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Friday, August 19, 2005
survey I borrowed from Carrie, whose journal is usually locked so I won't link it
Top 10 Favorite TV Shows, Ever
I don't know if I can come up with 10. I'll try.
1. Who's the Boss?
2. Between the Lions (it's educational TV. It has to be good for you.)
3. Sesame Street
4. Jeopardy!
5. um, the winter Olympics? that doesn't count, does it.
6. Little House on the Prairie
7. Whose Line Is It Anyway?
And that's all I can think of. Really. I mean, if I were to come up with TV shows that I liked at one time but wouldn't watch now unless I had to, that list might include:
8. Saved by the Bell (SHUT UP.)
9. Doogie Howser, M.D.
10. Coach
Top 9 Favorite Movies, Ever
1. Pride and Prejudice (the 1995 BBC version)
2. Persuasion (Amanda Root, also 1995 I think)
3. Return to Me
4. It's A Wonderful Life
5. The Phantom of the Opera
6. Amadeus
7. While You Were Sleeping
8. To Kill A Mockingbird
9. Sleepless in Seattle
Top 8 Favorite Books, ever
1. Persuasion (Austen)
2. Pride and Prejudice (Austen)
3. Anne of Green Gables and those following (L.M. Montgomery)
4. Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
5. Fifteen (Beverly Cleary)
6. Into the Wilderness (Sara Donati)
7. David Copperfield (Dickens)
8. the Bible (which is actually 66 books, but who's counting)
Top 7 Favorite Albums, ever
oh sheesh. I haven't bought albums in AGES. I loved when downloading music became possible, because I hated paying full price for an album on which I'd generally like three or four songs.
1. the original cast recording CD of Phantom of the Opera
2. Evanescence
3. my "Masters of Classical Music" series. That's ten albums. Whoops.
4. George Winston: December
5. Alison Krauss and Union Station: Now That I've Found You
6. Chanticleer: Sing We Christmas
7. the P&P soundtrack
Top 6 Favorite Foods, ever
1. Chicken Scampi from the Olive Garden
2. the garlic/mushroom/swiss burger at Denny's
3. really good meatloaf (with wine gravy, not tomato sauce)
4. a really good steak
5. fried zucchini sticks with garlic ranch to dip them in
6. philly cheese steak sandwiches -- good and greasy
Top 5 Favorite Drinks, ever
1. Diet Cherry Coke
2. Diet Coke
3. plain strong iced tea
4. peach Snapple, regular or diet
5. a chocolate milkshake
Top 4 Favorite Desserts, ever
1. warm brownies with a hot fudge sundae on top
2. mint chocolate chip ice cream
3. chocolate mousse
4. pudding/whipped cream parfait
Top 3 Favorite Holidays, ever
1. Christmas
2. Thanksgiving
3. any day that T has off work :)
Top 2 Favorite Restaurants, ever
1. The Olive Garden
2. The Red Fox (little local restaurant)
Favorite Quote, ever
This is hard. I used to keep a collection of quotes I liked, but I haven't in a long time... I find it harder to think in soundbites, I guess. But here's a line I like a lot from Austen. It's in Sense and Sensibility, when Elinor is having a conversation with an utter dolt (who happens to be the brother of the man she loves), and he says something that is typically (for him) doltish. And... "Elinor agreed to it; she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition." BLISS. That is a great example of why I love Austen -- the language, the sly wit, the irony. Yay Jane.
What was I doing 10 years ago?
I'd been married a year and a half (almost); I was six weeks pregnant and hence just starting to have morning sickness. I was working as a nanny three days a week and as a teacher's aide for two days a week.
What was I doing 5 years ago?
I was nursing C, who was almost a year old, getting ready for the start of LT's first year of sit-down school (he was 4 1/2; I was a very eager first-time homeschooler).
What was I doing 1 year ago?
The same kind of thing I'm doing this summer, really. Blogging, living in the same house, everyone healthy, same old same old. Oh, wait, I just checked my old journal to find out if anything else was going on, and that reminded me that I was also sewing a dress for my friend's wedding which was to be the first of September. This was quite a project.
What was I doing yesterday?
Went up to visit T at work and then into Yosemite Valley with the kids to spend the afternoon. Took a few pictures, none of which made me go WOW. Between the two of us, LT and I managed to drop my Nikon manual and my filter case (with only one filter in it, fortunately; the others were on my camera) into running water; I managed to barely rescue them before they could be swept into a culvert and under a road.
What am I doing today?
Today was crazy. I went to the valley with the kids, and on the way there I discovered my cell phone wasn't working, so I tried to have it replaced while I was down there, but it was no longer under warranty, and I didn't have $150 lying around to buy a new phone. In fact, I barely had $35 lying around to buy groceries. On the way home it occurred to me that based on evidence, it was probably just the speaker that wasn't working, so in the evening we went BACK to the valley (this time with T, who needed derby car parts) and I spent $10 on a hands-free headset. Problem solved. In January I can upgrade my phone for free. Anyway. The first trip down there was very stressful. It was one of those days when the laws of physics (especially that bit about gravity) conspired against me, and for some reason C kept stepping on my feet (I: sandals; she: clunky tennis shoes), and the crowds and the noise and the unhelpful salespeople and augh. Wal-Mart twice in one day, I'm surprised my hair's not white.
What will I do tomorrow?
Hopefully nothing beyond the bare necessities of housework and people-feeding, with considerable sitting-around-reading, and I want to go out and take moonrise pictures in the evening.
Five snacks I enjoy:
- potato chips
- peaches
- cheese sticks
- ice cream
- cold cereal (yes, for a snack. so sue me.)
Five bands I like:
- Evanescence
- Alison Krauss and Union Station
- the Marine band (ha ha)
- Rubber bands (ha ha ha)
- um... bands. Oh. The Cranberries, I like them too.
Five things I would do with a million dollars:
- Buy a house
- pay off our bills and my parents' bills
- buy a Nikon D70
- make a nice donation to our library, and several middle-ish ones to Christian charities like homeless missions etc.
- buy my husband a new Dodge Ram diesel crew cab dually, and myself a Chrysler Sebring convertible
Five locations I would like to run away to:
- Morro Bay
- Bailey Flats (nobody's heard of this place and that's a large part of the reason it's on this list)
- San Francisco, if I had a ton of money to spend there and could leave when said money was gone
- Florida
- the library
Five bad habits I have:
- Overeating
- Talking too much
- procrastinating, especially as regards housework
- tuning out people who talk to me while I'm reading (I hesitate to put this down, because really, aren't they asking for it?)
- Spending too much time in front of this machine
Five things I like doing:
- Reading
- Going for walks, with my camera or my family or both
- singing
- taking photographs
- looking at photographs other people have taken
Five TV shows I like:
n/a
Five famous people I would like to meet:
Is it OK if some of them are dead? Also, my desire to meet these people is tempered by two things: 1) the realization that I would make an utter fool of myself if ever I did meet them, and 2) the fact that I might be disappointed once I knew them as real people with flaws like everyone else. Maybe not, though. Anyway. Shut up Rachel and get on with the list.
- C.S. Lewis
- Condoleeza Rice
- Jane Austen
- getupgrrl
- Jim Henson
Five joys in my life at the moment:
- My family, the way we all love each other so much and are getting along really well
- the fact that my husband never leaves in the morning without kissing me, and calls me a few times a day just to hear my voice
- that there are two books coming out this fall that I've been looking forward to for quite some time (Outlander #6 and the last Mitford book from Jan Karon)
- playing the flute and the piano again, a little
- singing with C, who has decided that in addition to her careers as mom, zookeeper, horse trainer, and "seller" (person who works at a store), she's also going to play Christine on stage
Five favorite toys:
- my Nikon Coolpix 5400
- my cell phone
- my N50 (film SLR)
- I can't think of any others...
Five people to tag:
I won't tag anyone but I can think of a few people who have been neglecting their journals; perhaps this would be a good excuse for you to write again, hmm? You know who you are. :)
Comments
A new Mitford book is coming out? Where have I been? I got Shepherds Abiding on the cheap at one of those "super-cheap books!" stores recently but have been out of the Mitford loop. I like your comment about "aren't they asking for it?" Why, yes, actually, they ARE.
Posted by: mary at August 20, 2005 08:15 AM
Mary, it's due to be released on November 8th, and it'll be called Light from Heaven. Any predictions on whether Father Tim dies at the end? Or Cynthia? I want Dooley to marry Lace, and beyond that she can do what she wants with people. ;)
Posted by: Rachel at August 20, 2005 08:38 AM
Um... you would not be talking about me, Rachel? hmm?? =)
Posted by: debi at August 20, 2005 10:12 AM
Ooooh! A new Mitford book! I'll have to keep my eye out for it :)
Posted by: Maria at August 29, 2005 02:16 AM
