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Which one?

1. Pepsi or Coke?

A. Neither. Although if I have to choose, I choose Coke.

2. Cappuccino or coffee?

A. Neither. I don't drink coffee at all so I have no idea what the difference is.

3. Chocolate or vanilla?

A. Chocolate!

4. Hot tea or iced tea?

A. Hot tea.

5. Dinner for two or a party?

A. Dinner for two.

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Thursday Thunks

1. Is there anyone whose home you enter without knocking? Does anyone (who doesn't live with you) have permission to enter your home without knocking?

A. My husband goes into his parents' house without knocking, but I knock. No one enters my home without knocking.

2. Tell us about a school trip you took.

A. When I was in sixth grade, my class went to Williamsburg. We bunked together in various rooms, and we toured the historic area. I was entranced with the shrubbery maze at the Governor's Mansion.

3. Name three things within arm's reach right now (but they can't relate to your phone, computer or laptop).

A. Within arm's reach, you will find a glass of water, a pair of binoculars, and a stapler.

4. Weather permitting, do you dry your clothes outdoors on a clothesline?

A. I do not use an outdoor clothesline because of my allergies. Pollen gathers on the clothing and makes me sick. If I dried clothing outside, I'd have to run it through the dryer just to get the pollen off before I could wear it.

5. If every flower in the world only bloomed in one color, what color would you like to see?

A. Lavender.

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In the Past Month Meme

During April, did you . . . 

1. Drink alcohol?

A. No. I do not drink alcohol and haven't since I was about 20. The last alcoholic drink I had was wine in 2012, when my college professor brought in blackberry wine to celebrate our last class when I was working on my master's degree. 

2. Eat sushi?

A. I have never eaten sushi and since I have developed an allergy to fish, I doubt I ever do.

3. Go shopping with friends?

A. I went shopping with my husband and he is my friend, so I suppose so.

4. Eat an entire box of cookies by yourself?

A. I do not recall eating an entire box of cookies by myself. My husband helped.

5. Dye your hair?

A. I haven't died my hair in 30 years. I guess that's a "no" answer as well.

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Five Things You Didn't Want to Know but I'm Telling You Anyway

1) Has anyone ever told you they would love you forever?

A. My husband told me he would love me forever in our wedding vows, and I told him the same. That was over 42 years ago.

 

2) Who is the last person you were in the car with?

A. My husband.

 

3) Do you have big plans for tomorrow (Monday)?

A. My plans for Monday include physical therapy for my shoulder.

4) How long do you typically spend in the shower?

A. I try to limit my shower time to 5 minutes and used to have a timer for that, but it broke and now I don't time them. My guess is they've snuck up to 10 minutes. That warm water sure feels good.

 

5) What were you doing at 7 AM yesterday (Saturday)?

A. I was awake and drinking a cup of hot chocolate while reading the news on my computer. I have discovered I can manage a cup of hot chocolate once a week. It's a good change from water.

 

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1) Are you the sort of person who can nap or sleep anywhere, any time?

A. I can fall asleep in the recliner sometimes watching TV, but I'm not much of a nap person. That might change as I age.

 

2) Have you ever walked in your sleep?

A. I have walked in my sleep. The last time I know that I did it, my father-in-law had passed away, and I got up and started looking in the closet for my husband's suit because I thought it was in the cleaners. My husband woke up and then woke me up and told me I'd told him I was looking for his suit.

 

3) Do you chat with your Uber/Lyft/taxi driver?

A. I have never been in any of those types of vehicles.

4) Do you remember what you did on Valentine's Day?

A. I don't think we did much of anything on Valentine's Day.

 

5) How many laptops have you owned over your lifetime?

A. Four, I think. I have never liked laptops. I don't like the keyboards on them, and I don't like the track ball thing, and I don't like the screens. However, as I got older and my handwriting, was already practically illegible, worsened, I found that I needed to use a keyboard to take notes at meetings and such. That was before you could just record a meeting on your cell phone and run it through a transcriber. Or use an iPad because they hadn't been invented yet. I am so old.

 

6) How many countries have you visited?

A. I have visited four countries, counting the one I live in.

 

7) Did you/will you go to work today?

A. I am retired. However, I do housework every day.

 

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Tell Us Something

1. Can you touch your nose with your tongue?

A. I had to give that a try to see, but no, I cannot do that.

2. What foreign language did you study in school? How much of it do you still remember?

A. I had three years of Spanish and one year of Latin. I remember very little of it. I keep thinking I should return to the Spanish so I can become fluent in it again. When you don't use things like that, they disappear.

3. What recipe did you most recently prepare? Where did you get the recipe and how did it turn out?

A. I hate to cook and I've had a shoulder impingement, so I've not really done much "recipe" cooking of late. I guess the last thing I made was a version of K&W's baked spaghetti. K&W was cafeteria chain, and we liked to eat there. Alas, it has gone out of business, taking its baked spaghetti with it. Their baked spaghetti did not have tomato sauce in it so I could eat it even with stomach ulcers. When we make it at home, we leave out the onions. The recipe makes a good 13" pan full of baked spaghetti and I have discovered it freezes well if you wrap it up in wax paper first.

4. What song have you listened to over and over and over again?

A. When I learn a song on the guitar, I tend to listen to it over and over again to try to get the chords and rhythm right. I don't recall the last song I did that with. It was easier before Amazon messed with Alexa so that now when you ask for a specific song, sometimes you get it, sometimes you don't. Before I could play a song continually until I had it in my head. The last song I really remember doing that with was Comfortably Numb, by Pink Floyd, which I've now since forgotten.

5. Are there currently any pets in your household? Are you considering adding another? 

A. There are no pets in the house. There are about 40 cows and two bulls in the pasture fields, though. We also have a nice bit of wildlife that includes deer, bear, turkey, coyotes, and now a bobcat!

6. As an adult, have you ever performed with a drama group? (Student productions don't count.)

A. I have never performed with a drama group as an adult. I have, however, been involved in drama but that was not theater.

 

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F.A.B.

F. Film: What movie or tv show are you watching?

A. We have been watching Sheriff Country. We were watching Brilliant Minds, but it seems to have been removed from the schedule. When we can't find anything else to watch, we watch Downton Abbey. 

A. Audio: What are you listening to?

A. I am listening to The Black Wolf, by Louise Penny.

B. Book: What are you reading?

A. I am reading Mary Johnston: Memoirs.

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Random Revelations

1. Is your phone Apple or Android? What about your laptop?

A. I have an iPhone. My laptop is a Dell, though not a very good one.

2. Can you say "thank you" in more than one language?

A. Gracias. 

3. What do you draw when you doodle?

A. I draw lines, doodles, loops, sometimes little people.

4. Which do you enjoy more, Scrabble or bowling?

A. Scrabble. I haven't been bowling in at least 35 years.

5. Can you juggle?

A. I cannot juggle, unless you are talking about multitasking. In that case, I juggle the laundry, a phone call, and a word processing program all at once sometimes.

6. Have you ever worn pajamas in public?

A. I do not recall ever wearing pajamas in public, except at the hospital when I had to walk up and down hallways with my little IV thing attached to me.

7. Was your best subject in school the one you enjoyed the most?

A. My best subject was always English, followed by history, and I enjoyed them both.

8. When you're offered the senior discount before you ask for it, are you offended or grateful?

A. I would love to have every senior discount available, but I am seldom offered them.

9. Do you agree that with age comes wisdom?

A. No, because I know some older folks who obviously never learned a thing.

10. Do you consider Sunday the first day of the week or the last day of the weekend? 

A. This is a good question. It has always puzzled me that Sunday is the first day of the week on the calendar but it's the day everyone goes to church, which is supposed to be the Sabbath. Monday always seemed like it should be the first day of the week to me.

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Have You Ever ...

1) Skipped school?

A. Yes. I used to skip 6th period, which was band class, where I played the flute. My other band, the one where I played guitar in joints on the weekends, the five of us skipped school one day and went together to see The Rose at the theater. We all came out crying, even the guys.

 

2) Lettered in a school sport?

A. I lettered in band, which is not exactly a sport, and I was a member of the National Honor Society.

 

3) Made a prank phone call?

A. Of course, but that was like, 55 years ago.

 

4) Paid for a meal with coins?

A. Maybe when I was young. We still pay with cash at restaurants, so we don't eat at restaurants that don't take cash. I won't let my credit card out of my sight, and the wait staff always want to walk off with them.

5) Laughed until some sort of beverage came out of your nose?

A. I think I have done that, yes, but I can't recall when. Or what beverage, although it was probably either a Dr. Pepper or a Diet Coke.

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Thursday Thunks

1. It's the middle of the night. There isn't another car in sight. You're stuck at a red light that just won't change. How long do wait until you run it?

A. Probably not very long, although with my luck there would be a police car with no lights on it hiding behind a bush somewhere.

2. What's your favorite recipe?

A. Anything I don't have to cook. Otherwise, I suppose it's my grandmother's recipe for what she called Chocolate Lush.

3. When did you last ask yourself, "What the hell was I thinking?"

A. Every day. I ask myself that every day.

4. Have you ever had a mole removed? If yes, where on your body was it?

A. I had a huge mole removed from my chest when I was five years old. I was born with it and it covered most of my chest. It was shaped like a bullet and had white spots in it. I have been told it was precancerous so that is why they removed it. I have a huge scar on my chest in between my breasts where they cut it out. When I was in school, I used to tell my gym teachers I couldn't take gym because I'd had heart surgery and wasn't feeling well. If they argued with me, I would raise my shirt and show them the scar. It was hard to argue with a massive scar in the middle of my chest.

5. What website do you faithfully check (other than email)?

A. I do Wordle, I check Facebook once a day, and I play my Elvenar video game in my browser every day. I read the New York Times and The Roanoke Times online.

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National Oreo Cookie Day

1. Are you able to pass by a plate of cookies and not take one or are you a bit of a "Cookie Monster?"

A. It depends on the cookie. Chocolate chip? I'm there. Something with coconut in it? You can keep those.

2. Tell us about your favorite cookie. Have your tastes changed since you were a kid?

A. My favorite cookie is chocolate chip. I think it has always been my favorite cookie.

3. Enquiring minds want to know if you are a dunker and, if so, do you dunk in milk, coffee, or tea?

A. I am not a cookie dunker.

4. It is that time of year and they are selling them on every corner and in front of every store!  Do you buy Girl Scout cookies and if you do, which is your favorite?

A. I do not buy Girl Scout cookies. I suppose someone sells them locally, I just don't know where.

5. Raw cookie dough. Yay or Nay?

A. Yay!

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Survey Asks . . . 

1. Did you/will you have coffee or some other form of caffeine today?

A. I do not drink coffee or colas. Unless there is caffeine in chocolate, and I think there is maybe a smidge, I don't get caffeine. 

2. Who did you last have a text conversation with and what was it about? 

A. My last conversation was with an old friend, and she was telling me about a visit from her sister.

3. Are there regular trains in and out of your town/city? 

A. My county has trains that go through it regularly, but no stops.

4. Have you ever been hospitalized due to dehydration?

A. No, but I have been hospitalized for other health issues.

5. Someone texts/IMs you just as you’re about to go to sleep. Do you reply? 

A. Not unless it is an emergency.

6. Do you grind your teeth?

A. I do grind my teeth, yes.

7. When you listen to music with headphones, do you keep the volume low enough to hear surrounding noise, or do you blast it?

A. I try not to listen to music with headphones. I don't like them.

8. Are you wearing nail polish?

A. I do not wear nail polish. I am allergic to it.

9. Do you have an ice maker in your refrigerator door?

A. I have an ice maker in the upper freezer of the refrigerator, but not in the door.

10. Do you have a friend named James?

A. I have a husband by that name.

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Word Association. Share what comes to mind when you hear the word ...

1. Biscuit - Gravy

2. Crayon - Color

3. Warmth - Sun

4. Flip - Flop

5. Slush - Mud

6. Wing - Bird

7. Candle - Wax

8. Cinnamon - Buns

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Things I Love Beginning with S 

1. Smarties candy, because I never grew up.

2. Sweetheart, my one and only for 42 years.

3. Songbirds and their sweet refrain of melody.

4. Stories, the ones I write and the ones I read.

5. Sunlight when it casts a glow over everything.

6. Sunday Stealing, of course! 

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One Word Answers ONLY

1. Where is your cell phone? - Desk

2. Tell us about your hair. - Gray

3. What's your favorite thing? - Sunshine

4. What room are you in? - Office

5. Where did you grow up? - Country

6. What aren't you good at? - Drawing

7.  Your favorite drink? - Water

8. Where do you want to be in 10 years? - Alive

9. Your mood. - Eh

10. Last time you cried. - Funeral

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The Old School Blogging Meme

I am passionate about ...

1) Words

2) Music

3) My husband

4) Nature

5) Thinking

 

I'd like to learn ...

1) Spanish (again)

2) A different musical instrument

3) How to paint

4) How to make a movie

5) What happens to a soul

Things I say a lot ...

1) Interesting

2) You mean like . . .

3) I'm sorry

4) I love you

5) I don't know

Places I'd like to travel to ...

1) Ireland

2) Scotland

3) New Zealand

4) England

5) The Grand Canyon

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Here are 10 things that make me happy:

1. A good pair of sneakers.

2. A glass of water.

3. A working mouse on my computer.

4. A guitar.

5. Music.

6. Brushing my teeth.

7. Apple pie.

8. Audiobooks.

9.  Clocks.

10. Completed paperwork.

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3 x 5

Three things I love (Remember, these are things, not people):

1. Books
2. Notebooks
3. Guitars

Three things on my desk:

1. A calculator
2. A tin whistle
3. Scissors

Three things I can't do:

1. Pee in the wind. I am not anatomically set up for that.
2. Scale a cliff.
3. Make people love me.

Three things I'm good at:

1. Writing.
2. Reading.
3. Photography.

Three things I want to accomplish:

1. Write a book (never going to happen, I guess, but things change).
2. Visit the Grand Canyon with my husband, who has never seen it.
3. Finish the bookkeeping so I can turn over the taxes to the accountant.
 
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When I Was Young

1. Tell us about a time when your family got a newfangled invention (your first air conditioner, color TV, VCR, microwave, computer, etc.).

A. I remember when my brother received an Atari for Christmas. This was the first year they were out, and my father found him one by just happening to be at a store when they were being unloaded. The store owner said all of them were claimed, and my father said, "Yes, but I'm standing here with cash," and thus snagged one of the games. Or so the story goes. It played Pong, as I recall.

2. Is there a particular song that sparks a childhood memory?

A. "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious! If you say it loud enough, you'll always sound precocious! Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!" I had a little jukebox-like music player that played this song, along with "Do Re Me" from the Sound of Music. It was through careful listening that I eventually learned that the latter song did not say, "Te, a drink with Jane and Fred" but instead said, "Te, a drink with jam and bread."

3. What is something an older family member taught you to do?

A. My mother taught me to knit and crochet, although I am not very good at either one.

4. Back in the day, what name brands would we have found in your family's kitchen?

A. Kraft Mayonnaise, Capt'n Crunch, Kraft American Cheese, Valley Dale weiners, Oscar Meyer bologna.

5. As a child, did you collect anything (rocks, shells, stickers, etc.)?

A. I once had a small collection of quartz rocks, which I hid in the rocks along the creek bank. There was a nice hidey hole in a ledge in the creek in an area where I wasn't supposed to be. I wonder if they are still there, of if they've been flooded out or otherwise sent swirling downstream.

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Questions to Answer when You Need a Break 

1. What would you rather be doing right now?

A. I'm doing exactly what I want to be doing.

2. What is always on your grocery list?

A. Chicken.

3. Have you ever used a fire extinguisher for its intended purpose?

A. I have never used a fire extinguisher for anything.

4. How many times did you text yesterday?

A. A couple. I don't text a lot.

5. Would you prefer a slow-paced, relaxing vacation or one filled with new sights and experiences?

A. We like to go to one place and hang out and learn about the area. Visit the tourist traps and find out which restaurant the locals really like, that sort of thing. We are not travelers who flit from motel to motel, bouncing around without actually seeing where we are.

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