1. First name?
Jenifer

2. Were you named after anyone?
No.  I think it was one of the few my parents agreed on.

3. Do you wish on stars?
I did.  It worked!

4. When did you last cry?
Today when I called to make Willow an appointment at the urgent care clinic to check out her ears (I have an otoscope, and they’ve been pink for about ten days, and she acts like they bug her.  I don’t think they’re infected.  But, if they are, after this long it’s probably bacterial and not viral, so I called.) and found out that her health coverage ended on January 31 (she’s on a medi-cal plan, which is like medicaid).  I’ll try and get it figured out tomorrow. 

5. Do you like your handwriting?
When it’s neat I do.  Lately it’s not so neat.

6. What’s your favorite lunch meat?
Veggie bacon.

7. What is your birth date?
9-21-70.

8. What is your most embarrassing CD?
Hmmm.  Probably the Spandau Ballet stuff I can’t seem to part with but also can’t listen to. 

9. If you were another person, would YOU be friends with you?
Some days, yes.

10. Are you a daredevil?
When no body else is at risk, I can be.

11. Early morning, or late at night?
I take what I can get.

12. Do looks matter?
Yes.  But, what you do with what you got is more important that what you got.

13. How do you release anger?
I think it’s all stuck in my neck.

14. Where is your second home?
I like to hide in the bathroom and read, does that count?

15. Do you trust others easily?
Yes.  Dumb, maybe, but I expect people to live up to it. 

16. What was your favorite toy as a child?
Raggedy Ann.  I still have her, but she’s really worn.  Her eye is missing and her dress literally fell apart. 

17. Which class in high school do you think was totally stupid?
Driver’s ed.  Mostly because the girl who sat near me always sang that stupid stupid song, "I wanna be a cowboy" or was it cowgirl?

18. Do you have a journal?
I haven’t written in a paper journal in a long time, just this one.

19. Do you use sarcasm a lot?
Yes, my kids even say -sarcastically, of course- "I love the sarcasm, Mom.".

20. What are your nicknames?
The group I hung out with 10+ years ago called me Little Jeni.  I can’t think of any now, except my friend D calls me Jenijen.

21. Would you bungee jump?
No.

22. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?
No, my hands are usually full.

23. Do you think that you are strong?
Yep.

24. What is your favorite ice cream flavor?
I love the peppermint/vanilla with chocolate in it at our local independent shop.  Also Bluebell pralines and cream which is sadly not available in California.

25. Shoe size?
5.5

26. Red or pink?
red

27. What is your least favorite thing about yourself?
I don’t always practice what I preach.  I preach a lot.

28. Who do you miss most?
I miss lots of people and one cat.  I miss my boys as babies.

29. Do you want everyone to whom you send this to send it back?
I’m not sending it, but you should answer the questions, too!

30. What color pants and shoes are you wearing?
Pink pants with fortune cookies and bowls of rice on them (pjs) and red slipper socks.

31. What are you listening to right now?
Crickets in the scorpion and tarantula cage, the humming computer.

32. Last thing you ate?
A chocolate chip cookie I baked earlier.  I’m currently drinking some ginsing peppermint tea.

33. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
Cornflower blue.

34. What is the weather like right now?
middle of the night rainy

35. Last person you talked to on the phone?
My mom.

36. The first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
I like strong arms and purty eyes.

37. Do you like the person who sent this to you?
I took it from Veggie mama, who I hope to someday meet.  I like her lots. 

38. What is your ethnicity?
Welsh, English, Russian (I think), Cherokee, French?  My family has been in the US a long long time, so I think I’m just ‘Merican.  I’m an eighth generation Texan, so that probably trumps anything else.  None of my kids were born in Texas.  I stopped the insanity!

39. Favorite drink?
Right now I’m on a tea kick.  I like Peet’s lemon rose, and this republic of tea ginsing peppermint that I’m drinking.

40. Favorite sport?
Cooking while talking on the phone.

41. Hair color?
Dark brownish with a teeny bit of red.  Getting really depressingly grey, though. 

42. Eye color?
brown/yellow

43. Do you wear contacts?
no

44. Are you single?
no

45. Favorite food?
I never say no to sweet coconut rice with mango that they serve for dessert in Thai restaurants. 

46. Last movie you watched?
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter. . . and Spring

thumbs way up, but it is sad

47. Favorite day of the year?
New years or easter

48. Scary movies or happy endings?
happy endings

49. Summer or winter?
winter BUT it does not snow here and we have no A/C.

50. Hugs or kisses?
they are inseperable

51. Do you have any favorite rants and, if so, what are they?
One is that everyone takes me for granted.  Isn’t that original??  I hate it when the media picks on mothers. 

52. What is your favorite dessert?
The mango thing

53. Who is most likely to respond?
Sounds like a new high school year book award!
54. Who is most likely not to respond?

55. What books are you reading?
I’m between, but have a big stack to get to.  Can’t wait to get my mitts on the newest Ayun Halliday. 

56. What’s on your mouse pad?
X-Girl.  But it’s upside down because the rougher side works better with this old busted mouse.

57. What did you watch last night on TV?
We don’t have cable, so just the movie.

58. Favorite smells?
Lavender, peppermint, my babies’ breath, fresh picked lemon, coffee brewing. . .

59. Favorite sounds?
The kids giggling, brewing coffee, all the kids snoring and breathing deeply.

60. Rolling Stones or Beatles?
Beatles

61. What’s the farthest you’ve been from home?
Toronto

62. Do you have a special talent?
I’m a multitasking champion.  If I could knit and read I’d be so very happy.