Will you share your best friend with us, Tru?? ;)
Dibs on the left cheek, my favourite since Solaris!!
You're thinking right, friend Della. I'm setting my sights for base camp in 2011, and may return again in 2014 when my friends are planning to summit!! No Everest summit for me unless I want to try for the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest woman to be crazy enuff to try to climb Everest. Me and the yaks will be camped out together at 20,000 ft in the sky!
You're thinking right, friend Della. I'm setting my sights for base camp in 2011, and may return again in 2014 when my friends are planning to summit!! No Everest summit for me unless I want to try for the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest woman to be crazy enuff to try to climb Everest. Me and the yaks will be camped out together at 20,000 ft in the sky!Wow! That´s really impressive, Lee! Promise to keep us updated on this!
5. When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A veterinarian.
Me too, David. :D
That dream died when Mom informed me that sometimes veterinarians sometimes had to put the animals to sleep. That idea really disturbed me as a child.
I also remember dreaming of being an airlines pilot. And also a teacher Shasta. Mom bought 6 antique school desks and a black board and they were down in our playroom in the basement. I remember playing "school" with my friends and I always had the most fun when I was the teacher! lol
I wish I still had those desks. They were beautiful. They had a little hole up in the left hand corner for the ink jars! They were VERY old!
I remember those type desks, David. There were desks like that at my (what we call in Australia) primary school (ages 8-11 approx.). One year, I remember I was the Ink Monitor. I think it was when I was in 5th class, when I was 10. It was a great honour to be Ink Monitor. The ink came in powdered form. I remember it was in brown paper packets. As Ink Monitor, I used to mix the dark blue ink powder with water and then fill all the ink wells in the classroom. Gee, you've brought back lots of memories there, David. Things I thought I'd forgotten. And now that I'm thinking about it again, it's all so surprisingly vivid. I can even remember the smell of the ink. I liked that smell. :)
What a fun memory Kerry! Thanks for telling us about it. :-*
I wish I still had those desks. I think we just left them at the house when we moved from Radnor Road to the new house in Avalon Hills (the house Dad lives in now). Those desks were beautiful. I have no idea where Mom found them. You could see carvings in the desks where the students carved their names into the wood. I'm sure those carvings were very old.
The desks we had at my school didn't have the ink wells. They were just plain desks. The top part of the desk lifted up so you could store your books and papers inside. I remember the desks Mom bought didn't have the lift up lids. They had slots in the front of them instead. :)
Mom was very good at finding unusual things like those desks. She found a beautiful table, at some thrift store I think. She brought it home and fixed it up and painted it. We still have it. It sits downstairs in the foyer. I don't like the color she used though. It is olive green. Yuck. Someday I'd like to repaint it. Other than the color though, it looks very nice. She did a good job with it. I'll take a picture of it some day soon and post it here - I need to find my camera though. I've misplaced the darned thing! lol
(http://www.altrusanect.org/images/auctions/desk.jpg)
I love those old desks, too! I have a tiny one, possibly for kindergarten. Instead of a hold for the inkwell, it has a little ledge for pencils/crayons. Beautiful scroll ironwork on the sides, solid maple top and fold-down seat in front.
I use it to hold my rather modern television--it's the perfect size, and the little seat in front holds the dvd player.
I remember those type desks, David. There were desks like that at my (what we call in Australia) primary school (ages 8-11 approx.). One year, I remember I was the Ink Monitor. I think it was when I was in 5th class, when I was 10. It was a great honour to be Ink Monitor. The ink came in powdered form. I remember it was in brown paper packets. As Ink Monitor, I used to mix the dark blue ink powder with water and then fill all the ink wells in the classroom. Gee, you've brought back lots of memories there, David. Things I thought I'd forgotten. And now that I'm thinking about it again, it's all so surprisingly vivid. I can even remember the smell of the ink. I liked that smell. :)
Kerry, I love that teacher who chose you as ink monitor. That sure is a great honour - the care and focus you must have shown as a ten year old, to be trusted with mixing ink! Thank you for telling us that story.
Man - we need to remember this thread, so we can come back and check in 5 years!! 8)
12. What’s one thing you want to do before you die?
I know I will never get to do it. But I would love to go and tour Egypt, and all of the ancient museums and places.
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1. What was the happiest period of your life and why?
Childhood. Grew up in the country on a farm with horses and pigs. We grew watermelons, corn, potatoes, tomatoes, etc. Very fun.
2. What was the saddest time?
The day my father told me he had colon cancer. He died 11 months later.
3. Who is your best friend?
My sister.
4. What’s something about you that not many people know?
I have a colossal fear of turtles
5. When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Nurse
6. What simple pleasure gives you the most joy?
Watching kittens play in the grass
7. If you could go back in time and change anything, what would it be?
I would have worked harder in school and got better grades.
8. How do you relax?
Two hour deep tissue massage
9. Describe your perfect day.
Sleep late. Swim at Barton Springs (Austin). Lunch with friends. Two hour massage. Watch BBW.
10. Who is your celebrity crush?
Barry Manilow
11. What part of your body gives you the most trouble?
Ears
12. What’s one thing you want to do before you die?
Travel to UK.
13. Describe the best meal you’ve ever had.
Chicken fried tuna steak at Four Seasons
14. What six things are essential to your health?
Laughter
Friendship
Massage Therapy
Colonics
Microdermabrasion
Swimming & Jogging
15. Are you healthy?
Yes
16. What is it that you can’t live without?
Coke (the soft drink)
17. What is it that you don’t understand?
Republicans
18. What do you fantasize about?
Healthcare
19. What is it about you that your friends do not understand?
I'm somewhat of a recluse
20. What’s your 5-Year Plan for the future?
Can't plan that far ahead