Survey

 
 
Monday, January 05, 2009

Stolen from someone who undoubtedly stole it from someone else…

1) Favorite object in your room?
Oh, my lovely IMac with a BIG screen. I am also quite partial to my IPod Nano which is now playing Leonard Cohen…

2) Have you ever smoked weed?
I have never smoked ANYTHING except for the obligatory teen-age-rebellion cigarette when my father {who was a heavy smoker} did the old "as long as you are under my roof you will abide by my rules" speech. Fortunately it made me vomit—ummm, the cigarette not the speech.

3) Do you own guns?
No, I don’t but I did. My older son gave me a gun for Mothers’ Day once. {It’s a long story starting with me living alone in the boonies… } When I moved, I gave it back to him.

4) What flavor do you add to your drink at sonic?
I don’t. I don’t think I have ever been to Sonic but their commercials amuse me.

5) Do you get nervous before doctor appointments?
No. I have had cancer twice and a hip replacement. I now show no signs of the White-Coat Syndrome! Doctors are my friends.

6) What do you think of hot dogs?
I don’t, I REALLY do not want to be told what is in them.  There are times when I like them with baked beans.

7) Favorite song?
Well, at the moment, it is "Dancer to the Drum". I have three different versions of it on my Nano.

8) What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
Water followed by coffee with milk.

9) Can you do push ups?
I used to be able to but since I am Officially Old, I don’t see any reason why I should even think about them now.

10) Can you do a chin up?
Of course not!

11) What’s your favorite piece of jewelry?
I seldom wear jewelry. When I taught, I would wear earrings always and rings occasionally. When I retired, I gave away most of my earrings to any friend who was interested .

12) Your pet peeves?
I can’t stand people who are talking on phones in a restaurant/library/movie theater,. I also used to mutter bad things about  people in cars who whip around me on the highways when I am driving at the speed limit and they are not! I have mellowed a bit because the derogatory remarks I make now are aong the lines of "See! That gained you a whole FIVE seconds!" as I pull up behind them at a light. Pity they can’t hear me !

13) Ever been in a car wreck?
Once. I drove into a tree…

14) Do you like to work on your birthday?
No. But since I don’t work at all these days, I am fine now!

15) What’s one trait that you hate about yourself?

There is nothing about myself I hate. However, I am a bit annoyed with how my skin is drying and flaking as I get older. And I occasionally think I need to do something about my habit of procrastinating…

16) What’s your middle name?
Margaret. it means pearl.

17) Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment.
What is this piece of music playing in my ears right now? {Oh, the Suite with Chorus from "The Lion in Winter." ]
I am feeling a bit hungry.

I know what this music is— "RiverDance"

18) Name 3 things you bought today?
I haven’t bought anything today {so far!}

19) Name 3 drinks you drink regularly?
Water
Tea occasionally. That is HOT tea with milk because I AM English, you know…
One BIG cup of coffee in the morning.

20) What’s your job?
I don’t have a job. Before I retired, I was a lion tamer…errr, seventh grade teacher!

21) Current hate right now?

I don’t hate anything. But I do dislike the way my feet get so cold at night..

22) Do your friends love you?
Well, I think I am likable. And I know Fred loves me and as well as being a partner, he is also a friend.

23) How will you bring in the New Year?
I gave Fred a hug and kiss at midnight and them went to bed!

24) Where would you like to be right now?
I would like to be in Mississippi and North Carolina where my sons live without the bother of getting there!

25) Name three people who will complete this?
No idea.

26) Do you have any odd personal habits?
Well, I don’t like maple syrup because it is too sweet. {This is odd because I live in Vermont} I also like Marmite which Fred says is very odd! 

27) What shirt are you wearing?
I’m wearing a black turtleneck sweater and a sleeveless fleecy vest with a hood on top of the black sweater.

28) Do you like sleeping on satin sheets?
No. And especially not when wearing nylon pajamas!

29) Can you whistle?
Yes. I used to be very good as a child but was told it was unladylike!

30) What will you be doing in a year from now?
Living, I hope. {Well, I am Officially Old, you know!}

31) Would you be a pirate?
Probably not. I’d get sea sick. But I like the costume…

32) What songs do you sing in the shower?
I don’t.

33) Favorite girl’s name?
Well, if my last baby would have been a girl, she would have been Megan Roberta Jane.

34) Favorite boy’s name?
Nicholas John {older son} and Jake {NOT Jacob} Fletcher. Fletcher is a family name

35) What’s in your pocket?
Oooo! "What has it got in its pocketses?" Ok, let; see. Black Nano now playing "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor," a pen, my watch {so, that’s where it is} a paperclip which I will put in the pocket of my new Kindle cover, a packaged Zeiss lens cloths which I use for my glasses, lint…

36) Last person that made you laugh?
Hugh Laurie on "House, MD"

37) Best toy as a child?
I remember very little about my childhood and that’s the way I prefer it to be.

38) Worst injury you’ve ever had?
I have a lot of scars but they are from surgeries. I once had someone on a beach tread on my bare foot and break a bone!

39) Do you love where you live?
No Officially Old person likes Vermont in the winter! But it is a lovely place in spring, summer and fall.

40) Do you fart out loud?
Not deliberately.

41) Who is your loudest friend?
Hmmm, none of my friends are loud.

42) How many dogs do you have?
None. If I had a pet it would be a cat.

43) Does someone have a crush on you?

Are you kidding? I am Officially Old. We don’t get or give crushes!

44) Favorite part about your weekend?
Weekends? I stay home and let all the working stiffs brave the crowds.

45) What are you gonna do for your next birthday?
I have no clue. Ummm, be glad I am alive?

46) Favorite Sports Team?
I don’t do that.

47) Who are your closest friends?
Apart from Fred, I don’t think I have a close friend.

48) Where is the next place you want to travel to?
I think I need to get back to the plans for the car trip to see my older son in Mississippi and my younger one in North Carolina.

49) What were you doing 12 AM this morning?
Sleeping.

50) What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up?
"OK, get up carefully so you don’t get dizzy."  Oh, it is SUCH fun being Officially Old!
 

"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going."

Jim Rohn

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Paul Goodman