Karen Foley
Lynn Raye Harris
Ellen Hartman
Diana Holquist
Samantha Hunter
Shirley Jump
Dee Tenorio
Jeannie Watt
Ten Things About Me -- and You -- and a Giveaway
We’ve been talking about Flights of Fancy and Inner Selves, but let’s take a look at real life. Who are you? What little quirks and habits make you who you are? To that end, I’ve answered ten questions about the real me, and would like you to answer the same questions about the real you. If you’re a registered user and play along, you’ll qualify to win a copy of Pick Me Up and a little surprise gift to go with it!
1) Do you have any scars?:
One on my wrist from an ice skating accident, and one from my son’s birth, a cesarean section, though that’s not really visible any more. A faint one on my pinky where I cut myself with a butter knife trying to pry some caramel from the plate under a monkey cake my mom had made. She made really good monkey cake, and I'm kind of a caramel freak. :)
2) What’s your best physical feature?:
Toss up between my hair, freckles, and my nose. I like all of them. Notice all three are from the neck up, LOL. ;)
3) What you wish you could do?:
Climb – as in rock climb, mountain climb – barehanded or with ropes, up the rocks, down the hills, etc. I don’t have the strength or the nerve, but I bet it’s cool, and especially when I watch Man vs Wild, I usually think how cool it is that he has this ability to climb a 100 foot tree, or go down a 100 foot waterfall, and that’s got to give you a lot of confidence in life. However, he’s been climbing since he was a kid, and he’s very strong – I may try climbing at some point, but I doubt I could ever be that agile or sure-footed.
4) What cosmetic can’t you do without:
Blistex (does that count as a cosmetic) and Clinique Clarifying Lotion.
5) Bad habits?:
Nail biting. I quit and grew my nails out, but now if I get really tense one or two will still get chewed off. I don’t like my nails long and keep them filed, generally. I also interrupt people a lot – try not to, but it’s a bad habit from childhood when I had to fight my way into the fray of family conversations to get heard.
6) What do you have to force yourself to do?:
Exercise. Twice a week I hit the gym, the other 5 days I walk the dogs. I like it after I’ve done it, but it’s something I wish I could skip. Going to the doctor, as well – I do it because I have to, but I wish I didn’t have to. I always think if I had three wishes, one of them would be to be healthy and never have to visit a doctor or dentist (though I don’t mind the dentist so much).
7) What’s your least favorite weather?
Wind. I dislike snow and cold, but when it’s windy I feel restless and can’t sleep. I just don’t like it. I guess you never know what it’s blowing in.
8) What do you love that you didn’t expect to?
The desert. I hemmed and hawed and didn’t really want to visit the desert and thought Mike was nuts for wanting to go. We support each other’s interests, however, so I went. I fell in love with the desert – I didn’t care for the windy canyon roads we had to drive to get down into it, but it’s one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen. Want to go back, spend more time there.
Oh, and yogurt. One of those things when you’re a kid you can’t imagine eating, but I love it now, even though I can’t eat much dairy.
9)What’s your favorite catalog?
I love looking through catalogs – my favorite would probably be LL Bean, but I like Crate and Barrel, too.
10) Who’s a person you wish you could meet and chat with, past, present, or future?:
Jon Bon Jovi. LOL I know, weird choice, but lately, I’ve realized what I really like about him is that he’s very joyful and exuberant about what he does – he really gets up on stage and belts it out and gives it his all. He sings the songs with drama and makes you feel it. I’d love to talk with him about how he maintains that energy and love for what he does over such a long period of time, and how he gets through the harder moments.
So, now, what about you guys? Start up at number one, and spill. ;) (Psssst... peek over on the sidebar to check out the cover on my new Blaze, coming Dec 2007! Blurb below, and excerpt coming to my website soon...)
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Talking in Your Sleep Blurb:
Get out of my dreams, get into my bed!
"Oh, that’s so good...touch me right there...."
The X-rated monologues coming from next door are
keeping Rafe Moore up at night—all he really wants is
some sleep. How’s he supposed to decompress from his
EMT job when his sultry neighbor and her explicit
fantasies have his blood pressure spiking?
Tightly wound Joy Clarke can’t explain what’s brought on
these sizzling “somniloquies”—about a complete stranger,
no less. She’s already stressed, and there is no rest from
her wicked, wicked thoughts. But when Rafe discovers
that the object of all that steamy sleep-talk is him, he’s
set to make her dreams come true.
Problem is, in the light of day Joy doesn’t recall a thing!
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Ten Things About Me
1) Do you have any scars?:
One on the big toe of my right foot - ran into a jagged-edged stone while getting squirted with the hose when I was 8. One on my left ring finger trying to take a whole sub away from my dog so he wouldn't choke. Scars from two c-sections. And a fresh one from stitches received just two weeks ago when I fell out of bed. Don't ask . . . it's just too weird. I'm a klutz.
2) What’s your best physical feature?:
My tiny wrists and ankles (only thing small on me). Oh, yeah, and my eyes.
3) What you wish you could do?:
Sky dive. But I'm a wimp.
4) What cosmetic can’t you do without:
My Bare Escentuals mineral make-up
5) Bad habits?:
I pick at my fingernails. And I'm horrible about picking at scabs. I know, yuck!
6) What do you have to force yourself to do?:
Clean. I don't like it and I'm not good at it.
7) What’s your least favorite weather?
Heat. And humidity. It zaps my energy.
8) What do you love that you didn’t expect to?
Some of the music my kids listen to. Although I don't think they're too happy when I sing along with it. Just a feeling I get when my daughter gives me that look and says, "I'm trying to hear so-and-so singing." lol.
9)What’s your favorite catalog?
I love leafing through an LTD Commodities catalog.
10) Who’s a person you wish you could meet and chat with, past, present, or future?:
My paternal grandfather. He passed just a couple months after my older brother was born. My dad tells the most wonderful stories about him and it sounds like he had a great personality.
P.S. - Love, love, love the cover on your new Blaze! It's gorgeous!
I have to look up this LTD catalog
Several people mentioned it -- what is it?
Thanks on the cover -- I love it, too, and I very much enjoyed writing that book. I'd wanted to do a Christmas book for a while. :)
So sweet how many of you picked family members... I think of some I've lost, and it would be too bittersweet to be able to meet them for a short time and then lose them again, but it might be neat to go way back and meet some that I never knew... you know, way back...
Sam
lol
My wrists and ankles are little too. lol Everything in between, not so much;)
Okay, here goes...
1. Scars...one from an appendectomy, one from my gallbladder, and one beneath my collarbone where I had a tumor removed...blech!
2. Best physical feature...my hair. It's thick and shiny and at 44, still no hints of gray!
3. What I wish I could do...wear a bathing suit. Okay, technically I guess I can do this, but I never would. Too self-conscious about the thighs, the belly, the butt, the arms...
4. Cosmetic I can't do without...lipstick.
5. Bad habits...too many to count! Okay, my husband says it's leaving my shoes all over the house. They're everywhere.
6. I have to force myself to check voicemail; don't ask me why. I hate voicemail. Probably because it's rarely good stuff.
7. Least favorite weather...hazy, hot, and humid. I become a total witch when I'm sticky and hot.
8. What I love that I didn't expect to...the South Beach Diet!! I was dreading this diet, but it's been easy and fun to follow, and best of all...I'm seeing results.
9. Favorite Catalog...Pottery Barn and Sturbridge Yankee Workshop
10. Person I'd love to meet...Robert Duvall. I adore this actor!!
Mmm... Pottery Barn. :)
You know, I remember pottery barn when it was this tiny store at the mall, things were very reasonably priced, it wasn't very fancy, and I actually still have 7/8 coffee mugs a friend bought me there probably 15 years ago...
Lucky you on the hair! I like my hair too, but I have to fight the grey...
Sam
10 Things about Me!
1) Do you have any scars?:
Several! One on my left eyebrow, where I stabbed myself (accident) with a fork when I was 2. One on my knee when I fell through a rusted out truck bed when I was a child. One on the bottom of my right foot when I stepped on a needle when I was 16 and have to have the head surgically removed, and SEVEN on my torso from three surgeries last fall.
2) What’s your best physical feature?:
My hair and eyes, and my smile! I am usually smiling :)
3) What you wish you could do?:
Ski - water ski, sno ski. I have bad knees, but oh I would love to learn if I was able.
4) What cosmetic can’t you do without:
My face cream, and glimmersticks!
5) Bad habits?:
Smoking
6) What do you have to force yourself to do?:
Same as Sam, I have to force myself to exercise. I hate it, but I know it makes me healthier. I also have to force myself to fold laundry......I hate folding and putting away laundry!
7) What’s your least favorite weather?
Hail. It scares me.
8) What do you love that you didn’t expect to?
Quilting! I took it up, thinking it would be tedious, but I love it!
9)What’s your favorite catalog?
LTD
10) Who’s a person you wish you could meet and chat with, past, present, or future?:
Ellen Degeneres. She's so insightful and funny. She would be great to chat with.
Ellen would be fun!
I think Julia Louis Dreyfuss would be fun, too (don't know if I spelled her name right).
We should have a "stop smoking" club here at Cigars -- for every month you don't smoke, you get a signed book or something... :)
I quilt, too! There's a post way back that has pictures of some of my quilts -- and I never expected to like it either. :)
Sam
I love talking about ME! :)
1. Scars...2 chickenpox scars, one on my chest and one on the sensitive spot behind ear. Oh, and one on my leg from trying to shave before I knew how to weild a razor!
2. Best attribute...my smile. Or that's what everyone else says and I think I have nice teeth.
3. Wish...finish and sell a book.
4. Makeup...have to have a little foundation. I'm super blotchy. And a little lip gloss, too.
5. Bad habits...can't even begin to narrow it down. Well, okay, I'll say having Diet Coke for breakfast. I'm addicted.
6. Force myself...to clean. Mostly to do the dishes. And fold laundry. But I still rarely do that, so I'll just stick with dishes.
7. Weather...I hate hot and humid. I'm a bear when I can't breathe. :)
8. What I like...racing! As in stock-car. Hubby made me go to a race with him when we were first married and now I'm addicted. I like local the best, but I do watch NASCAR, too.
9. Catalog...okay, this is going to sound a bit pervy, but I'm going to say Victoria's Secret. No, I am not checking out the other chicks. Okay, yeah, I am, but not cause I like 'em, but because I'd like to LOOK LIKE THEM!
10. Who I'd like to meet...again, too many to narrow down. It wouldn't be someone like Oprah, because she'd intimidate me. It'd probably be someone funny and normal.
And, yes, Sam, that is one mighty fine cover!! That guy is YUMMY!! :)
Hey Sassa!
The guy on the cover is actually the same actor who was in the movie Eyes Wide Shut -- very sexy -- in that movie he plays the soldier that Nicole Kidman fantasizes about. :) But in my mind, he's Rafe, my insomniac EMT, and he could be my favorite hero yet... ;)
LOL on VS -- I think lots of women probably shop that catalog. ;)
Sam
my answers
1. Do you have scars?
I have a big scar on my back from a spider bite.
2. What's your best physical feature?
my eyes
3. What you wish you could do?
I wish I had artistic talent. I would love to be able to paint landscapes. I wish I had great decorating skills.
4. What cosmetic can't you do without?
Mary Kay eyeshadow. I have sensitive eyelids so it is the only kind that doesn't cause irritation.
5. Bad habits?
Smoking
6. What do you have to force yourself to do?
Socialize. I am very introverted.
7. What's your least favorite weather?
Snow.
8. What do you love that you didn't expect to?
Fishing.
9. What's your favorite catalog?
The Lakeside Collection
10. Who's a person you wish you could meet and chat with past, present and future?
I would love to meet and chat with my great grandmother who died before I was born. I have heard some wonderful stories about her.
I hear ya
Crystal, despite the fact that I appear outgoing, I too have to force myself to socialize sometimes. My hubby hates it, but I'm very content to do my own thing. I have fun when I do other things with people, but I just don't care if I don't. lol
I did get to meet Miss Wendy though:) She's a keeper;)
I think we all have that introvert/extrovert thing going...
I can go either way, though working from home, I am here by myself so much sometimes I can't wait to get out around other people, LOL. I am more comfortable with friends I know, and I can let go and be myself. What I hate is a new situation where you have to mind your Ps and Qs (what are the Ps and Qs anyway?) and make small talk, etc -- I hate small talk. I suck at it -- let's have a real conversation or not have one, don't you think?
Sam
P's and Q's
Sam, if I'm not mistaken, the term "Mind your P's and Q's" is short for mind your "please's and thank-you's"; P for Please and Q for than-kyou!
My Turn!
1. Scars= tons of them. Probably too many to count. More from surgeries than hurting myself, but I have those too.
2. Best physical feature= I have no idea, but people say my smile is pretty all the time and my eyes sparkle.
3. What I wish I could do= Lose a bunch of weight and as a reward, go swim with the dolphins out of captivity.
4. Cosmetic I can't do without= My Philosophy Super Air Brush Foundation (kinda like Bare Minerals), eyeliner, lipgloss:)
5. Bad habits=just about everything I do. lol
6. I have to force myself to not eat chocolate and I still haven't figured it out. Also to go to bed at a decent hour.
7. Least favorite weather=I also can't stand humidity.
8. What I love that I didn't expect to= My husband, seriously, I thought I would never like that man when I met him.
9. Favorite Catalog=Not sure, but I'd be happy if cowboys were in it;)
10. Person I'd love to meet= Like Sam, BON JOVI..WOOHOO!!! I have adored that man for years and those of you here that know me will understand when I say, he is one SEXY PINEAPPLE!!
ROTFL
Sexy pineapple??? LOL Why not.. he does have that hair... ;)
Sam
next book
I want to see you call a character a sexy pineapple in one of your books;) That would be the biggest honor ever. These girls know that is my signature phrase and I have no problem sharing. lol
My 10 things
1) Do you have any scars?:
I have one on my thumb from rope climbing in 5th grade, the torture school puts us through. That's about the worst of it, most of the rest have faded lol
2) What’s your best physical feature?:
My thick wavy brown hair :D
3) What you wish you could do?:
Hmm....I wish I could be more athletic....
4) What cosmetic can’t you do without:
Lip gloss.
5) Bad habits?:
I have a big potty mouth, I swear without being aware lol
6) What do you have to force yourself to do?:
Get out of bed, not go to the bookstore everyday
7) What’s your least favorite weather?
thunder and lightning
8) What do you love that you didn’t expect to?
My life
9)What’s your favorite catalog?
The ones my father gets with weird stuff inside lol
10) Who’s a person you wish you could meet and chat with, past, present, or future?:
My ancestors from Hungary, and my son's kid's kid's kid's kid's :) Oh and Sylvia Plath
Ashley
Oh, yeah...
Thunder and lightning -- I'm with you there. I don't mind those gentle rolling storms, but I hate really sharp, loud thunder and close lightning -- freaks me out, especially with so many trees around our house...
Sam
ten things
1. A horrible diagonal scar from a gall bladder operation, one from my C-section that isn't bad, cinders in my right hand from a fall as a child, a few chicken pox marks lol.
2. longish legs and thick hair.
3. I wish I could get in a car and just drive anywhere - I drive only to nearby places and I have to know exactly where I'm going.
4. Eyeliner.
5. I'm a pack rat.
6. Clean.
7. Cold with wind and more so if it's wet. I also don't like excessively humid weather since I have allergies.
8.Watching golf lol. I don't even golf but if Tiger is playing you can't get me away from the TV.
9. I honestly don't have a favorite catalog. I much prefer shopping in person than ordering from a catalog. I'm also afraid something will have to be returned and what a pain that is.
10.Dr. Phil - I could keep him busy for ages lol.
Heh
Love the Dr. Phil answer... ;) Hee.
I don't always, or even often, buy from the catalogs, but I love to look through them. I think it's a hangover from when we used to make our Christmas lists by going through catalogs (the Sears Wish book ;)) and marking what we wanted. ;) I love to just page through some of them...
Sam
Ten Things About Me
1) Do you have any scars?:
One my wrist.
2) What’s your best physical feature?:
My eyes.
3) What you wish you could do?:
Surf.
4) What cosmetic can’t you do without:
Can't think of any.
5) Bad habits?:
Eatig too much chocolate.
6) What do you have to force yourself to do?:
Excercise.
7) What’s your least favorite weather?
Cold.
8) What do you love that you didn’t expect to?
Cooking
9)What’s your favorite catalog?
I don't have a favorite.
10) Who’s a person you wish you could meet and chat with, past, present, or future?:
David Attenborough
Oh surfing!
That's mu husband's thing -- he tried it last year and did a great job, and wants to do more of it. I sat on shore and watched. ;) But I might try it sometime...
Sam
My 10
1.Scars-from 3 c-sections and a hysterectomy,scar on middle fringer from bone spur surgery, barbed wire scar on upper let arm, scar on shin from hitting myself with hatchet.
2.Best feature--hair
3.What I wish I could do-most of the thingd I could 20 0r 30 years ago.
4.Cosmetic--Carmex because I son't use cosmetics.
5.Bad habit--interrupting---I have a large family and the only way to be heard is to jump in.
6.I have to force myself to mop floors--I detest it.
7.Weather---I don't like ice and snow.
8.I didn't expect to like yogurt.
9.Catalog---Any garden catalog.
10.I wish I could meet and chat with Bertrice Small.
We'd have a funny conversation
Always interrupting each other! ;)
LOL
Sam
My super 10
1. right under my knee. Me and my brother were playing hide
and seek when we were little and I jumped in a ditch not
realizing that I landed on one of the pipes. Big Scar.
2. My hair and my eyes.
3. Sing.
4. Sheer Solutions mineral foundation.
5. Twirling my haie when I'm nervous.
6. Get up and get ready for work.
7. Since fall is my fave, I'm going to say summer. It gets
so hot that you really cannot enjoy it.
8. Another man.
9. Victoria Secrets
10. Jason off of Geberal Hospital. Great Body.
Hmmm...
Number eight sounds like there's a story there... ;)
Sam
) Do you have any scars?:
) Do you have any scars?: small one on my knee from a bike wreck as a child.
2) What’s your best physical feature?: my smile
3) What you wish you could do?: Be able to speak in front of a crowd. I'm scared to death to talk in front of more than 5 or 6 people.
4) What cosmetic can’t you do without: eyeliner
5) Bad habits?: laying things down like mail etc instead of just going and putting it where it belongs.
6) What do you have to force yourself to do?: see my mother-in-law :)
7) What’s your least favorite weather?
Heat and humidity
8) What do you love that you didn’t expect to? fish tacos
9)What’s your favorite catalog?
LTD Distributing or ABC Distributing
10) Who’s a person you wish you could meet and chat with, past, present, or future?:
Jesus Christ in person.
All About Me!
1) Do you have any scars?:
Too many to count! Some of the most interesting: 4 in surgery scar on my right ankle from hernia surgery; small scar on my right pointer finger from a screwdriver, and about a 1/2 inch scar above my right knee from running into a tree.
2) What’s your best physical feature?:
I've been told by more than one person it is my legs, but Mr. C likes my smile. :-)
3) What you wish you could do?:
Fly. Realistically, I wish I was better at relaxing!
4) What cosmetic can’t you do without:
"Lip goo"! Blistex, Carmex, Burt's Bees...some sort of lip balm! I rarely wear regular makeup.
5) Bad habits?:
Impatience! (LOL - is that really a habit?)
6) What do you have to force yourself to do?:
Return phone calls.
7) What’s your least favorite weather?
Heat. Anything about 80 is way, way too hot.
8) What do you love that you didn’t expect to?
Peas. I hated them as a child, but love them now - especially fresh from the garden!
9)What’s your favorite catalog?
4 Wheel Parts. And any Jeep accessory catalog. I very rarely order, but it is fun to look at all the gadgets!
10) Who’s a person you wish you could meet and chat with, past, present, or future?:
My great-grandfather. He sounds like he was a city-slicker (I have his hat & spats). I think it would be fascinating to talk with him about what life was like then, and what hopes and dreams he had for his only child (my grandmother - one of the dearest people in my life.)
"Impatience! (LOL - is that
"Impatience! (LOL - is that really a habit?)"
Only if you practice at it. ;)
LOL
Isn't it funny how many things we hate as kids that we love as adults, food wise? And yet it doesn't work in the reverse -- for the most part, as adults, we still like the stuff we liked as kids. ;)
Sam
Impatience...
...hhmm, I practice way to often! And not intentionally! :-)
1) Do you have any
1) Do you have any scars?:
down the center of my chest - 2 open heart surgeries
2) What’s your best physical feature?:
my feet - either they REALLY are pretty, or I just run into alot of people with feet fetishes - I actually get compliments quite regularly on my feet
3) What you wish you could do?:
drive on the freeway without having a panic attack ~ more creatively, I wish I could paint
4) What cosmetic can’t you do without:
moisturizer and lip balm
5) Bad habits?:
collecting and hanging on to TOO much STUFF
6) What do you have to force yourself to do?:
clean the bathroom
7) What’s your least favorite weather?
WIND
8) What do you love that you didn’t expect to?
watch my husband golf
9)What’s your favorite catalog?
I don't really have one
10) Who’s a person you wish you could meet and chat with, past, present, or future?:
My daughter 20 years in the future - I'd like to find out if she'll be okay
Christy, ouch!
I hope the problem from those surgeries is taken care of! That's some serious stuff.
Sweet about your daughter! What a nice idea. ;)
Sam
Only 10 ? :-)
1) Do you have any scars?:
I've got a bunch on my knees, when I was younger I was playing water wars with my cousins & scraped my knees really bad on the concrete arount the pool.
2) What’s your best physical feature?:
My butt, its the only curve I have :-)
3) What you wish you could do?:
Keep a plant alive...I am the black death of plants, I even killed mint!
4) What cosmetic can’t you do without:
I don't wear any, but I can't do without lipgloss
5) Bad habits?:
I leave books Im reading all over the place
6) What do you have to force yourself to do?:
Fold laundry
7) What’s your least favorite weather?
really cold weather, I start looking like the Stay Puff Marshmallow Man when I bundle up:-)
8) What do you love that you didn’t expect to?
Reality TV
9)What’s your favorite catalog?
ABC distributing
10) Who’s a person you wish you could meet and chat with, past, present, or future?:
My Grandfather, he died when I was 13 & I would love a chance to see him again, he was like a father to me
1) Do you have any scars?:
1) Do you have any scars?: gall bladder surgery, hysterectomy surgery, one on a finger that I sliced on tin.
2)What’s your best physical feature?: my legs/ankles
3)What you wish you could do?: drive a 18 wheeler
4)What cosmetic can’t you do without: face powder and finger nail polish
5)Bad habits?: worrying
6)What do you have to force yourself to do?: dust
7)What’s your least favorite weather? very hot; I die in the heat.
8)What do you love that you didn’t expect to? riding on the Quad with dh
9)What’s your favorite catalog? Sears Wish Book
10)Who’s a person you wish you could meet and chat with, past, present, or future?: Billy Graham
Whoops, one of those replies was for the post above...
But yes, the Sears Wish Book! I don't get it anymore because you have to pay for it now, don't you? But we always used to have it as kids, and we would mark it all up doing our Christmas shopping, and years and years ago I actually worked at Sears in the catalog dept for a year or so, and it was fun, so I knew that catalog very well. ;)
Sam
Here in Canada we get a card
Here in Canada we get a card in the mail for the Wish Book, the current Summer catalogue and the Winter catalogue; we take it to a Sears outlet centre in town and pick up a catalogue. No cost. I believe you get a card if you have made purchases over the previous year.
Killed mint??
We had it growing like a forest in our lower yard -- when we mowed the entire neighborhood would smell like mint, but now a lot of it has been dug up and it still comes up in other parts of the yard, LOL. You can't keep it alive, and I can't kill it. ;)
Sam
10 things
1. C section scar
2. Green eyes
3. Ice Skate, Roller Skate and dance really well
4. Eyebrown pencil (I use the brush on type)
5. Exercise on the treadmill
6. Spring because the winter is over and several mos. of nice weather
7. Winter - hate snow and cold and ice
8. yogurt/coolwhip pie - I hate yogurt
9. any good catalogs - particulary with yummy desserts
10. George Clooney
on leg when i fell my
on leg when i fell
my hair
swim
concelor
pulling hair
excersise
fog
hiking
eastbay , sports wear
so many, my cousin, i did not say goodbye before he left us.
miss him
Hi sam
Ten Things About Me
I know exactly what you mean about wishing you could do all that stuff he does on Man vs. Wild. I watch that show all the time- I LOVE Bear Grylls! Oh and BTW, your cover is awesome, as usual!
1) Do you have any scars?:
A couple of chicken pox scars and one on each knee (that are now pretty faded) from a tragic rollerblading accident- LOL
2) What’s your best physical feature?:
I love my hair, it's light blonde and goes all the way down to my butt. It's the only thing I get complimented on since I gained my "got married" weight
3) What you wish you could do?:
Lately I have really wished that I could design and make graphics. I am about to buy a program though and try to learn how.
4) What cosmetic can’t you do without:
Base- my skin always has a redness to it in places
5) Bad habits?:
Definitely procrastinating. I put EVERYTHING off until the last minute. It's pitiful.
6) What do you have to force yourself to do?:
Get off the computer- LOL
7) What’s your least favorite weather?
I like summer and the sun, but I hate it when it gets ridiculously hot where you feel like you're melting
8) What do you love that you didn’t expect to?
Wakeboarding. I have never been very athletic, and tried it out at the prodding of my ex-boyfriend, and it's something I still love to do 5 years later.
9)What’s your favorite catalog?
I love Newport News- they have some cute stuff and it's so affordable! I sound like a commercial don't I?- LOL
10) Who’s a person you wish you could meet and chat with, past, present, or future?:
I wish I could meet me as an old woman and ask her if there's anything I should or shouldn't do to make (our) life better.
Good idea, Mandy, about
Good idea, Mandy, about wanting to meet the older you! I would have never thought of that! :)
Tawny's Ten
1) Do you have any scars?: Tons. I'm a certified klutz :-)
2) What’s your best physical feature?: My skin. I'm lucky, unless I'm going "dress up" I don't even need foundation.
3) What you wish you could do?: Teleport ala Star Trek. You know, travel without long drives, airplaines, etc. I really really wish I could LOL.
4) What cosmetic can’t you do without: Mascara
5) Bad habits?: Oh so many to choose from LOL. Probably an unhealthy fascination with gossip sites. You know, is Britney wearing underwear?
6) What do you have to force yourself to do?: Go to bed at night. Oh, I can nap during the day with the best of them... but at night its only the fact that I have to get up and be responsible that forces me to bed by 3 or 4. the upside... I get a lot of writing done LOL.
7) What’s your least favorite weather? Anything below 30 degrees.
8) What do you love that you didn’t expect to? Blogging *beg*
9)What’s your favorite catalog? Newport News
10) Who’s a person you wish you could meet and chat with, past, present, or future?: Louisa May Alcott. I want to talk her out of letting Beth die.
Renee's Ten
1. Scars - I have a small bald spot where my younger brother hit me in the head with a baseball bat when we were kids. Hmm. Could explain a lot of things....
2. Best feature - Eyes
3. Read minds
4. Mascara - Must play up those eyes!
5. Bad habits - Letting the housecleaning go. But, of course, I have a good excuse...I'm writing.
6. Speaking in front of groups
7. Heat and humidity - And since I live in the south, that's a big chunk of the summer.
8. Current music
9. Tiffany's catalog. I can drool over it for hours.
10. My Great Great Grandmother. Kate's Pride is based on her life and I'd like to know if I got even close to what really happened to her and if she approves of what I wrote.
Ten Things
1) Scars
My c-section scar, some scars on my knees. Do my stretch marks count?
2) My best feature is my decolletage, my collar bone and neck.
3) What do I wish that I could do
Sing...I cannot carry a tune
4)I cannot live without my body lotion and mascara. My second and third best features are my soft skin and my eyes.
5) I have numerous bad habits. Waste time on the internet is a big one. I am addicted to online sweepstaks.
6) What do you have to force yoursel to do? I hate housework. I will do anything to avoid it.
7) My least favorite weather is cold and wet. I love summer rain, but I hate cold drizzly days in the fall and spring.
8)I love football. I would not watch any sports in college. But my husband is a die hard Bears fan, so I started watching the Bears.
9) I don't really read catalogs.
10) There are alot of people that I want to meet. I would love to meet with FDR.
Forget about my inner chid, I am tryin to embrace my outer crone.
10 Things
Ten Things About Me
Submitted by Cheryl S. on Mon, 2007-09-17 15:22.
1) Do you have any scars?:
Yes I feel and broke my leg when I was carring my son to the car he wa 1 1/2 years old and asleep. I still have 8 screws and a plate
2) What’s your best physical feature?:
My big brown eyes
3) What you wish you could do?:
play a musical instrument like the drums
4) What cosmetic can’t you do without:
Berts Bee's lip balm
5) Bad habits?:
cussing I need to stop
6) What do you have to force yourself to do?:
Drink water I should drink 2 liters a day because of kidney stones and you would think after having a couple of the suckers I would just do it
7) What’s your least favorite weather?
Ice see number one that is how I fell
8) What do you love that you didn’t expect to?
hiking in Yellowstone, its the hiking part
9)What’s your favorite catalog?
Coldwater creek
10) Who’s a person you wish you could meet and chat with, past, present, or future?:
my material grandmother I really miss her
10 Things...
1) Do you have any scars?:
Scads of them--maybe I scar easily? One on my forehead (mostly hidden by hair), several on my legs (falling off my bike in college, tripping and skinning my knees not long ago...), etc.
2) What’s your best physical feature?:
Hair. I used to have better skin, but I've been pretty lazy about the sunscreen and now it's a lot less nice ;)
3) What you wish you could do?:
Be organized--I just don't seem to have that gift! I sort of get it intellectually, but I can't come into a room and clump things that belong together and make everything look nice!
4) What cosmetic can’t you do without:
Vaseline. Good for dry hands and a whole host of other things!
5) Bad habits?:
Lots :( Procrastination and hoarding are probably the two worst...
6) What do you have to force yourself to do?:
Go through the piles I create throughout the house and put things where they actually belong (whether that's in the closet or the trash).
7) What’s your least favorite weather?
Hot and humid. It doesn't get that way here too often, so whew!
8) What do you love that you didn’t expect to?
TiVo--what can I say? My hubby's a bit of a geek, and I thought this was just another ridiculous bit of technology we didn't need. Boy was I wrong... love, LOVE it! :)
9) What’s your favorite catalog?
Haven't spent much time recently browsing catalogs, but I used to love the ones from FLAX, this art store. They had lovely art supplies and also just cool kits and books and things...
10) Who’s a person you wish you could meet and chat with, past, present, or future?:
I loved the idea of meeting my children, all grown up--that would be pretty neat :) (Unless they're imprisoned, in extensive therapy, or otherwise terribly unhappy because of my incompetent parenting, of course... ;) )
1) Do you have any
I already have Pick Me Up so no need to include me in the drawing either...:)
1) Do you have any scars?:
One on my inner thigh from hopping a chainlink fence when I was 12..got caught on the top, one that stretches all the way across my hand..stuck my hand in the pools leaf catcher as my friend tried grabbing my arm- also when I was 12--not my most graceful year:)
2) What’s your best physical feature?
my legs
3) What you wish you could do?:
Wish I could speak multiple foreign languages
4) What cosmetic can’t you do without:
Eucerin lotion..very dry weather in Colorado
5) Bad habits?:
bite my nails
6) What do you have to force yourself to do?:
Clean..there are just too many other more interesting things to do.
7) What’s your least favorite weather?
Anything below 25 degrees
8) What do you love that you didn’t expect to?
Classical Music
9) What’s your favorite catalog?
Ballard Designs
10) Who’s a person you wish you could meet and chat with, past, present, or future?:
My Sons and/or daughters grandchildren
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Hi SAM
I already have Pick Me Up so please if my name comes up, pick another. These are some good questions.
1: I have a lot of scars all over from a bad car accident many years ago.
2: I've been told that my smile is my best feature.
3: I wish I could not have to experience this past year and turn back the hands of time to prevent some bad events of the past year.
4: Under eye consealer. I have naturally dark circles under my eyes.
5: Lots of bad habits. Just ask my hubby and sons.
6: Wake up early for my new job. I got used to sleeping late.
7: Cold damp weather.
8: Old peoples wisdom and advice.
9: Any catalogue having to do with sports.
10: HUGH JACKMAN.
All about...me!
1) Do you have any scars?:
One on the knuckle of my left hand from trying to widen the top on a plastic toy baby's bottle when I was a kid by trying to shove the point of a pair of scissors down it. You can imagine what happened, I'm sure... Other than that, a couple of scars on my back where I have had moles removed.
2) What’s your best physical feature?
My mouth. I used to hate it when I was a kid, because kids would tease me, but now I like having full lips. Easy to put lipstick on without a mirror!
3) What you wish you could do?:
Two things - dance the salsa or something sexy like that, and surf. One day...
4) What cosmetic can’t you do without:
Lipstick. After that, mascara. With those two little puppies in my purse, I'm a happy camper.
5) Bad habits?:
Not replying to my partner when I'm engrossed in reading/watching TV/working. It drives him insane!
6) What do you have to force yourself to do?:
Exercise. I don't mind it while I'm doing it. It's just the thought of it. Why can't reading a book burn calories/
7) What’s your least favorite weather?
Hot and humid. My hair goes fuzzy, and there's no place you can put yourself to feel comfortable if you don't have air conditioning.
8) What do you love that you didn’t expect to?
My sister's children. I seriously had no maternal urges before until I held my first nephew in my arms. Now I have two nephews and a niece, and I love them all fiercely.
9)What’s your favorite catalog?
We're a little deprived in the catalogue department down here in Australia. But I do get the Victoria's Secret one, since I buy stuff from them occassionally, and I actually adore lying in bed, sleepy, flicking through the Ikea catalogue...
10) Who’s a person you wish you could meet and chat with, past, present, or future?:
You know, my favourite person in the world is beside me right now, handing me peanut butter toast... But if we're talking an impossible person who I wouldn't normally get to meet... I think George RR Martin, because I love his fantasy books sooo much and I would love to talk to him about writing.
That's me, I'm done.
What makes me who I am
What makes me who I am would have to include the fact that I am an avid reader since I grew up on a ranch in Colorado and a great treat for me was to go to town once a week and check books out of the library. I think my sister and I must have read every book in that little library. I was in the first class to graduate from Arizona State University that had University on the diploma (it was a college until my senior year), I was a teacher for a few years, and I am a watercolor painter. I travel the west painting the beautiful open spaces. And I LOVE CHOCOLATE!