MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU

Before we get to Wee Bit of Me Wednesday, I need to make an important announcement.

It's International Star Wars Commemoration Day.  Celebrate you will.

May the Fourth Be With You.

Okay, on with the show.

 {one} when was the last time you used a pay phone (if ever)?
I can't recall ever having used one. Of course, there are a lot of things I can't recall.

{two} did you ever fail a subject in school?
No, I was the Salutatorian of my graduation class.  That's kind of like the Valedictorian but not quite as good.

{three} where do you go to get your favorite hamburger/cheeseburger?
This place called Stuft: A Burger Bar, where you get a long list and go through and check off everything you want on your burger.

{four} have you ever served jury duty?
I've been summoned two or three times, only had to show up once, and got sent home because the criminal skipped town. 

{five} how old were you when you moved out of your parents’ house?
Seventeen, I guess, when I left for college.  But I came back every summer until I got married.  So 22 if you want to get technical.

{six} what is your favorite color to wear?
Brown or black . . . or red.  Sorry, that's three, but it depends on my mood, or if I'm trying to look slimmer.

{seven} do you have a pair of shoes that you wear all the time?
I have 2 pair I wear all the time.  The brown pair and the black pair.  I have a winter set of brown/black shoes and a summer set of brown/black sandals.  I switch depending on which shirt I'm wearing (see question six).  If I wear the red shirt, then it's a tough decision.

{eight} do you enjoy talk radio?
No. Just no.
{nine} if you could turn one unhealthy food into a healthy one, what food would it be?
French fries.  Or cheese. 

{ten} who is the best speaker you’ve ever heard in person?
Jeffrey R. Holland.  Favorite speaker ever.  Because he says things like this:

God expects you to have enough faith and determination and enough trust in Him to keep moving, keep living, keep rejoicing. In fact, He expects you not simply to face the future; He expects you to embrace and shape the future--to love it and rejoice in it and delight in your opportunities.  God is anxiously waiting for the chance to answer your prayers and fulfill your dreams, just as He always has. But He can't if you don't pray, and He can't if you don't dream. In short, He can't if you don't believe.

WEE BIT OF ME WEDNESDAY

I haven't played Wee Bit of Me Wednesday in awhile, so I thought it was high time I jumped back on the bandwagon.

{one} how often do you do laundry? Every. Single. Day. (except Sunday, unless there's some sort of incident).

{two} what is your favorite type of cookie?
Chocolate chip.  Soft, not crispy.

{three} what would you do with an extra $2000 per month?
I'd by a Canon Mark II 5D with the money from the first 2 months.  And then . . . gee I don't know.  There's nothing else I really want, so I'd probably save a lot of it.

{four} what was/is your favorite subject in school?  English.

{five} have you ever ridden in a hot air balloon?  No. NO. NOOOO!!! What if it popped?

{six} what was your high school mascot?  The Wolves.  Which made you a Wolvette, if you were on the dance team.  I was not a Wolvette.  I'm pretty sure it's not even a real animal.

{seven} if you had the chance to go into space, would you?  No.  I'm afraid of the blasting off part.

{eight} how often do you go dancing? Haven't been since college.  So pretty much, never.

{nine} would you rather drive or fly?  Depends on how long the trip is. 

{ten} have you ever been caught re-gifting?  Nope. Don't think I've ever re-gifted.  I've given things away I didn't want, but not as gifts.  Simply out of the goodness of my heart.

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WEE BIT OF ME WEDNESDAY

I haven't played along with Wee Bit of Me Wednesday in awhile.  Because the wee bit of my brain that remembers stuff like that hasn't been working . . .

{one} what color is your kitchen?  The walls are white, the cabinets are brown and the appliances are stainless steel.  It doesn't really have an overall color scheme.

{two} do you have a good luck charm? No, but I really like Lucky Charms.  They're magically delicious.

{three} do you prefer to write with a pen or pencil? Actually, pencil. Mechanical is the best.  But I usually write in pen because that's all I can ever find.

{four} can you use chopsticks?  For eating?  Not really.  Maybe for noodles, but that's about it.

{five} do you prefer baths or showers?  Depends.  Showers are for getting clean.  Baths are for relaxing.

{six} what is your favorite salad dressing? I hate salad. Except for Cafe Rio Pork Salad.  So I mainly use salad dressing for dipping french fries.  And for that, I like honey mustard or ranch.

{seven} can you sing the alphabet backwards? No, but my first grader can.  He's a genius.

{eight} do you have any allergies? Pollen, dust mites, plain old dust, grass, hay, cats, dogs, all other creatures with fur, perfumes, dyes, unprocessed tree nuts.  I'm sure there's more, but I've never been tested.  I'm afraid.

{nine} crunchy or creamy peanut butter? Creamy.

{ten} have you ever hitch hiked?  Technically, no.  But my husband (boyfriend at the time) has.  I was just an innocent bystander.  We hitched a ride on a cucumber truck. And in my defense, we were in Canada, and people there are just so polite and friendly.  I'm sure it was perfectly safe.

WEE BIT OF ME WEDNESDAY

It's time for Wee Bit of Me Wednesday over at My Leigh Ashley.  Here are this week's questions:

{one} ice: crushed or cubed? I actually have strong opinions about ice.  There must be a lot of it in all of my beverages, except milk, but I don't drink that anyway.  I prefer crushed, but it makes a big mess coming out of my refrigerator door, so I use cubed at home.  Even better than crushed or cubed are those little ice pellets.  Like they have at Sonic!

{two} what is your worst traffic pet peeve? Other drivers.

{three} what room in your house best represents your personality? My kitchen. Because I love to eat!

{four} do you save old birthday cards? No.  I am just not sentimental when it comes to stuff that clutters up my house.

{five} when was the last time you went on a picnic? Does eating Subway outdoors count as a picnic?

{six} do you regularly check your horoscope? Never.

{seven} when you’re home, what do you wear on your feet? Socks. We don't wear shoes in the house. Some sort of Canadian tradition from my husband.  So we go through lots of socks. But our flooring is in great shape!

{eight} what’s your favorite gambling game? Choosing a new hair color.

{nine} have you ever written (or started writing) a book? No, but I am going to write one, with my old college roommie Michelle.  It will be in the style of Dave Barry or Erma Bombeck.  That's all we've got so far.

{ten} what is your favorite musical? The Sound of Music. I love it so much I have 2 copies on DVD.  Well, not really because I love it, but because I forgot I had it and bought it again.

WEE BIT OF ME WEDNESDAY

It's time for another installment of Wee Bit of Me Wednesday, Kevin Bacon Edition.

{one} name one thing you worry about running out of. Diet Coke, chocolate and toilet paper.  In that order.

{two} what is your favorite pizza topping? Cheese.

{three} what is your favorite harrison ford movie? Star Wars.  The first one. "Look, Your Worshipfulness, let's get one thing straight. I take orders from just one person: me."

{four} apple juice or orange juice? Orange.

{five} what’s your favorite thing to do on a sunday afternoon? Take a nap.

{six} what is the wallpaper on your cellphone of? The AT&T logo.

{seven} do you have a favorite tv commercial? I majored in Advertising, so I have a lot of favorites.  But I won't bore you with a long list.  This is my current favorite . . .



{eight} what is the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten? On purpose?

{nine} what is one piece of clothing you can’t live without? I'm going to have to go with underwear on this one.

{ten} if you were a character from “lost”, who would you be? I wasn't really a Lost watcher. Who was that pretty girl with long, brown, wavy hair?  I pick her.

WEE BIT OF ME WEDNESDAY

Hooray! Wee Bit of Me Wednesday is back for 2011.  I know you've all been waiting patiently to find out the answers to questions like these . . .

{one} have you ever been on tv?  Yes! I taped an infomercial for Waterpik once.  My friend worked for them and they needed a mom with a toddler to demonstrate some sort of germ-killing spray contraption.  I never got up at 2:00 am to see if it actually was on t.v. though. And in high school, when I was the student body president, I had to tape a segment for the local news about Homecoming festivities.  I should probably go apply for a SAG card.

{two} what was the best movie you saw last year? Slumdog Millionaire. Was that last year? Well, it was last year when I saw it. 

{three} do you sleep with your sheets tucked in or out?  Bottom tucked in. Sides tucked out.

{four} do you cut coupons? I get 5% off when I use my Target card.  Does that count?

{five} do you ever count your steps when you walk? No, but maybe I should start.  I might have a greater sense of accomplishment at the end of the day.

{six} what sauce do you dip your chicken nuggets in?  That depends. At Chick-fil-A I like the honey mustard, and on occasion the Polynesian.  At McDonalds I have a special dipping technique utilizing both the barbecue and hot mustard sauces. A more pertinent question, I think, is why McDonalds is now charging an extra 17 cents for additional sauce?  Is this a local thing? Are people hoarding chicken nugget dipping sauce?

{seven} do you have any magazine subscriptions? Martha Stewart's Everyday Food. They are the only Martha Stewart recipes that can be replicated by the average human.

{eight} when was the last time you wrote a letter on paper? 1993

{nine} what’s your favorite fruit pie? Good ol' apple.

{ten} black olives or green olives? Green, preferably stuffed.

WEE BIT OF ME WEDNESDAY

Hooray! It's time for another round of Wee Bit of Me Wednesday.  Here are this week's questions.

{one} if you were granted three wishes, what would they be? I would wish that each of my three boys would grow up to be succesful, honest, hard-working men.  Men with integrity and values and moral courage.  And good health.  And happy, beautiful families . . . and wives who can cook as well as I do! Is that more than three?

{two} who is your favorite author? Hmm? That's hard, because I really like biographies, and those tend to be written by various authors.  But if I have to pick someone, I'll say David McCullough.

{three} what crowd were you involved in during high school? The sportos, motorheads, geeks . . . bloods, waistoids, dweebies . . . they all adored me.

 {four} what is your favorite thing to do when you have time to yourself? Grab my camera and head outside to find something new and interesting to photograph.

{five} do you have any hidden talents? Nope. And if I did have any hidden talents, I wouldn't reveal them here, on the world-wide web.  I don't want to end up playing the piano at church or drawing a mural for the school Christmas program.

{six} can you fake any accents?  Not well.  My husband is very talented at it though.  He's especially good at Apu from The Simpsons. Thank you, come again.

{seven} have you ever been mentioned in the newspaper? Not recently. But I was in the paper back in elementary school when I won $5 in the newspaper's Christmas coloring contest! Perhaps that will give you some insight into my hidden talents.

{eight} have you ever been arrested? Nope. Never even had a speeding ticket. Unless that was a photo radar van I sped by yesterday on my way home from Wal-Mart.

{nine} what is your favorite job you’ve had? Probably working in the advertising department of The Daily Universe, my college newspaper. 

{ten} do you have any scars? Physical or emotional?

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WEE BIT OF ME WEDNESDAY, BUT REALLY THURSDAY

I had so much fun playing Wee Bit of Me Wednesday last week, I'm going to do it again.  Even if it is Thursday already.  Here are this week's questions . . .

{one} if you were going to a remote place and could only bring one CD, what would it be?
This is probably cheating, but I would burn a CD of random favorites before I left. There would definitely be some Weezer and Foo Fighters on there.

{two} are you generally more of an optimist, pessimist, or realist? I'm a realist. Really.

{three} have you ever picked up a hitchhiker? if not, would you?  No, and I probably never would. But once when my husband and I were dating, we ran out of gas between Edmonton and Calgary, Alberta (he just had to take me to see the West Edmonton Mall).  Apparently he was so smitten with me, he forgot to pay attention to the gas gauge.  So we hitchiked and caught a ride on a cucumber truck. 

{four} what spice or seasoning is your favorite? Does garlic count? Ketchup?

{five} what’s your birthstone? do you like it? It's peridot--the light green one.  And no, I don't like it. Never have. I just pretend my birthstone is diamond instead. 

{six} do you know what your name means? Danelle. It means Danielle without the i.

{seven} what is your favorite breakfast cereal? Whichever one is cheapest that week at the grocery store.  Or my homemade granola.  That's what I eat most mornings for breakfast.

{eight} if there was an extra hour in each day, what would you spend it doing? It's so hard to choose between something productive, and sleeping.  I'm going to have to go with sleeping.

{nine} if you could turn any book into a movie, which would it be? Truman. I know there's already a movie called Truman with Jim Carrey. But I'm talking about the biography of Harry S. Truman by David McCullough.  I know it's weird, but it's my favorite book, and I'm pretty sure it hasn't been made into a movie.  I don't know why, because it would be a blockbuster!

{ten} if you could go back and play out one day of your life to watch (like scrooge), what day would it be? Oooh, that's hard.  I was going to say my wedding day.  But I think maybe a day from my childhood that I don't remember anymore.  Or a day from last week that I don't remember anymore.

WEE BIT OF ME WEDNESDAY

I recently came across a weekly blog questionaire called Wee Bit of Me Wednesday. I like to say it with a Scottish accent, because I believe all phrases that contain the word wee should be spoken with a Scottish accent.

Every week, there are 10 new questions to answer about yourself.  And who doesn't like talking about themselves?  Especially with a Scottish accent.  Here are this week's questions.

{one} what kind of camera do you have? A Canon 50D. And a 40D for back-up. I feel having a back-up camera is justified by the seven times a year people pay me to take their pictures.  At least, that's what I told my husband.

{two} you just won $1000 and you have to spend it on yourself on one item. what do you buy? An L series lens. If I could get one for $1000.

{three} if you had to choose, would you rather live with your parents in the same house forever or 5000 miles away? I love my parents and all, but I'm sure they'd agree that 5,000 miles away would be best.  Assuming I'd be living there with the husband and kids, that would definitely be best.

{four} is your christmas tree up yet? No. I never put it up before Thanksgiving. But I'll put it up the day after. And my husband will be very happy about it.

{five} do you bring reusable bags to the grocery store? I thought the plastic ones from the grocery store were reusable?

{six} which would be worse: listening to the same song on replay for the rest of your life or having to eat the same meal everyday for the rest of your life? I would go crazy if I had to eat the same meal every day.  And my food blog would get really boring. Unless the song was something by Nickelback. Then I might have to reconsider.

{seven} name 3 things you are thankful for this season. My family, my church and not having to eat the same meal every day.

{eight} do you dye/highlight your hair? if so, do you do it yourself or have it done at the salon? No comment.

{nine} would you rather watch a movie at home or at the theater? At home. The popcorn is free and I don't have to worry about keeping the kids quiet.

{ten} would you rather win $1000/week for life or $5 million all at once? $5 million at once . . . then I could pay off the mortgage.  If I got $1000 a week I'd probably just blow it on new lenses for my camera. 

Wasn't that fun? You can join in over at myleighashley. And while you're over there, you should really check out her Etsy shop.  She has some beatiful, beautiful things. I think this is my favorite.  Happy Thanksgiving!