1. Do you like to shop? Why or why not? I love shopping WHEN I’m in the mood. I HATE shopping when I “have” to find something, such as an outfit for a wedding, grad, or some such special event. You always find things like that when you don’t need them.

2. What was the last thing you purchased? some groceries

3. Do you prefer shopping online or at an actual store? Why? I love online shopping. It’s wonderful to be able to get what you need with the simple click of a mouse. You get to avoid the ass clowns on the roads, the rude idiots in the stores, and I’m all about sitting on my ass, and I can do that if I shop online! hehe!

4. Did you get an allowance as a child? How much was it? I specifically remember getting 25 cents a week, and it was enough to buy a pop and chips, on Friday after choir practice, and then I was broke until the next Friday. (some things never change, including my spending habits!)

5. What was the last thing you regret purchasing? my FUCKING piece of shit, tin, can useless on the snow…….NEON!

1. List five things you’d like to accomplish by the end of the year.
-my Christmas shopping.
-finish the book I’m reading and the project that goes along with it
-lose 10 pounds
-get completely HEALTHY

2. List five people you’ve lost contact with that you’d like to hear from again.
-Mercedes
-Susan
-Shelley
-Joyce
-Diane

3. List five things you’d like to learn how to do.
-how to give up ice cream
-CSS
-I know quite a bit of sign language, I’d like to learn more
-drive a stick
-how to not let hubby get on my last nerve!

4. List five things you’d do if you won the lottery (no limit).
-pay off all debts
-buy a 4 wheel drive
-buy the kids starter homes
-travel
-start up a group home for special needs kids

5. List five things you do that help you relax.
-workout
-read
-computer time
-spend time talking to Candi
-watch TV (TLC baby)

the friday five

1. Using one adjective, describe your current living space.
wonderful!

2. Using two adjectives, describe your current employer.
funny, easy-going

3. Using three adjectives, describe your favorite hobby/pasttime.
relaxing, entertaining, informative

4. Using four adjectives, describe your typical day.
busy, noisey, hectic, amusing

5. Using five adjectives, describe your ideal life.
loving, peaceful, retired, relaxed, rich

the friday five

1. What food do you like that most people hate?
liver and onions

2. What food do you hate that most people love?
olives of any type, pickled carrots, egg plant BLECH!

3. What famous person, whom many people may find attractive, is most unappealing to you?
Russel Crowe - I think he’s an ASS

4. What famous person, whom many people may find unappealing, do you find
attractive?
no one leaps to mind

5. What popular trend baffles you?
Low rise jeans with belly shirts! My daughter wears them, and she can get away with it, as she’s 6′1″ tall, totally slim , with abs of steel, BUT the chubby people that wear them….. it’s just not pretty!!!!!!!! Then they have rolls over their bra, rolls over their thongs, rolls over their jeans, with it all on display with their short tops! EWWW OH and if you’re over the age of 25……this just isn’t a great look for anyone!

the friday five

1. What was your first Halloween costume?
I think my Mom had me dressed up as a skeleton (which wasn’t much of a stretch in those days!)

2. What was your best costume and why?
My best costume was a big YELLOW CHICKEN. I dressed up as a chicken my first year at this job, and had a hoot!!! None of the kids knew it was me, as we told them I went home sick…..all the little “cats” were chasing me, I was dancing and acting like an ass…….something you can do when you’re in disguise!

3. Did you ever play a trick on someone who didn’t give you a treat?
Oh yeah….as kids growing up on the farm, we moved a stack of bales right in front of the front door of some stingy folks!

4. Do you have any Halloween traditions? (ie: Family pumpkin carving, special dinner before trick or treating, etc.)
No time for traditions around here. We’ve always done the jack-o-lantern thing, but that’s it. It’s not a big deal around here.

5. Share your favorite scary story…real or legend!
I don’t really have one, but the one thing I remember the most about Halloween as a kid, was my Dad hiding out in the trees by the lane, waiting patiently for his hockey team (teen boys) to show up late every year to play tricks. Most years he’d scare the shit out of them!!! Was a real hoot! Dad was always up for a good prank!

1. Name five things in your refrigerator.
Milk, iced tea, yogurt, eggs, and salad dressing.

2. Name five things in your freezer.
fat free fudgsicles, hamburger patties, chicken boobs, and ice cubes.

3. Name five things under your kitchen sink.
Dishwashing liquid, dishwasher soap, soft scrub, SOS pads, and garbage bags

4. Name five things around your computer.
Speakers, cup of coffee, mouse, microphone, and web cam

5. Name five things in your medicine cabinet.
Vitamins, cold medicine, advil, bandaids, and tums.

the friday five

1. Do you watch sports? If so, which ones? I watch hockey (Edmonton Oilers), figure skating, track and field, the Canadian Women’s soccer team, all of the Olympic games,

2. What/who are your favorite sports teams and/or favorite athletes? my favorite team is the Edmonton Oilers, and my favorite athlete is Wayne Gretzky

3. Are there any sports you hate? not really! (well maybe car racing……..if you call that a sport…..which I don’t)

4. Have you ever been to a sports event? LOTS…….we had Edmonton Eskimo football season tickets for years, and now we have Edmonton Oilers hockey team season tickets. We went to the World Track and Field championships, and I went to the World Figure Skating Championships.

5. Do/did you play any sports (in school or other)? How long did you play? YES!!! Sports have always been a real focal point of my life, either as a participant or a fan. I grew up learning to skate at the age of 2. In the farming community where I grew up, we lived on skates in the winter, and most of us had big rinks in our yards. I played flag football with the boys for fun. I played on softball teams until I was in high school. I played on the high school basketball team. I was a sprinter. I skied in the winter and played pond hockey. I had a horse and did lots of riding.

As an adult, hubby and I played on a mixed slow pitch ball team until the kids were about 10 and 6 and getting too busy with there own sports for us to have time to play anymore. I gave up golf and skiing when I had kids, but plan on taking those up again one day.

Even now, I am an avid exerciser. Usually logging 5 hours of working out/week. Our kids have always been involved in sports as well, and our son is in grade 12 and still playing soccer, snowboarding and golfing.

1. What housekeeping chore(s) do you hate doing the most?
ironing…. without a doubt!

2. Are there any that you like or don’t mind doing?
you can’t be serious!??

3. Do you have a routine throughout the week or just clean as it’s needed?
I just clean the whole works and do the laundry on the weekends. Our house is always tidy, so it’s just the big cleaning to do on the weekends.

4. Do you have any odd cleaning/housekeeping quirks or rules?
You make a mess……..clean it up!

5. What was the last thing you cleaned?
The bathtub in our bathroom.

1. Are you going to school this year? Yes, I am. I work as a special needs assistant, mostly with autistic and behavior disordered children and have done so for 12 years.

2. If yes, where are you going (high school, college, etc.)? If no, when did you graduate? I work in an elementary school. K-6 I graduated in 1976 (shaddup to those of my reads that were born than year or AFTER!)

3. What are/were your favorite school subjects? Gym of course! (I was a jockette!) LOL

4. What are/were your least favorite school subjects? Oh lord I nearly required a special needs assistant in Math and Chem, but I rocked in Biology.

5. Have you ever had a favorite teacher? Why was he/she a favorite? My favorite teacher was our gym teacher in grade 12. Because he was the boys basketball coach, I played basketball with him every afternoon, and he was might EASY on the eyes!!!!

…..do we now understand where my son gets his scholarly tendencies???????

the friday five

1. When was the last time you laughed? 2 hours ago with Tony when I took him with me to get some groceries on my way taking him home.

2. Who was the last person you had an argument with? my mother of course

3. Who was the last person you emailed? my email fitness group

4. When was the last time you bathed? if you mean showered as well, it was this morning if you mean took a bath, hmmmmmm not sure!

5. What was the last thing you ate? Thai Chicken Salad when I took Tony to BP for lunch