The material presented
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to exchange
information, ideas, feelings, problems and solutions on a personal
level.
I thought we could get to know each other a bit more on a personal level since we have alot of new comers. So I am going to ask some questions and feel free to join in.
1. Do you live in the city or country? 2. What is your favorite thing to do? (hobby) 3. Do you have animals? What kind? 4. Do you have children? Ages 5. What type of music do you listen to? 6. What is your all time favorite movie? 7. Who is your favorite actor and actress? 8. What is your favorite type of clothes to wear? 9. What is your favorite thing to eat? 10. What is the most romantic thing anyone has ever done for you? 11. Do you have a favorite quote or bible scripture? 12. If you could do one thing over what would it be? 13. What do you love about your best friend? 14. What is your top three pet peeves? 15. Who would you like to see in concert? 16. If you could sit down and have an intimate dinner with two people who would they be (they can be famous but they have to be alive) and tell why them two. 17. What is your best feature? 18. What is your favorite childhood memory? 19. What would your perfect vacation be? 20. What is the best invention that anyone has come up with?
I hope you had fun doing this and it got your mind off of the chaos and I hope you get to know something about someone that you didn't know before.
1. Do you live in the city or country? An island 2. What is your favorite thing to do? (hobby) Sing 3. Do you have animals? What kind? two golden retrievers 4. Do you have children? Ages Three children ages 7,6,6. One boy and twin girls. 5. What type of music do you listen to? Christian, rock 6. What is your all time favorite movie? Grease 7. Who is your favorite actor and actress? John Travolta, Sandra Bullock 8. What is your favorite type of clothes to wear? jammies 9. What is your favorite thing to eat? mac n cheese 10. What is the most romantic thing anyone has ever done for you? I woke up to a dozen red long stem roses and a huge teddy bear the first time I was with a great boyfriend. He was so sweet and caring. 11. Do you have a favorite quote or bible scripture? Ignorance should be painful 12. If you could do one thing over what would it be? To kick the girls butt that ah cheated with before we got married. 13. What do you love about your best friend? I don't really have a best friend anymore just close friends and I like if they can make me laugh 14. What is your top three pet peeves? I have many but someone saying they are going to do something and then not do it really ticks me off. 15. Who would you like to see in concert? Boston 16. If you could sit down and have an intimate dinner with two people who would they be (they can be famous but they have to be alive) and tell why them two. Elllen Degeneres, Kathy Griffin 17. What is your best feature? hair 18. What is your favorite childhood memory? going with my best friend through the sugar cane fields eating raw sugar cane with her grandpa driving the golf cart. It was just so carefree and I never had grandparents so it was nice. 19. What would your perfect vacation be? Paris or Rome 20. What is the best invention that anyone has come up with? The diaper. lol
1. Do you live in the city or country? City 2. What is your favorite thing to do? (hobby)Read 3. Do you have animals? What kind?Dog.Jack Russell 4. Do you have children? Ages No 5. What type of music do you listen to?Variety of all kinds 6. What is your all time favorite movie?Rocky movies (Rocky IV) 7. Who is your favorite actor and actress?Sylvester Stallone (DA MAN) 8. What is your favorite type of clothes to wear?Smart, or casual 9. What is your favorite thing to eat?(Macaroni) 10. What is the most romantic thing anyone has ever done for you????????????????????????? 11. Do you have a favorite quote or bible scripture?One Day At A Time. 12. If you could do one thing over what would it be? 13. What do you love about your best friend?He cares even although he cant show it.(A) 14. What is your top three pet peeves?Road Rage, Ignorance and Alcohol behavours (Violence) 15. Who would you like to see in concert?The Corrs (Irish) 16. If you could sit down and have an intimate dinner with two people who would they be (they can be famous but they have to be alive) and tell why them two.Sylvester Stallone.....OMG Awesome....And.....Sandra Bullock..Because she is as wacky as me..lol 17. What is your best feature?I dont think i have one 18. What is your favorite childhood memory?Being loved and cuddled. 19. What would your perfect vacation be?Prince Edward Island, Canada. 20. What is the best invention that anyone has come up with?Al-Anon....lol
1. Do you live in the city or country? City 2. What is your favorite thing to do? (hobby) Right now, play Tennis 3. Do you have animals? What kind? Wellllll, two kitties hang out at my house, but I don't know who has who! 4. Do you have children? Ages No 5. What type of music do you listen to? Rock, Country, Jazz, Blues, Classical....mmmmm....pretty much anything, except Rap! 6. What is your all time favorite movie? The Outlaw Josey Wales, "So are you gonna draw them pistols, or whistle dixie?" 7. Who is your favorite actor and actress? Actor, Clint Eastwood. Actress, Sandra Bullock 8. What is your favorite type of clothes to wear? Shorts, T-Shirt and Sandals! 9. What is your favorite thing to eat? A well prepared Steak is hard to beat...so is Lasagna! 10. What is the most romantic thing anyone has ever done for you? Wow, I can think of so many wonderful things that have been done for me, but don't know how to classify them as romantic. Just reaching out and holding my hand while I am driving and singing along with songs playing on the radio...remembering that makes me all fuzzy inside! 11. Do you have a favorite quote or bible scripture? Laughter is the Beginning of Healing 12. If you could do one thing over what would it be? Well, ya know, it's the time travel thingy, what if I do it over and don't wind up being the me I am right now? I want to say not marry my ex-wife...but then, I wouldn't have found al-anon and all you wonderful people. So I am just gonna say Nothing! 13. What do you love about your best friend? Kind, funny, considerate, caring great conversationalist...wonderful human being. 14. What is your top three pet peeves? I can't think of a single one! 15. Who would you like to see in concert? Wow, so many! I have seen so many that I wanted to (got to see Boston by the way foy , that was a religious experience for me) I guess number one right now might be George Strait. I have loved his music for years, he lives 2 hours from me and I have never seen him!!! sigh! 16. If you could sit down and have an intimate dinner with two people who would they be (they can be famous but they have to be alive) and tell why them two. Paul McCartney, just because I want to tell him how much his music has meant to me in my life, and my bestest friend...whom I don't get to see nearly enough! 17. What is your best feature? oh dear, just one!!!! lol Toss up between my oh so fine-muscular legs and my blue eyes..batt batt. 18. What is your favorite childhood memory? Being at grandma's house at christmas time 19. What would your perfect vacation be? Me and a good friend driving where ever the wind blows us! 20. What is the best invention that anyone has come up with? The Clapper!!!! I mean you just sit and clap and voila!! Light's on or Light's off!!! How great is that????
1. Do you live in the city or country? in the downtown area of a southern country town 2. What is your favorite thing to do? (hobby) powerwalk, sing 3. Do you have animals? What kind? 3 indoor cats, 1 outdoor cat 4. Do you have children? Ages 1, age 19 1/2, and stepdaughter, almost 20 5. What type of music do you listen to? talk radio 6. What is your all time favorite movie? "The Care and Handling of Roses" (a love story) 7. Who is your favorite actor and actress? was Mickey Rooney 8. What is your favorite type of clothes to wear? very casual, relaxed 9. What is your favorite thing to eat? anything chocolate :) 10. What is the most romantic thing anyone has ever done for you? made plans to go see a play and have dinner, to my surprise 11. Do you have a favorite quote or bible scripture? "My Life Matters" 12. If you could do one thing over what would it be? become an attorney and help abused women/also become a private eye (i'm good at that anyway...) 13. What do you love about your best friend? She understands me and has been there for me no matter what 14. What is your top three pet peeves? lying, lying, lying, smoking, incorrect grammar, inconsiderate people 15. Who would you like to see in concert? not sure 16. If you could sit down and have an intimate dinner with two people who would they be (they can be famous but they have to be alive) and tell why them two. I don't really know 17. What is your best feature? my eyes ? 18. What is your favorite childhood memory? this is a hard one... 19. What would your perfect vacation be? on the beach 20. What is the best invention that anyone has come up with? air conditioning
1. Do you live in the city or country? I am a true CITY girl!!
2. What is your favorite thing to do? (hobby) Compose music - design and execute stained glass windows.
3. Do you have animals? What kind? Yes. Dog... Jack Russell Terrier. Cats...White and black Turkish Van, Orange Tabby and white American SHorthair, and Silver and white Maine Coon.
4. Do you have children? Ages Yes. Two grown sons, Eric and Yancy.
5. What type of music do you listen to? All except progressive jazz.
6. What is your all time favorite movie? "Schindler's List."
7. Who is your favorite actor and actress? Liam Neeson, Merle Streep.
8. What is your favorite type of clothes to wear? Depends on where I am going.
9. What is your favorite thing to eat? Flan.
10. What is the most romantic thing anyone has ever done for you? Ask me to marry him on a billboard high above the interstate highway.
11. Do you have a favorite quote or bible scripture? You can read it on all my posts.
12. If you could do one thing over what would it be? I'd have become a veterinarian.
13. What do you love about your best friend? I love the fact that she is my sister.
14. What are your top three pet peeves? Idiots who sit in a restaurant mindlessly yapping on a cell phone, poor grammar and spelling, and stupidity.
15. Who would you like to see in concert? Sviatoslav Richter. ('Fraid I missed him.)
16. If you could sit down and have an intimate dinner with two people who would they be (they can be famous but they have to be alive) and tell why those two. Albert Einstein (he will live forever) and George Carlin. Imagine those two at the same table!!!
17. What is your best feature? Physically? My violet eyes I suppose.
18. What is your favorite childhood memory? Riding my bicycle on back roads on summer evenings.
19. What would your perfect vacation be? A beautiful beach with palm trees, gentle breezes and blue water.
20. What is the best invention that anyone has come up with? Probably the wheel. Or perhaps French kissing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Difficult to decide which one is more important...hee hee hee
Diva
-- Edited by Diva at 20:12, 2007-08-04
-- Edited by Diva at 13:04, 2007-08-05
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1. Do you live in the city or country? Country 2. What is your favorite thing to do? (hobby) Carving soapstone, alabaster, wood with my Dremel tool!! 3. Do you have animals? What kind? Three dogs, eight newborn puppies, one cat and kitten, 30 something chickens, 3 blue slate turkeys, 10 toulouse geese, 26 goats, 5 guineas. 4. Do you have children? Ages Daughter almost 24, son 20 yrs old 5. What type of music do you listen to? The Dead Can Dance, Loreena McKennit, anything from the 80's 6. What is your all time favorite movie? The Birdcage 7. Who is your favorite actor and actress? Jodie Foster and Kevin Spacey 8. What is your favorite type of clothes to wear? Camoflage! It looks the same dirty or clean. I also drool a LOT over Anne Tyler. 9. What is your favorite thing to eat? Homemade macaroni and cheese 10. What is the most romantic thing anyone has ever done for you? When my current A surprised me with a pair of goslings last year 11. Do you have a favorite quote or bible scripture? Fave quote: "You don't get in life what you want, you get in life what you are." 12. If you could do one thing over what would it be? Raise my children in the country and be a stay at home mom 13. What do you love about your best friend? She is unpredictable, hilarious, and STRONG 14. What is your top three pet peeves? People coming over without calling; running out of diet cherry Pepsi after the stores close; actually, nothing else really BOTHERS me enough to be a peeve. 15. Who would you like to see in concert? The Dead Can Dance (the first group) and JaWobble, if they are still together, and the Indigo Girls 16. If you could sit down and have an intimate dinner with two people who would they be (they can be famous but they have to be alive) and tell why them two. Jon and Kate from the Discovery Channel show "Jon and Kate Plus Eight". They are so real, and so natural, I feel like I already know them and we could talk about kids and life with very little introductory shyness :) 17. What is your best feature? Outside: my eyes. Inside: my ability to see the absurd in just about everything 18. What is your favorite childhood memory? We were poor, we were miserable, but we were FUNNY. 19. What would your perfect vacation be? Being able to stay on the farm and not have to go to town for ANYTHING for two weeks except the meetings of course 20. What is the best invention that anyone has come up with? That thingy you can cook bacon with in the microwave!
great idea. would you be okay with idea of me posting your idea (I'll give you credit w/out saying who you are......example: i got this from someone off of the alanon board and thought i would share it here)?
2. What is your favorite thing to do? (hobby) Read, watch tv, play games online, chat online, chat on the phone 3. Do you have animals? What kind? No. 4. Do you have children? No kids 5. What type of music do you listen to? all kinds 6. What is your all time favorite movie? not sure 7. Who is your favorite actor and actress? not sure 8. What is your favorite type of clothes to wear? jeans and hoodies 9. What is your favorite thing to eat? chocolate 10. What is the most romantic thing anyone has ever done for you? not sure 11. Do you have a favorite quote or bible scripture? No 12. If you could do one thing over what would it be? not sure if i want to do anything over b/c u learn from things you do - good and bad 13. What do you love about your best friend? practically everything about them 14. What is your top three pet peeves? not sure 15. Who would you like to see in concert? a variety of groups and singers 16. If you could sit down and have an intimate dinner with two people who would they be (they can be famous but they have to be alive) and tell why them two. i don't want to 17. What is your best feature? i don't know since i don't think i look good 18. What is your favorite childhood memory? not sure 19. What would your perfect vacation be? an argument and alcohol free one 20. What is the best invention that anyone has come up with? I don't know
1. Do you live in the city or country? suburbs 2. What is your favorite thing to do? (hobby) fishing 3. Do you have animals? What kind? Pipers Kitty 4. Do you have children? Ages Pipers Kitty age 4 5. What type of music do you listen to? everything 6. What is your all time favorite movie? The Manchurian Canidate (black and white version) & The Inn of Sixth Happiness & Remember the Titans 7. Who is your favorite actor and actress? Ingrid Bergman, Denzel Washington 8. What is your favorite type of clothes to wear? casual, LL Bean rocks 9. What is your favorite thing to eat? any seafood, including sushi 10. What is the most romantic thing anyone has ever done for you? Last Christmas hubby was going to visit his grandkids, and he cleaned the house before he left and cooked me dinner. He had the Christmas lights on, it was warm and he had a cup of tea waiting for me when I walked in the door. It was heaven. 11. Do you have a favorite quote or bible scripture? Live strong. 12. If you could do one thing over what would it be? Nothing. 13. What do you love about your best friend? She's put up with me for 40+ years, and I married the other one. 14. What is your top three pet peeves? cell phones, loud music, people with no manners 15. Who would you like to see in concert? Louis Armstrong, Diana Krall, Arthur Fiedler on July 4 16. If you could sit down and have an intimate dinner with two people who would they be (they can be famous but they have to be alive) and tell why them two. Julia Child, Albus Dumbledore, YoYo Ma 17. What is your best feature? my sense of humor 18. What is your favorite childhood memory? camping w/the family 19. What would your perfect vacation be? the one I just had with hubby 20. What is the best invention that anyone has come up with? post it notes
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1. Do you live in the city or country? Small town (live in Delaware - we only have small towns) 2. What is your favorite thing to do? (hobby) Read, walk with my brother and all of our dogs, neaten and organize (weird, huh?), cook and bake, volunteer for a dog rescue, write/journal 3. Do you have animals? What kind? Yes, Margo (that's her picture to the left) my four-year-old Shepherd/Rotti mix - love of my life! 4. Do you have children? No kids 5. What type of music do you listen to? classic rock, country, alt, classical, just about anything except opera. 6. What is your all time favorite movie? It's a Wonderful Life (at least today - I tend to change depending on my mood) 7. Who is your favorite actor and actress? I love character actors and actresses, but for 'stars'? Jack Nicholson and Angela Lansbury (thanks, Karilynn, for the Manchurian Candidate reminder - was she scary as hell in that, or what!?!) 8. What is your favorite type of clothes to wear? flannel lounge pants and sleeveless t-shirts - now if only I could wear them to work... 9. What is your favorite thing to eat? pizza - hands down 10. What is the most romantic thing anyone has ever done for you? nothing that I can think of 11. Do you have a favorite quote or bible scripture? "Be still and know that I am God" (Psalm 46:10) 12. If you could do one thing over what would it be? I would have lost weight when I was younger, because as a diabetic now, it's very hard to do! 13. What do you love about your best friends? They all accept me as I am, although one says I'm boring. I'm flattered - boring is my goal these days! 14. What is your top three pet peeves? Having to put up with other people's bad behavior (especially in public), cruelty to animals (why have a pet if you don't take care of it - never will understand that), and drivers who don't wave when you let them in front of you 15. Who would you like to see in concert? John Hiatt 16. If you could sit down and have an intimate dinner with two people who would they be (they can be famous but they have to be alive) and tell why them two. Sasha Cagen (founder of the Quirkyalone 'movement') and Lewis Black, just because he cracks me up! 17. What is your best feature? Sarcastic sense of humor - thanks, Mom! 18. What is your favorite childhood memory? Before my mother remarried, my family used to sit at the dinner table and act like idiots. Damn, that was fun! 19. What would your perfect vacation be? A summer in a cottage in Key West, with my best friends and our pets. 20. What is the best invention that anyone has come up with? Gotta go with air conditioning and the Internet.
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Vocatus atque non vocatus, Deus aderit ("Bidden or not bidden, God is present") - Erasmus
1. Do you live in the city or country?country 2. What is your favorite thing to do? (hobby)read, spin yarn 3. Do you have animals? What kind?3 dogs,3 cats,8 goats,5 wool sheep,1 llama,1 mini mule,3 horses, 20 something chickens,4 turkeys,1 pig,1 rabbit, I think that's it 4. Do you have children? Ages2 boys,1 yr& 7yrs 5. What type of music do you listen to?country mostly, but most anything 6. What is your all time favorite movie? 7. Who is your favorite actor and actress? 8. What is your favorite type of clothes to wear?jeans & t-shirt 9. What is your favorite thing to eat?mostly anything, esp if someone else fixed it. 10. What is the most romantic thing anyone has ever done for you?AH used to bring me flowers often from everywhere, wild flowers and wild roses. He started doing this again once in a while. I still like that. 11. Do you have a favorite quote or bible scripture?too many 12. If you could do one thing over what would it be?get alanon sooner 13. What do you love about your best friend?both love kids cause they're on the same level 14. What is your top three pet peeves? 15. Who would you like to see in concert? 16. If you could sit down and have an intimate dinner with two people who would they be (they can be famous but they have to be alive) and tell why them two. 17. What is your best feature?loyalty 18. What is your favorite childhood memory?driving pony carts in the desert with my family 19. What would your perfect vacation be? 20. What is the best invention that anyone has come up with?
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"When you come to the edge of all you know you must believe in one of two things... there will be earth on which to stand or you will be given wings." ~Unknown
Alright, missed this post the last two days, I'll play.
1. Do you live in the city or country? City 2. What is your favorite thing to do? (hobby) Cook, swim, read 3. Do you have animals? What kind? no 4. Do you have children? Ages yes, two boys age 4 (fraternal twins) 5. What type of music do you listen to? Pretty much everything except rap/ and hard core Death Metal 6. What is your all time favorite movie? Grease 7. Who is your favorite actor and actress? Johnny Depp and Diane Lane 8. What is your favorite type of clothes to wear? Jeans,flip flops, and a sleeveless tops to bear the heat 9. What is your favorite thing to eat? Shrimp Po-Boys and Southern Fried Chicken. 10. What is the most romantic thing anyone has ever done for you? One of my college BF's drove an hour to suprise me when I was one of the most romantic beaches with my girlfriend's. He and I walked along the beach in the moonlight and just talked and kissed for hours by the surf of the sea. It was a doozy to remember, too bad the relationship fell apart a couple months later, but that has to be my all time high. 11. Do you have a favorite quote or bible scripture? Do unto others as you would do unto yourself. 12. If you could do one thing over what would it be? Pick a business major instead of Psychology or do both. 13. What do you love about your best friend? No matter how much time passes us by in between talking or seeing each other, we just pick up where we left off. We just have kindred spirits that way. 14. What is your top three pet peeves? whisker's left in the sink, people who lie, people who don't do what they say they will do. 15. Who would you like to see in concert? Indigo Girls, Tori Amos, wish I could have seen Nina Simone.... my Dad did. 16. If you could sit down and have an intimate dinner with two people who would they be (they can be famous but they have to be alive) and tell why them two. Maya Angelou, Dave Ramsey, and of course Johnny Depp 17. What is your best feature? my brown eyes and my hair 18. What is your favorite childhood memory? one of them... all of us piling up on our sofa bed in the den and watching movies and eating popcorn together. ( We love doing that now with our kids) 19. What would your perfect vacation be? Going to Italy with my honey or going to British Columbia. 20. What is the best invention that anyone has come up with? The reversible grill/griddle... I love it!!
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1. Do you live in the city or country? small city 2. What is your favorite thing to do? (hobby)music music music 3. Do you have animals? What kind? 3 kitties 4. Do you have children? Ages 2 girls...11 and 15 5. What type of music do you listen to? metal and rock, old country and bluegrass sometimes 6. What is your all time favorite movie? momento (love the twist at the end/beginning) 7. Who is your favorite actor and actress? al pacino...sooo suave 8. What is your favorite type of clothes to wear? comfortable ones! 9. What is your favorite thing to eat? I'm a total sucker for doughnuts 10. What is the most romantic thing anyone has ever done for you? My boyfriend does it every time I see him, just be himself ( he is unendingly sweet) 11. Do you have a favorite quote or bible scripture? Be true to thyself 12. If you could do one thing over what would it be? spend moretime being my own best friend instead of everyone else's 13. What do you love about your best friend? He is my soft spot to land, I trust him so much! 14. What is your top three pet peeves? Bad drivers, time wasters, my belly fat 15. Who would you like to see in concert? Kiss 16. If you could sit down and have an intimate dinner with two people who would they be (they can be famous but they have to be alive) and tell why them two. My two girls, I enjoy their company most 17. What is your best feature? Platnum blonde hair and pretty smile 18. What is your favorite childhood memory?playing with my big brother (when he would!) 19. What would your perfect vacation be? touring Greece and seeing all the places the philosophers sat 20. What is the best invention that anyone has come up with? the automobile, it's great to get around so quick and easy, but I think that ties it with the washing machine...coudn't imagine doing all of that by hand anymore!
