I'll play!

Only because 1. it's a Friday night, 2. it's getting hotter than h*ll, 3. I'm watching telenovelas on Univisión...great way to spend my Friday night, 4. I'm alone, 5. I'm without children climbing on me for the first time in...oh, let's see...weeks?..., 6. I've had two glasses of wine, and 7. I have eaten my chocolate quota for the day so I need to do something else with my hands.

And 8. I thought it might be fun. So here we go:

Questions:

1. What was I doing ten years ago?
10 years ago was 1998. June. I had just met who is now my husband, thinking I was secure and set for life. Had just finished my first term of grad school. Was working the Language Lab full time for the summer...one damn hot summer. Was feeling culturally stuck and confused, having been back in the States less than one year after three in Japan and spending much more time speaking Japanese and hanging with Japanese than speaking English or Spanish and hanging with Americans. But still having fun.

2. What are five things on my list to do today?
A) Coffee date with She-Ra.
B) Get frames for a couple calligraphy projects I need to finish by next week.
C) Check the bank accounts.
D) Don't forget to pick up the kids from school (!).
E) Drink some wine. It is Friday.

3. Snacks I enjoy?
A) chocolate-Dagoba 73% "Conocado", soy-free of course.
B) Kettle Chips-Lightly Salted
C) nuts: walnuts, almonds, pecans, cashews, pistachios--good protein and good for me.
D) Strawberries, cherries, raspberries, blackberries
E) a ton of stuff I can no longer eat since I'm allergic to it.

4. Things I Would Do If I Were A Billionaire?
Take my children and move to South America. Or Greece. Or Capri.
Anonymously donate to a variety of causes, domestic and international, in favor of improving education, alleviating poverty, supporting human rights and fighting injustice on all levels.

5. Three of my bad habits? (dude, only three????)
A) Interrupting.
B) Vanity.
C) Procrastination.

6. Five places I have lived?
A) Oregon.
B) Japan.
C) Sweden.
D) Ecuador.
E) New Orleans.

7. Five jobs I've had?
A) Popcorn Popper/Snack Bar Attendant at a local movie theater.
B) Telemarketer selling fruit for a local fruit company.
C) Teeny-bopper clothing store floor person/cashier/dressing rooms, etc.
D) Violin teacher for private students, conductor of a small orchestra.
E) Language teacher/translator/professor extraordinnaire.

8. How did you name your blog?
I'm kind of going about things in a way that I feel I am all thumbs right now...professionally things are going well, but personally I feel like every single step is guesswork, clumsy and questionable. And I stuck (green) in because I like double meanings, and I am a green thumb--I love my garden, working in Mother Nature gives my soul so much solace and my garden is the one place I really do not feel "all thumbs."