Welcome to Sunday Stealing
“This week we’re stealing from Christina at Call Me Patsy. Back in 2008, she admitted she stole these questions from a blogging buddy named Liz. Here we don’t judge. We celebrate such theft.”
Questions Christina Stole from Liz
1. What bill do you hate paying the most?
The cable/Internet/telephone bill keeps going up. We’ve considered “cutting the cord,” but then I have to figure out how we’re going to get Internet and phone service. I’ve priced it out, and it seems like the savings are minimal.
2. Which restaurant would you recommend for a romantic dinner?
This past week, we went to Yono’s for our late anniversary meal.
3. Who was your first grade teacher?
At my elementary school, Daniel Dickinson in Binghamton NY, we used to have the semester starting either in September or in February. I was one of the February kids, the result of which we had eight different teachers between 1st and 4th grade. One of our first-grade teachers was Mrs. Goodrich. I think she and my other first-semester elementary teachers got pregnant, and so we had new teachers in September.
4. What should you be doing right now?
I’m doing exactly what I should be doing right now, getting this written before Sunday morning. What else would I be doing? Emptying the dishwasher? That does need to be done.
Peter Pan
5. What did you want to be when you were growing up?
I think most people thought that I would become a minister. That was probably what I assumed I was gonna do from the time I was about 10 to 16. Then I thought I might be a lawyer, but after taking a pre-law course in college, I performed poorly. That’s when my plans went adrift.
6. How did you choose the shirt you’re wearing right now?
I reached into the drawer, and that’s what came out.
7. Gas prices! What’s your first thought?
They’re going down in the United States, and that means more people are driving. This means that we’ll probably have more pollution.
8. Do you have a teddy bear?
No, I have at least half a dozen teddy bears. I have Minnie and Paula, who are named after the Twin Cities, because my father-in-law loved the Minnesota Twins. I have Blanca and Gunther. The largest is Mr. Applause, whom my sister Leslie (I think) gave me for Christmas in the 1990s. That doesn’t count the bears I got for my wife when Genny (for Genesis) got lost somewhere in North Carolina, and I bought her three different replacements.
9. Do you own the last book you read, or did you get it from the library?
I buy a lot of books, a lot more than I read. It has been a long time since I went to the library to read a book. It might have been 1963; I mean the book, not the year
10. Did you more recently send a text or write a Post It?
Text for sure
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