Friday’s Feast

Appetizer
Name a great website you would recommend to others.

Very difficult assignment, since the prompt clearly states “a” (meaning singular) website. Hmmm. I may have to come back to this.

Soup
On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 as highest), how often do you dream at night?

Technically, we always dream every night, we simply don’t always remember the dreams. (I’m being a bit peevish with today’s entree’s, aren’t I?) However, I recall my dreams about most every day, or about an 8 on the scale. Last night, I was living in a huge, beautiful home, and continually yelling at people who kept coming in and messing it up.

Salad
Did you have a pet as a child? If so, what kind and what was its name?

Dogs – always. The first dog I remember was a cocker spaniel mix named Ginger. She was a patient and willing participant in my favorite game (playing school), in which she was forced to sit on the couch and listen to me expound the days lesson at my miniature blackboard. When I was 10 we got Honey, a cocker spaniel puppy, and then my heart was broken when my severe allergies forced us to give her up. Happily, she went to live with an elderly couple who treated her like royalty for the rest of her days.

Main Course
If you had the chance to star in a commercial, what would you choose to advertise?

Cars,~hopefully gorgeous, exotic, very fast ones. Zoom, zoom.

Dessert
What is your favorite kind of hard candy?

I am an obssessive mint eater. I have a package of hard mints in every purse. Back in the days when I was “on the road” with my handbell group, I joked about living on Altoids – it wasn’t far from the truth.


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Friday Feast

Appetizer
If you were a dog, what breed would you be, and why?

Probably a border collie, because I always seem to be running around trying to keep all my sheep in line!

Soup
What does the color purple make you think of?

Royalty. The majestic purple of velvet robes worn by queens and monarchs. Also eggplant, which I love to eat deep fried or baked in marinara sauce and Parmesan cheese.

Salad
Approximately how long does it take you to get ready each morning?

About 45 minutes. It takes longest to blow dry my hair and try and tame those natural waves into the smooth page boy I prefer.

Main Course
How many cousins do you have, and are you close to them?

I have more cousins than I can count, oddly enough. Most of them are of the second, third, and otherwise “removed” variety and are scattered all over the country. I do have three or four first cousins that I grew up with here in Detroit, and we were close as children. But as it the way of the world, now that we’re grown up we never see each other.

Dessert
Take your initials (first, middle, last) and come up with something else those letters could stand for. (Example: SFO = Sweet Funny Otter)

Reflective
Maternal
Reader

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Friday Feast

Appetizer
On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how much do you look forward to your birthday?
I used to look forward to it immensely, and I still enjoy the idea of remembering the day I was born (all those many years ago!). I just wish I didn’t have to keep getting older. As far as a rating – hmmm, I’ll say 5, somewhere safely in the middle.

Soup
What is one word you don’t like the sound, spelling, or meaning of?
Suck. Even when it’s used for it’s actual meaning, and not in the pejorative sense.

Salad
Do you wear sunglasses when you’re outside? If so, what does your current pair look like?
I wear sunglasses more often than I used to (its another one of those age things, I guess). I tend to lose sunglasses, so I have about six relatively cheapo pairs scattered around the house and in the cars.

Main Course
If you were to write a book, to whom would you dedicate it?
I have written one book (unpublished, but still…) and partly because of the subject matter and partly just because she deserves it, I would dedicate it to my mother. The book I’m thinking about writing now, the one that’s marinating in my brain in preparation for NaNoWriMo next month, would be dedicated to my husband.

Dessert
Name a beverage that you enjoy.
Coffee at sunrise, Chardonnay at dusk.

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Friday Feast

Appetizer : How are you today?
With radiant sunshine, a fresh cool breeze blowing, and endless blue sky, I’m excited about getting outside, hoping the fresh autumn air will blow some of the cobwebs out of my head.

Soup : Name 3 television shows you watch on a regular basis.
For a long while, there weren’t even three shows I could say I regularly watched. Lately, I’ve become addicted to Mad Men, a series set in 1960’s New York City, and centered around the advertising business. I grew up in the 60’s and there haven’t been many shows or movies set in that era. This one pays great attention to detail, from costume to language, to social mores and customs. It’s fascinating. I also watch Gray’s Anatomy and ER ~ I’ve always liked the “doctor shows.”

Salad : What’s the scariest weather situation you’ve experienced?
A couple of years ago, a hurricane hit Naples, Florida, where our son lives and where we have a second home. We were all in Michigan at the time, but it was frightening (and rather surreal) to be watching the coverage on television, seeing familiar landmarks being blown and buffeted about. Luckily, neither of our homes were damaged.

Main Course : If you could wake up tomorrow morning in another country, where would you want to be?
No question – the UK. When we visited there in 2005, waking up in the morning was my favorite part of the day. The sun on those luscious green hills, the fields dotted with sheep, the peace and quiet of the small villages we passed through – sumblime!

Dessert : What do you usually wear to sleep?
I really like nice sleepwear – not super expensive stuff, but things that match and look good. I’m not an old T shirt and boxers kind of girl. I like feminine nighties and pajamas.

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Friday Feast #161 (But #1 for Me!)

Appetizer
What is your favorite type of art?

I love the Impressionists – Monet, Renoir, Cassat. But I also love artistic photography, like Ansel Adams

Soup
When was the last time you got a free lunch (or breakfast or dinner)? Who paid for it?

Today, as a matter of fact. My mom treated me to lunch in the dining room at Macy’s Department Store – a real old fashioned “ladies who lunch” place, where we had our favorite~ Maurice salads

Salad

On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how emotional are you?

Ten years ago I would have anwered 8. Now, I’d say 5 or 6. I don’t know whether I’m hardening with age, but I rarely cry about anything anymore. I sometimes cry after visiting my mother in law at the Alzheimer’s facility where she lives. So many people with once vital, busy lives, now existing as shells of their former selves. Breaks my heart every time.

Main Course
Approximately how long do you spend each day responding to email?

Very little time. I don’t receive a lot of email. I spend a great deal more time commenting on blogs -probably an hour a day.


Dessert
To what temperature do you usually set your home’s thermostat?

Winter is coming, and the thermostat war will soon begin! I like it at 68, my husband likes it 70, so we’re always sneaking around adjusting the thermostat on each other. Terrible for energy conservation, I know.

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