Haven't posted in ages, so here's a meme you can do too!

From my friend AKAPastorGuy

What time did you get up this morning? 5:45 like usual

Diamonds or pearls? I'm a woman, I want it all...

The last film you saw at the cinema? U23D.

What is your favorite TV show? Mad Men, although the jury's out on this season still to some degree.

What do you usually have for breakfast? Some kind of diet cola, preferably with Splenda, and an Odwalla bar or Luna bar.

What is your middle name? do we have to go there? Faye.

What food do you dislike? lutefisk

What is your favorite CD at the moment? I like lots of stuff, but listened to a fair amount of Switchfoot today. We blast it at the beginning of our church service each Sunday (since I'm sound girlie, I make sure of that). ;-)

What kind of car do you drive? An ancient Honda, or elderly Buick, or old Ford. So many choices.

Favorite sandwich? I dunno, but that Savory Secret non-dessert cheesecake on Heartland Bakery bread, after a trip in the toaster oven, was really fab today.

What characteristic do you despise? Let's just say this. The opposite of love is not hate. It's indifference.

Favorite item of clothing? Anything that is smaller than I used to be able to wear comfortably. That means a lot of stuff.

If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go right now?
I'd take just about any real vacation I could get. It's been a long time. I am not too picky at this point.

Favorite brand of clothing? I haven't bought real clothes for a long time, but I think LL Bean and Lands' End last pretty well. Usually I just buy Target closeouts. I need to upgrade in this area a bit.

Where would you retire to? Don't know, depends on what God's got up his sleeve.

What was your most recent memorable birthday? At this age, any birthday is either memorable, or forgotten because of my advanced age.

Farthest place you are sending this? Well, I am surprised to say that I've had about 5,000 hits on my blog, go figure...almost every state and twenty-five countries, so that is something I find quite bizarre/surprising.

Person you expect to send it back first? I don't know if anyone will do it or not. I did it because I hadn't posted in a long while.

When is your birthday? approximately that of the Minnesota Vikings.

Are you a morning person or a night person? I can handle either one, although the early mornings that have happened out of necessity have made me turn in early in the last number of years. I used to stay up quite late before the mandatory 5:45 wake up call.

What is your shoe size? Usually 8.5 or 9.

Number of Pets? Three felines own the house and hubs and I are their dutiful, if lacking, slaves.

Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with us? Hopefully, by the grace of God, I will have some soon.

What did you want to be when you were little kid? Stewardess. Got cured of that fast.

How are you today? Interesting and challenging day, looking forward to midnight when it's officially over.

What is your favorite candy? Just one?! Peanut Butter Twix if we're slumming, good quality milk or dark chocolate otherwise.

What is your favorite flower? Whatever hubs brings home for me.

What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? Fall Break.

What is your full name? to you, I am nashbabe. :-)

What are you listening to right now? The Thursday Night Football season opener, and I think hubs will soon turn it to the McCain speech. Right now, I'm thinking Sarah Palin is an OTAY! chickie.

What was the last thing you ate? Mashed potatoes, which is quite out of the ordinary for me.

Do you wish on stars? Occasionally

If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Black or Purple

How is the weather right now? Twas a beautiful day in Nashvegas.

Last person you spoke to on the phone? hubs

Favorite soft drink? See "what did I have for breakfast"

Favorite restaurant? something local, tasty, non-chain, etc. How about some pizza at Angelos, maybe some tacos authenticos at La Terraza, some bun chai gio at Kien Ghang or Miss Saigon? Those all sound pretty good to me.

Hair color? Brown, the free highlights are long gone, and a few grey hairs I pull obsessively.

What was your favorite toy as a child? Tonka camper truck. Kewl. And of course Barbies, which I dressed in space-age aluminum foil costumes.

Summer or winter? Winter if it really has snow.

Hugs or kisses? Yes.

Chocolate or Vanilla? Depends on which one's got better ingredients. Junk ice cream is disgusting.

Coffee or tea? How 'bout some "unsweet."

Do you want your friends to email you back? Friends who email me? Huh? Can't think of too many offhand. Texting, baby!!!

When was the last time you cried? This afternoon.

What is under your bed? Probably Emily the cat.

What did you do last night? nothing exciting

What are you afraid of? losing my passion

Salty or sweet? Yes please. Add cruncy, and you have nirvana.

How many keys on your key ring? Yikes. A lot.

How many years at your current job? Hmm, which one? The one that pays nominally, or the one that doesn't pay at all and has retirement benefits that are out of this world? I guess both are about nine years.

Favorite day of the week? They all run together.

How many towns have you lived in? Six.

Do you make friends easily? I think I'm a pretty giving and friendly person, but in the final analysis don't have many friends.

How many people will you send this to? Whomever shows up here at the blog.

How many will respond? I have no idea.

Interesting thing from my friend christy

I guess these are called memes. My friend Christy has this on her blog at present. So I gave it a whirl. If you're a blogger, perhaps you'll want to tag some folks with it, or write it yourself. Very stream-of-conciousness.

i am: complicated
i think: and then long to not think for a while
i know: there’s only one solution—God.
i want: to be obedient, and have health and peace.
i have: everything I need, even if it doesn’t seem that I do
i wish: I could truly help kiddo
i hate: indifference
i miss: my career
i fear: decline
i feel: sorrow
i hear: cats meowing
i smell: something in the oven
i crave: healing for myself and for others
i search: for meaning, and understanding
i wonder: how God is really in control at present
i regret: not saving more money earlier in life
i love: a few, very strongly
i ache: sin stinks
i care: about what God cares about, at least sometimes, certainly not always
i am always: trying too hard
i am not: indifferent
I believe: help my unbelief
i dance: at stop lights in the car while taking kiddo to school
i sing: a lot
i don't always: pay attention to what my body or my feelings are trying to tell me
i fight: for things I truly care about
i write: because I have to. I can’t not write.
i win: not as much lately
i lose: stuff
i never: want to be like those who hurt me
i confuse: my worth and my productivity
i listen: to a lot of stuff and try to winnow out useful things.
i can usually be found: trying to encourage and help
i am scared: of those who rage
i need: God's mercy and love. Friends. Help.
i am happy about: being able to put it in God’s capable hands, even though I’d like to deck him sometimes, maybe even now.

you?

My very first tag...

Beverly the empress of creativity has tagged me. This is a first in blogdom for me. Well, actually the second but the first time I didn't know what was up, I was such a newbie. I'm only a few rungs above that now, but I know enough to reply.

Apparently in this quasi-chain-letter scheme, ;-) Iam obligated to tag a few more people. Also included in this game is for me to write 7 unusual factoids about myself.

So, here are the rules......if you decide to play with me.

Once you are tagged, link back to the person who tagged you. Post the rules on your blog. Post 7 random or weird facts about yourself on your blog. Tag 7 people and link to them. Comment on their blog to let them know they have been tagged.

Hokay, here are seven unusual things about me...hmmm...this could take some thought.

1. I am currently learning how to run a sound board. Apparently they have such a shortage of people at church who can do it (in music city! who'da thought? *L*) that they decided to give me a shot. I have a pretty decent ear, but knew almost nothing about it...one training session down, surely many to go!

2. Once upon a time I lived on a farm, but I've never driven a tractor by myself. Kind of sad, really.

3. I grew up in a place where we basically never got a snow day out of school unless you looked out the window and couldn't see ANYTHING.

4. I know more about football than the average chickadee.

5. A cheese sandwich placed in the broiler or toaster oven is just ducky with some avocado on it.

6. My cars have a total of over 420,000 miles on them. That is not a typo.

7. If you know me, you already know this, but I drive someone else's kid 100 miles a day, four hours a day, back and forth to school. I wouldn't have included that, but it is darned weird, so I guess I should do so. :-)

I will tag Christy, E, Melissa, Allison, AKAPastor Guy, TDad, and for this fine event. Feel free to not spend time on this if you don't want...after all, isn't blogging supposed to be a good thing? ;-)

Thanks Bev!