Blog Challenge #1: Countdown

For a few months I’ve wondered about the “blog challenge” always pinned to the top of the Scrapshare NSBR Forum. Well, now that I have a blog that is MINE I can participate. I’m thinking I’m starting with an “easy” challenge. Good thing!

COUNTDOWN:

10 Favorites
Color: Red
Food: Steak – medium rare, please!
Month: September, love those clear crisp mornings
Song: “Goodnight and Go” by Imogen Heap
Movie: Pleasantville, brilliant in so many ways
Sport: Hockey, until it’s baseball season
Season: Autumn
Day of the Week: Monday
Ice Cream Flavor: Vanilla
Time of Day: Dawn

9 Currents
Mood: Upbeat
Clothes: Comfortable
Taste: Savoury
Desktop: Cluttered
Toenail Color: Naked until summer
Time: 6:30PM
Surroundings: Kitchen – kids eating dinner to my right, laundry waiting to be folded to my left, dinner pots to be washed behind me and computer screen straight ahead!
Thoughts: Why do people leave things until the last second?
Wonderings: Why do people agree to do things they don’t want to do?

8 Firsts
Best Friend: Nancy Vernon
Kiss: Way too long ago …
Screen Name: mama2c4
Pet: Elvis
Piercing: Ears
Crush: Paul Filmer
Computer: A 1G desktop purchased at Superstore in Calgary
Home Location: Parents: Saint John, New Brunswick; On my own: Buffalo, New York

7 Lasts
Cigarette: May 24, 2002
Drink: Alcohol – Sauvignon Blanc last evening; Non-Alcohol – Half Coffee/Half Hot Chocolate right now
Kiss: When I dropped Caden off at tutoring at 4PM
Movie seen at the theater: Eight Below with Cole and his buddies
Phone Call: Cole, checking to see when I’d be home
CD played: “Speak for Yourself” Imogen Heap
Gift received: A drawing made just for me by Chloe

6 Have You Evers
Dated One Of Your Best Friends: Married him!
Broken the Law: I suppose it’s still illegal to smoke it!
Been Arrested: Never
Skinny Dipped: Yup
Been on TV: A few times when I was a kid
Kissed Someone You Didn't Know: Not that I recall …. but Cancun is a bit hazy

5 Things
You've Eaten Today: Leftovers from Celadon House (yum!!), bagel & cream cheese, apple, yogurt and cheese string. Come to think of it, that’s ALL I’ve eaten today!
You've Done Today: Updated the MOMS website, downloaded and filed my latest photos, done 3 loads of laundry, visited the scrapshare site, moved my Creative Memories order to the basement
You Can Hear Right Now: The kids playing upstairs, the TV on in the living room, Louis getting Claire ready for her softball uniform fitting, Imogen Heap playing on the computer and Elvis eating his food
You Can't Live Without: My family, my friends, my work, my camera, my car
You Do When You're Bored: Clean the house, update my e-mail files, surf the net, laundry, read “fluff” magazines

4 places you've been today
Oxford Learning Centre
Tim Horton's
Oakville Gymnastics Club
My kitchen

3 people you can tell anything to
Lorraine
Lindy
Elaine

2 Choices
Black or White: Black
Hot or Cold: Hot

1 thing you wanna do before you die
Take a photo safari to Africa with my kids