Sunday Stealing: Why Do You Want to Know?

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Why Do You Want To Know That Meme


1. List 5 things you want to do before the year ends.

A. Get my bookkeeping caught up so I am ready for the new year, reorganize my morning schedule so that I am not getting out of bed and doing the same thing I have been doing for the last 20+ years, make fudge, see my friends, and manage to hit 30 minutes on the treadmill for the first time since my surgery 36 months ago.
 
2. What color are your pants?

A. At the moment I am in my nightgown, so, no pants.
 
3. Favorite motivational quote.

A. “All that is gold does not glitter/ Not all those who wander are lost / The old that is strong does not wither/ Deep roots are not reached by the frost." - J.R.R. Tolkien

4. When was the last time you drank coffee?

A. June 20, 2013, and three days later I was in the hospital. I don't normally drink coffee but strongly suspect the coffee set off my gallbladder attack that resulted in surgery.
 
5. What was the last thing you ate?

A. Cella chocolate covered cherry. I am totally addicted to those things.
 
6. Favorite animal.

A. Deer, because I think that is my totem.
 
7. Favorite song.

A. Starry, Starry Night, or Vincent's Song, by Don McLean.
 
8. Last movie you watched?

A. Kingsmen: The Secret Service (2014) although I am currently in the middle of The Fellowship of the Ring.
 
9. Any turn ons?

A. Lights.
 
10. Any turn offs?

A. Lights. You do know about switches, don't you?
 
11. List 4 big words off of the top of your head.

A. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, serendipity, eloquence, and rhapsody.
 
12. What are some meaningful movies?

A. The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Under the Tuscan Sun, Secretariat, Finding Nemo, Shrek (the original), Dirty Dancing, and Flash Dance.
 
13. 2 most important people in your life right now?

A. My husband and whoever is driving the UPS truck that will deliver all the stuff I ordered for the holidays.
 
14. What are 3 things you want for Christmas?

A. A good, healthy diet, a happy and healthy husband, and peace and quiet.
 
15. When was the last time you read a good book?

A. I am listening to Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The last good nonfiction book I read in print was The Four Agreements. The last good fiction book I read in print was Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward. 

16. What was the last thing you studied?

A. How to make Windows 10 behave itself.
 
17. Do you have any nicknames?

A. Yes. My husband calls me Queen Pookie, sweetie pie, and other pet names.
 
18. Favorite kind of perfume? (fruity, alluring, etc.)

A. I don't like perfume of any kind.
 
19. Do you have any international friends / friends who live out of state?

A. I have a pen pal in England. We have been writing to one another for 13 years. We've exchanged more than 15,000 emails. I know this because we use yahoo groups as a backup route so most of the notes go through there. My father's family all live in California and I am in Virginia, and other family members on my mother's side are in Texas and Kansas.

20. What is something unique that you do every single day?

A. I take my own particular combination of a drug cocktail prescribed to me by my doctor.
 
21. If there was a movie based on your life, what would it be called?

A. Run, Dumb Ass, Run!
 
22. When was the last time you bought a gift for someone?

A. Yesterday.
 
23. Are you a shopaholic?

A. Nope.
 
24. What are some songs that always make you feel better?

A. Anything from the 1970s - Linda Ronstadt, The Eagles, Steely Dan, The Rolling Stones (although they are from every decade of the last 50 years), Paul McCartney and Wings, Fleetwood Mac - I could go on but you get the point.

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