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Wednesday 5...No Reason, No Motive. Just Curious.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 3:54PM Mrs. G. 
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation?
2) What is your favorite pizza topping?
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it?
4) Do you speak any other languages?
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received?
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1) Where was the last place you went on vacation? Colorado and Wyoming
2) What is your favorite pizza topping? CHEESE!!! Oh, and pepperoni.
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it? Can't think of one.
4) Do you speak any other languages? Yes I do.
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received? Parenting advice from my father: "When you say no mean it."
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation?
Real, live vacation? Venice, Florida. September 2009.
2) What is your favorite pizza topping?
Pepperoni or sausage with green pepper.
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it?
I had a blonde teddy bear named Al Bear. My high school boyfriend's middle name was Albert and I took French...thus, Al Bear.
4) Do you speak any other languages
Not really. I took French in high school and I can speak un poco de Espanol but I can't carry on a conversation in either language.
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received?
A friend married young, had a baby, then divorced several years later. Very shortly after, she met a new guy and they quickly got into a serious relationship. After some time together, she was happy with him but sort of wondering if she'd missed out on any adventures or opportunities because she was in committed relationships from such a young age. So she told her boyfriend that she wanted to date around a bit. She wasn't breaking up with him but she just wanted to see what else was out there. He told her fine, she could do what she wanted, but he wanted to make sure that if she chose to date other men, it would permanently change her relationship with him. It wasn't a threat, just a caution that if you mess with something it will never be the same again no matter how hard you try. My friend decided to stay with the boyfriend and not date other men. They have been happily married for about 20 years, I think.
My friend relayed her husband's advice to me when I was struggling with a relationship myself. Her advice is something that always goes through my mind when I contemplate making a serious change to any relationship. Bottom line, I think the advice says think about your choices and make sure you are willing to live with any consequences that may result.
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation?
Taos, NM.
2) What is your favorite pizza topping?
Avocado, no kidding.
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it?
No, but I had a baby doll named Becky, she was life size. Still have her in a box in a closet somewhere.
4) Do you speak any other languages
No, not fluently. It is a regret of mine. I took extra math in college because I never could fit in Foreign Language.
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received?
Discretion is the better part of valor.
And my Nana said, "Fall in like. It lasts longer and is more satisfying than love."
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation?
Long weekend "vacation" : NYC. Actual far away vacation: Germany
2) What is your favorite pizza topping? Piled with a variety of veggies. Or piled with a variety of meats. But not both.
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? Dolly
4) Do you speak any other languages? Ja. Oui.
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received? Sleep with him before you marry. Make sure the sex is good. (From my attorney step father).
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation? Sequoia National Park
2) What is your favorite pizza topping? Mushrooms
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? Yes, a turtle named Pokey that I still have
4) Do you speak any other languages? Not really, I took French in high school and Spanish in college and kind of mix the two up whenever I try to speak it...
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received? My grandfather always said "Butter makes everything better"
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation?
Real vacation was 6 years ago to Puerto Rico. Quick trip to Yosemite last fall.
2) What is your favorite pizza topping?
I don't like pizza but I will eat a veggie gpurmet pizza with cream sauce ( Round Table.)
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it?
I still have my stuffed bear- though I don't remember if I named it. It is hard as a rock and smells terrible!
4) Do you speak any other languages
No, I wish I had known how helpful it would have been to learn one; I might have tried harder.
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received?
Avoid negative people - according to my dad.
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation? Ontario (as in Canada). Niagara Falls Area and northern Ontario.
2) What is your favorite pizza topping? Feta cheese and olives. And if we're going for meat - ham and cheese. But no pineapple - ever.
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it? Tapard bear - I think he is still residing in my childhood home.
4) Do you speak any other languages? Nope - despite 7 years of French. Kind of a shame, I think.
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received? Everything looks different after a good night's sleep.
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation?- Camping in the CO Rockies over Labor Day weekend last fall. We sat around the campfire at night, watching the stars and listening to the elk bugling.
2) What is your favorite pizza topping?- Anything but pineapple or anchovies
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it?- A little white unicorn that my dad gave me right before I had my tonsils out. It's in my kid's toybox now.
4) Do you speak any other languages- Yes. Some Spanish, French, and Portuguese, and I read Latin and Classical Greek (Classics major in college)
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received?- One of the only things that no one can take away from you is your education, so never stop learning.
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation? Cannon Beach
2) What is your favorite pizza topping? cheese and veggies
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it? Yes - a white stuffed bear named Cuddles. Still have it but it isn't so white anymore...
4) Do you speak any other languages? A little bit of German and Spanish
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received? Don't judge people unless you've walked in their shoes.
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation? Texas
2) What is your favorite pizza topping? Mushroom and onion combination.
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it? Blanket, but no animal.
4) Do you speak any other languages. Comme ci comme ca.
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received? In fifth grade, a guidance counselor advised a group of my peers to be wary about best-friendships involving three friends for the risk of leaving one out. It was probably not the absolute most useful advice, but for some reason it was the most memorable good advice I've had over the years.
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation?
Uhhhh....? Could it have been Disneyland over 7 years ago? A weekend in vegas 4 years ago? That's dreadful.
2) What is your favorite pizza topping?
I can't help myself. I LOVE Canadian bacon & pineapple.
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it?
Not that I recall.
4) Do you speak any other languages?
Although it's the only one I "know" I'm not so sure I speak english all that well. I do speak (American) non-verbal language fluently.
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received?
"Just because someone throws you a ball, it doesn't mean you have to catch it." - my mom
1) Two days in San Diego to see George Takei on stage. Next real vacation: London in May!
2) Margherita or Hawaiian.
3) A rabbit named Plushbottom.
4) Nope. I took Spanish and French in school but can't speak them at all. I can still read a little Spanish, though.
5) Gaaaahhh! I can't remember any of it.
1. Block Island, Rhode Island
2. Mushroom or peppers & onions, OR a white pie w/garlic, broccoli, black olives
3. A pink sleeping bear called "Baby Teardrops" . He was soft fuzzy pink fur w/ a white belly and his face was rubber w/ one teardrop on his cheek. Why? Who knows but he is in a box in the attic!
4. French learned in school but also spoken to Great Grandmother. Not fluent, but I comprehend much more than I dare speak!
5. The problems you are talking to be about do not originate with you. What we need to develop for you is coping strategies for the crazy that is your family. Or...when I had baby "Calm parents make calm babies, everytime that baby naps YOU rest too. It's not time to clean the house or get caught up, it is your opportunity to recharge." That was hard to do, but it did make a big difference!
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation?
Real vacation? Zion National Park and Las Vegas. Working vacation? Chicago. I need a vacation. Badly.
2) What is your favorite pizza topping?
Pepperoni and/or meatball.
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it?
Yes. But not just one - I had a little plush horse named Taffy, and a larger one named Champ. A plush collie dog named Opalescent. I still have them.
4) Do you speak any other languages?
Fluently, no. Enough to get by/read signs and menus/ask basic questions, yes.
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received?
I once had the best boss in the world. I learned so much from him, but most of it wasn't in the traditional form of "advice".
I am an introvert, and I watched him work business functions like a pro. I told him that it had to be easier being an extrovert....and he basically said "no, I'm an introvert. I just learned how to work a room."
The light went on over my head. I realized that even if I wasn't naturally good at something, if it was important or useful for me to do it, I could learn to do it too. It didn't have to be natural to work. This has really stuck with me.
1) I took a solo camping trip from Seattle to San Francisco and back last summer. Also spent a generous amount of time at the oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland.
2) Sun-dried tomatoes and smoked garlic.
3) A goat (the Naval Academy mascot). It was first prize in a three-legged race at a picnic. I was so determined to win that goat, I basically picked up the kid I was tied to and dragged him across the finish line. (I was tall for my age...)
4) French and ASL
5) "Stop worrying so much about what other people think." ~my sister
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation? Hmmm....it has been several years. A 3 day weekend at the Oregon Coast with my mum and about 9 years ago I drove around Mexico -Chihuahua, Zacatecas, Guadalajara, Mazatlan for a month.
2) What is your favorite pizza topping? Sun dried tomatoes and LOTS of cheese please.
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it? Lulu my chimpanzee.
4) Do you speak any other languages? French
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received? My mother told me from a very early age that we are all here to love each other, to see each other through, to make a contribution to the larger community.Share and Give Back. I think that gives life meaning and purpose even when it sometimes seems cruel, too hard, or senseless.
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation?
DANG! I never go anywhere. Am I missing anything?
2) What is your favorite pizza topping?
Mmmm mmm good, start with bell peppers and onions and mushrooms and olives and....
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it?
Well, I had my Ludley. It was a blanket. I s'pose I was a lot like Linus, hmm? Ludley was later given to the dog for his bed, which is TRAUMATISING isn't it?
4) Do you speak any other languages
So terrible but no. My mother was a Spanish teacher and I grew up naturally chatting with her in English and Spanish, but gosh, that fades as the decades go...
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received?
"Go fuk yerself!".
That is a joke.
The wife and I still delight in remembering the retired dude sitting by us on a plane before we married who said "never forget what first brought you together" :)
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation? Spain and France, a couple of months ago. Pretty awesome.
2) What is your favorite pizza topping? Artichokes and Canadian Bacon
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? A little stuffed skunk
4) Do you speak any other languages? I didn't think I did until I went to Spain. I can't converse in Spanish but I can speak and understand a lot of the vocabulary. Having a Spanish husband and living in Southern California helps.
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received? No one will save you. You must always take care of yourself and solve your own problems.
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation? Cape Cod, MA
2) What is your favorite pizza topping? Buffalo Chicken, but mostly just cheeeeeeez
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it? I had a blanket named Quiggly
4) Do you speak any other languages. I taught at a bi-lingual charter school and used to be able to get around ok in Spanish. It's been a long time.
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received? Learn to honor the good in everyone (my grandmother). Recently? Let go or get dragged.
New England states. I would love to go back. Great food and lovely places to see.
Artichokes.
Don't remember names, a rabbit. I gave him up for a boyfriend.
No, Leslie got that gene.
Step back and breathe. When all others are losing control stay calm.
And, love is all you need, that and an all purpose cleaner will get you through a lot.
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation?
We went to Disney and Universal in December
2) What is your favorite pizza topping?
Pepperoni, mushroom & black olives -Giordano's in Chicago
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it?
A small lion I got for my 6th birthday. His name was Bobby
4) Do you speak any other languages
A teeny bit of Spanish
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received?
The mother of a friend of mine who had 6 kids told me, "Don't tell that baby how pretty she is in the middle of the night. Keep the lights off and no conversations. That's how they learn what bedtime means." It worked out well. All 3 of my babies were good sleepers.
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation? Chamonix valley, France. Ski vacation with the family. But, my best vacation is yet to come, one week in Wisconsin to visit my host family (exchange student from Belgium in..1987). All by myself, no husband no kids. First time alone in..11years.
2) What is your favorite pizza topping? Blue cheese
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? nope, a pillow
4) Do you speak any other languages. French, German, and Dutch a bit, but was erased by my German.
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received? To walk the talk.
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation?
I went hiking in the Great Smokey Mountain National Park......glorious
2) What is your favorite pizza topping?
Pepperoni....so boring, but I really love it
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it?
I can remember having a stuffed squirrel...my guess is that it was a favorite because when I think of it, it looked like it had been through the ringer.
4) Do you speak any other languages
No....pig latin doesn't count
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received?
My mom gave me this when I got married: Don't do anything, not even once, that you aren't prepared to have to do for the next 50 years. Once you start it, it will become yours. The other advice I would give anyone, which was very hard learned: Say yes when you mean yes and no when you mean no
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation? Just got back from 5 days in Turks and Caicos. It was wonderfully relaxing and I read 3 books.
2) What is your favorite pizza topping? Chicken and broccoli alfredo
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it? I had a blue rabbit that sat with its front legs forward and back legs back. I still hunt through old stuff trying to find it every once in a while.
4) Do you speak any other languages. No, and I wish I did.
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received? When you get paid, always write your first check to your savings. This habit has really "saved" me!
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation?
South Dakota & Wyoming (Mt. Rushmore, Devil's Tower, the Badlands)
2) What is your favorite pizza topping?
Pepperoni and green pepper, with buckets o'cheese
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it?
Yes, a little stuffed doggy. I wore off all his fur by rubbing him on the side of my face when I was sleepy, until eventually he became a hairless stuffed doggy. Mom sewed him together and even used safety pins to keep him intact as long as she could. One day--so the legend goes--we were showing my Kentucky aunt around the Rockies when she jumped and squealed, and began screaming about the dead rodent on the side of the road. Mom went over to investigate; it was my stuffed doggy. I still have the horrific little thing tucked away in my childhood memorabilia.
4) Do you speak any other languages?
I like to pretend I can speak Spanish but it's only un poquito.
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received?
Relax and stop worrying about what others think of you, because people aren't thinking about you as much as you imagine they are.
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation?
We had a long weekend in Boulder last fall. High time for another getaway if you ask me.
2) What is your favorite pizza topping?
Basil
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it?
No. I had my yellow blankie, which currently lives at the foot of my daughter's bed.
4) Do you speak any other languages
I learned how to swear in Spanish when I was a waitress. Does that count?
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received?
Don't sweat the small stuff. And it really is almost all small stuff.
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation?- We went to Cancun back in 1997. And now I'm depressed because I've realized we haven't been on vacation in 16 years...
2) What is your favorite pizza topping?- Canadian bacon and lots of cheese
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it?- I had a little brown teddy bear that had a wind up music box in him. He's in the cedar chest now; the velvet on his paws has worn off and his face is all mangled. But I sill love him!
4) Do you speak any other languages- I took 3 years of French in high school. I can read it or listen to it and get the basic idea of what's going on, but I can't really speak it. I know how to order a beer and ask where the bathroom is in Spanish.
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received?- Let it go and move on.
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation? Backpacking on the Superior Hiking Trail in northern Minnesota. (Don't let anyone tell you Minnesota is flat.)
2) What is your favorite pizza topping? Really good Italian Sausage. Otherwise, veggies.
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it? Many! I still have most of them. My favorite was Old Pup. He's a little flat now.
4) Do you speak any other languages Sadly, no..although I'm trying to learn Italian.
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received? If you're early you're on time, if you're on time you're late.
) Where was the last place you went on vacation? Last year, Palm Springs CA - and I'm going back in a couple of weeks.
2) What is your favorite pizza topping? Cheese. I like my pizza sort of plain.
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it? Can't remember a stuffed animal, I had lots of dolls though.
4) Do you speak any other languages. No. although I have tried to learn. I'm miserable at learning languages.
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received? "Don't explain, don't complain" - a rule that has served me well.
Darla
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation? Harrisburg, PA with my husband, kids, and dog to visit close friends and their kids and dog. It was the same weekend that I got to meet Mrs. G and the other lovely Philly ladies. Dropped off the family and drove down.
2) What is your favorite pizza topping? I like white pizza with spinach and load of garlic.
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it? Yes, I did have a favorite stuffed animal. It was Paddington Bear, and though he does not have his rain coat, hat, or boots anymore I still have him. My kids take him some times, but he's still mine.
4) Do you speak any other languages - No unfortunately. I took French and Italian in high school, but don't remember very much at all.
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received? The sun rises and sets each day, and tomorrow will be another day to make of what you want.
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation? Disneyworld for New Year's Eve with my family
2) What is your favorite pizza topping? Extra Cheese
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it? No stuffed animals. I had a satin yellow blanket which all three of my children used too. It was eventually worn to shreds by the time my 3rd child was done with it.
4) Do you speak any other languages No, took Spanish and German in high school....can't speak a word of it.
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received? Nothing good comes from lying, telling the truth is always best.
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation? Cape Cod! And it's been TOO long!
2) What is your favorite pizza topping? Mushrooms, yummy freshly sauteed mushrooms
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it? It was a Steiff tiger, and I named it Mischa. Still have it, too!
4) Do you speak any other languages? I used to speak Sarcasm, but I've given it up. Wait...was that Sarcasm? No matter. I don't fluently speak any other language but English.
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received? My Nana once said, in response to me telling her I was bored, "If you're bored, you're boring." Harsh, right? But you know what? Those words have stuck with me all my life, and I never again said to anyone that I was bored...and I wasn't! There's always a book to read, a walk to take, dreams to dream.
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation?
Ummmm. I don't think I've on a vacation in 11yrs. That was to visit a friend in Miami for 3 days. Our whole family kind of had a vacation about four years ago in Eastern Oregon but my husband had to work the whole time (the reason we were there) and we were broke so I don't think it qualifies. We did go fishing one day though. Damn. I think we need a vacation.
2) What is your favorite pizza topping?
Salami with fresh tomatoes and basil.
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it?
A Snoopy given to me as a baby. My daughter has it now.
4) Do you speak any other languages
I used to speak both Spanish and German at a conversational level but other than remembering some of the basics I forgotten most of both.
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received?
From a dear friend of my mothers who was an actress and truly wonderful woman: You're not going to die being so glad that you listened to what everyone else was saying you should be doing. If there is something you really feel to your core is who you need to become, you can and should make it happen.
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation? This Christmas we spent in London visiting our son.
2) What is your favorite pizza topping? I love a plain, simple margherita pizza - tomatoes, mozzarella and basil
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it? Oh, yes, I had several. And still have a couple saved - a Steiff black cat and, oddly, a donkey.
4) Do you speak any other languages - I try, with French. I wish I could speak Spanish and intend to learn it.
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received? - I think, by so many people and in so many different ways, it just boils down to - Do what you gotta do.
Wait! I was wrong about #1. Three years ago a friend gave me a gift certificate for a night at the coast and we scraped together the money for me to stay a second night. I spent the whole time reading, going out to eat good seafood, and sleeping. It was the first time I had been away from both children.
1) Disney World--and wow, these Derfs are a well-traveled bunch.
2) ASSUMING it comes with cheese already, then onions.
3) For my 5th birthday my friend's mom made me a black and white dog out of felt. I named him "Ribsy" in honor of my favorite books at the time. Today he sleeps on Mr. G's bed with all kinds of friends.
4) Not fluently.
5) When God shuts a door He opens a window. It's true.
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation? - Connecticut
2) What is your favorite pizza topping? - Pepperoni and Green Olives
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it? - A Care Bear that I still have 23 years later
4) Do you speak any other languages? - Nope
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received? - "You can't sit on the sidelines, while figuring out how to play"
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation?
Niagara Falls and Sandusky, OH
2) What is your favorite pizza topping?
onions
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it?
I had a stuffed panda bear named "Teddy"
4) Do you speak any other languages
no
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received?
Don't threaten consequences that you are not prepared to follow through with. Basically a version of "say what you mean and mean what you say".
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation? Glacier National Park for a daughter's wedding - bride and groom were park rangers there and the wedding was at the cozy Izaak Walton Inn
2) What is your favorite pizza topping? white bean hummus
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it? No, I preferred dolls.
4) Do you speak any other languages? Un peu French. I'm a zealous Latin student, striving to keep up with my children, and I have to know and continue to study Sanskrit as a yoga teacher. Eka Pada Rajakapotasana!
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received? Get up offa that thing and dance 'til you feel better! ~James Brown
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation?
Close: Two weeks canoeing in Algonquin Park last summer. Far: A month in Rome 18 months ago. Once in a lifetime trip, I'm sure.
2) What is your favorite pizza topping?
Anchovies.
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it?
My sister's bear, Bun. I used to steal it once she was asleep. Terrible, I know, but she always had the good stuff. Still does.
4) Do you speak any other languages.
A bit of French, a bit of Italian. Enough to carry on a present tense conversation in both. Forget future tense and conditional though
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received?
This is not exactly advice. When my father died (I was 27 and had 4 kids under 7 at the time...) a friend of a friend sent a message. He said that when his father had died suddenly, "I was rat-shit for a year." I can't tell you how much I appreciated that. It gave me permission to feel crappy, to hate the Christmas tree, to be angry that the world was carrying on without my father - with whom I had only just made peace - to allow myself to grieve for longer than "the world" thinks you should. I pass this story on to everyone I know who's lost someone, many have told me it helps them too.
I WISH someone had told me to save 10% of your earnings, no matter how small. That's advice I really could have used right about now...
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation?
Big Island, Hawaii
2) What is your favorite pizza topping?
White pizza with lots of garlic, after that you can throw anything on it.
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it?
A bunny that I loved and it's killing me I can't remember her name.
4) Do you speak any other languages
Had French and lost it; still understand quite a bit.
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received?
My mother told me "nobody ever said life was fair" and she was right.
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation? Hanging Rock State Park (cabins, not camping)
2) What is your favorite pizza topping? bbq chicken
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it? a teddy bear
4) Do you speak any other languages? I took high school and college French, but since opportunities to speak French in my daily life since have been zero, I have but a smattering left. I can understand more than I can speak but that isn't saying much.
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received? Perception is reality.
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation? Santa Fe
2) What is your favorite pizza topping? Bacon
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it? No, but I have one that I saved from my kids and I love it. It used to be a white bunny. Now it's just gross.
4) Do you speak any other languages Nope
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received? Never say never. It will bite you in the ass every time.
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation?
Bethany Beach, DE. a friend's family owns a house in one of the gated communities along the ocean side, and they invited us to stay for a weekend. it was nice and mostly free.
2) What is your favorite pizza topping?
salami & pepperoni
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it?
Huggy Bear. he's sitting behind me at the moment. when i got him, he was bigger than i was.
4) Do you speak any other languages
i USED to be near-fluent in Spanish.
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received?
wait to get married.
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation?
Grayland Beach State Park (south of Westport, WA) was our camping spot twice last summer. I love it there.
2) What is your favorite pizza topping?
Cheese is a requirement! My favorite pizza is a margherita.
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it?
I had a home-sewn stuffed kitty that wore thin by the time I was old enough to notice and remember. My favorite after that was Dolly (later named Laura after Laura Ingalls Wilder), now boxed up in the garage. I'd take her out of the box but it would freak out my husband and kids.
4) Do you speak any other languages
I took 3 years of German in high school, followed by a year of Latin. Latin helped on the SAT but the German came back when we lived in Heidelberg for 3 years. I can converse like a 3-year-old.
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received?
Scar (from The Lion King) said it best: "Life isn't fair." I repeat it at least once a week, to myself and/or my kids.
1. The kids and I travelled around Scotland in an old 1970s Kombi van for a week last August, from Glasgow into the Highlands and back down the East coast. Would go back to Scotland in a heartbeat, never want to drive or live in a Kombi again.
2. Mmmmmm, Margherita.
3. My little "Jakas" white bear, Snowy. Still hv him.
4. Was passable at conversation in French when I lived in Geneva but seem to hv lost it now. Three years of Italian at University and all I can remember is 'Posso puo palare lentamente'.
5. (when dealing w kids) Never ask a question to which you are not prepared to accept the answer.
1. Montana, Wyoming and Colorado
2. Onions and mushrooms together, well and cheese
3. I had a handmade stuffed monkey but can't recall it's name...
4. Not really, I can understand a little French, but it has been too long since I've gotten to use it.
5. My old boss always told me, people do things for their own reasons, don't take it personally it is about them. Not always easy to do, but good advice nonetheless.
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation? California - visiting family or some such. If you mean a real vacation where I actually booked a hotel or flew or did something really vacation-y ... England about 15 years ago.
2) What is your favorite pizza topping? Black Olives
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it? - I had so many as a kids I'm not sure I had a favourite.
4) Do you speak any other languages - not fluently. I took German in high school. I can ask for the check or the bathrooms in Spanish and I can say "beam me up" in Klingon.
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received? This too shall pass.
1) Where was the last place you went on vacation?
South Dakota & Wyoming (Mt. Rushmore, Devil's Tower, the Badlands)
2) What is your favorite pizza topping?
Pepperoni and green pepper, with buckets o'cheese
3) Did you have a favorite stuffed animal when you were a kid? If so, what was it?
Yes, a little stuffed doggy. I wore off all his fur by rubbing him on the side of my face when I was sleepy, until eventually he became a hairless stuffed doggy. Mom sewed him together and even used safety pins to keep him intact as long as she could. One day--so the legend goes--we were showing my Kentucky aunt around the Rockies when she began screaming about the dead rodent on the side of the road. Mom went over to investigate; it was my stuffed doggy. I still have the horrific little thing tucked away in my childhood memorabilia.
4) Do you speak any other languages?
I like to pretend I can speak Spanish but it's only un poquito.
5) What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received?
Relax and stop worrying about what others think of you, because people aren't thinking about you as much as you imagine they are.
(hope this isn't a repeat, the original didn't seem to post this morning...)
"beam me up" in Klingon.
LizP: I love it!