Apparently I’ve been tagged by Amber for this blog tag game. These are the rules: At the end of the post, the blogger tags 6 people and posts their names or screen names, then goes to their blog and leave a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged.
1. What was I doing 10 years ago? Hmm. 1998. I would've just finished eighth grade. I was probably freaking out about the fact that I was going to start attending a private high school where I did not know a single person. And playing in my friend Whitney's pool.
2. What are 5 things on my to-do list today? [My to-do list was from yesterday, but I got too busy to end up posting this blog entry!]
1- Get my files, inbox, everything (!) at work ready to hand over to someone new on Monday. Write out Procedures for her to use.
2- Schedule an eye appointment. I need new contacts before I move to TN.
3- Process several stock transfers and contracts.
4- Work on the wedding guest list / gather addresses for it.
5- Go hear a possible wedding reception band at 9:30 or 10 PM.
3. Snacks I enjoy: Anything salty, cheesy, or spicy. Especially tortilla chips with queso. I also enjoy fruit and cake.
4. Places I’ve lived: Basically just in Greenville, SC. Brief stints in Washington D.C. (3 months), Seaside, FL (3 months), and the special world that is the "Furman bubble."
5. Things I’d do if I were a billionaire: Buy my Dad a Porsche. Move to Romania (because we would be able to afford the airfare back and forth when we want to come back to the States!). Lobby for adoption causes and start a foundation to help families pay for adoption. Give away LOADS of money. Pay for John to not have to take out any loans for pharmacy school. Pay for myself to go to city planning school AND civic engineering school AND public health school AND counseling school! (I guess that's selfish - but how cool would that be!) Start a really cool charity foundation about healthy cities and community living. And be a stay-at-home mom while serving on several committees in town. Start my own jewelry business and learn to sew clothes.
6. People I want to know more about: Basically every historical person past WWII. John and I were just talking the other day about how most basic history classes never get past WWII, so I don't know much about notable figures of the second half of the 20th century. I also like to know more about soldiers that are fighting for us - I love to hear their stories. And old people. I love old people.
7. Name two things you have in common with Oprah: Umm. I like to read books and I like to talk to people.
8. You can tell a lot about a person by…what they like to read.
9. Are you a yeller when you get angry? Is that a word? I don't usually yell. Sometimes if I'm extremely frustrated, I'll cry. Otherwise I just communicate extremely clearly (aka "condescendingly") in a somewhat snippy, mean manner.
10. Have you ever danced in public? Of course!!
11. What did you do to deserve your first detention? I'm that kid: I've never had detention.
12. What did you do deserve your first paddling? Ah, what? Does this refer to corporal punishment in schools? I was spanked ocassionally by my parents as a child, but I'm sure I deserved it. I can't remember the bad things I did, just waiting in my brother's room for my dad to get home (so that I wouldn't have my toys to play with) and then Dad hitting me with his leather belt.
13. Name three things you like about the town you live in. I wrote a whole blog post on that below.
14. Name four things that you love to do.
1- Spend time with John.
2- Sing.
3- Eat Mexican food with big groups of friends.
4- Take 2 hour baths.
15. Name something unusual you carry with you wherever you go. I don't think it's too unusual, but I do generally tend to have a book or magazine with me everywhere I go so that I'll have something to read. I won't purchase purses that are too small to put a book in.
16. What’s your favorite website? Wikipedia. Facebook. my iGoogle page because it shows me the news headlines, health news headlines, personal countdowns, my Gmail, local movies, Spanish word of the day, etc.
17. Where and when was your first kiss? On a bench on a path through the woods behind the Kingsbridge Clubhouse. At the Afterprom party after attending Prom at the end of my freshman year of high school. My date did ask permission first.
18. What would an enemy have to say about you? I'm not sure.
19. Favorite childhood memory. Anything that involved Papa and Nanoo, cousins from either side of the family, and Glad Oaks. Like making peanut butter toast with syrup or having big bonfires in the fire pit.
20. Any regrets? Of course. But I believe in a God who is WAY bigger than my mistakes and failures, and I know that he is the God of Redemption, and that even means redeeming my personal messes. He is busy putting His created universe back at rights. Therefore I believe that "God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose" (Romans 8:28, NAS).
OK, I’m tagging the following bloggers:
Ben, Vance, and Hall family - because they're my friends that I give a hard time about not updating their blogs enough.
Bridgette - because I love her blogging style and what she has to say.
Jill - because she's new to blogging - here's some blog fodder!
Marie - because she's my sister-in-law and she likes to blog as much as I do! Yay! :) Although y'all won't be able to see it because her blog has pretty high security. Sorry!
No comments:
Post a Comment