that you ate? a little snack of apple coffee cake, mmm

5. Can you drive a stick shift? If I HAD to, I could get down the road in one, like if I was being chased by a herd of stampeding elephants, or a psycho killer or something.

6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? I always choose green, but I also like deep purple, and also macaroni and cheese (just because it's a fun name!)

7. Last person you spoke to on the phone? David, for our "post-lunch phone call date"

8. Do you like the person who sent this to you? yes! We were in a Bible study together for a while, and she is very fun!

9. How old are you today? 28 ... no comments about the looming new decade, please!

10. Favorite drinks: Dr. Pepper, Mountain Dew, juice, lemon-berry slushes at Sonic

11. What is your favorite sport to watch? college basketball, college football

12. Have you ever dyed your hair? highlights, but not currently

13. Pets? just my kids

14. Favorite food? depends on my mood ... mashed potatoes, chicken and noodles, tollhouse pan cookies, cheese cake, brownies, oatmeal raisin cookies, enchiladas, ... I have lots of favorites

15. What was the last movie you watched? Well, The Great Mouse Detective, this morning, but David and I got through most of A New World last night -- haven't seen the ending yet

16. Favorite holiday? Christmas

17. What do you do to vent anger? I cry, I yell/stomp a bit sometimes, I bottle it all deep down inside, and occassionally use lots of sarcasm

18. What were your favorite toys as a kid? my dolls, roller skates, books, an old tape recorder

19. What is your favorite Fall or Spring? spring ... new life, new start, fresh air, open windows, ... need I go on?!?!

20. Hugs or kisses? hugs: friends, my girls; kisses: my husband :)

21. Cherry or Blueberry? cherry

22. Do you want your friends to send this back? only if they want to

23. Who is most likely to respond? I hate this question

24. Who is least likely to respond? Do I care? Not really :)

25. Living arrangements? renting a townhome/duplex ... desperately hoping to change that to owning a home soon!!!

26. When was the last time you cried? Um, I think about two days ago

27. What is on the floor of your closet? what isn't there?! Actually, there is a clothes basket containing lots of shoes David never wears, and tubs of the girls' clothing that is too small for Erin, and too big for Avery

28. Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending
this to? Well, I don't know who will actually read this that has been my friend the longest, so I am going to say Valerie P, who used to be Valerie L, who has been my friend since kindergarten :)

29. What did you do last night? We went to Phat Thursday, had some good chats, but the kids were getting cranky, so we left at 8ish. We put Erin to bed soon after arriving, watched part of a movie with my husband, pu tAvery down during the movie, which was unsuccessful, so she stayed with me until we decided to go to bed, Erin came in at 2am, went back to bed with her ... Avery was up at 3am, Erin was up at 5, Avery 5:30, and David's alarms started going off at 6am, so it wasn't so restful for me ... I guess that was mostly morning :(

30. What's your favorite smell? rain, fresh cut grass, David when he wears cologne, my kids after a bath, "dryer" in the air, coffee, coconut lime verbena candles/soap

31. If you were stranded on a desert island, how would you go about
getting off? pray ... hard

32. What's your favorite kind of game to play? I LOVE games! board games, card games, word games, ... I like Catch Phrase, Cranium, Pictionary, Scrabble, Pinochle, Solitare, Monopoly, Mad Gab, Tabu, Scene It, ...

33. Carmel, Chocolate, or cinnamon? Chocolate most days, but the others are good, and really good all mixed together!

34. Say something about the person who sent this to you: Kylie ... you're so fun to laugh with and visit with ... congrats on your job!

35. Do you wear earrings? Typically, no, I have "virgin lobes", however, today, I had a smashing set of stick-on earrings attached to my lobes. I also had an amazing hair arrangement and lipstick application, thanks to Erin at Queso Pula Apple.