Here is a quick and dirty
Sunday Stealing where the questions are plentiful and the answers sometimes
nonsensical. Of course, I should be packing, or outside at least as it is a
beautiful day. This first, then that!
1. You have
been awarded the time off from work and an all-expenses paid week anywhere in
the United States. The catch is that it must be somewhere you have not been
before. Where do you choose to visit? This is hard. I had the opportunity to travel
extensively throughout the country for my job once-upon-a-time ago, and most of
my travel desires are for destinations far and away. Sonoma County, California.
I have been to Napa, but friends rave about Sonoma. And I love wine. More on
this below.
2.
Name your guilty pleasure. Wine. Chocolate. Wine and chocolate at the same time. Secrets. Wine and
chocolates and secrets all at the same time.
3.
The best kind of
milkshake is: I have two favorites. The first choice is always chocolate malt. A
close second is root beer. And one of my favorite things to do is have a shake for lunch.
4.
What do you value
most in people? Honesty, the ability to dig beneath the surface, and a
non-judgmental nature, passion, sense of humor, compassion. Was I to pick just
one? Impossible.
5.
Be honest. Do you
sneak some raw cookie dough when you’re baking cookies? I ONLY bake cookies so
that I can eat raw dough first. My sole preference for dough is chocolate chip.
I like brownie batter, too.
6.
Have you ever
looked back at your life and realized that something you thought was a bad
thing was actually a blessing in disguise? No, not really. The truly bad things
I have done are things I would not do again.
7.
What is the most
beautiful place you have ever visited? In the U.S. of A., it is Telluride, CO
and its gorgeous box canyon. Abroad, hands down, it is Positano, Italy
(actually, the entire Amalfi Coast) with Lake Como framed by the Alps as a back
up choice.
8.
Are you more of a
thinker or feeler? This is hard because I spend much of my day deep in thought.
The more I think, the more I feel. Sometimes to the point that thinking and/or
feeling hurts. I guess, I am more of a thinker, but my decisions are usually
made by gut feelings first.
9.
Have you ever
participated in a three-legged-race? Yes, at a State Farm’s annual picnic back
when I was in my early twenties.
10.
Name three things
you are thankful for right now. My health because I may soon lose a friend, my
family although we are imperfect but close, the quality of the friends who
share my life.
11.
When you are at
an event that plays the National Anthem, do you place your hand over your
heart? Always. And my gaze is to the flag.
12.
Have you ever
been on the wrong side of the law? Yes, once time in college. The circumstances
were such that I was called down to the police station in the middle of the
night. I was luckily let off the hook without incident. If the same course of
events happened today, I would have spent the night in jail.
13.
When was the last
time you intentionally surprised someone else? Yesterday, I surprised someone
else when an explicative accidentally slipped from my lips. Surprised myself at
the same time. Not that I don’t swear. I do. It was the timing of such that was
surprising.
14.
When was the last
time you deliberately surprised someone else? I can’t remember a specific time
off the top of my head. SAD! Although, I do sneak sneak up on one of my closest
friends often and give her a little love pinch and she usually screams.
15. What is the last really funny movie you watched? I have not seen a movie in a long while. Again, SAD! I have been looking for a good side splitting movie to rent, or book to read (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was my last hilarious read, or Quesadillas). Any suggestions? But this is hilarious...
