(2) Question 31

Q:  What do you want to be?

A:  Not as snarky.  (Hard habit to break and sometimes hard to tell from my sarcastic self which is near perfect.)

(2) Question 30

Q:  What do you want to forget?

A:  My morning spent driving Miss Daisy (Eve) to Costco, Safeway and DMV.  Ugh.

(2) Question 29

Q:  What was the last TV show you watched?

A: Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern

(2) Question 28

Q:  How do you describe home?

A:  Busy, clean (mostly) and worked on constantly.

(2) Question 27

Q:  Which are movement best describes you today?

A:  Dutch Classic.  Slightly staid and subdued.

Pothast - In Cloud Region

(2) Question 26

Q:  Today needed more ________________.

A:  Energy.  It is waning because I had an allergy attack yesterday and wiped me out.

Hmmmmm

Anyone Recognize the Handwriting?
Tylor isn't giving the sender up.

(2) Question 25

Q:  What makes you "you"?


A:  My family, my sisters, my conscience.

(2) Question 23

Q:  Do you need a break?  From what?


A:  Yes.  Everything.

(2) Question 24

Q:  If you were going to start your own company what would it be?

A:  Same as last year ... a bakery reading room.

These are a few of my favorite things...

Shhhhhh ... Tylor sleeping ... I guess

mild concussions make you tired.

(2) Question 22

Q:  Are you seeking security or adventure?

A:  Definitely security.  Adventures can come later once we have security.

(2) Question 21

Q:  What are you looking forward to?

A:  Death.  Okay.  Maybe not.  All my kids being in school.  (Connor is home ill and Tylor is home with a mild concussion.)  I need my space!

(2) Question 20

Q:  Are you holding a grudge?  About?

A:  Can I hold a grudge against myself?  I need to forgive and forget but it is hard when you see the results of your mistakes every single day.  Working on it.  Slowly but surely.

(2) Question 19

Q:  List three foods you ate today.

A:  Green banana, cottage cheese, Ritz crackers

Just the right shade of green

2% only

No weird cheese or peanut butter - just crackers.

(2) Question 18

Q:  What was peaceful about today?


A:  My 15 minute shower.  Seriously.

(2) Question 17

Q:  What is the oldest thing you are wearing today?

A:  A blue long sleeved shirt I have had for about 15 years.  I can't seem to wear it out so I keep it.

(2) Question 16

Q:  Do you owe money to someone?  Does someone owe you money?

A:  Yes, the banks.  I give up.

(2) Question 15

Q:  On a scale of one to ten, how was your lunch today?

A:  Tylor and went to a new shawarma place in Willow Glen called Sajj.  We both had the beef, his wrapped and mine in a pita pocket and fries.  It was good so I am going to give it a 7.  (The pita chips and the garbanzo bean soup were a bit weak.)

(2) Question 14

Q:  Are you a leader or a follower?

A:  A leader but I am trying to be a better follower.  Striving is important.

(2) Question 13

Q:  Where do you want to travel next?

A:  Paris. Or anywhere.

Notre Dame

(2) Question 12

Q:  What's your favorite accessory?


A:   The earrings Jim got me for Christmas.  They are a little sparkly and fun.

(2) Question 11

Q:  Today you lost______________.






A:  My husband to hockey.  We were supposed to go out on a date but a friend who has hockey tickets called: he wanted to go.  How do I compete against a tall, leggy blonde man who has lower reserve hockey tickets?

(2) Question 10

Q:  Write down something that inspired you today.






A:  Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved. ~ Thomas S. Monson

(2) Question 9

Q:  Was your day typical?  Why or why not?




A:  Pretty typical but I had to walk instead of run because my stupid back still hurt.  Typical stuff through the day; took kids to school, picked them up, did seminary, kids to the dentist and kabobs for dinner, then took Lauren to her babysitting (9 yr old) job.

hum·drum

ˈhəmˌdrəm/

adjective

adjective: humdrum; adjective: hum-drum

1. 1.

   lacking excitement or variety; dull; monotonous.

   "humdrum routine work"

   synonyms:

   mundane, dull, dreary, boring, tedious, monotonous, uninvolving, prosaic; More unexciting, uninteresting, uneventful, unvaried, repetitive, unremarkable; routine, ordinary, everyday, day-to-day, workaday, quotidian, run-of-the-mill, commonplace, garden variety, pedestrian; informalplain-vanilla, ho-hum "they were quite wrong in assuming that the lighthouse keeper led a lonely and humdrum life"

   antonyms:

   remarkable, exciting

(2) Question 8

Q:  What song is stuck in your head?


A:  Didn't happen today.

(2) Question 7

Q:  You are lucky; how so or not so?


A:  I think things are placed in our path or we make decisions that place us somewhere.  I don't believe in luck even though sometimes I say "Lucky!".

"Because, whether good luck or misfortune, it is not a thing; it’s the label we put on it,

after it has already happened."

(2) Question 6

Q:  Today was tough because _______________.

A:  I woke up at 4 a.m. and my back was out of whack.  Deep breaths hurt.  Running is out completely.  Not a good start to my busy day.

(2) Question 5

Q:  What was the last restaurant you went to?

A:  Yuki Sushi for Tylor's birthday.  We sat at the first table on the right.  Very busy night and noisy.  We ran into a family we know from soccer.  We saw them the last time we came - very funny.

(2) Question 4

Q:  What was the best part of today?

A:  Tylor opening his birthday presents.  So different from last year.

(2) Question 3

Q:  What are you reading right now?

A:  The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta. I am listening to Just One Look by Harlan Coben.  I just finished The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo (excellent!).

Summary of a Year in Questions

Debbie and Keira gave me a book Q&A a Day 365 Questions * 5 years * 1825 Answers for my birthday in 2012.  I started it January 1, 2013.  I have to say I have learned a few things about myself - some I like, some I don't. 

I have had frustrations and found questions for that day poignant and/or thought provoking.  And there have been silly things.  I am not very silly so this was a fun way to learn a little about how to be silly sometimes.  It's okay to make silly mistakes or do something silly (except if you are with your teens and then it is just bad (according to them)).  I have tried not to lie on my answers but when I go back I'm sure I will have.  It's hard to be honest even with just myself sometimes.  BUT, I have enjoyed it. 

I am going to continue this year.  Join me.  Add to the question or change it.  Discover a little about you and me.

Let's learn to fly!

So

So.  It is a little word but it has so much anticipation, anxiety, excitement and tension wrapped up in those two little letters that sometimes I can barely stand it.

1.  So, last year wasn't great.  It wasn't horrible - no deaths, cancer or debilitating accidents.
2.  So, my children are still all alive. (Proof upon request.)
3.  So, work went from bad to worse to non-existent. (Proof provided April 15th.)
4.  So, Jim's job got more interesting.  He traveled a bit, talks to Austria, Germany, China, Japan and several other countries I can't remember.  We still haven't had to step up and be Guinea pigs for the Carnival Cruise tests but we are willing and able.
5.  So, we had some great things happen; Lauren's baptism tops the list, Connor driving is right up there, Tylor making Varsity was fun, Jim spending two weeks hanging with us was great, and me keeping up with my sisters is always so fabulous.
5.  So, my bones are less dense, my iron is trying to run out, my cholesterol is slightly improved, my thyroid has found it's place and my colon got an A+ on it's test and I still don't have a single symptom of anything being wrong.  Whatever.
6.  So, that's it.  So what?  So there!

Found ourselves in a galactic trash

compactor.  So, how's it with you?

(2) Question 2

Q:  Can people change?

A:  Yes.  I have seen my attitudes change just throughout last year.  Most for the better.

(2) Question 1

Q:  What is your mission?

A:  Focus on what is important.  Be happier.  Learn/grow each day.