73 Questions

 I saw this idea on Kari's blog  and thought it sounded like fun. I love a good Q&A post and I had nothing on my blog calendar for today so thought this might be fun.  

1- What is your favorite time of day? Morning. Mornings on the lake are so peaceful and pretty and I am most energized to get things done in the morning too. 

2-What is your biggest weakness? Sweets of all kinds... not sure when that happened but I've developed a real sweet tooth sometime after having had kids. 

3- How do you relax? Reading, blogging/reading blogs, painting, going for walks/hikes, creating scrapbook pages or cards. 

4- What is most important to you? My family

5- One thing in your bag at all times? Motrin 

6- What inspires you? Beauty found in nature, song lyrics, a pretty painting, hearing someone's story of overcoming some obstacle. 

7- What color was your prom dress? I had a few prom dresses... junior year I made my prom dress for my prom and it was red. The one I wore for my husband's prom was also red. My senior year I made a navy blue dress.

8- How do you describe yourself in three words? Sarcastic, anxious, and unpretentious. 

9- What do you notice when you first meet someone? Their overall appearance. 

10- What are your friends like? Genuine, sweet, and often funny. 

11- What is a new song you love right now? Drag Path by 21 Pilots 

12- What is your favorite season? Summer!

13- What are you scared of? Everything... really I'm a huge chicken; big things like dying little things like the dark. Change in general freaks me out. Heights incite panic. 

14- How many kids do you want? For the longest time I didn't want any, then I said 2 or maybe 4.. 3 seemed like a good compromise. 

15- What is your favorite flower? Oh gosh I don't know I can pick just one but I do seem to love every version of hydrangea I've ever seen. 

 

 

16- Tea or coffee? Neither but if I had to pick I'd say tea (but really only if it's iced and sweetened)

17- If you could play any instrument, which would you play? Piano

18- Favorite holiday? Thanksgiving.

19- What places do you want to visit? ALL the national parks that I haven't yet been to... much of Europe, certain tropical islands.. the list is long. 

All these photos in this answer are from Glacier National Park

20- Must-have beauty product?  Mousse for my hair or else it's a frizzy mess

21- Favorite thing about yourself? I am organized to a T 

22- What was the name of your first pet? I have no idea; we had a few pets growing up but I only remember the name of one or two dogs we had when I was in high school.  "Ben" and "Rocky"... neither of which I liked as I am not a dog person at all. Because guess what? I'm also scared of dogs! 

23- Favorite apps on your phone? Camera, Libby, Words with Friends

24- Where do you see yourself in ten years? Probably still here in this house.. doing much of what I do now just with less people around. 

25- Next tattoo you want to get? No tattoos ever.. at least that's my feelings on them now. I don't see that changing but I also say "never say never." 

26- Which three famous people would you invite for tea? Oh gosh I have no idea. I'm awful with even knowing who famous people are. I'd much rather have tea with some of my blog friends that I have not yet had the chance to meet in person...(or even those I have met!)

27- Favorite designer? Probably Dior; I mean I wouldn't wear any of his styles but I've always loved the dresses he created. 

28- Favorite scent? Anything that reminds me of the beach- so pineapple/coconutty things. 

29- Which person would you ask 73 questions to? Anyone who'd be willing to answer them all. 

30- What is your favorite thing to eat? Salmon! My husband jokes it's all I order when we eat out and that's because I just don't make it as good at home.  

31- What was your favorite movie as a child? Probably Annie but Goonies would be a close second I think. 

32- Movie that makes you cry every time you watch it? My Girl. It gets me every time. 

33- Favorite thing to wear? Flip flops! 

34- Most adventurous thing you’ve done? I think you can tell I'm not very adventurous so snorkeling in Belize (where I nearly drowned) or hiking 10 miles to see a glacier and coming face to face with wildlife. 

 

Glacier National Park

35- One movie you can watch over and over? Oh there are so many... 

36- What is the coolest thing in the world? I don't know about that but one of the coolest things I've seen was the volcano eruption in Hawaii. 

 

37- What are your three favorite albums? Clancy, Breach, & Scaled & Icy all by 21 Pilots. Of course those are also the only album names I know off the top of my head because while I like music I've never really learned band/singer/album names. 

38- Sweet or savory? Depends on my mood. 

39- Cats or dogs? Cats I guess, though I'm not a big pet person.  

40- Favorite actress? I don't know; it's hard for me to name famous people when I don't actually know them. 

41- Favorite place you ever visited? Oh that is much too hard to list just one place! I LOVE Walt Disney World, I LOVED Hawaii, I LOVED our cruises and especially the Virgin Islands, I clearly loved Glacier National park as a large number of photos in this post were from there. 

Walt Disney

 

cruise

Grand Cayman island

Hawaii 

42- What show are you currently watching? Silo 

43- Favorite male singer- John Legend? (I only remember his name because I've seen him in concert)

44- Favorite female singer- Bette Midler (Beaches was probably my favorite movie of my teen years)

45- Who do you turn to when you’re sad? My husband

46- Do you like cooking or baking? Both are equally fun to me but it depends on my mood as to which one I want to do on any given day. I do think cooking is typically easier as I don't HAVE to follow the recipe. 

I often bake homemade bread to go with pasta and our bolognese sauce 

47- Favorite snack food? In the summer that's ice cream. 

48- Secret talent? I don't think it's really a secret but I'm quite artistic and creative. 

49- What are you most excited for these days? I'm going to be honest here, my dad died August 1st so not much of anything is making me excited. I'm just hanging in there right now and looking forward to the day the veil of grief lifts.. 

50- What does your name mean? "god is gracious"

51- Hobbies that you will never give up. I can't see myself giving up card making and I hope that now that I've found my way back to painting that I won't give that up again. I also don't see myself giving up on photography either. 

 

52- What makes you mad? Oh so many things.. but I think many can boil down to greed, injustice, and willful ignorance. 

53- Which song would you like to hear to be happy? Good Day by 21 Pilots 

54- Favorite word in English? I tend to like the weird sounding words that I rarely, if ever think to use, like cattywampus, kerfuffle, lollygag. 

55- Something people don’t know about you. I think I'm kind of an open book. I can't really think of much of anything that people don't know about me. 

56- What old song are you into right now? Butterfly Kisses has been going through my head a whole lot lately. 

57- Window or aisle seat? Window or aisle; I don't really care. 

58- Favorite piece of clothing? Right now it's this tank. 

59- Optimistic or pessimistic?  So I say I'm a realist which Evan tells me means I'm a pessimist since only pessimistic people say they are realists. LOL 

60- Something from your childhood that you still have? A quilt my great grandmother made for me. 

61- Favorite part of the day? Snuggling up to my husband after work whether to watch TV or share about our days. 

62- Do you believe in fate? Sometimes.

63- Diamonds or pearls? Both! 

64- What is something you can’t do? Play a musical instrument

65- What do you usually eat for breakfast? Fruit/yogurt/homemade granola

66- Favorite color? Blue in just about any/every shade.

67- What makes you happy? Typically it doesn't take much to make me happy, a good book, a delicious meal, spending time with friends and family. I'm generally a pretty happy person. 

68- What is your advice towards people? You only have one life to live; live it well and make good choices. 

69- What is your favorite ice cream flavor? That changes depending on where I'm getting ice cream. Typically anything with a vanilla base, lots of chocolate/chunks of candy or cookies, and perhaps some raspberry mixed in. 

70- Do you prefer milk chocolate or dark chocolate? Dark. 

71- What is your favorite fruit? That changes and I have a lot of favorite fruits but good, fresh, juicy pineapple is right up there. 

72- Vintage or new? New

73- Who is your favorite superhero? I don't know.. Professor X maybe. He seemed pretty wise and open minded and sweet.