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Here we go … 50 questions, 50 answers. This should be fun ;) Thanks to Organized Noise for this.

1. How tall are you barefoot?
good lord, let's start with the hard hitting questions... a mere 5'4''

2. Have you ever flown first-class?
Yep, Toronto to Halifax... it was glorious, except the man next to me had severe halitosis!

3. One of your favorite books when you were a child?
The Root Cellar, Dear God It's Me Margaret, Paula Popowich

4. A good restaurant in your city?
Il Mercato... delish

5. What is your favorite small appliance?
My new food processor... I have been cooking like crazy since Aju got it for me

6. One person that never fails to make you laugh?
Aju, but not the hilarious kind of funny... he's got a dry humour that amuses me.

7. Which TV dad will you resemble: Bernie Mac, Heathcliff Huxtable, or the dad on "Family Ties" (not to be confused with "Family Matters"), and why?

Dad?? I guess I could change this to mom and manipulate the question... but I'll try this dad business... I guess Bernie Mac because I can't stand saucy kids, so I'm all over keeping them in line.

8. What was the first music that you ever bought?
Whitney Houston

9. Do you do push-ups?
Only if I have to...

10. What was one of your favorite games as a child?
Hop Scotch... I was a simple girl.. oh and Lite Brite!

11.What is the one thing that you cook that always receives compliments?
Seafood Quiche, Meatloaf, Sheppard's Pie, Lasagna (I asked Aju what he thought were the best ones)

12. When you were twelve years old, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A teacher, my mom talked me out of it.

13. Your favorite Soup of the Day?
Cream of Potato and Leek, Mushroom

14. What in your life are you most grateful for?
My loved ones, with out question. The people in my life make me the person I am.

15. Have you ever met someone famous?
Yep... no big deal, we all flush at some point in the day.

16. Date Of Birth?
July 20, 1975

17. Top 3 thoughts at this exact moment:
Almost time for bed
How much money have we got in the bank
What has Marshy got in his mouth now?

19. Name five drinks you regularly drink:
Milk, water, juice, hot chocolate, diet coke

20. From what news source do you receive the bulk of your news?
Canada AM, online newspaper, radio

21. Current hair?
Long, too long.

22. Current worry?
How's Marshy going to be tonight... night number 2 with his new bed... sleeping on his own.

23. Current hate?
weight

24. Favorite place to be?
Next to Aju, cuddling with Marshy, home.

25. Least favorite place to be?
My very lonely office.

26. Do you consider yourself well organized?
In my own way... I know where everything is, but it's an organized chaos.

27. Do you believe in a afterlife?
Debatable... but I'm leaning towards yes, because I selfishly want there to be.

28. Where do you think you will be in 10 Yrs?
Who knows... somewhere safe and happy I hope.

29. Do you burn or tan?
both... burn and then tan next day

31. Are you more optimistic or pessimistic about the future?
It's not natural, it's forced optimism. :)

32. Last time you had an alcoholic drink?
last Saturday night, a couple of coolers at home with Aju

33. What songs do you sing in the shower?
Ever since Aju moved in, I don't sing in the shower anymore... just because I don't want to wake him up I guess. In the car, it's One with Mary J. Blige

34. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a kid?
Drakula - read this post.

35. What’s in your pockets right now?
lol, I'd have to be wearing pants for that question to apply ;)

36. Last thing that made you laugh?
Aju and Marshy playing together... a beautiful sight.

37. Best bed sheets you had as a child?
The Smurfs

38. Worst injury you’ve ever had?
Back pain... had a fall, took a long time to get back to 'normal'

39. Favorite song?
In My Life - The Beatles

40. How many TVs do you own?
lol 4

41. In the last calendar year, how many people have you told that you love them?
no idea... Aju, mom, D, Taya, Crystal, Aju's mom & dad, Marshy ;), Cheryl, Andrew, - that sounds about right.

42. Last thing that made you blush?
crazy conversation today at lunch with Pam and Crystal

43. Best compliment received?
A sincere, "you're beautiful"

44. What leaves you speechless?
 vulnerability

45. What is your favorite book?
She's Come Undone - Wally Lamb

46. Last meal you cooked for the opposite sex?
Homemade salsa tonight

47. What songs do you want played at your wedding?
Lots of good stuff from the 80's, some old school r&b classics

48. What song do you want played at your funeral?
In My Life - The Beatles, You Are Ahead By A Century - Tragically Hip

49. What were you doing at 12 midnight last night?
Trying to encourage Marshy to sleep on his new bed.

50. What would you like to accomplish with the remaining years of your life?
Be the best person I can be, have a positive impact on someone's life, tread lightly upon the earth, love Aju as sincerely and as passionately as I can until my last breath.

Thanks to Nik for this one :)

1. One book that changed your life:
Wow there have been many... She's Come Undone - Wally Lamb is probably one of the ones that spoke to me the most.

2. One book that you’ve read more than once:

This is something that I don't tend to do... I've re-read passages quite often and months after I've finished a book, but I have not re-read the entire book.

3. One book you’d want on a desert island:
The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom

4. One book that made you laugh:
Oddly enough, I tend to read more tragedies than comedies... I'll have to think about this and perhaps do an update...

5. One book that made you cry:
The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver... for about 100 pages straight I bawled. This book also really touched me. 

6. One book that you wish had been written:
My life story... believe it or not, it's kinda interesting... I'm the type of person that crazy things happen to... the good and the really bad things. Someone once told me that I live a charmed life... I suspect that's why I've survived things where clearly I should have died.

7. One book that you wish had never been written:
I generally don't finish a book I can't get into... it did take me quite a long time to get through Mother of Pearl, but in the end I suppose I enjoyed it.

8. One book you’re currently reading:
Starting to flip through the Shopaholic books.

9. One book you’ve been meaning to read: 
Shopaholic series... and about a million biographies - I really enjoy those.

10. Now tag five people: I'll leave it to you if you're interested, not everyone is an avid reader.

Bold the ones you've read, italicise the ones you might read, cross out the ones you won't, and underline the ones on your book shelf! **A good deal of the ones I crossed off I hadn't heard of before :(

The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown

The Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald

To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee

The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger

His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - JK Rowling

Life of Pi - Yann Martel

Animal Farm: A Fairy Strory - George Orwell

Catch-22  Joseph Heller

The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime - Mark Haddon

Lord of the Flies - William Golding

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

1984 - George Orwell

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - JK Rowling

One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marques

Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden

The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini

The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold

Slaughterhouse 5 - Kurt Vonnegut

Angels and Demons - Dan Brown

Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk

Neuromancer - William Gibson

Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson

The Secret History - Donna Tartt

A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess

Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte

Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - CS Lewis

Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides

Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell

The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte

Good Omens - Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman

Atonement - Ian McEwan

The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon

The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway

The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood

The Bell Jar -Sylvia Plath

Dune - Frank Herbert

My first day back at the office after being off for two weeks... what better way to spend the day then doing a meme! Found this one at Nikker's Vox Page - many thanks.

1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before? got engaged and started my path to happily ever after
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I find them cheesy... to each his own of course...
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? no one I can think of... lots to come this year though
4. Did anyone close to you die? family friend
5. What countries did you visit? USA, India, (stopped in London, Germany and Dubai on the way)
6. What would you like to have had in 2006 that you lacked in 2005? all the clothes that fit in 2005
7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? June 2 the why is too personal
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? getting the hell out of my old job and into one I enjoy
9. What was your biggest failure? growing out of the clothes from 2005
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?  all in all fairly healthy
11. What were the best things you bought?  gifts for loved ones
12. Where did most of your money go?  travel
13. What did you get really, really, really excited about? our trip to India to meet Aju's family and get engaged
14. Compared to this time last year, are you:
    a. happier or sadder? happier
    b. thinner or fatter?  fatter
    c. richer or poorer?  richer
15. What do you wish you'd done more of? exercising
16. What do you wish you'd done less of?  bitching
17. How will you be spending Christmas? with family
18. Did you fall in love in 2006?  again and again
19. How many one-night stands?  zero
20. What was your favorite TV program?  LOST
21. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? nope, same old crew of idiots
22. What was the best book you read?  The Five People You Meet in Heaven
23. What did you want and get? a food processor!
24. What did you want and not get?  a baby
25. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?  dinner at home with Aju - I turned 31 - he cooked all day, it was amazing
26. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? money being less of a priority
27. What kept you sane?  Marshy - his cuddles save the day
28. What political issue stirred you the most? Bush....
29. Who did you miss?  my grandparents
30. Who was the best new person you met? My mother in law
31. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006: Optimism can be fleeting at the best of times... make the goals smaller and more managable... so each day feels like there is something to celebrate.

I 'could' blog something interesting, but it would like come out as dribble... it's late, I'm tired and stressed. So instead of boring anyone who stumbles upon me today, I figured I had the time to add something worth a giggle or three.

Mucho Thanks to Susan - Whom I Stole This From!

A- Available or Single?....................  Blissfully unavailable ;)           
B- Best Friend...............................  Life's too short for only 1... at this point in life, they're all the best.                              
C- Cake or Pie...............................  Chocolate, Cheese, Angel, Devil's... is there any bad cake??
D- Drink of Choice..........................  Double Dark Short... yummalicious dark rum and Coke                                                
E- Essential Item used everyday......  PC... it's my oxygen
F- Favorite Color.............................  -Jungle Green                
G- Gummi Bears or Worms.............  Gummi Bears, bouncing here and there and everywhere, high adventures beyond compare, they are the Gummi Bears!       
H- Hometown.................................  Halitown                          

I- Indulgence..................................  Chocolate, deep, dark, richalicious chocolate!                                                                    
J- January or February?..................  February Valentine's goodness... January just means paying Christmas bills :)             
K- Kids and names........................  I'll get back to you on that...                
L- Life is incomplete without...........  Marshy and Aju - cheesy but true.     
M. Marriage Date...........................  May 19th, June 2nd                     
N- Number of Siblings....................  One, painfully younger brother                                    
O- Oranges or apples....................  Oranges to eat, Apples to pick.               
P- Phobias/Fears..........................  Drowning                  
Q- Favorite Quote.........................   "Be the change you want to see in the world" Gandhi             

R- Reason to Smile.......................  It feels goooood, and it's free!
S- Season....................................  Fall, smells good, looks good, feels good

T- Tag three people.......................  I only inflict intentional torture on family                    
                                                  
U- Unknown Fact about Me...........  I love to cry                   
V- Vegetable you don't like............  Brussel Sprouts                    
W- Worst habit.............................  Laziness                                         
X- X-Rays you've had.....................  Dental, Back, Neck, Hips
X- Your favorite food.......................  Honey Garlic Ribs, Roast Beef, Nav... Korma( Indian Dish - yum, yum)
Z- Zodiac......................................  Cancerian

Other than the damn bolding screwing up, this was lots of fun... and I got to hear some songs I haven't heard in forever!

IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool - first songs only

Opening Credits
Uptown Girl - Billy Joel

Waking Up
Flake - Jack Johnson

First Day at School
I've Got A Crush On You - Dinah Washington

Falling in Love
Norweigan Wood - Beatles

Fight Song

Jump Around - House of Pain

Breaking Up

Always On My Mind - Pet Shop Boys

Prom
 Red Red Wine - UB40

Life is Good
Until You Come Back To Me - Whitney Houston

Mental Breakdown
She's So High - Tal Bachman

Driving
True Colours - Cindy Lauper

Flashback

Candle In The Wind - Elton John

Getting Back Together

Angel - Shaggy

Wedding

Someone To Watch Over Me - Ella Fitzgerald & George Gershwin

Paying the Dues
Lubbock or Leave It - Dixie Chicks

The Night Before The War

Underwhelmed - Sloan

Final Battle

Too Late For Goodbyes - Julian Lennon

Moment of Triumph

Head Over Heels - Tears For Fears

Death Scene

Last Christmas - Wham! (lmao, foreshadowing??)

Funeral Song
Tiny Dancer - Elton John

End Credits

Breathless - The Coors.

30 Unknown Facts/Secrets About Yourself - Stolen from Spooktastic

1. Explain what ended your last relationship:
I met my fiance, and it was clear from that first moment that he was right for me... with anyone else I had to force it to work, so adios to the guy before him.

2. When was the last time you shaved your legs?
You got me there! I was just saying that I need to get on that, it looks like I've got on black pants.

3. What were you doing this morning at 8am?
Taking a shower and reading work email while I dried off.

4. What were you doing 15 minutes ago?
Spent 2 hours making a dinner that someone took one bite of and decided he didn't like. I won't be making that mistake anytime soon :) I think it'll be Zoodles or Mr. Noodle for the rest of the week.

5. Are you any good at math?
I used to be... it's like asking if you're good at writing essays... I can't remember the last time I had to write one, or the last time I had to use Pythagoras' theory.

6. Your prom night?
Was many moons ago, and I didn't go because my boyfriend sucked and didn't want to go. Loyalty... sucks when you're the one who gets screwed.

7. Do you have any famous relatives?
Famous, no... but a cousin who won $14 million in the lotto.

8. Have you ever taken out a loan to pay for school?
yep. I worked and took out a small loan... paid.

9. Do you know the words to your MySpace song?
My what?

10. Last thing received in the mail?
An awesome forward... The 12 Days of an Indian Christmas... hilarious - it's on YouTube, check it out.

11. How many different beverages have you drank today?
2 - milk, pop

12. Do you ever leave messages on people's answering machine?
I hate to, but sometimes I break down and do it. Drives me nuts though, I'd rather leave a text message.

13. Who's concert was the first one you went to?
Richard Marx I believe.

14. Do you draw your name in the sand when you go to the beach?
Yep...

15. Favorite Gifts to receive at Christmas or Hanukah or Solstice or Kwanza or any other winter holiday?
Soaps, perfume... I dunno... I can't think of anything I've not liked. I'm pretty easy when it comes to gifts, and choices of where to eat... I make a great date ;)

16. What is out your back door?
The deck, the garbage, and my neighbour's backyard.

18. Do you like the ocean?
Love it... we live about 5 minutes from the Atlantic.

19. Have you ever received one of those big tins of 3 different kinds of popcorns?
lol, yes. You may have just helped me realize the one gift I don't like... popcorn. Blah.

20. Have you ever been to a planetarium?
No, but I think it would be cool. I'm fascinated by the many things I am ignorant of.

22. Something you are excited about?
Christmas! Getting married next year!

23. What is your favorite flavour of JELLO?
Strawberry.

24. Are any of your great-grandparents still alive?
No, they've been gone a long time. Probably since 1987. My grandparents in the past 10 years.

25. Describe your keychain?
It has an adorable little wooden giraffe on it :) I love giraffe's

26. Where do you keep your change?
In my pockets, in my cell phone purse, in the dash of my car, in my desk.

27. When was the last time you spoke in front of a large group of people?
About a week ago... I do it often as a part of my job, presentations etc. No biggie.

28. What kind of winter coat do you have?
An awesome one my folks got me... I look like Nanook of the North.

29. What do you think of the person you copied this from?
Spooky ;p

30. Do you sleep with the door to your room open or closed?
I prefer open, but we keep it closed because we keep Marshy in.

Here are the instructions:

Instructions:

1. Grab the nearest book. *
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next three sentences on your blog along with these instructions

* 'nearest' means you can't rummage around for a 'cool' or 'intellectual' book.  Really, whatever your hand falls on first.  Let's hope it's not porn.

Here goes, from The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold

"His brother was like a darker print of Samuel.
He was tanned, and his face weathered from riding his motorcycle full-titled down country roads.
As my family approached, Hal turned quickly and walked away."

1. The phone rings. Who do you want it to be?
Aju of course :)

2. When shopping at the grocery store, do you return your cart?
Yes, drives me crazy when people leave them laying around.

3. In a social setting, are you more of a talker or a listener?
I'm chatty no matter what.

4. Do you take compliments well?
Not great, like most women I assume, but I'm getting better. A man once told me, when you get a compliment, simply smile and say thanks, you'll be sure to get another.

5. Are you an active person?
Depends... lol, I'm moody... when cranky, tired, hungry, etc I'm less active ;)

6. If abandoned alone in the wilderness, would you survive?
Possibly... but I'd be hungry I'm sure, and I certainly prefer Cottonelle over green leaves

7. Do you like to ride horses?
No way, something eerie about those muscles moving underneath you... they're just too powerful for me.

8. Did you ever go to camp as a kid?
Yes, but I can't say that I enjoyed it for more than a couple of days... I always looked forward to going home at the end.

9. What was your favorite game as a kid?
Trouble, monopoly, upwords, trivial pursuit

10. If a sexy person was pursuing you, but you knew he/she was married, would you get involved with him/her?
Of course not, it's called morals

11. Are you judgmental?
A little too judgemental I'm afraid... but I'm working on it.

12. Could you date someone with different religious beliefs than you?
lol, I do - makes life all that more interesting!

13. Do you like to pursue or be pursued?
Being pursued has definitely worked in my favour recently ;)

14. Can you speak another language?
Mais oui, et toi?

15. If you had to choose, would you rather be deaf or blind?
I have no idea.....

16. What's your favorite food?
Honey Garlic Chicken

17. Do you know how to shoot a gun?
Yes, I took range when I was an air cadet, a million years ago.

18. If your house was on fire, what would be the first thing you grabbed?
Marshall and Aju of course.... "thing" would be our family pictures

19. How often do you read books?
off and on, my reviews are posted here.

20. Do you think more about the past, present or future?
Future... I'm a dreamer... Aju is not, sometimes that makes things tough

21. What is your favorite children's book?
The Root Cellar

22. What color are your eyes?
Brown.

23. How tall are you?
Five Four

24. Where is your dream house located?
no idea, but it has a fully fenced in backyard :)

25. Last person you talked to on the phone?
Mom I think

26. Have you ever taken pictures in a photo booth?
of course, some of the best ones ever

27. When was the last time you were at Olive Garden?
two days ago when we were in Bangor, I can't say that I enjoyed it.

28. What are your keys on your key chain for?
House, office, car, mom's house

29. What's your favorite color?
Jungle green

30. Where was the furthest place you traveled today?
Mom's in about an hour... it's about a 5 min walk from here :) I love Sundays

31. Where is your current pain at?
my neck, that was a long ass drive yesterday

32. Do you like mustard?
it's ok, Aju eats it with his french fries

33. Do you prefer to sleep or eat?
what an odd question! I like to sleep when I'm tired and I like to eat when I'm hungry. lol

34. Do you look like your mom or dad?
mom...

35. How long does it take you in the shower?
About 10 mins... in and out, unless I'm shaving my legs, that seems to take longer

36. Can you do splits?
not any more... then again I haven't tried in about 15 years

37. What movie do you want to see right now?
Water

38. Do you put lotion on your dog or cats?
no... he'd eat it

39. What did you do for New Year's?
I can't remember... I think we stayed in with a nice dinner... that's my favourite NYE plan

40. Do you think The Grudge was scary?
didn't see it...

41. What was the cause of your last accident?
no idea...

42. Do you own a camera phone?
Yes

43. What are you drinking?
Chocolate Milk

44. Was your mom a cheerleader?
lol, no... she's the sarcastic, kick your ass type... I can't imagine her with pompoms :)

45. What's the last letter of your middle name?
e

46. Who did you vote for on American Idol?
oh please... do people really still watch that show?

47. How many hours of sleep do you get a night?
7 but never consecutively

48. Do you like care bears?
I did when I was a kid, but I managed to grow out of them.

49. What do you buy at the movies?
are you kidding me?? we sneak our own stuff in... and I don't care if that sounds cheap.

50. Do you know how to play poker?
yes

51. Do you wear your seatbelt?
yes, of course... it's just stupid not to

52. What do you wear to sleep?
lol, that's a bit too personal ;)

53. Anything big ever happen in your hometown?
Swiss Air Flight 111 crash, 7000 divereted 9/11 passengers, Hurrican Juan... mostly disaster stuff, but taking care of people is what we're good at.

54. How many meals do you eat a day?
three

55. Is your tongue pierced?
gross

56. Do you always read MySpace bulletins?
overrated.

57. Do you have pets?
my baby Marshy, pitlab who is almost 3!

58. Do you like funny or serious people better?
funny, life is already serious enough.

59. Ever been to LA?
nope, but have been to San Fran and Carmel twice :)

60. Did you eat a cookie today?
not yet, but there's still hope

61. Do you use cuss words in other languages?
sometimes :) when applicable

62. Do you steal or pay for your music downloads?
I don't really download music, but movies we do, and considering we pay $55 a month for internet, I guess that's a form of payment

63. Do you hate chocolate?
I only wish I did, infact I mentioned to Aju yesterday that I should see if I could go a month without any... I think he is afraid of the moods he'd have to deal with!

64. What do you and your parents fight about the most?
nothing in particular, in fact it's kinda rare now.

65. Is your cell usually on vibrate or ring?
ring... I never feel the vibrate

66. Are you a gullible person?
yes...

67. Do you need a boyfriend/girlfriend to be happy?
nope, but I do need someone to take care of...

68. If you could have any job (assuming you have the skills) what would it be?
I think I'd like to be an artist, someone who brings a lot of joy to the world with their work

69. Are you easy to get along with?
depends, if you're stingy or irritating... then not really, but mostly yes :)

70. What is your favorite time of day?
Evening...