SUnday Stealing~Conversation Starters

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Welcome to Sunday Stealing. 

Here are some Conversation Starters.

There are actually 200 of them; I just chose a few.

What are some small things that make your day better?

That first cup of coffee,  music, Bible reading, prayer,face time with our daughter and grands, feeling  good

What shows are you into?

Hallmark movies, Victoria, Doc Martin,   Cooking shows like  Valerie's Home Cooking

What TV channel doesn’t exist but really should?

A DIY  Network  for  fixes and  things for the home

Who has impressed you most with what they’ve accomplished?

Our daughter... she was  so bright and outgoing... she studied hard and made it to Governor School,  was on the softball, soccer, tennis, track,  and volleyball teams during her years  in school from 7-12 grade.  She learned to play the piano and violin and  was  the Concert Master of the Youth Symphony  as a senior in HS.    She had an amazing singing voice and in second grade was chosen to be in the Roanoke College Children's Choir..  She sang with them for about 5 years,,  during which time she sang at Carnegie Hall and the White House.   During her  HS years she voluteered at the hospital and  was mentored by our dentist for  some time as she wanted to go to medical /dental school ,but  that didnt pan out after all,  and so she got her  master's degree in Biology. Her marriage kept her  by her husband's side    as you will see later....She quit piano  at age 12 because of her  busy sports  schedule,  but she had taken for 6 years and knew, well, how to play... but,  at age 16  she  took a job to make her own money to pay for more piano lessons to  play  more classically and continued piano in college. Plus, she and her boyfriend/husband..  married  when he started his  PHD at Virginia Tech,  so she stayed at Tech and   worked on her Master's even though she was accepted  to MCV,  they both played  violin in the college Symphony, plus both played in a quartet during HS and College and made  quite a bit of money   playing weddings, bar mitzvahs, and various events..  Amanda was, also, chosen at Tech to be a hostess at the  President's Home for  Special Events when dignitaries and    important patrons of the college were wined and dined... Her keen personality and charm  won  her this special  job and  she loved  schmoozing with the chefs and learning the finer points of elegant entertaining. Out of school Amanda and  Josh moved to  the Boston area for their jobs...  She  worked in Cambridge doing cancer research.. Now she is a stay at home mother of two beautiful daughters.. her crowning achievement!

What age do you wish you could permanently be?

Funny you should ask that question!  All the previous years of my like for some reason I had picked the age of 36  as the perfect age..  I suppose  it wasn't  too old, but just right for  having succeeded in a career and family..  The family didn't come along until  age 35,  when we adopted our daughter..  and then for sure age 36 was the best year of life....  but since then I love every year. ...change is good!!

What TV show or movie do you refuse to watch?

Anything violent , like the CSI or  police  investigative  shows..  too much for me... Or horror films... I live by the adage,  be careful what you see..  or it  sticks to you.. in my mind  especially at bedtime...

What is something that is considered a luxury, but you don’t think you could live without?

I collect  English dish ware  and  items  to  create  lovely teas...  Not really luxury of the grand scale, but  I'd say  items that  charm me  that many others may not even consider...I love  beauty in my life.  And I love to share hospitality

What’s your claim to fame?

I am known in wide circles as the Tea lady, I suppose.

I used to be known as the story teller  when I taught.. I loved  creative writing and  expounding history through making it  almost an adventure story.. It really helped the students remember things.. Storytelling is a gift passed down  through my family line on the Scotch side!

What’s something you like to do the old-fashioned way?

Celebrate Christmas the old fashioned way.. holding on to the wonderful memories from  Christmas's  long ago  at Grandma's  on the dairy farm.

What’s your favorite genre of book or movie?

Romance,  especially historical  British stories,  Scottish  and English!  I love time travel  romance, too.. Favorite author in that is Lynn Kurland!!!!  Love , Love!!!  

How often do you people watch?

Not as often as 

 I used to. Life is too short to do that much anymore!  

What have you only recently formed an opinion about?

My opinion about  the national crisis  is an evolving  thing... unfortunately getting worse and worse!!!  I am so glad I do not teach now...  No way could I teach the 3 branches of government...  Does not even faintly resemble what I taught them to be!

What are you interested in that most people haven’t heard of?

Eschatology

What’s the farthest you’ve ever been from home?

Lived in Germany for a year in my early twenties

What is the most heartwarming thing you’ve ever seen?

Those face book videos of  tots trying on earring aids and hearing for the first time...  the  astonishment, then,  glee on their faces when they first of all hear  their mama speak then when they hear their own  laugh!  Gets me every time!!

What is the most annoying question that people ask you?

When we adopted our  3 month old  daughter from Korea in 1985,  People would ask us  , "Will she speak Korean,  How will you teach her English?"" DUh!

What could you give a 40-minute presentation on with absolutely no preparation?

The work of the Holy Spirit in our lives

If you were dictator of a small island nation, what crazy dictator stuff would you do?

I would dictate that every day  people should  walk the beach and collect seashells..  string them into  wind chimes  that  tinkle  and  create  a lovely   on going    music around the island  

Find  seas turtle nests and  assign people to  help tend  the  hatchlings to the seas  ..protecting them from  scavenger gulls

Pronounce  National Luau Day  every  July 8th,,, my birthday

What is something you think everyone should do at least once in their lives?

Fly  east across the ocean over night and watch the sun come up over the horizon