a little meme

Posted on | May 27, 2008 | 5 Comments

Abby tagged me for a meme, and just in time too, cause I need to take and upload pictures to have any on-topic blog content! 

1.  What was I doing ten years ago?  Professionally – the same thing I’m doing now, which really depresses me!  Personally – my son was two, I was living in the suburbs and was obsessed with gardening.  I’ve always been obsessed with something, it seems, and I’ve always dreamed of turning my obsessions into a paying career, but haven’t yet figured out how to do so (or been willing to make the necessary sacrifices).  I was a completey different person ten years ago, at least on the outside.  I’m much happier now!

2.  What are five things on my to-do list today?  Today is the first day of my new life, so to speak.  (1) Today I am eating healthily.  (2) I am going to walk for at least 30 minutes, hopefully longer.  (3) I am going to the store to stock up on healthy foods.  (4) I am going to fold and put away my clean laundry.  (5) I am going to think positive, supportive thoughts about myself instead of focusing on how fat I am and how much I dislike myself for being fat. 

ETA:  Apparently Orpah is doing the same 21 day cleanse!

3.  Snacks I enjoy?  Wasabi soy almonds!  Port Salut cheese and a crusty baguette.  Fresh fruit – all kinds except for melon fruits.  I’ve never developed a taste for melon fruits, the closest I can get is watermelon candy.  Popcorn. 

4.  Things I would do if I were a billionaire?  First I’d pay off all our bills and my daughter’s student loans.  I’d fund SB’s Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike.  I’d travel extensively, then buy a house in the country and live modestly. 

5.  Places I have lived?  I was born in a one-stoplight town in Southern Indiana.  When I was about two, we moved to California, then back to Indiana, then to Texas, then to Oklahoma City where I started grade school and we lived until I was in the fifth grade.  We moved to Illinois for half of sixth grade and then back to my one-stoplight town, where I lived until I moved to Alabama about 20 years ago.  Wow.  I can’t believe I’ve been here that long!  I always planned to move back to Indiana but never got around to it.

6.  Peeps I want to know more about: 

Cyndy - who has the set-up I’d have if I won that billion dollars

Becky - who I haven’t known long but clicked with instantly

Prudence – who just finished a handspun Gathered Pullover!

If you want to play along, consider yourself tagged, but no pressure. 

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Comments

5 Responses to “a little meme”

  1. grace
    May 27th, 2008 @ 4:51 pm

    You don’t even like watermelon? I mean the real thing. I’m having trouble getting past that.

  2. Jen
    May 27th, 2008 @ 9:23 pm

    Here’s a picky me up. I never once thought your where “fat” when I met you. Honestly, I thought you were pretty shapely and you had a great lipstick…it was very bright without being tacky. YA!

  3. rebecca
    May 28th, 2008 @ 9:55 am

    yeah, i kind of feel depressed that i’m in the same place professionally as i was 10 years ago. i’m a librarian. love books, but don’t get to work much with them at all. would prefer work that is more creative. how about you? what do you imagine yourself doing professionally in the next ten years?

  4. cyndy
    May 28th, 2008 @ 5:51 pm

    First off, I’ve seen you wearing the sweaters you make, and yu do not look fat.

    Second…the grass is always greener…(have you any idea how much work is involved with my “set up”//)

    Thanks for the meme tag…I’ll try to get to it…:-)

  5. Becky
    May 29th, 2008 @ 7:12 am

    Ooo, my first meme! Thanks! Hey, what does “meme” mean anyway?