Have you met Sue Sykes? If not, you're definitely missing out :) Head on over to her blog for the answers she gave to these questions before she tagged me!
1. If you blog anonymously, are you happy doing it that way; if you are not anonymous, do you wish you had started out anonymously so you could be anonymous now?
My blogging experience has evolved over the last couple of years. My first blog was started to keep in touch with my family and keep track of our lives. It evolved to me participating in writing, photo and scrapbook challenges. In either situation it would not make sense to be anonymous - which would never have been my choice anyway. I don't know how to be anything but 100% me when my name is associated with the opinion :) Anonymity always smacks of sneaky and secretive to me, I am afflicted with neither characteristic.
2. Describe one incident that shows your inner stubborn side.
My stubborn side is right out there for anyone to see. There is no inner side :)
I suppose my stubborn side comes out on the occasion I want a cigarette. Well, maybe I don't really want one, I quit almost 10 years ago after almost 25 years of smoking. I resist temptation and depend on my stubborn streak to get me through.
3. What do you see when you really look at yourself in the face in the mirror?
OMG, I had to go look in the mirror! I have to say that I look tired and stressed. I'd have to say my face is reflecting my life as I am living it, right now. As I get older, I look more and more like my dad and his mother. I was blessed with their mouth that turns down at the sides ... it's really annoying since I'm usually smiling or laughing. I want LAUGH lines, not frown lines!
4. What is your favorite summer cold drink?
I really enjoy a Perrier with Cranberry Juice or a Lemonade - each can be livened up with a splash or two of vodka! Soft or hard, I enjoy them both.
5. When you take time for yourself, what do you do?
I am in the process of realigning my priorities and my new "me time" is "move time". I feel so much less productive, but we'll have to see if there are any results by the end of September!
6. Is there something you still want to accomplish in your life? What is it?
Oh my goodness yes! I'm not dead yet. There is so much out there to do.
7. When you attended school, were you the class clown, the class overachiever, the class shy person, or always ditching school? Describe who you were, if not one of these.
I was always too something. Too tall (I'm 5'11"). Too loud. Too smart. Too curvy. Too curious. Too athletic. Too wild. That quickly turned me into too insecure and I became painfully quiet and introverted. By the time I hit university I became quite an actress and was fully equipped with bluster and overflowing bravado. It was not until I had children of my own that I realized how wrong people were and all those accusations of my being too something was made by some really insecure people.
8. If you close your eyes and want to visualize a very poignant moment in your life, what do you see?
I see my son, a few days short of turning three, lying in his hospital bed. He was offered a foam clown nose by one of the lovely volunteers. He took it and with a twinkle in his eye, put it on his nose and gave me a huge smile. It was the first time in the three weeks since his near-drowing and coma that I knew he was going to be okay.
9. Is it easy for you to share your true self in your blog or are you more comfortable writing posts about other people or events?
I'm pretty comfortable writing about anything I have first-hand knowledge about. Me, my life, my kids, my hobbies, our activities, my opinions, my joy, my pain. All of it.
10. If you had the choice to sit and read or talk on the phone, which would you do and why?
I would read. Not that I don't want for company, but if there was to be a moment or ten of quiet around here I would feel no need to fill the silence with noise.
Okay, so who wants to play along?
Oh my goodness. Who will I tag? I wasn't given a number, so I'm going to tag the last five people who left a comment for me, I for one want to see their answers: Lizzie, Jill, Susan F., Kim and Sharyn. I can't wait to get to know you better!
