Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Tagged by SusieJ - The FIVE meme

INSTRUCTIONS: Remove the blog in the top spot from the following list and bump everyone up one place. Then add your blog to the bottom slot, like so.

  1. Inside Mo’s Mind
  2. J’s Thoughts and Musings
  3. TeaTime Ramblings
  4. SusieJ
  5. Wylie's Words

Next select five people to tag:

  1. ThommaLyn
  2. Susan Helen Gottfried
  3. Leah Braehmel
  4. Red Garnier
  5. Amy Ruttan

Now for the hard part — the questions:

What were you doing 10 years ago?

1997 was full of excitement!! I was -

  1. living in Bermuda and working as the Development Officer for the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo
  2. married, no children
  3. scuba diving! and other child-free pursuits
  4. tromping through Europe
  5. buying our first home together - an oceanfront condo (oh, the view!! - the photo to the left was taken from my bedroom window. If you squint, you can see Antarctica waaaaaay in the distance ;)

What were you doing 1 year ago?

  1. painting our bathroom
  2. plotting/writing Destiny By Design
  3. busy doing 'class mom' stuff at my son's school
  4. chasing my 2 yr old
  5. looking forward to August release of Bella Fiore

Five snacks you enjoy:

Only 5?? ;(
  1. bbq chips
  2. popcorn
  3. Ritz crackers smeared with Nutella
  4. mandarin oranges and frozen grapes
  5. rice crackers

Five songs to which you know all the lyrics:

  1. Think of Me, from Phantom of the Opera
  2. All That Jazz, from Chicago
  3. Birmingham by Amanda Marshall
  4. Hotel California by the Eagles
  5. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:

  1. start a 'Good People' charitable foundation (I blogged about this here)
  2. send all my family members on dream vacations
  3. hire and cook and housekeeper
  4. buy a cottage on a peaceful lake
  5. donate generously to my five fave charities: Red Cross, Unicef, cancer, MS, Toronto's Sick Kids hospital

Five bad habits:

  1. PROCRASTINATION
  2. nail biting
  3. going to bed WAY to late
  4. finding excuses not to exercise
  5. tuning out

Five things you like doing:

  1. reading - specifically, discovering a new author and reading their entire back list
  2. writing
  3. meeting new people
  4. hanging with hubby & kids
  5. learning new things

Five things you would never wear again:

  1. spandex
  2. skinny leather neckties
  3. headbands
  4. glitter gel (anywhere)
  5. feather earrings
Wasn't that fun?

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow, I really enjoyed reading your answers -- I love "Think of Me", too! :) -- and thanks for the tag! LOL, I don't think I've ever worn a skinny leather necktie! But oh dear, I have worn Spandex and feather earrings and glitter (not, however, all at the same time... at least I don't think I have...). :-D

Wylie Kinson said...

Hey TL - the skinny leather neckties was the fashion mistake of the early 80's. Right up there with the disco headbands! I cringe thinking about my multi-colored tie collection - the red was my fave.

Anonymous said...

Loved reading your five things chain meme. I too bite my nails, stay up way too late and procrastinate . . . As a person who survived the 80s, I too have worn spandex and glitter but said no to feather earrings.

Envious of your photo of Bermuda - and the view off your bedroom no less. Wanted to pack a bag and go there immediately!

Alas, the shower and the real world beckons . . . off for another work day!

Amy Ruttan said...

I'm going to have to do this, the question is who to tag????

Red Garnier said...

LOL, THAT WAS FUN, WYLIE!

And now it's my turn...niac,niac,niac!

Let's see now...

Sparky Duck said...

Oh that was alot of fun. Though I do have to question the whole Nutella thing. Because of the taste and the Kobe Bryant endorsement.

Unknown said...

Woot! I wore the skinny neckties and had somoe feather earrings. I love the 80s!

Anonymous said...

Do you still have the condo? Lovely.. Glitter gel? Why does anyone think that's cool? Ahhhh, those days before chasing a toddler.

Wylie Kinson said...

Hey Sparky - Nutella is DELISH! Kobe who? ;D

Christine - I sense we would have hung out together had we known each other in high school/college!

SusieJ - alas, no... We went on to buy a house (also with lovely ocean views, but not right on the beach) then moved to Canada two years ago. Now I view a mucky pond!