A Little Extra Info

I borrowed? stole? this from Katie. It's an easy filler. :) At Kim's request, I had Linus answer the questions too. You'll probably want to skip mine and head right down the Linus answers. Hers are far more entertaining, though some of them scare me! As a side note, she answered the first part before dinner, so she had food on her mind. You'll be able to tell where she got tired of answering them, so we stopped and ate dinner. I had to bribe her with a five minute bedtime extension to get her to answer the remaining ones. Enjoy!

MY 50

1. What year was the best year of your life? 2002 sucked big time, then came my best year yet--2003. 2007 is pretty much sucking too, so I'm looking forward to great things in 2008!
2. One animal or insect that Noah should have left off the ark? Snakes or roaches (do roaches have any purpose at all?)
3. Do you make a wish before blowing out your birthday candles? Absolutely
4. Do you generally open your bills on the day that you receive them? Yeah, I'm the nerd that still gets paper bills! And, yes, I open MY bills immediately. Army pays bills, so I don't even bother looking at water, electricity, etc.
5. How many pillows are on your bed? Six. Army uses 2, I use 1.5. I have no idea what we do with the others. On occasion if he's breathing on me (I canNOT stand breathing on me!), I'll stuff a pillow between our faces.
6. Favorite ice cream flavor? Phish Food (by my two favorite confidantes, Ben & Jerry)
7. What is the most dominate color in your wardrobe? Black. Or green. Maybe red.
8. Have you ever seen a ghost? Nope
9. Would you rather go to a carnival or circus? Everyday at my house is a circus and carnival mixture.
10. Favorite meal: breakfast, lunch, or dinner? Dessert
11. Your favorite fictional animal? Foghorn Leghorn
12. Have you ever flown first-class? Nope
13. Would you go on a reality show? Not a chance
14. Are you more optimistic or pessimistic about the future? optimistic
15. Pancakes or waffles? depends on my mood
16. If you could own a home anywhere in the world, where would it be? coastal carolinas
17. Your favorite Soup of the Day? cheese soup from swensens
20. You go to the zoo; What is the one animal that you want to see? elephants, I've always loved them
21. Potatoes, rice, or pasta? potatoes, but every now and then I get on a rice pilaf kick
22. What is the best movie that you’ve seen this year? Haha! Is this a joke? I never see movies!
23. One of your favorite books when you were a child? Anything Beverly Cleary and the entire Little House series
24. What in your life are you most grateful for? Family, this includes Linus' birth family who happen to be some of the most fabulous people I know
25. You are home alone and use the bathroom; do you close the door? Nope
26. What is your favorite small appliance? Right now, the coffee maker. Linus has been getting up at the crack of dawn lately, and I need liquid help in the early hours
27. Salty snacks or sweet treats? salty-sweet!
28. Are you usually a little early, a little late, or right on time? when I worked--early, if I'm meeting a friend, unfortunately, I'm usually late
29. What is the most daring thing that you have ever done? I went to the French Quarter when I knew I shouldn't. I got caught. ON TV! I think I was about 15-16.
30. Have you ever met someone famous? Yes
31. What was one of your favorite movies as a child? The Sound of Music
32. At what age have you looked your best? Army thought I was hot when we met, so I'll go with 18. It had to be the beer goggles. ;)
33. One person that never fails to make you laugh? Linus!
34. What was the first music that you ever bought? Violent Femmes (blush!)
35. If you could change one thing about your family life when you were a child, what would it be? I wish we didn't move from N.O., but if we hadn't neither my sister nor I would have met our wonderful husbands, so I'm not all that upset about it
36. What is the one thing that you cook that always receives compliments? chicken (any way I make it).
37. From what news source do you receive the bulk of your news? local abc station
38. In the last calendar year, how many people have you told that you love them? lots of them, but they are all family
39. Who received your first kiss? little kiss or real kiss? real kiss was Jeremy
40. The single most important quality in a mate? This is hard! There's not just one. Hmmm, comfort?
41. What do you value most in a relationship? I'll go with comfort again
42. Do you believe that you have a soulmate? If yes, have you already met? Been with him for 15 years.
43. Do you consider yourself well organized? Organized? Very! Neat? Not always
44. On average, how many times a day do you look at yourself in the mirror? Depends on the day.
45. Did you ever make a prank phone call? Yep.
46. What one quality do you seek in a friend? Trust is a must
47. Have you ever killed an animal? I *think* I killed a squirrel with my car (by accident!)
48. When you were twelve years old, what did you want to be when you grew up? A teacher and a mommy
49. Do you believe in a afterlife? Yep.
50. What would you like to accomplish with the remaining years of your life? I'd love to have more children. I hope I'm a good enough parent that my children look at me as a role model and not an embarrassment. I'd also like to accomplish something that Army has wanted me to do for years.

And now for the good stuff...

The Linus 50 (with editoral comments)
1. What year was the best year of your life? I'm four!
2. One animal or insect that Noah should have left off the ark? donkeys
3. Do you make a wish before blowing out your birthday candles? uh-huh, want to come to my party?
4. Do you generally open your bills on the day that you receive them? No, I blow out my candles when I'm five so they can have my cake. Nobody better hop out of my cake.
5. How many pillows are on your bed? One
6. Favorite ice cream flavor? banilla
7. What is the most dominate color in your wardrobe? yellow, but I wish you would buy more purple (btw, she really doesn't have a lot of yellow)
8. Have you ever seen a ghost? (makes scary face) yes, when my window was open. I'm scared of ghostseses
9. Would you rather go to a carnival or circus? a silly circus with a silly clown (holds belly laughing)
10. Favorite meal: breakfast, lunch, or dinner? my new cereal (Special K)
11. Your favorite fictional animal? Tom and Jerry
12. Have you ever flown first-class? no I had to flow (you know flow--the past tense of fly!) to M & L's house (actually she's never flowed, er flown)
13. Would you go on a reality show? WHAT?? Are we talking my party? Are we? Are we?
14. Are you more optimistic or pessimistic about the future? I'm a brother (not a clue)
15. Pancakes or waffles? pancakes AND waffles!
16. If you could own a home anywhere in the world, where would it be? a house in Alabunka (Alabama?) with lots of people for my party
17. Your favorite Soup of the Day? big noodles, but not pasketti noodles (actually she LOVES O'Charley's Loaded Potato Soup)
20. You go to the zoo; What is the one animal that you want to see? zebra, I want to ride one, but I also want to ride on a cowboy Yeehaw! I want to wear cowboy boots, yeehaw! Giddyup Pal! (on a side note, I choked on "I want to ride a cowboy and made her clarify what she meant---she said meant a cowboy horse, not a cowboy!)
21. Potatoes, rice, or pasta? I don't like all that food. gross! (She loves mashed potatoes, but gags on rice and pasta--except spaghetti noodles)
22. What is the best movie that you’ve seen this year? Can you take me to a movie, Mommy?
23. One of your favorite books when you were a child? Lion King, and Goodnight Moon, and Where the Wild Things Are, and Cinderella, and my goodnight prayer book, and Curious George, and Froggy, and well, all of my books.
24. What in your life are you most grateful for? presents that I'm going to get for my birthday
25. You are home alone and use the bathroom; do you close the door? I'm never home alone, that's silly Mommy!
26. What is your favorite small appliance? soup
27. Salty snacks or sweet treats? I don't like those two, I like soup
28. Are you usually a little early, a little late, or right on time? I get there when you take me somewhere
29. What is the most daring thing that you have ever done? can you please stop talking to me?30. Have you ever met someone famous? what?
31. What was one of your favorite movies as a child? Lion King! ROOOAAARRRR! Now will you please stop? I'm going to wave my magic wand and put something on your mouth to not talk!32. At what age have you looked your best? UGH! I'm FOUR!
33. One person that never fails to make you laugh? a clown
34. What was the first music that you ever bought? no, I've never bought music
35. If you could change one thing about your family life when you were a child, what would it be? I'd have a brother and a sister
36. What is the one thing that you cook that always receives compliments? I cooked my daddy a cake
37. From what news source do you receive the bulk of your news? my mommy watches news, I don't
38. In the last calendar year, how many people have you told that you love them? 60 (60 is her favorite number)
39. Who received your first kiss? my mommy, I love to kiss Mommy
40. The single most important quality in a mate? G'day Mate!
41. What do you value most in a relationship? Friends
42. Do you believe that you have a soulmate? What's a so-mat? No, I'm a bong-bay-bo (no idea what that means!)
43. Do you consider yourself well organized? I organize my toys
44. On average, how many times a day do you look at yourself in the mirror? 1-2-3-4-5!
45. Did you ever make a prank phone call? I called Santa
46. What one quality do you seek in a friend? Friends
47. Have you ever killed an animal? No, that's wrong
48. When you were twelve years old, what did you want to be when you grew up? I want to be a teacher
49. Do you believe in a afterlife? Uh-huh
50. What would you like to accomplish with the remaining years of your life? I want ice cream to eat. Strawberry ice cream. So much that it's too heavy to carry.