Stolen from The Book of Questions
Hosted by Bev!
(I hope I haven't published this before; it feels like I might have)
1. When you tell a story, do you often exaggerate? I probably do…. I am a bit of a demonstrative individual. As a history teacher of thirty years, I was most acclaimed as a great storyteller. Our history materials per child were very limited. So I engaged in bringing our glorious Virginia history alive to my third and fourth graders through stories!
2. If a friend were almost always late, would you resent it or simply allow for it? Well, I fear said person is most usually my daughter, so I must allow for it.. there is no other choice, but sometimes it saddens me.
3. Can you be counted on to be on time?Absolutely! I think it is one of the highest forms of graciousness.
4. When did you last yell at someone? Why? Sad to say it was probably my husband who bore the brunt of my cracking voice, I believe it was yesterday! But I was calling him to the phone, after all.
5. If you could have free, unlimited service for five years from an extremely good cook, chauffeur, housekeeper, masseuse, or personal secretary, which would you choose? I would have to choose housekeeper. I believe most women do, especially at this stage of life!
6. Would you be willing to go to a slaughterhouse and kill a cow? Do you eat meat? Well, I am not vegan, and I do believe there are folks who get paid to butcher a cow, and well, any meat I eat. As a young girl on my grandparent’s farm I did pluck a chicken and was present at a butchering . None of it is pleasant, but God gave us command of animals for our own use. I,also, wear leather shoes.
7. Do you feel ill at ease going alone to either diner or a movie? I have dined alone in a restaurant and fast food. We do not have diners here. I wouldn’t want to go to the movies alone.
What about going on a vacation by yourself? I have attended conferences alone staying in the hotel alone. It was fine, but not my preference.
8. Would you like to be famous? In what way? I prefer my simple life out of the limelight.
9. Would you rather play a game with someone more or less talented than you? Oh, I have played games with more talented folks than myself. I like to win, but have learned to play the game for the fun of playing.
10. Is there something you've dreamed of doing for a long time? Well, we finally toured New England in the fall. I got to go to Ireland and Scotland. For those things I can die happy, But I would still love to tour the countryside of England.
8. Would you like to be famous? In what way? I prefer my simple life out of the limelight.
9. Would you rather play a game with someone more or less talented than you? Oh, I have played games with more talented folks than myself. I like to win, but have learned to play the game for the fun of playing.
10. Is there something you've dreamed of doing for a long time? Well, we finally toured New England in the fall. I got to go to Ireland and Scotland. For those things I can die happy, But I would still love to tour the countryside of England.
Why haven't you done it? The opportunity has never arisen like it did in all of the above. If God wants me to go, He will provide the opportunity.
11. If you were at a friend's house for Thanksgiving dinner and found a dead cockroach in your salad, what would you do? probably get up, take my plate to the kitchen and scrape it into the trash, killing it,as well. I wouldn’t make a fuss about it but if asked I’d answer but not openly. I suppose that sounds like I don’t care about my fellow diners, but it is a tricky subject.
12. Would you accept $10,000 to shave your head and continue your normal activities sans hat or wig without explaining the reason for your haircut? I doubt it and hope not to for any reason.
13. If you were able to wake up tomorrow in the body of someone else, would you do so? Whom would you pick? Not that mine is that great! I just started weight watchers! But I do know what I’ve put in mine and what I can expect out of it!
11. If you were at a friend's house for Thanksgiving dinner and found a dead cockroach in your salad, what would you do? probably get up, take my plate to the kitchen and scrape it into the trash, killing it,as well. I wouldn’t make a fuss about it but if asked I’d answer but not openly. I suppose that sounds like I don’t care about my fellow diners, but it is a tricky subject.
12. Would you accept $10,000 to shave your head and continue your normal activities sans hat or wig without explaining the reason for your haircut? I doubt it and hope not to for any reason.
13. If you were able to wake up tomorrow in the body of someone else, would you do so? Whom would you pick? Not that mine is that great! I just started weight watchers! But I do know what I’ve put in mine and what I can expect out of it!
14. If you could change anything about the way you were raised, what would it be?Absolutely nothing. It wasn’t perfect, but it was grand in so many simple ways ! I was raised very simply, by God fearing parents and my greater family of aunts and cousins were very close knit. God has blessed Lynn and I with a comfortable life, a lovely , comfortable home for our old age and we live happy lives!
15. What, if anything, is too serious to be joked about? Our national problems. I never ever thought I’d live to see so much corruption, evil, and lawlessness. Not the country I taught my students about in our previous century!
Good answer tlo #15. As for eating meat or slaughtering an animal, nobody ever thought about wearing leather!
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