Member under spotlight 02-08 November 09.. MomofMany!!

Why don't you talk about religion? Sorry - not serious. Couldn't pass that one up.

And I have to agree on the Frango Mints!

Music-themed questions....

1) Do you have a stereo in one room that plays tunes at home, or do you have speakers that pipe music throughout the house?

2) Do you have speakers to play music outside - or do you bring out a boom box or something?

3) Do you play any instrument? Take lessons as a kid?


Chicago-themed questions:

4) Were you born in Chicago or did your family move there after you were born? When did you leave?

5) Do you like Chicago style pizza - if so, what's your favorite? Thin crust, thick crust or Chicago style? Ever been to or had Lou Malnatti's?

6) Ever had a Francheesie?

7) Ever shop at Marshall Field's or Carson Pirie Scott?

8) Did you go to the beach regularly? Which one? Been to Oak Street Beach? Further North - Gilson Park? Perhaps as far north as the Elm St. Beach in Kenilworth/Winnetka?

9) Ever visit the Northern burbs for any reason?

10) Did you ever visit the Bahai Temple?

11) Ever take the coal mine tour at the Field Museum?

12) Been to the Shedd Acquarium? Adler Planetarium? The Oriental Art Museum?

13) Which is your favorite blues club (in Chicago)? Favorite bar?

14) Ever been to Butch Maguire's, Mothers.... River Shannon, Easy-Does-Its?

15) Ever been to Charlie Trotter's or Gordons? (Downtown restaurants). Morton's Steakhouse?

16) Been to 2nd City?

17) Been to or heard of Zorine's?

18) Ever seen a show at the Aragon Brawlroom?

19) Enjoy Taste of Chicago?

20) Ever been to Rivinia Park (the festival?)

...more music questions...

21) ...and one last music question (because I saw all of them in Chicago )

Do you enjoy

Jeff Beck
Jan Hammer
John McLaughlin
Stanley Clarke
Chick Corea
?

My favorite question to ask:

1. Give us 25 random facts about you...
Can be absolutely anything you wish to share. (ex. I drink my coffee with milk and sugar...I dye my hair.... I collect whatever... etc)

That have not been already addressed

Free associate a long list of words (25 or more) starting with

Blue

Originally Posted by LDG

Free associate a long list of words (25 or more) starting with

Blue

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I sense a gang up on Amy. I've gotta cram a weeks worth of questions into a couple days....


Amy, its cuz we wuvs ya

21. What would you like to be doing 5yrs from now? What do you think you will be doing 5yrs from now?

22. Would you be willing to eat a bowl full of crickets for $40K ? How about 5K?

23. You are given $1 000 000 to donate anonymously to charity or to a stranger. How would you dispose of it?

24. In conversations, do you tend to listen or talk more?

25. If you decided to do something and your friends strongly advised you not to, could you do it anyway?

Canada
26. If you could visit 3 places in Canada, where would you visit?

27. Do you ever use the word "eh"... Welcome to Canada eh.

28. What animals do you associate with Canada? (ex.I think of coyotes in the US...)

29. Are you my Santa?

30. Have you ever heard of any famous Canadians?

Completely random:

31. What Is The Last Thing You Purchased?
32. Who was the last person to make you mad?
33. Do you sleep on your side, stomach or back?
34. Do you watch the news on a regular basis?
35. What time is your alarm clock set to?

Personality:

36. For the most part are you a happy person?
37. What is an easy way to cheer you up if you are down? (ex. something that always makes you smile)
38. Are you impulsive?
39. Are you early or late?
40. What do you do when you get angry? (yell, stomp away, isolation, etc)
41. Are you an organised person?
42. Do you get over things easily? Or do you hold a grudge?
43. Do you prefer a large group of people or a small group ( under 10) to hang out with?
44. Would others characterise you as friendly?
45. Was is your worst personality trait?
46. What colour is your hair?
47. Do you drink coffee/tea, if so what do you take in it?
48. Are you shy or outgoing?
49. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
50. What's your sign? (cancer, gemini, etc.)
51. Do you have any nicknames? If they have a story, please share.
52. Do you wear glasses?
53. How many hours, on average, per day do you spend on the computer? (excluding any work related computer job)
54. What is your most favorite food? (pick top 3 food, not candy or chocolate)
55. Do you prefer to cook or have someone else cook?
56. Are you a meat/potatoes person, or veggies/salad?
57. Do you have a sweettooth?
58. Sweet or salty snacks?
59. Full meals or snack type meals?
60. Are you allergic to any foods? (my SIL is allergic to tomato...which really sucks as its in ALOT of things...salad dressing, etc.)
61. What do you like on your pizza?

62. If $ was not an issue, what would you get for your kitties?

63. What is the one beauty product you could NOT live without?

64. How much time do you spend on your hair? ( do you style it daily, or are you a ponytail girl?)

65. Do you wear makeup on a daily basis?

66. Are you enjoying being the Spotlight member?

67. Do you chew gum? If so, what kind?

68. What kind of unusual animal would you love as a pet? (assuming laws/price is not an issue... an animal/reptile/etc that you would never have, but think would make a nice pet)


You did say you prefer a lot of questions

Do you play any online games?
Wii? Playstation - anything like that?
If so... what kind of games to do you like to play?
What's your favorite form of exercise?
Been ice or roller skating/blading recently?
Do you like swimming?
Been sailing?
Ever taken a cruise? If so, where?
Ever seen a shooting star?
Do you like stargazing?
How many constellations can you recognize/locate?
Ever seen a Tornado or water spout?
Rainbow?
What National Parks have you been to?
Ever been hunting? Are you opposed to it in concept? Is it something you'd do if you haven't?
What's the most interesting wild animal you've seen in the wild?
Longest camping trip you've been on?
Do you prefer reading facts or fiction? - or is it a mood thing?
Favorite biography or autobiography you've ever read?

Ever had Korean food?
Do you like sushi and/or sashimi?
Ever had Indian food?
Do you enjoy Greek food?
Do you like spicy? REALLY spicy or sorta spicy?
Favorite Chinese dish?

Do you like cheese?
Strong or mild?
Favorite cheese?
Favorite hard cheese?
Favorite soft cheese?
Ever had a triple cream brie?
Like cheesecake?
Plain or with something (blueberry, key lime, chocolate....)
New York style or Chicago Style?

Tea or coffee?
Flavored coffee? Milk or cream? Sugar?
Black tea or green tea?
Wine, Beer, or hard liquor/mixed drinks?
Wine - red or white?
Do you enjoy Port? or any Sauternes?
Ever had a cigar? Enjoy it?

Ever have a dream about TCS in any way?

I didn't bother numbering them, but I think it's a lot of questions!

Originally Posted by Snake_Lady

I sense a gang up on Amy. ...

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Actually, with the free association thing, a friend and I used to do something like this. We'd start with one word, and go down the length of a page. Then we'd switch pads of paper, and go down the page again, but free associating with the word to the left. Do that for as many columns as fit across - and it was often really interesting! Definitely fun.

My goodness Friends!... poor Amy!,...she will going to have a Heart Attack when she see this posts!....


...Just kidding!...

NICE & Brilliant topics my friends!... .. ... ...Can´t wait to see her answers!...

1) Do you have a stereo in one room that plays tunes at home, or do you have speakers that pipe music throughout the house?
I have concert level Bose speakers. They are loud enough to hear all over the house.

2) Do you have speakers to play music outside - or do you bring out a boom box or something?
See previous. We can easily hear the inside speakers in the next county!!

3) Do you play any instrument? Take lessons as a kid?
I play the piano once in a great while. I took about 8 years of lessons as a child (starting at age 5).


Chicago-themed questions:

4) Were you born in Chicago or did your family move there after you were born? When did you leave?
I was born in Chicago and lived there until I was 13, then moved to the southern suburbs. Left the southern burbs for the western burbs, then moved back to Chicago on the far northwest side.

5) Do you like Chicago style pizza - if so, what's your favorite? Thin crust, thick crust or Chicago style? Ever been to or had Lou Malnatti's?
Chicago style pizza? YOU BET YOUR SWEET BIPPY!!

My favorite is stuffed, which is just one type of thick crust Chicago style. There was a Lou Malnatti's down the street from where I worked in downtown Chicago and I ate there at least once a week for many years.

6) Ever had a Francheesie?
Huh? I guess the answer would be no.

7) Ever shop at Marshall Field's or Carson Pirie Scott?
I'm still bummed that Macy's bought out Marshall Field's. But at least I can drive across the street where I work right now and buy Frango Mints!! I loved the 9 story store on State Street the best - used to walk over there at lunch also. Carson Pierie Scott was my second favorite store.

8) Did you go to the beach regularly? Which one? Been to Oak Street Beach? Further North - Gilson Park? Perhaps as far north as the Elm St. Beach in Kenilworth/Winnetka?
For the city proper, I hung out at either Oak Street or North Ave beach. We spent a lot of time at the Indiana Dunes and Michigan Dunes also.

9) Ever visit the Northern burbs for any reason?
Not so much the northern burbs as much as the northwest burbs. I have family in Crystal Lake (was there a few weeks back), had family in Arlington Heights, and more in Evanston.

10) Did you ever visit the Bahai Temple?
Not that I recall, but I may have been there as a child.

11) Ever take the coal mine tour at the Field Museum?
So long ago that I don't remember much of it. The last few times I visited that museum, it was so crowded that I saw a portion of it and left.

12) Been to the Shedd Acquarium? Adler Planetarium? The Oriental Art Museum?
Shedd Aquarium and Adler Planetarium - definitely, many times. Oriental Art Museum no. I preferred the Chicago Art Museum - they had free admission on Tuesdays and we went there after work at least a dozen times a year.

13) Which is your favorite blues club (in Chicago)? Favorite bar?
I don't even remember the name of this Blues Club / bar, but it was where I used to go see Koko Taylor (near north side). When DH and I started dating, he lived by Lincoln Park and counted over 100 bars within a 1 mile radius of his apartment, and that excluded east (as that is where Lake Michigan is). I never really had a favorite - it was who ever had the best live band that night.

14) Ever been to Butch Maguire's, Mothers.... River Shannon, Easy-Does-Its?
Been to Mothers and probably Butch Maquire's. That part of town was loaded with the "surbanites" who came into the city on weekends to drink and whoop it up. I preferred the clubs that were for the "locals".

15) Ever been to Charlie Trotter's or Gordons? (Downtown restaurants). Morton's Steakhouse?
Morton's yes.

16) Been to 2nd City?
Absolutely!! I recall seeing a show one time where the entire cast was hired by Saturday Night Live the following season - Mary Gross, Jim Belushi, Tim Kazurinski and others. We actually used to do bachlorette parties there.

17) Been to or heard of Zorine's?
Nope

18) Ever seen a show at the Aragon Brawlroom?
Saw my first concert there in 1973 - Joe Walsh and Barnstorm.

19) Enjoy Taste of Chicago?
How could I not? When you work downtown for 10 years, you go there for lunch, then return there after work for the concerts.

20) Ever been to Rivinia Park (the festival?)
Yes - the last concert I went to was Gary Puckett and the Union Gap!

...more music questions...

21) ...and one last music question (because I saw all of them in Chicago )

Do you enjoy

Jeff Beck Saw him, wasn't that impressed
Jan Hammer He played with Jeff Beck!
John McLaughlin Never saw him in concert, but they played him on XRT radio
Stanley Clarke Same as John McLaughlin
Chick Corea Never saw her, and while she had a good voice, I didn't like her all that much.

Now I'm taking that sip of diet coke that Chris sent to me!!

Oh, you are really, really very bad!!

1. Give us 25 random facts about you...
Can be absolutely anything you wish to share. (ex. I drink my coffee with milk and sugar...I dye my hair.... I collect whatever... etc)

1. Give me Diet Coke in the morning and no one gets hurt.
2. My best trait is my red hair - never dyed and never will be.
3. I like to drink Tequila - good quality stuff straight up, no salt, no limes.
4. I dance a mean polka.
5. I sewed my first dress when I was 6 years old, and wore it out in public.
6. I sang in the church choir for 6 years.
7. I started college when I was 16 years old.
8. I dropped out of college when I was 19 to take a job as a programmer.
9. My college major was psychology - I wanted to be a mental health worker.
10. I got my first apartment when I was 18, and adopted my first cat within 2 weeks of moving in there.
11. My husband won me in a poker game (let's see if anyone is actually reading this).
12. DH and I went on a honeymoon before we got married - we went to the big island in Hawaii.
13. I invented the most delicious rum drink at about 3AM one night when we ran out of mixers in the house. It contains frozen strawberries, bananas, rum and Creme de Banana.
14. I prefer to be bare footed. I mostly hate socks.
15. I had to tell my husband to ask me out for our first date. It lasted 3 days and we'll be married 20 years next month.
16. When I listen to the radio, it's on a Public Radio station 95% of the time.
17. I'm actually better with dogs than cats.
18. My older sister was my idle growing up. She was a hippy in the 1960's and used to dress me in fringe, ripped up blue jeans, and peace head bands. I loved it.
19. I still wear tie dye shirts on a regular basis.
20. I learned to sew because we were poor growing up. I'm very glad to know how to do it.
21. Even though I'm environmentally conscientious, my favorite meal will always be a perfectly aged, big fat steak cooked rare. My dad was a butcher.
22. I met Mohammed Ali on an airplane when I was 11. I was flying home from Jamaica and we picked him up in the Bahamas. What I remember most was shaking his hand and looking up skyward at his face. He was a big man. I've got his autograph.
23. I also have autographs for Walter Payton, Gayle Sayres, Dick Butkus, Mike Ditka and Gary Fencik.
24. I was playing fetch with Marcus Allen's dog one time and accidentally made him run head first into a wall. Ouch! Oh, and I have Marcus Allen's autograph also.
25. My favorite fruit is blueberries.

Neener, neener, neener - I got thru it!!

Free associate a long list of words (25 or more) starting with

Blue

Blue
jean
bell bottoms
bottoms up
up the down staircase
stairway to heaven
heavens to Betsy
Betty Boop
Be bop a lula
She's my baby
Baby Huey
Sam (our dog who we call baby huey)
Green Eggs and Ham
Ham on five hold the Mayo
Airplane
I can speak jive
Jive Talking
Disco Inferno
Towering Inferno
9/11
Freedom Fries
Paris
Fine wines
Red Red Wine
Reggae music
Bob Marley
Ganja from Heaven
Tie dye shirts

Is that enough?

I sense a gang up on Amy. I've gotta cram a weeks worth of questions into a couple days....
Amy, its cuz we wuvs ya
Uh huh, sure I believe you!!

21. What would you like to be doing 5yrs from now? What do you think you will be doing 5yrs from now?
To do something I enjoy doing. I have no clue right now.

22. Would you be willing to eat a bowl full of crickets for $40K ? How about 5K?
Nope.

23. You are given $1 000 000 to donate anonymously to charity or to a stranger. How would you dispose of it?
I would have to find the right animal welfare organization. A place like Best Friends comes to mind.

24. In conversations, do you tend to listen or talk more?
Depends on my mood and the needs of the person I'm conversing with. Sometimes people just need to be heard, at which time I'm all ears.

25. If you decided to do something and your friends strongly advised you not to, could you do it anyway?
I would give it very serious thought but would make my own decision in the matter.

Canada
26. If you could visit 3 places in Canada, where would you visit?
Banff, Vancouver area and I'd like to see if the peregrine falcons are still nesting at Niagra Falls.

27. Do you ever use the word "eh"... Welcome to Canada eh.
Only when I'm imitating my friends from Minnesotta, eh?

28. What animals do you associate with Canada? (ex.I think of coyotes in the US...)
Polar bears

29. Are you my Santa?
Don't you wish!!

30. Have you ever heard of any famous Canadians?
I'm going to squirm out of this one because I typically don't relate a person with the country they are from.

Completely random:

31. What Is The Last Thing You Purchased?
A new cat flap for our patio door to the sun room.

32. Who was the last person to make you mad?
My new "manager" this morning. I'm not even going to go there.

33. Do you sleep on your side, stomach or back?
Either my side or back

34. Do you watch the news on a regular basis?
No

35. What time is your alarm clock set to?
6:15 AM

Personality:

36. For the most part are you a happy person?
When I'm not at work.

37. What is an easy way to cheer you up if you are down? (ex. something that always makes you smile)
A smiling, waggy tailed dog, or a cuddly, purring cat.

38. Are you impulsive?
At times, more than I want to be.

39. Are you early or late?
on time or late

40. What do you do when you get angry? (yell, stomp away, isolation, etc)
Isolation

41. Are you an organised person?
I'd like to be organized, but don't always have the time to be so.

42. Do you get over things easily? Or do you hold a grudge?
Depends on the crime - if someone did something really bad, I can hold a grudge for years.

43. Do you prefer a large group of people or a small group ( under 10) to hang out with?
I either like a very small group (4-6) or a huge crowd.

44. Would others characterise you as friendly?
Once they know me yes. I'm not easy to get to know.

45. Was is your worst personality trait?
I can be passive aggressive.

46. What colour is your hair?
red

47. Do you drink coffee/tea, if so what do you take in it?
Neither actually

48. Are you shy or outgoing?
People think I'm outgoing but I'm actually very shy.

49. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I would exercise more

50. What's your sign? (cancer, gemini, etc.)
Taurus, and no, I'M NOT STUBBORN!!

51. Do you have any nicknames? If they have a story, please share.
Auntie Em - shared that earlier.

52. Do you wear glasses?
Yes

53. How many hours, on average, per day do you spend on the computer? (excluding any work related computer job)
Tonight, with these questions, that would be 84. Seriously about an hour during the week and a couple hours on the weekends.

54. What is your most favorite food? (pick top 3 food, not candy or chocolate)
Steak, pizza, Italian

55. Do you prefer to cook or have someone else cook?
It's always nice to have someone else cook, but I'm a very good cook and love good food.

56. Are you a meat/potatoes person, or veggies/salad?
Meat and potatoes

57. Do you have a sweettooth?
Actually, not really. The sweets I crave are fruits.

58. Sweet or salty snacks?
Salty

59. Full meals or snack type meals?
Full meals

60. Are you allergic to any foods? (my SIL is allergic to tomato...which really sucks as its in ALOT of things...salad dressing, etc.)
Not allergic, but have an intolerance to eggs.

61. What do you like on your pizza?
Mushrooms, green peppers, onions and tomatoes.

62. If $ was not an issue, what would you get for your kitties?
A huge backyard enclosure

63. What is the one beauty product you could NOT live without?
Soap - seriously, I don't use very many beauty products.

64. How much time do you spend on your hair? ( do you style it daily, or are you a ponytail girl?)
It takes me about 5 minutes to wash it then comb it out. I brush it a few times thru the course of the day.

65. Do you wear makeup on a daily basis?
Only to work or if we go out. I'll probably stop wearing it when I retire at the end of the year.

66. Are you enjoying being the Spotlight member?
Up until now!

67. Do you chew gum? If so, what kind?
Rarely, and usually when someone offers me a piece.

68. What kind of unusual animal would you love as a pet? (assuming laws/price is not an issue... an animal/reptile/etc that you would never have, but think would make a nice pet)
A wolf

Do you play any online games?
Majhong Connect (I'm addicted), and some of the folks here that will remain nameless are getting me hooked on Facebook games

Wii? Playstation - anything like that?
DH bought me a Wii for my birthday last April. I typically play those types of things in the winter so I haven't played it much.

If so... what kind of games to do you like to play?
I got a Fitness Coach - I guess that's not a game, but that was the one thing I was using a lot with the Wii. I love Wii tennis and bowling.

What's your favorite form of exercise?
My main exercise is doing things around the house - climbing ladders to paint, moving tons of rocks, ripping out fences, pruning the trees out of the fence line. That is very hard work and enough exercise for anyone!

Been ice or roller skating/blading recently?
Not for years.

Do you like swimming?

I have a fear of water. I can swim and will swim in pools that are not deeper than my height.

Been sailing?
Only in Hawaii as part of a whale watching cruise. They put the boat on sail and it was a blast.

Ever taken a cruise? If so, where?
A number of short cruises in Hawaii.

Ever seen a shooting star?
Many, many times. There are nights that we'll sit outside and look for them.

Do you like stargazing?
We always go out at night for the meteor showers.

How many constellations can you recognize/locate?
I know a few. DH knows nearly all of them so all I have to do is ask him what they are called.

Ever seen a Tornado or water spout?
Yes to both. The tornado that hit our house happened at night so we never did see that one.

Rainbow?
I live somewhere over the rainbow! I've got a great shot of a double rainbow where you could see both ends of it off our deck just recently.

What National Parks have you been to?
Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce, Arches, Canyonlands, Petrified Forest, Naigra Falls (I believe the American side is a national park), Badlands, Mount Rushmore, Devils Tower (although I think that's just a monument). I know there are more, I just can't think of them right now. I do want to get to Yosemite and Yellowstone some day.

Ever been hunting? Are you opposed to it in concept? Is it something you'd do if you haven't?
I only hunt with a camera. If you aren't going to use what you kill for food, there is no sport in killing a live animal.

What's the most interesting wild animal you've seen in the wild?
It's a tie between a Gila Monster in Arizona, a Poison Arrow frog in Panama

Longest camping trip you've been on?
2 weeks as a kid. The most interesting camping I did was to spend a week inside the Grand Canyon.

Do you prefer reading facts or fiction? - or is it a mood thing?
It's entirely a mood thing. I do read scientific magazines and lots of biographies.

Favorite biography or autobiography you've ever read?
It's a toss up between the biography of Richard M. Daley (Chicago mayor), and the autobiography by Bill Clinton. Speaker of the House by Tip O'Neill was also pretty awesome. Yes, I like political figures.

Ever had Korean food?
I worked with a woman from Korea who used to bring in home cooked items to work. It was awesome.

Do you like sushi and/or sashimi?
Neither

Ever had Indian food?
Yes - also have worked with a lot of Indian folks that brought in their homemade goodies.

Do you enjoy Greek food?
Oopah! Greek Town in Chicago was a blast!

Do you like spicy? REALLY spicy or sorta spicy?
Sorta spicy.

Favorite Chinese dish?
Any Dim Sum dish with shrimp in it

Do you like cheese?
yes
Strong or mild?
moderate
Favorite cheese?
that's a tough question - we eat a lot of cheese and I like most of them
Favorite hard cheese?
see above
Favorite soft cheese?
a fresh mozzarella
Ever had a triple cream brie?
Brie is pretty boring (too mild)

Like cheesecake?
nom nom nom
Plain or with something (blueberry, key lime, chocolate....)
depends on my mood. I make a delicious kahlua pumpkin cheesecake
New York style or Chicago Style?
yes

Tea or coffee?
neither
Flavored coffee? Milk or cream? Sugar?
none
Black tea or green tea?
neither

Wine, Beer, or hard liquor/mixed drinks?
tequila shots and rum drinks
Wine - red or white?
white when I do drink it
Do you enjoy Port? or any Sauternes?
not really
Ever had a cigar? Enjoy it?
yes and no

Ever have a dream about TCS in any way?
I rarely remember my dreams.

Originally Posted by Momofmany

5. I sewed my first dress when I was 6 years old, and wore it out in public.

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Wow, that is amazing. I wish I knew how to sew more than what I do. It would be invaluable in these times. My mom made me clothes when I was younger...most of my grade school photos were in clothing she made me.

9. My college major was psychology - I wanted to be a mental health worker.

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I think you would have made a very good one

11. My husband won me in a poker game (let's see if anyone is actually reading this).

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ummm, of course we are.

This one I would like to hear more about, if you care to share

Neener, neener, neener - I got thru it!!

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Great sport..... I'm going to have to dig up some more..... still making up for the first of the week when I wasn't around. You missed me didn't ya, I can tell

Originally Posted by Snake_Lady

This one I would like to hear more about, if you care to share

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The punch line (my husband won me in a poker game) is actually funnier than what happened, but this can catch people's attention!

There was a large group of young single people that I worked with that hung out together. We'd do things like go to the Kentucky Derby, ski trips, festivals, bars, poker games, concerts, and the usual thing that young single people do. I had been flirting with 2 guys - Steve and Jeff and was waiting for some sort of sign from either one of them that they were the right person for me to pursue.

There was about 30 of us that went on a ski trip to Wisconsin one time. We had rented a couple of chalet's and for the most part, the women stayed in 1 and the men in the other. The women's chalet was over crowded so (darn), I ended up staying at the men's chalet that weekend. It was just me and 16 single guys under the same roof.

After the first day of skiing, we were relaxing at the chalet and decided to play poker. Each person at the table took turns in dealing and would pick the game and the betting value for that round. It was penny/nickle bets - nothing that you would lose any money on. At about 3AM, I decided to spice up the game and called Blackjack with maximum quarter bets. Jeff immediately started to whine and said that it was too much money for a game. Steve (who was sitting across the table from me), looked me in the eye and said "I'll take all your money".

I don't like whiners. Steve had the biggest twinkle in his eye and it caught my attention right then and there. What he won in that game was my attention, and 22 years later, we are still together. And the thing we joke the most about was that he did take all of my money!! I was older than he and had quite a bit of money saved already from working. And being financially irresponsible, he did manage to suck all of it out of me over the years. I've only been able to influence him positively in the last few years.

I know - how romantic!!

Amy, that is a GREAT story! And yes, I was reading it all too.

That list of free associations would make the base for a great round if you were doing it with a friend!

...and all I have to say after catching up on all of that is... I could handle hanging out with you in my 20s or 30s, but in my 40s, no way could I keep up with you!

Oh - and I'm with Chris. I think you would have made a great mental health worker, whatever capacity you wanted to go! But I totally get you're someone school could not contain!

Originally Posted by LDG

But I totally get you're someone school could not contain!

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School bored me. I maintained a straight A average in spite of the partying I did and the fact that I never did homework. Knowledge fascinates me for the simple sake of having it. I've never had to work to obtain it.

I find it funny that you don't think you could keep up with me now. DH makes me keep up an energy level that most people don't have at my age. We are known as the "crazy aunt and uncle" in my family. At my nephew's wedding 2 weekends ago, the night time parties ended up in our hotel room, and we out lasted all of the youngsters (e.g. in their 20's). My nephew has told me that he is on a mission to outlast me one night, then told me that we are his idols.

So I was right! I couldn't keep up with you!

Originally Posted by LDG

That list of free associations would make the base for a great round if you were doing it with a friend!

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And I have a question back to you: Did you follow my line of thought thru the word associations? Some of my references were pretty obscure, which tells you my brain has a lot of tidbits that float around in many directions.

And what - no more questions?

They thought they'd let you have dinner, Amy!

I'll be back with more tomorrow. This is a GREAT Spotlight thread!

Originally Posted by Momofmany

And what - no more questions?

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Tsk, tsk,....you shouldn´t ask for more... ...


1.- How many cats have you ever had in your enterely life?
2.- could you tell us the name of the list above?
3.- Do you have any preference about of Breeds of cats?
4.- Do you dream with cats when you sleeps?
5.- Have you ever to give catnip at your kittys to play?
6.- Wich brand do you prefer to give at your kitty in Wet and Dry food to eat?
7.- Would you like to work like a volunteer on a Cat shelter?
another stuffs...
8.- Wich one is your favourite colour to wear?
9.- Do you have some earrings with shape of cat?
10.- do you have some blouse with stamps of cats?
11.- do you collect or you have handcraft of kittys?
12.- how many purses do you have?

.....I hope not boring you with my questions my friend... ..Cheers chick!...