Finish my sentence...

ruthbru

food....I am trying to lose a few pounds.....

If I could be the leading lady in any movie ever made, I would play the part of ....in.....because....

M360

Lara in Doctor Zhivago, one because my family lived during those times in Russia.  Secondly because I love a good love story even if the two main characters don't end up together.  Thirdly my mother played the balalaika and she just could play it like Zhivago did.  I could go on and on about the because.

Who is your favorite leading actor of all time....

fujiimama

Pierce Bronsan...I think I was in third grade when he was on Remington Steel.



My favorite leading lady from the 80's...

Anonymous

Tom Hanks. Wasoutstanding in Forrest Gump and all he has played.

(M360... All 4 of my grandparents's families were there then too).



If I could have lived during any time period in history, it would have been...

ruthbru

as a woman, I might pick ancient Egypt

If I could have lived in a different time as a man, it would be....

M360

The future!  

Looking back in time there has always been war, struggle and pressure to perform better then the last generation.  In the future a man and woman will hopefully be equal in all ways of life.

When I was a little girl I hoped I would grow up to be...

ruthbru

an astronaut

One career goal I have accomplished that I'm very proud of is...

Anonymous

being a mom! Most rewarding career ever!

Just for today, I wish...........

ruthbru

I could spend a day with my mom.

When I think of dentists, it makes me.....

Wonderland

count to 10. As a child, my dentist counted to 10 when he injected the numbing medicine.

My dentist............

Anonymous

has a light, compassionate touch.



The highlight of my day today was....

JoyE1947

running some errands and getting things accomplished

One thing I dread is...............................

M360

Faslodex shots!

The one thing I love doing each year is......

ruthbru

having a big backyard picnic on the 4th of July

My favorite holiday to host is....because....

AnnBR

Christmas, because I love being with my family and that's when they all come home.



My favorite Christmas present ever was....

ruthbru

what has turned out to be my favorite ever is: when I was in college my then boyfriend gave me the Lord of the Rings bookset. I liked them & many years later when I had a son who loved fantasy from a young age, I started reading them to him at night when he was in about second grade. When he was older and the movies came out, we'd both reread the appropriate book & then go to the movie together (this was when he was a teenage, so it was a pretty cool mother/son thing). Now he is all grown up, but we did the same when The Hobbit came out at Christmas.

(that turned into a long answer!)

My first summer job when I was a teenager was....

Anonymous

An office job: receptionist, typing, ran errands, one manager mostly out of the office so I opened and sorted his mail and he'd call in for me to read letters over the phone (way before faxes), erase, help proofread and correct blue prints. Was hired to learn how to build models for an architecture company but they kept me busy running odd jobs in the office. Another long answer... See what you started Ruthbru!



My favorite job as a teenager was.......

ruthbru

I worked as a camp counselor for four summers: most fun job ever....plus I had the most gorgeous tan in the world (which I am paying for now in the form of wrinkles.....but we did look great at the time!).

An early job that made me think, "Nope, not for me was....."

(2nd, it doesn't specific 'no run on sentences', so we're good )

Anonymous

my first job out of college (consulting/computer programming, just the owner and me. He put in awful hours because he owned the business and wanted me to do the same, never knew what my hours for the next day were till I left, sometimes start at 8 or 10 am, work minimum 8-10 hr days). No bueno!



If I was the queen of the world.....

M360

I would clean up the environment, stop global natural disasters, have the best doctors find a cure for cancer, help endangered species live and prosper, there would be peace across the lands, no prejudice and love for all religions, make sure that no child went to bed hungry.  I could go on and on, it would be a big job but I know I could do it!

If I was queen of the World my King would be...

badger

my husband, because I trust him completely and that's a rare thing when you're Queen.

When I was born, ...

Anonymous

(Back before daddies were allowed in the delivery room) Dad asked the labor & delivery room nurse what he should do while Mom was in labor: she told him to go home and go to sleep so he did!



Today we will celebrate Father's Day by...

ruthbru

we celebrated yesterday because DH is out of town today. Went to dinner & a movie.

When I think of my father.....

hbcheryl

I smile (and I miss him dreadfully) 

my Dad taught me to......

Anonymous

love unconditionally



My favorite memory being with my dad is...

M360

Waking every Saturday morning before the sun rose, we would go wild mushroom picking, then horse back riding, one Saturday after riding we went back to our friends barn and there was a basket next to my mushrooms.  I thought how nice a new basket for picking mushrooms and wild berries.  My Father said look inside and there it was a little beagle puppy.  My heart was so full of love and disbelief.  My dad had a leash and collar ready and my puppy and I went for a walk through the woods with my Father, we picked some berries and then stopped by the well for a cold drink of water.  That day I felt my Father was my best friend in the World.  Thank you wasn't enough to tell him how much that day meant to me, that he gave me a whole day in his life and filled it with all the things I loved to do, and the puppy was just the topping on the cake. 

Thank you 2nd time ar... for asking such a question, and giving that moment which took me back to that day.  I can taste the wild berries, the cold well water, the smell in the air, and even my Father's aftershave Old Spice.  I haven't looked back on such memories in a long time.

My favorite memory being with my mother is.....

Anonymous

M360... My pleasure! Glad you got a good walk down Memory Lane!



Her bottomless pit of patience with me! Can't think of just one favorite memory but the many times her teaching me to bake and sew. Hated when she was very critical of my sewing and how often she made me rip it out and do it again (and again!). Later years I learned to make sure it was perfect and because of her my clothes didn't look homemade. (And made it easy to spot a lot of homemade garments that lacked the perfectionist touch).



Growing up with my siblings....

Momcat1962

we traveled around the USA with my parents and lived in about 20-25 states.



I have very fond memories of....

ruthbru

when my grandparents, aunt, uncle, and favorite cousins would all come to our house every Christmas on the train. It would always be late, and we would be bursting with excitement and impatience for the fun to begin.

One favorite holiday tradition my family had/has is......

M360

We made up baskets of food and special gifts for the poor at Christmas.   My parents knew where these families lived and we would go at midnight Christmas and put a whole ham, with everything you could think of to eat.  Presents, coats, boots for winter.  With a big sign that said Merry Christmas.  We would run back the car and honk and honk til we saw a light come on or a door open, the faces of a parent or child in amazement.  My Father did this every year even after we were no longer at home or we helped when we came home for Christmas.  It was a tradition that we prepared for others and the sense of giving to us was so more exciting than anything we ever got.  The whole next day and into the week we would say "did you see their surprise faces".  We never left our names, some people we did this every year for and sometimes we added to the list.  It was a whole year preparing things and then a week of shopping and cooking of cookies and breads, sitting and wrapping all those gifts.  Tears come to my eyes when I think of all those years and all those people.  

If only, if only....