29 January 2009

fun stuff for a winter's day...

over at michelle's place i found a fun meme, but before i lay it out there, i want you go to immediately to the 2009 bloggies website & vote for bleeding espresso under best european weblog. hurry...voting closes monday 2 february! (please, please, pretty please!! all of us from the coal region will be so grateful...local gal done good!~~ pardon, but my roots are showing ;-)

now, back to my current life in the south with a meme courtesy of michelle's bleeding espresso...

1. What are 5 things you were doing ten years ago?
*living in virginia & enjoying D.'s post-graduate school employment!!
*but getting ready for a springtime move back to south carolina (right, Mrs. T.??!?)
*working on my book
*dreading emails from my editor
*homeschooling 3 of my children who were in 5th, 4th & 1st grade...Little Man wasn't even doing kindergarten yet!!


2. What are 5 things on your to do list for today?
*grade boyworld's gi-normous school pile
*hit the books for my own writing assignment
*finish this blog post
*& my last cup of coffee!
*make this for dinner

3. What are your 5 favorite snacks?
*gelato!!!!
*dark chocolate
*coffee
*raspberries
*cheese
(pretty much in that order!)


4. What would you do if you were a billionaire? (i changed this from million to billion to reflect inflation!)

*travel on my current budget but randomly & anonymously help others out along the way
*buy this place, consult with JP on the rest!
*help melissa's effort much, much more!
*set up funds for several other causes that are very dear to my heart
*continue living my current life much as it is because i like it very much!

5. Where are 5 places you have lived?

*the "zoo" in central PA (teo & shep, if you are reading this, you *know* what i mean!!)
*charleston SC...sigh.
*in the mountains of virginia
*very close to luckyblueeyedgirl (aka Mrs. T.) in SC
*roma, italy with frequent vacations in coastal NC

(just kidding about that last one...maybe.)


i love reading these things on blogs, so if you do this one, please drop me a line! & remember to vote for michelle!!

5 comments:

luckyblueeyedgirl said...

1. I really do think we're related somehow. We definitely have identical "snack DNA".

2. Soooooooo grateful you moved to G'Vegas, SC. Ten years, WOW... remember your first Taekwondo class?...

3. Hope your buddy wins.

Catherine Vibert said...

I am bestowing upon you The Lemonade Award. Please go to my site to pick up your award.

Anait said...

I love reading these things!! Gelato is definately up there on my snack list :)

I did this meme also, check it out on my blog (you may have to scroll down a few entries) :)

qualcosa di bello said...

blue...yes, we are! g'vegas...love that!!!!

cat...you are a dear, sweet girl!

anait...glad to visit...& thanks for stopping by here :-)

Anonymous said...

I like your first answer to #4 :)