Friday, August 07, 2009

Fifty Things

I got this meme from Heidi at Health Nut Wannabee Mom. I did it on Facebook a couple of days ago, but I'm posting it here with more info and a couple of updates I just made to it. Life is ever changing :) I thought this was a great opportunity to let you all know more about me. I don't know how interesting I am, but I hope you enjoy reading my list :) Please take this meme if you like...it's fun.

And hey, have a great weekend! :-)

1. What time did you get up this morning?
At 8:30 am... although I usually get up at 6:30am with Brit Boy, but he's on vacation this week, so I've been sleeping a bit longer.

2. How do you like your steak?
medium well done

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
The Taking of Pelham 123, starring Denzel Washington and John Travolta

4. What is your favorite TV show?
Currently - Private Practice; all time favorite - original series Bionic Woman

5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?
New York City

6. What did you have for breakfast?

Cup of herbal tea and cheese toast(have to get my cheese in for the day :))

7. What is your favorite cuisine?
Italian food

8. What foods do you dislike?
Green peas, soft-boiled or hard-boiled eggs, jello, liver

9. Favorite Place to Eat?
Somewhere with a great view

10. Favorite dressing?

Ranch dressing

11.What kind of vehicle do you drive?
Rover 45

12. What are your favorite clothes?
jeans, t-shirts, dangling earrings, sandals, shoes that I can just slip on easily and go, my swanky black trenchcoat/raincoat(very good in England ;-), dresses sometimes too

13. Where would you visit if you had the chance?
Italy, France(been there, but would love to go again), Monte Carlo, Lapland, Switzerland, Japan, South Africa ...the list goes on and on :-)

14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full
I shoot for half full, but it just depends on the day

15. Where would you want to retire?

Somewhere living next to the beach

16. Favorite time of day?

In the daytime it's 11am and at night 11pm....there must be some pattern here ;-)

17. Where were you born?

Georgia, USA

18. What is your favorite sport to watch?

Tennis

19. Who do you think will not try this meme?
Don't know, but it's cool either way :)

20. Person you expect will try this meme first?
Don't know again :)

21. Who are you most curious about their responses to this?
Everybody

22. Are you a bird watcher?

Yes sometimes

23. Are you a morning person or a night person?
I said more of a night person before, but then I had more of a think on it. I'm a bit of both I guess, but then this goes back to the 11 o'clock thing. I get really energetic around 11am and I'm good for quite a while. Then I get really energetic around 11pm for a couple of hours. LOL.It's like clockwork and it never fails. There must be some numerology going on here. So from eleven til twelve I'm wide awake...so call on me then and you'll get 100% of my attention. LOL.

24. Do you have any pets?

Only a mechanical dog for now; we'll add on in the future

25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share?

Nothing comes to mind, but you never know what's coming :)

26. What did you want to be when you were little?
Everything...the Bionic Woman, an actress, a musician, anything where I could have fun

27. What is your best childhood memory?
Helping my dad plant the vegetable garden in the spring

28. Are you a cat or dog person?
Not sure ????? We had cats and dogs when I was growing up, so I guess I like both.

29. Are you married?
Yep...to Brit Boy :)

30. Always wear your seat belt?
Every time!

31. Been in a car accident?
Yes and I got hurt...a van hit the passenger side and I got bumped into hard and had trouble walking for a while. I'm fine now.

32. Any pet peeves?
People talking loudly in public on cell phones, people making out in line/queues and they're really going at it (get a room) :)

33. Favorite pizza topping?

mushrooms

34. Favorite Flower?
Any blue flower or a calla lily

35. Favorite ice cream?

chocolate

36. Favorite fast food restaurant?
KFC or Pizza Hut

37. How many times did you fail your driver's test?

Zero

38. From whom did you get your last email?

Colette

39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?

Harrod's...that store truly has everything :)

40. Do anything spontaneous lately?

Said hello to a grumpy neighbor...they didn't answer back...oh well.... ;-)

41. Like your job?

It's a work in progress...trying to reinvent myself with a new career

42. Do you like broccoli?

Yeah, I like it okay...especially when I can put a bit of cheese on it ;-)

43. What was your favorite vacation?
Paris, France for our first wedding anniversary a couple of years ago

44. Last person you went out to dinner with?

My husband

45. What are you listening to right now?

The theme song to the tv show Monk...I love that show

46. What is your favorite color?

blue

47. How many tattoos do you have?

0

48. How many are you tagging for this meme?
I'm leaving it open for anyone who wants to try it

49. What time did you finish this meme?
11:44 am

50. Are you a coffee drinker?

On occassion, but not often...the caffeine makes me too hyper. I'll run around like a cartoon if I have too much coffee, but it sure tastes good...LOL

6 comments:

heidi said...

How fun to see it here! I love getting to know other people!!! You are so funny!

Census said...

Thanks for sharing some more about you.

Petula said...

It was fun learning more about you. Thanks for stopping by my blog recently. See ya soon! :)

jacqueline said...

Hey Dori!

Thanks for opening the window for us to learn more about you. I enjoyed reading it. Glad you're better from the accident. :-)

BLOGZOOM said...

Wow, I loved your blog! I am taking your link to not forget and return! Love the new friend of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil!

Dori said...

Heidi,
Thanks buddy for tagging me with this :-) I love getting to know about other people too. Loved your list too!

Cen,
Glad you enjoyed my list :)

Petula,
Thanks for returning the visit. I'll be visiting you again soon :)

Jacqueline,
Glad I could share more here :) Yeah, that accident literally knocked me for a loop, but thankfully now I'm fully well :)

Sissym,
Thanks so much for your sweet message! :) I'm glad you enjoyed my blog. I will be visiting you too. I love having new friends :)