Okay, Chief...here you go!
10 years ago... 1996, in my 2nd of 3 years teaching ESL in the mountains of rural Japan. August, I had returned home for my 2nd of 2 visits home during my stay abroad and brought 5 Japanese friends with me to visit my home state of Oregon. Although they couldn't speak English and my parents could not speak Japanese, a connection was made and they were friends for life.
5 years ago... 2001, in Sweden with my husband as he pursued his MS degree, me pregnant with my daughter K. August, I was returning home to find a place to live and prepare for the birth.
1 year ago... 2005, here in Suburbia USA (no, NOT Hanalei...rats). C was about to turn 1. Hot, sticky, ugh. Went to the Jersey beach house with S&R and M&P and families. Great fun.
5 songs I know all the words to... hang on, do foreign languages count? Tu amor me hace bien by Marc Anthony, More than Words by Extreme, Anata ni aitakute by Matsuda Seiko (and I ROCK in karaoke on that song, I might add...talk about blowing the Japanese away! jajaja), Hey Jude by The Beatles, and Cuidarte el alma by sexy puertorriqueño Chayanne.
5 snacks... 1. Green and Black dark organic chocolate with mint center. 2. Whole Foods Dark Chocolate with almonds. 3. Dagoba chocolate "Conacado" 73% chocolate. 4. my own homemade guacamole. 5. Kettle chips, preferably dill and sour cream but I'll take lightly salted or salt and fresh ground pepper any day.
5 things I'd do with $100 million: 1. pay off the mortgage 2. put plenty away for kids' education 3. send some to my friends around the world who really could use it 4. put away for my retirement. 5. move to South America
5 places I'd run away to: 1. Perú (duh) 2. Puget Sound, WA, USA. 3. Nakanojo, Gunma, Japan 4. Kauai 5. Capri
5 things I'd never wear: Bell bottoms, hoop skirt, girdle, strapless gown (not enough to hold it up LOL), unpadded bra (JA!)...sure can't say g-strings, can I, Those Who Know Me Best???
5 fav TV shows: a-hem..Desperate Housewives, Bugs Bunny Road Runner Show, Antiques Roadshow, BBC Britcoms (especially Vicar of Dibley and Appearances!), Funniest Home Videos
5 greatest joys: my children, my love, my friends, my family, my garden
5 favorite toys: my Mac (what a nerd), my camera (no, not digital!), the tools in my toolbox, my calligraphy pen, MQE's Ipod that he never uses so I have now adopted it...LOL
Okay...did it!
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Thank you my friend! Fascinating - I feel I know you even better now - and that's not just because of the g-string reference!!! ;) I want to go out right now and get me some of tehm kettle chips and that chocolate. What a chocolate connoiseur you are! Would love to hear you sing those songs ...
ResponderEliminarKhakis, my dear...in front of class, can't bring myself to wear anything else underneath as, when I turn around, my students do NOT need to be seeing my lines!!! And the chocolate is the only soy-free chocolate I can find. Trying to eliminate and simplify...
ResponderEliminarVery fun..:-)
ResponderEliminarYes, d. housewife,
ResponderEliminarinteresting tidbits.......how very different for one (me) who's feet have been firmly planted in the good old USA.
I love that list. Great answers! ( I may have to "steal" it for my blog too!)
ResponderEliminarI also love "Vicar," but I gotta disagree on the bell bottoms. Well not so much bell bottoms .. . but I LOVE flare leg jeans.
Ooh and I love the chips and chocolate!
That whole post was totally you. As I guess it was supposed to be, no?! :) Glad to be back, live and in person!
ResponderEliminarI loved this idea and "stole" it for my random thoughts today on my blog. Thanks! (www.lifewithcherylwray.blogspot.com)
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