Southern Living

Here's a sample of life in our new home:  every time we go outside, we meet a new dog.  Think about that.  I'm in a small, let's say infinitesimally small corner of suburban America.  I go outside to walk around with Adara several times a day.  After a week or two in our "old" home, we basically knew all the animals that were out during the day.  But not here.  Two weeks and we've only repeated a dog meeting two times.  (Meaning we met two dogs more than one time each.)

It's incredible!  How many dogs can one place handle?  I wonder what the total dog population is when you leave my immediate neighborhood?

Survey

So to start, I should probably give everyone a little update.  We're pretty much settled into our new place here in North Carolina.  For those of you who didn't know, or don't remember, where we were moving to, and if you're just dying to know, send me an e-mail.  This is a public blog so I don't want to get into too much detail.

I hope to get some pictures and/or videos uploaded soon, but I can't find the cable I need for that.  Hopefully Jon knows where it is, but he's in Cleveland for job training for another day or so.

Now for the fun stuff.  I got a survey awhile back and decided, rather than inflicting useless information on unsuspecting souls, I would post the highlights here.  Anyone who voluntarily visits my blog has no one to blame but themselves if they're afflicted by useless information about me!

Here's the survey:

What is your favorite ice cream?

I like nuts and caramel in my ice cream.  One type is called Moose Tracks.  It has nuts, caramel, and chocolate (I think).  But, like my dad said before me, pretty much all ice cream is good.

Do you use sarcasm a lot?

I used to, but now most of my communication is with a one year old.  I'm afraid of what kinds of disasters would happen if I tried using sarcasm on her.

If you were another person, would you be friends with you?

I'd like to think so.  I think I'm a generous and a forgiving person.  So at the very least, I would try to sympathize with myself and see how I could justify why I was such a whine-y baby, so I would think that I was my friend even if I didn't really like myself very much. (I love these kinds of questions.)

Do you have a special talent?

I think I'm more sympathetic than most people.  I mean, I just naturally try to understand the person I'm talking to, and it seems to me that most people aren't like that.  Seems like most people have their own opinions and decide whether or not they agree with the person they're talking to.  If anything, my sympathizing is my weakness as well as my strength, because it keeps me from having really firm opinions about things.  And how do you ever make any decisions if you don't have an opinion about what's right or best to do?

What color pants and shoes are you wearing?

My pants are off-white, my shoes are gold.  I bought them at the Goodwill.  They're a funky kind of knit material that makes me feel like I'm almost not wearing shoes (except for the clunky plastic soles that thump around every time I take a step).  Anyway, I bought them as house shoes to keep the carpet cleaner.  There's no way I would wear these out of the house!  And when I have my own house, we are *not* having carpet everywhere. I'd rather freeze my bare feet on cement floors than wear shoes all the time!

What was the last thing you ate?

A homemade burrito: the refried beans were made with pinto bean flour (just ground up dry pinto beans).  No lard, no salt.  Just our favorite seasonings and the joy of eating healthy!

If you were a crayon, what color would you be?

I'd be a "chocolate pudding" crayon.  By itself, the color isn't that appealing.  But calling it chocolate pudding makes it more enticing, even if it does quiver at the slightest touch.

Hair color?

Dark brown with a few strands of gray.

Last movie you watched?

The Bourne Supremacy.  It was quite well done.  Interesting plot, believable and like-able characters.  It was very race-y, and the downside was that it had more than its share of violence, and a light amount of gore.  Very appealing to male-type people who, in addition to the obvious appeal of watching a guy who can beat up 6 people at the same time, also like mysteries and think that having a conscience is a good thing.

What is on your mousepad?

The little finger pad that lets me move my cursor without needing an actual mouse has become so worn that you can almost see my fingerprints on it.

Favorite sound?

A choir singing in close harmony: dissonances resolving to harmonies, expressive crescendoes and diminuendos, etc.  I also really like bluegrass music: fiddles and banjos goin' to town! Yee haw!

Ya'll don't forget to tell me stuff about yourself when you post a comment.