random, useless information about me

• High heels or boots? Neither--unless they are snow or mud boots.  I wear my Dansko's about seven days/week.
• What time did you get up this morning? ~6:15 ~ before the sun! but only because I went to bed at 8:30pm.
• Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds, but only because it is part of my wedding ring and band. In my old life I wore earrings and sometimes pearls.  Then I had babies.  Since the youngest is almost 8yo, I guess you'd say I'm in a rut ~ and my pierced ears mostly have grown shut.
• What was the last film you saw at the cinemas? ummmmmm?
• What is your favorite TV show? I don't watch anything on a regular basis, but Masterpiece Theater Classics and cooking/travel/how-to shows come to mind.  Except when I have water and butter already boiling on the stove.  ;-)
• What do you usually have for breakfast? fried eggs with cheese, or an omelet -- and toast
• What is your middle name? Beth, unlike my mom and sister who are --Ruth.
• What food do you dislike? seafood, and the healthy brown-sort of beans
• What is your favorite CD at the moment? I'll go with the Handel violin sonatas I have on my wish list at Amazon... and I am supposed to order as a gift from my kiddos.
• What characteristic do you despise? not taking responsibility for one's actions(that's too good to change, Jodi)
• Favorite clothing? denim in the form of skirts and tops
• If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation where would you go? Israel, England or Australia??  Not something I think about very often.  We'd all really LIKE to go to the US east coast on a 6-month+ historical tour.  I'd also like to go with my DH and DD to the Czech Republic this fall...
• Are you an organized person?  sometimes?
• Where would you like to retire to? my own bed.  OH, you mean like when I'm 65?  Our youngest will then be ~28yo, so if we are still on this earth I'll be in fulltime grandma mode I hope.  In between I'd spend time in my gorgeous-to-be kitchen or at my sewing machine or watching the cattle with my DH... and then it's heaven for me.
• What was your most recent memorable birthday?  Last month's was pretty memorable with a multitude of phone calls and FB wall posts.  Halfway to 90.  Thanks, Marianne!
• What are you going to do when you finish this? Somebody better finish stirring up the pancakes for supper ~ that would probably be me.
• Furthest place you are sending this? Bolivia?
• Person you expect to send it back first? Conny?
• When is your birthday?  February, that's why all my b-day cards are purple  =)
• Are you a morning person or a night person? Procrastination, an unending list, and love of quiet would make me a night person.  My thyroid would disagree.
• What is your favorite color? Right now I'm in a knee-jerk response to winter ~ therefore, anything but white ~ green with plenty of pinks, reds, purples, blues, even orange?  Pick up the nearest garden catalog or JoAnn's ad.  Show me color, and I'm happy  =)  But BLUE is who I am 365/24/7.
• Do you own any animals? No dogs... yet.  One mouser.  Numerous bovines, some of whom are carrying little bovines  :-)  Exciting!
• Any new and exciting news you'd like to share: Most of the roof might be shingled by now.  =)  Windows are much more fun than plastic or OSB  ;-)
• What did you want to be when you were little? a veterinarian (oh, you have to doctor them?), an elementary teacher (hmm, maybe I'll look forward to my own children instead), so ended up with a business mgmt major.  Whatever.
• What is your favorite flower? Maybe I could name one I don't like?  Right now, I wish I had hyacinths and tulips in my house.  Or some forsythia.  Who doesn't love roses?  and stargazer lilies and gerbera daisies and ...
• What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? Moving Day.  For now, it's only on God's calendar.
• What was the last thing you ate? hmm, cookie dough.  Bad me.
• Do you wish upon stars? No, but I love to look at them.  I consider Orion a personal friend  ;-)
• If you were a crayon, what color would you be?cerulean blue
• How is the weather right now? Almost sunset, so I expect it is cooling off to below 30 ~ oh, but the bank says it's still 31.  Low of 15 tonight.  Highs in the upper 30s tomorrow  =)  No mention of rain... yet.
• Last person you spoke to on the phone? my good friend Jill, who is likely coming down with the same virus my DD and I have (and her DD and DH)
• Favorite soft drink? a little ginger ale with cranberry raspberry juice, or similar punch with real raspberries floating in it.  Or, something healthier from our VitaMix.
• Favorite restaurant? Hickory Park, or O'Malley's (Mexican) before they were flooded out of business.
• Hair color? brown with plenty of natural red highlights (It's BROWN, she says with a stomp of her 7yo foot)
• What was your favorite toy as a child? hmmm, that was soooo long ago.  I did love hanging out with my sister's my dog Aaron in junior high- high school.  He was a collie/lab mix but colored more like a German shepherd.  My mom said the knob on his skull was a sign of his intelligence and amiableness.  He was a good dog.  (Thanks for bringing him home, Marcia!)
• Summer or winter? How about spring or fall?   Fall. I live in Iowa, so I love having all four seasons.  Winter has currently outdone itself beyond our expectations...
• Chocolate or vanilla? usually chocolate, unless the vanilla ice cream is laced with some delicious chocolate...  Founder's Favorite at Cold Stone anyone?
• Coffee or tea?  I drink peppermint tea, but I love to smell fresh coffee beans.
• Favorite food of all time? Has to be Americanized Mexican ~ give me homemade salsa, cheese, sour cream, guacamole with chips or any sort of meat (well, not sort-of meat, I prefer real meat, thank you.)
• Do you want your friends to leave a comment? Sure.  Is there a reason I shouldn't?
• When was the last time you cried? Plenty of weeps going on with real life struggles for so many friends.  I suppose I cried while reading Reaping the Whirlwind too, but that's not the same.
• What is under your bed? Do you really want to know?  flannel Bible figures (huge box), sink fixtures for my future master bath (the tub fixtures were installed last week), a new computer printer for when the current one quits (it came with the new desktop... two years ago?), books!  (Greek year 1, Unwrapping the Pharaohs, extra copies of faves for gifts), and more.  'Nuf?
• What did you do last night? stayed home from church with my sick DD and went to bed early ...after posting new pictures of house progress.
• What are you afraid of? Tim coming home before I get started in the kitchen on supper!
• Salty or sweet?  Chips and salsa sound good right now.  Did you know that it's supper time?
• Best quality you have? I love to throw a party for people I love  =)
• How many years at your current job? Married 11-27-92.  Retired from teaching other people's children in May 1993.  First labor in childbirth September 1993.
• Favorite day of the week? Friday nights when Tim has time to relax with us. 
• Positive or negative? I like positive people.. because opposites attract, ya know.  Working on it!  God is good all the time, He is able, and He knows what is best for me.  Why should I be discouraged?
• How many people will you send this to?  Send??
• Do you like finding out all this stuff about your friends? Is that a rhetorical question? 
• Just one more bullet to say Hurray for the capable Miss Music Box and the Popper who are in the kitchen working on our supper.  Guess I can go lay lie down... [had to come back and edit that to to appease my grammar conscience - ha]

Someone famous has said that a post is always better with a picture.  Don't you agree?

Tim took me out for my birthday/Valentine's, so the kids enjoyed free run of the kitchen.  These are their everything-they-could-think-of sundaes.  While Tim & I enjoyed some hot Vesuvius Pizza and cold ice cream at Cold Stone (and grocery shopping in between - yay!)