Would you be willing to have horrible nightmares every night for a year if you would be rewarded with extraordinary wealth? Define extraordinary. It really depends on if the nightmares kept me up at night or not. It’s best not to mess around with my sleep.
What was the most recent movie that made you cry? Sounds silly, but Julie and Julia. I am so touched by the life-long love affair that Paul and Julia Child shared. Talk about passion in every sense of the word. Joie de vivre!
Would you rather be stranded on an island alone or with someone you hate? Oh, most certainly alone. I can handle that quite well. I’d go slowly (or perhaps quickly) crazy stuck with someone I hate.
1. My car does not fit my personality (and it is not a truck!).
2.I’m so ready for what is coming up next.
3. Lately, things seem to be incredibly crazy, but I’m keeping my focus on all of the good in my life.
4.In bed is one of my favorite ‘hiding’ places.
5. What happened in Vegas stayed in Vegas. (OK, I haven’t been in Vegas, but this is the first thing that came to mind._
6. Selling my house is not impossible!
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to some wine,making chicken Marengo (Alice and Gertrude chicken), a bubble bath, tomorrow my plans include a bicycle ride and Sunday, I want to sleep in!
What is the first thing you notice about people? Teeth, hands and eyes. It’s just natural for me to zone in on the smile and therefore the teeth. Hands, good expressive hands, say so much about a person. And I can’t resist a sparkly pair of eyes.
What song always makes you happy when you hear it? Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison. I’m smiling now just thinking of it.
What fashion trend do you just not get? Capri pants. Why in the world do I intentionally want to buy pants that are too short?
A blog. Oh yes, right. I remember now. I haven’t been very wordy lately. I think about a topic but then either I don’t get around to writing it down or I decide that it’s too personal or whatever. But all of this surface-y crap that I’ve been writing lately seems rather disingenuous and unauthentic. It’s not the “real me” (more on that another day) and it’s not the reason I started this blog several years ago.
I’ve been thinking about words that people use to describe their “plus one”… Significant other really bothers me. Does that mean that everyone else is insignificant? Also, it sounds so generic and sterile. Partner sounds as if we’re practicing law together and isn’t exactly warm and fuzzy either. Girlfriend makes me think that we’re in the 6th grade and we’re passing notes back and forth saying: Do you like me? Check yes or no. Wife? Well, I’m not married, although I can now write the words “married” and “wedding” without breaking out in hives. (Let’s just keep that between you and me for now.) That unto itself says a hell of a lot. But I digress. Lover? Well, that has a positive connotation to me as I take it as “one who loves” but I think that many people think of it in a more tawdry sense and therefore thinks that it sounds disposable.
I suppose it doesn’t really matter what word we choose to use because none of them can truly convey the full and complete meaning. Words are all that we have but sometimes they fail.
Juliet:
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.”
Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2)
1. When will I have the answer to the question that’s been weighing on my mind?
2. Edward Sawtelle was the last good book I read or movie I saw or tv show I watched.
3. Everything has its beauty but not everyone can see that beauty.
4. A portobello burger, grilled veggies and a bottle of pinot noir is what I had for dinner.
5. I’d like your honest answer.
6.Sitting on the “cocktail terrace” is where I want to be right now. (And that’s where I’m headed soon.)
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to cooking French food for dinner with my sweetie (I’m sure there will be French wine too), tomorrow my plans include sailing and Sunday, I want to read the Times and go to brunch!
Courtesy of my dear 
