It’s time for Linda’s Random Dozen! Play along by posting your own answers and linking back on her blog!
1. Is there a word which you initially mispronounced? Were the circumstances in which you made the faux pas embarrassing?
Ok…I have no idea what I used to mispronounce, but yesterday morning, one of my 11th graders told me that I was not pronouncing the word, “adjective” correctly. I argued with her before looking it up in the dictionary. Lo and behold, the phonetic spelling is: aj-ik-tiv. You can listen to it here.
2. How do you feel about the use of texting shortcuts and trends? (ex: “I’ve got ur notes. Get them 2 u 2morow.”)
Oh…I cannot STAND these shortcuts!! I am one of those people who spells out everything and uses the correct punctuation when I text. Ugh!
3. Tell me about your high school senior picture. Please feel free to post.
No picture, although I will say that I was very happy with the way my senior pictures turned out. I had been an ugly duckling for most of my school years. My hair had finally grown out, and I’d finally learned how to fix it properly. My smile came out alright to boot!
5. Share a high school or college homecoming memory.
When I think of high school homecomings, I just remember always feeling left out. I was never voted to be an attendant. Everyone knows these are nothing but popularity contests, and I was not that popular. But, I will say that one fun part about homecoming was the shopping you did. Everyone bought a new outfit for the dance afterwards. My favorite was a charcoal skirt and some sort of shirt that went with it. My mom actually surpised me with this outfit…probably the only time she really surprised me like this. It remained one of my favorite dress up outfits for a number of years.
6. Linda at Mocha with Linda wants to know: “Do you prefer sunrises or sunsets?”
Oh…definitely sunsets. The picture at the top of my blog is one that I took while on a cruise last Thanksgiving.
Here are a couple of other favorites…
7. Lea at Cici’s Corner asks, “What is something you have not done that you desire to do?”
I am the type of person who, once I set my mind to doing something, puts forth the effort to do it. That’s what happened when I went back to college as an adult. Thus, I have fulfilled almost every dream of mine. However, I think I would still like to get my master’s degree. During my college graduation, I watched people get hooded, and it looked like an incredible honor after all of their hard work.
8. Carol at Wanderings of an Elusive Mind ponders, “If you could come back [in another life] as an animal, which would it be?”
I think I would choose to be a dog in my own house. My dogs are treated like royalty. Hence, they have the easy life.
9. Joyce from The Other Side of the Pond is curious: “Where were you 10 years ago?” Please feel free to elaborate more than just your physical location.
Ten years ago, I was living in Coral Springs, which is a lovely city just south of Boca Raton. Chicky was almost nine, and Rooster was six. This was probably my favorite time in my life. I was a stay-at-home mom and very involved in my children’s activities, logging hundreds of volunteer hours at the school. I worked out at a gym four days a week, got my nails done every two weeks, and attended a women’s Bible study every Thursday. My kids had weekly play dates at various locations…usually the park down the street. My best friend lived less than ten minutes away, and I saw her often. It was a very happy time for me.
10. When you are proven to be correct in any contentious discussion, do you gloat?
I only gloat if the other person is particularly rude in his/her arguments. I find that it’s more fun to sit with a satisfied smile on my face.
11. What is your favorite food which includes the ingredient “caramel?”
Well, this isn’t a food, exactly, but it would be in the “Food and Drink” category on Wheel of Fortune. My favorite drink with caramel is Godiva’s Caramel Chocolixir. The bottom of the cup is covered with melted caramel. Then, a Godiva chocolate bar is added to some other chocolaty concoction, and it’s all blended together so that you get tiny pieces of chocolate candy with every sip you take. Lastly, whipped cream is used to cover the top, and melted caramel is added to the top, in a decorative and yummy fashion.
Chicky and I discovered this drink four or five years ago when we were on our way to South Carolina for a weekend of soccer. We had stopped at the Peachtree Mall in Atlanta, GA, to purchase her first set of makeup (Bare Essentials), when I noticed the Godiva store. We decided to treat ourselves to this drink (it was girls weekend, what can I say). Taking that first swallow was one of those moments when the stars were aligned, the angels sang, and we finally had something in common…CHOCOLATE BLISS…
12. From my 17 year-old daughter to you: “If you could be part of any fictional family, which family would you choose and why?” (She’s so cute. And clever.)
This is a tough question! Every family has dysfunction…even the fictional families!! I’d like to say the Brady Bunch, but I think I would have had to put my hands around Jan’s throat a few times…she was so annoying.
So, I’m going to choose a family I’ll bet nobody else will choose.
If you’ve ever read Jude Deveraux, you’ll know that most of her books are centered around one family, which throughout her series has split into two lines. You have the Montgomery family, and you have the Taggert family. The Montgomerys go way back to olden days in Ireland, and the Taggerts emerged in the U.S. when a Montgomery female married a Taggert male. The Taggers mostly live out West. Both families are immensely rich. Hey. This is fiction. What can I say.
The thing about this family is that they are strong, loyal, and brave. True to love stories, the hero or heroine wins his/her love (these aren’t your Christian romance novels, folks, but they were my indulgence a few years ago).
To be intertwined in a family like this would be way cool.
The book below is one of my favorites of her’s…
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