My turn! That means YOUR turn. It's been awhile since I did one of these. Answer any or all of the following questions. Lurkers, this means you too. Do you know what a lurker is? It's someone who reads a blog regularly but doesn't comment. I know who (some of) you are (insert mischievous grin here).
1. You win a one week all expense paid holiday anywhere in the world, where would you go?
2. You can be programmed to speak any language, which language would you learn?
3. Your husband takes you out for supper to the place of your choosing, what do you order (including drink and dessert)?
4. Your kids are being taken care of for the weekend. What do you choose to do?
5. You are stranded on a desert island for one year. You have one type of food, and one book of the bible. What food and which book would you hope for?
6. What store or commodity would you miss the most if you lived in a non-western culture?
7. If you had to limit your collection of literature, music and media to works by one author, one artist and one actor or actress who would you choose?
8. You have to spend the night locked in a public venue, where would you want it to be?
9. You win an extreme home makeover but only get to make ONE improvement to your home, what would it be?
10. You could trade one physical trait with the person of your choosing. Who would you pick and what would you trade?
And yes... I will answer my own questions, *if* you play nice and answer first.
21 comments:
1. I don't know - I really don't. I'd love to go ANYWHERE.
2. I would learn German - low German, so as to understand what my parents & Uncles and Aunts are saying when they don't want us to know what they're saying
3. If there was a really awesome Salmon dish, then that, but if not then probably a really awesome med-rare steak, and if I weren't with BGuy I would order wine, but since I am I would just have water (or Coke) and probably a cheesecake for dessert, unless they have a really great mud pie (can't beat ice cream, no matter how old I get...) and then a Starbucks stop on the way home...
4. I'm having heart palpitations...Edmonton?? A hotel?? A mountain biking weekend?? Snowboarding?? I'm dizzy just thinking of the possibilities...
5. Pepperoni pizza. And 1 John. Although, I will have a whole year...so...maybe something really meaty and big like Isaiah, or Hebrews...
6. I'd say Starbucks, unless I was in a European country because they're bound to have good cafes...otherwise The Gap...
7. Hemingway, Nickelback (so sorry), Robert Redford.
8. Chapters/Indigo - coffee AND books (bliss)
9. The basement - all new carpeting, and drywalled & painted (if "basement" counts as ONE improvement)
10. huh...what to pick...the *chest* of a girl who hasn't had babies (kidding) - I've always wanted Meg Ryan's hair (and face in general, but I've always loved her hair)
wow. Good list. Now I'll read everyone else's lists and think Crap! I should have thought of that...
1. Latvia, my mother's homeland... or Australia...or Italy... or well.. I love to travel.
2. Latvian
3. If I can pretend I am not worrying about calories.. Braised beef and portobellos on fettucini with a basil marsala sauce... and for dessert something chocolate with raspberries.
Go to a nice hotel with a hot tub. Catch a concert. Or how about snuggle in with hubby and watch all the movies that my kids don't want or can't watch.
5. Ack this is hard... pasta. But what kind? Cajun pasta maybe. One book only, for a year.. Hebrews for meatiness or Psalms to cry out to God with.
6. A library full of English language books... or a bookstore with the same.
7. jane Austen or Grisham.. ask me tomorrow and I will have a different answer, Casting Crowns, Cary Grant.
8. The library
9. Expand my kitchen
10. My waist/ stomach... for anyone with a nice flat, no child, belly.
I answered on my blog...but thought questions were tough!
JOy
I have to hurry today, so I'll just answer one question for now:
I'd learn French. My daughter is engaged to a Frenchman!!
1. I'd go to Australia. We want to visit Steve Irwin's zoo.
2. I'd learn French because it would greatly enhance my ability to get a job in government.
3. We go to Vesuvios and I order some wonderful pasta dish that I've never had before.
4. I'd go on a date with hubby and out for coffee with girlfriends. We watch movies.
5. I'd pick a stir fry with a lot of different vegetables. For a year I'd need it for nutrition. I'd choose Psalms because it's long.
6. I think I'd miss the library the most.
7. Author: John Grisham, Artist: U2, Actor: Steve Martin
8. Manitoba Museum - lots to see.
9. I'd change the basement and make it less early yuck.
10. I would trade my teeth with someone, anyone who has teeth that meet at the front so I can bite through foods.
oooh - teeth! I've always wanted nicer teeth *sigh*...SEE, I should have thought of that...
1. I'd go to Germany since that's where my ancestors came from.
2. German
3. I'd probably order some kind of pasta and chicken dish, water or a strawberry margarita, a rich chocolate dessert.
4. Nothing special, just spend some time together with DH.
5. I can't think of a food that I wouldn't get sick of if it was all I had to eat for a year! I suppose I'd pick apples because they're nutritious, and I wouldn't need any type of special tool to eat it ... Luke, Job, or Psalms.
6. Library
7. Artist: Michael W. Smith. Author: I like too many to choose just one. Actor/Actress: Maybe Julie Andrews
8. Library
9. Finish the basement
10. I'd trade my thighs with someone whose were smaller.
i would go to scotland
1. Finland.
2. French would be fun.
3. Halibut, with iced tea, and no dessert... not big on dessert!
4. Sit on the computer, or play Call of Duty 4 on XBOX live. :)
5. Spaghettios and Ecclesiastes
6. Walmart for sure! Or Fred Meyer's wonderful produce.
7. No literature, thanks. :) Chris Tomlin, and Ryan Reynolds.
8. Does Fred Meyer count? I'd spend the night cooking.... and eating!
9. Bigger kitchen for sure!
10. Nicole Kidman's posture. Weird, I know, but I'm ok with everything about my body except for my posture!
1. You win a one week all expense paid holiday anywhere in the world, where would you go? Greece… I’m drawn to that gorgeous water.
2. You can be programmed to speak any language, which language would you learn? Spanish – I love to hear it, and I think it’s going to be one of the top languages in the world.
3. Your husband takes you out for supper to the place of your choosing, what do you order (including drink and dessert)? We'd go to Chianti’s and start with their spectacular Caesar salad, then to the Keg for their Bacon wrapped Filet Classic with Sweet Potato fries, then over to Moxie’s for their White Chocolate Brownie. (there’s a reason I capitalize it…. mmmmmmmmm) I’d have ice water with the salad, a white Zinfandel with the steak (I know, it should be red) and a strong coffee with the brownie.
4. Your kids are being taken care of for the weekend. What do you choose to do?
Stay up really late playing games with friends, cuddle in the morning with a hubby on a day off, go shopping, scrapbook with girlfriends whose kids are taken care of too and go to a play.
5. You are stranded on a desert island for one year. You have one type of food, and one book of the bible. What food and which book would you hope for? You say “type” of food, so I will say Mennonite food, since we make such yummy, filling and fattening foods… and even though there would be no one to use my tongue against in person, I’d still say James…. it’s such an “attitudes” book, and I’d need that.
6. What store or commodity would you miss the most if you lived in a non-western culture? Second-hand stores
7. If you had to limit your collection of literature, music and media to works by one author, one artist and one actor or actress who would you choose? Dr. Suess, Paul Simon and Owen Wilson
8. You have to spend the night locked in a public venue, where would you want it to be? Disneyland, of course!
9. You win an extreme home makeover but only get to make ONE improvement to your home, what would it be? My living room… with painted gyproc, new carpet… yay!
10. You could trade one physical trait with the person of your choosing. Who would you pick and what would you trade? I might pick my son Evan, and trade for his dreamy blue eyes and long lashes…. I could make serious headway with those babies.
1. New Zealand or Greece (Kourmoulis is the last name so Greece would probably be first)
2. French - it just sounds lovely
3. Juicy medium steak with grilled asparagus, strawberry margarita, and for dessert definitely something chocolate!
4. Tough, stroll along the beach or hike in the mountains, or better yet go snow skiing.
5. Fruit, fruit, fruit, and Isaiah because it is my favorite book in the Bible. The title of my blog comes from a portion of a verse in Isaiah.
6. I hear a nice toilet and toilet paper may be handy (from a friend who visited Vietnam).
7. Author: CS Lewis - lots of variety. Artists: ouch, so many, but Chris Tomlin - lots of worship. Actor/Actress: Kathrine Hepburn probably.
8. The first thing that came to my mind was the Smithsonian.
9. Windows - this 5th generation house is drafty.
10. Cathrine Zeda-Jones: she is beautiful but I love her hair, long and lovely.
This questions look so fun I'll try to answer them on my later today. But I just loved reading all you guys answers. Neat post, and a greatway to get to"know" evrey one a little better. Brandie
1. Scottland and Ireland. My husband and my ancestors' countries.
2. Spanish.
3. I would start with a Whiskey Sour. It's about the only time I drink. With my meal, just water. Steak, medium rare, cheese toast, and asparagus. Maybe a baked potato too. I usually don't have dessert (I'm too full) but I love the places that make chocolate souffle.
4. First? Sleep. Then? Just enjoy the silence.
5. Pasta. Psalms.
6. Target.
7. Diana Gabaldon. Music is too hard to choose. So's the actor.
8. Target. They have bathrooms.
9. Someone would do all the paint, so I don't have to.
10. I'm not sure! Perhaps my curly hair for Nicole Kidman's curly hair. I like hers better.
1. New Zealand
2. Ahmaric (we just adopted from Ethiopia. I would love to speak the language and maintain that connection for my son).
3. Spinach Artichoke dip, Shrimp Scampi, Something chocolaty and a large Mt. Dew or Rasberry Limeaide.
4. Sew, read, go for a long walk with my hubby, sleep.
5. Pasta with butter and parmesan and the book of James.
6. Target! and Mt. Dew
7. Author- Jane Austen; Music Artist- Sarah Groves; Actress- Keira Knightley
8. Yikes, Ummm, Ikea I guess.
9. KITCHEN
10. I would trade my very curvey, Norweigian body with someone a little less curvey, but then my husband would be sad...
1. You win a one week all expense paid holiday anywhere in the world, where would you go? The Holy land, Oh to walk in the same place Jesus did, could there be a better place on this earth!!
2. You can be programmed to speak any language, which language would you learn? Aramaic & then I would watch The passion of the Christ again, and then I would take my Holy Land Tour!!
3. Your husband takes you out for supper to the place of your choosing, what do you order (including drink and dessert)? Outback for a Bloomin Onion ( my favorite) baked potato, steak, water and for dessert a oreo blast from Sonic!! I'm getting hungry just thinking about it
4. Your kids are being taken care of for the weekend. What do you choose to do? Watch movies with my dh,read, visit family & friends without the kids!
5. You are stranded on a desert island for one year. You have one type of food, and one book of the bible. What food and which book would you hope for? American chain restaurant food like, Bloomin Onions, Southwestern egg rolls / the book of Psalm
6. What store or commodity would you miss the most if you lived in a non-western culture? I really don't know, I can do without any stores as long as there is somewhere to buy groceries, clothes and gas...and of course books!
7. If you had to limit your collection of literature, music and media to works by one author, one artist and one actor or actress who would you choose?literature-Laura Ingalls Wilder, music artist-Third Day. Actor- Michael Landon!
8. You have to spend the night locked in a public venue, where would you want it to be? A library, wow that would be awesome to get to read all night! The kids aren't with me are they?
9. You win an extreme home makeover but only get to make ONE improvement to your home, what would it be? landscaping
10. You could trade one physical trait with the person of your choosing. Who would you pick and what would you trade? I would trade my pale skin with someone with a natural tan complexion
1. You win a one week all expense paid holiday anywhere in the world, where would you go? Not too picky...somewhere warm and with a gorgeous beach.
2. You can be programmed to speak any language, which language would you learn? Spanish
3. Your husband takes you out for supper to the place of your choosing, what do you order (including drink and dessert)? No doubt: Gaido's. I'd order Roasted Red Pepper soup or shrimp bisque, Shrimp Pegues (bacon wrapped shrimp), with a loaded baked potato. For dessert, either the flan cheesecake (yes, flan and cheesecake combined!) or their mudpie (5 layers of different chocolates). Drink: champagne and sweet tea. (The sweet tea is a southern thing - goes with any meal.)
4. Your kids are being taken care of for the weekend. What do you choose to do? See answers to 1 and 3. Seriously, a weekend at a luxary hotel is my dream. And, I'm trying to make it happen sometime this spring!
5. You are stranded on a desert island for one year. You have one type of food, and one book of the bible. What food and which book would you hope for? Veggies - haven't found one I don't like yet. Ephesians or Psalms.
6. What store or commodity would you miss the most if you lived in a non-western culture? Well, I'd say WalMart but I believe they've moved into a lot of non-western countries. 'Cause you can get anything there!
7. If you had to limit your collection of literature, music and media to works by one author, one artist and one actor or actress who would you choose? I can't choose just one author, seriously. Stephen Curtis Chapman. Actor/actress- I don't know.
8. You have to spend the night locked in a public venue, where would you want it to be? Disney
9. You win an extreme home makeover but only get to make ONE improvement to your home, what would it be? Swimming pool in the back yard.
10. You could trade one physical trait with the person of your choosing. Who would you pick and what would you trade? Someome with a gorgeous smile. I think I have a nice smile but wish my teeth were different.
That was fun, but I don't think I will play. I did enjoy reading all the things you wrote.
Isn't this fun getting to know each other?
Linda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com
1. Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
2. French
3. Pizza Oven Grinder for the Great American Salad with a coke. I never save enough room for dessert!
4. Don't have any kids yet.. but I still like to get away sometimes. Would love to get a house on the ocean and just lay on the beach all day long!
5. I would probably choose fresh fruit to eat because I can never get sick of it. and I'd say one of the gospels or Job.
6. Target
7. J.R.R. Tolkien, U2 and Philip Seymour Hoffman
8. The Aquarium
9. a state of the Art Kitchen
10. my sister-in-law Azuree's sense of humour.
1. Polynesia.
2. Latin.
3. Baby back ribs with oven roasted garlic potatoes... Lambrusco to drink and a dark decadent chocolate dessert.
4. Crash in a quiet living room with my husband, read, nap, snuggle, watch movies, eat take out pizza from up the road (yeah... can you believe it we have take up pizza up the road. Up the DIRT road, in a town with no paved streets and they make FANTASTIC pizza). All this on the couch... in other words basically be a couch potato!
5. chicken stir fry.. I think you can get all the food groups in there plus a yummy asian sauce with sesame seeds.... oh yeah. I could eat it every day. Isaiah. I think I could read Isaiah happily for years on end over and over and over again. It's full of hope and promise and images of Him and what He has planned.
6. I'm going for commodity... I have to say (from experience) sour cream. Very bizarre but true.
7. G.A. Henty; Fernando Ortega; Sean Connery
8. Well, I was going to say library, but now I'm going to say locked in Chapters/Indigo with my friend B-Girl. Oh-yeah-baby. Bring it on.
9. kitchen. STainless steel appliances and island counter top... antique black shaker style cabinets with brushed nickel handles, full upright side by side fridge and freezer, built in convection oven, granite countertops... sigh.
10. the breasts. definitely the breasts. with someone who has very small ones.
Oh.. I didn't see that it said trade a "physical" trait with anyone.. then I would have to say my legs with Charlize Theron or Uma Thurman.. someone with crazy long and lean legs.
anywhere I dont have to fly to get there! ok,ok so I have a few chicken feathers.
2my Mother tongue German
3Oh Boy! when on weight watchers,its got to be salad,poached salmon, shirley temple,and no dessert as the shirley temple took up the sugar intake, Darn!
4 Our kids have all flown the coop and have families of thier own, so i would say to go have a nice dinner, with my wonderful hubby, and frinds.
5 You cant go wrong with Veggies, and Romans
6 Super store probably, but any clothing store comes to mind.
7That I would pass on to Don Williams, he is a writer,singer,and just a wonderful caring Christian man.
8 bookstore
9 Bathroom
10 now that is a toughie! I wouldnt want to change or trade what God gave me, and wanted me to take care of, and I have failed miserably at it, but am trying hard,to take care of what i have.
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