| This one looks like fun. 
I’m not going to tag anyone but feel free to do put it on your blog.
What were you doing 10 years ago?
I was seriously ill and about three weeks away from undergoing major surgery that would result in delaying my entrance to university for a semester and recovering in bed for three months after almost two weeks in the hospital. Sucked to be me.
What were you doing 1 year ago?
Flying off to another city as spokesperson for a group I really believed in and then working part-time at night as their spokesperson on a campaign for six months. Law school wasn’t even in my plans until about mid-August.
Five snacks you enjoy:
1. Chocolate
2. Cottage cheese and berries or peaches
3. Peanut butter on toast
4. Cheese and crackers
5. Diet cherry limeade (it’s a snack because I get like 5 extra cherries – LOL!)
Five songs that you know all the lyrics to:
This was hard. I love to sing. I know the words to way too many songs.
1. Why Walk When You Can Fly (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
2. Let Him Fly (Dixie Chicks)
3. Brand New Girlfriend (my son calls this the smoochy-smoochy song and we sing it all the time! Bad, huh?)
4. If I Had Only Known (Reba McEntire)
5. Homewrecker (Gretchen Wilson)
Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:
1. Buy a townhouse, a kitten and a rocking chair, fill it with books and call it a Used Bookstore (great disguise because I really just want to sit and read all day with a kitty at my side)
2. Build my in-laws a big house with electricity and running water
3. Take a long, long, loooonnngg vacation
4. Donate money to charities that really need it
5. Help several friends realize their dreams
Five bad habits:
1. Talking too much
2. Impatience
3. Worrying
4. Procrastination
5. Irritability
Five things you like doing:
1. Singing out loud with the windows rolled down and the music cranked up as I drive
2. Reading
3. Playing with my son
4. Hanging out with my husband
5. Spending time with my mother (most of the time)
Five things you would never wear again:
1. Stretch pants
2. Braces
3. Shoes that don’t really fit (I have a weird shoe size so I can only find expensive shoes from a few places)
4. Short shorts (if you know me, you know this has never ever been a good idea for my thighs!)
5. White pants
Five favorite toys:
As a kid:
1. Cabbage Patch Dolls
2. Knucklebones (with sheep knuckles)
3. Jacks
4. Books
5. More books (I wasn’t much of a toy-loving kid. I really loved to read and didn’t do much else!)
Now!
1. DVR!!!
2. Laptop
3. iPod
4. Digital Camera
5. Cell phone
Now the FOUR things!
Four Jobs I’ve Had:
1. Waitress
2. Proofreader
3. Environmental Analyst
4. Personal assistant to the wife of a famous Sunday morning political show host
Four Movies I Can Watch Over and Over:
1. Beaches
2. The Breakfast Club
3. Never Been Kissed
4. Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason
5. Anything with Will Smith in it
Four Places I’ve Lived:
Yardley, PA
Asheville, NC
Albuquerque, NM
New Plymouth, New Zealand
Four Places I’ve Vacationed:
Hawaii
Germany
Mexico
Guatemala
Four of My Favorite Dishes:
Lamb
Chicken with tomatoes and balsamic vinegar
Cottage cheese with fresh berries
Chicken teriyaki
Four Sites I Visit Daily:
Celebrity Baby Blog
Washington Post.com
My son’s birth board
NYTimes.com
Four Places I Would Rather Be Right Now:
On that post-lottery-win vacation
In a hammock sleeping with my son
At a great restaurant in Italy
Reading a good book in a comfy recliner
It is my approach to the world that makes it hard for me to understand why people would choose to make mean, nasty comments on others’ blogs/web forums or only find negative things to say. Is there a small segment of the population out there so insecure with themselves that they need to rip others down? Do they find it easier to be nasty online? Would they say the same things if the person was in front of them?
