Sunday Stealing

 I'm joining up with the Sunday Stealing thieves! 

1. What is a big dream you have for the future? At the moment, my big dream is to graduate from college.

2. What are your favorite hobbies? I actually love to do paper crafts and sew but I haven’t had time to do those things lately. We love to hang out with friends and we make time for that and I love to read and try to read some for pleasure every day. I’m not sure if this counts as a hobby, but I ride my stationary bike every day, too.

3. If you could change the world, what would you do? Could we have peace on earth and people in charge of the world who actually care about people?

4. What places have you traveled to?  What was your favorite? I’ve been to Israel, Italy, Germany, Austria, and Ireland. I loved them all but Mark and I both LOVED Ireland a lot!!

5. What is the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten? I think I shared this one time – growing up, my family put mayo on corn on the cob. I was probably a teenager before I realized the rest of the world put butter on their corn. Butter is so much better.

6. What are your favorite places to eat? The places aren’t as important as the people with whom we are dining! Birmingham is a Foodie city, and we have amazing restaurants here. One of our recent favorites is Blueprint on Third.

7. What kind of music do you like?  Talk about a favorite artist or songs. I’m horrible with music. I like it and I listen to it and I appreciate it but I don’t have a favorite.

8. What was the last book you read? I’m reading The Ghost Orchid by Jonathan Kellerman right now.

9. If you could meet a character from a book, who would it be? I love to read funny cozy mysteries and there are several characters from those books whom I would love to meet. Just to name a few, I would like to meet Stephanie Plum and Grandma Mazur and Lula (books by Janet Evanovich)

10. Do you prefer books or movies?  Why? I love books (kindle) and I’ve always loved books.

11. What is something you used to be scared of, but aren’t any more? I don’t think I have an answer to that question.

12. What is something you were never afraid of, but are now? Same#11 – I don’t have an answer for this.

13. What item is your most cherished possession?  Why? I had a baby quilt that was made for me 65 years ago. I’m hoping it is somewhere packed away because I haven’t found it since the fire. I think my most cherished possession might be photographs (my neighbor rescued them). Why are photos important? Photos are like tiny glimpses of memory!

14. What awards or contests have you won? I was the Iron Man Ski Queen first runner-up back in the early 80’s (beauty pageant). I’m a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society as a 65-year-old college student. Pappy van Winkle had a contest quite a few years ago and I won a bottle of Pappy for my husband signed by the younger Mr. van Winkle. I won the bike rodeo when I was in grammar school hahaha!

15. Do you like working jigsaw puzzles? I don’t dislike working jigsaw puzzles, but we rarely do them.