In the mail...

I may or may not send this back but I thought I would post it anyway.

Put an X by all the things you've done, and remove the X from the ones you have not, and share it with your friends (if you have any after this).

This is for your entire life:

(X) Smoked a cigarette
(X) Drank so much you threw up
( ) Crashed a friend's car (but I did drive a drunk friend home one time after she went left around a rotary)
( ) Stolen a car
(X) Hitch-hiked
(X) Been in love
(X) Been dumped
(X) Dumped someone
(X) Been laid off/fired
(X) Quit your job
(X) Been in a fist fight
(X) Snuck out of your parent's house
(X) Had feelings for someone who didn't have them back
( ) Been arrested
(X) Gone on a blind date
(X) Lied to a friend
(X) Skipped school
(X)Seen someone die
(X) Been to Canada
( ) Been to Mexico
( ) Been to Hawaii
(X) Been lost (please, I'm lost right now)
(X) Been on a train
(X) Been on a plane
( ) Been on the opposite side of the country
(X) Gone to Washington , DC
(X) Swam in the ocean
(X) Felt like dying
(X) Cried yourself to sleep
(X) Played cops and robbers
(X) Recently colored with crayons/markers  
( ) Sang karaoke (not interested, really, though I LOVE to sing)
(X) Paid for a meal with only coins
(X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't
(X) Made prank phone calls
(X) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
(X) Laughed till you peed your pants 
(X) Danced in the rain
(X) Written a letter to Santa Claus
(X) Been kissed under the mistletoe
(X) Watched the sun rise with someone you care about or love
(X) Blown bubbles
(X) Made a bonfire on the beach (in my yard, too)
(X) Crashed a party
(X) Gone Ice-skating (Yes, grew up with a pond practically in my backyard and we would clear it every winter)
(X) Gone roller skating

is that it??


*sigh* and then the standard ...


1. Any nickname?   Booger
2. Mother's name? Sylvia
3. What is your favorite drink? anything with caffeine ... or water ... caffeinated water would be perfect.
4. Tattoos?  0  ...  :(
5. Body piercing? 6 in my ears
6. How much do you love your job?  I love what I do ... my job has its moments.
7. Birthplace?  Peabody, Massachusetts
8. Favorite vacation spot?   the farm ... I don't really take vacations so my weekend jaunts are my escape.
9. Ever been to Africa?  Nope
10. Ever steal any traffic signs?   hmm, do street signs count?
11. Ever been in a car accident?  Yes
12. A, B, C, D, DD cup size?  (this is relevant ... how??)
13. 4 Door?  Yes, Corolla Sedan. 
14. Salad dressing? Caesar or Ranch
15. Favorite number?  8
15  letters in full name? 17
16. Favorite movie?  too many
17. Favorite holiday? yes
18. Favorite food? Pizza
19. Favorite day of the week? the weekend
20. Favorite brand of body soap?  Bath & Body Works shower gels (Warm Vanilla Sugar)
21. Favorite TV shows? Top Chef, Flipped, Hell's Kitchen ... any kind of competition/reality kind of show that deals with stuff I'm interested in and think I know something about. I must be judgmental but I really like to try to pick the winners and losers.
22. Toothpaste?  Yes
23. Favorite smells?  Fresh cut pine, baking bread, oranges, basil, t-shirt pillowcases ...
24. What do you do to relax? Read, game, umm, other things ...
25. Message to your friends reading this?    ummmm, hi? 
26. How do you see yourself in 10 years?   distance teaching at a university, writing my 3rd book, sitting on a porch drinking coffee and feeling blessed to be alive.
27. What do you do when you are bored?  Sleep ... read ... clean (if I'm really desperate or stressed)
28. Farthest place you will send this message?  to teh Interwebs ... the tubes are pretty long