Finish my sentence...

hsant

Wine tasting in Central CA, just afew hours north from where we live.

Wonderland, GWTW, another great one.

One thing I'm proud of is...

Pheasantduster

my daughter - her strength and courage during difficulties in her life, her smile!

What I like to do when it is snowing................

ruthbru

stay inside and read a book.

My favorite winter sport is.....

Wonderland

I don't ski but I like to watch ski races on tv. I'm okay at ice skating (I even took it as my PE in college) but I haven't been skating in over 10 years. I love watching it on tv. Well, until the skater starts skating backwards getting ready for a powerful jump - very nerve racking to watch!

My high school's mascot was..........

hsant

The lancer.

For me, high school was...

Wonderland

mostly fun because I had a huge band family.

My high school's colors are.............

ruthbru

Orange and Black

One fun memory I have of high school is......

Pheasantduster

My high school was newly created so I was a member of the first Freshman class. Each year another Freshman class was accepted until all 4 years were complete) My fun memory was that the nuns let us dance at lunch in the cafeteria (we did not have a gym) - this was in the 50's and we danced to rock and roll!

What was your favorite outfit as a teen?

hsant

The dress I wore to Homecoming junior year. This was in 1983. It was black strapless lace with a sequin overlay, and a layered skirt. Many of my friends borrowed that dress for other dances, and now we refer to it as the sisterhood of the traveling dress.

My favorite ice cream flavor is..

ruthbru

peppermint with chocolate chunks

If I could be really good at one of the Fine Arts, I like to be able to...

Pheasantduster

play a musical instrument

my favorite comfort food is ............

hsant

Macaroni and cheese.

My favorite form of exercise is...

ruthbru

Zumba

(are you an exercise person, hsant? if so, I will recommend a great thread to you)

A kind of exercise I don't really like is....

hsant

The treadmill. I prefer to walk outside.

Ruth, not really. I like yoga, but haven't been to a class in months. I was with my 87 year old father at his gym when I wrote that.

My favorite book is....

badger

yet to be read! I have many beloved books and can't pick just one as a favorite.

I'm currently reading ...

Pheasantduster

Pearl Buck - The Child That Never Grew (I read this periodically; if you have a special needs person in your family or know a family who has such a member, Pearl Buck's words are comforting and understanding. She expresses much love throughout her writings.) The book is about 100 pages - sometimes I read it in one sitting.
For light reading I just finishing Last One Home by Debbie Macomber. Romance novel, realistic story, great book to read next to woodstove as temps here are going below "0". I'd rather read her books at the seashore!

My favorite poem is ..............

ruthbru

I have many, many favorite poems. Here is just one that comes to mind right off the top of my head, by Leonard Cohen:

"Ring the bells that still can ring.

Forget your perfect offering.

There is a crack in everything.

That's how the light gets in. "

Another great poem is.....

Pheasantduster

I'm nobody, who are you?
Are you nobody too?
Then there's a pair of us
don't tell ! they'd banish us you know.

How dreary to be someone.
How public like a frog
to tell your name the live long day
to an admiring bog. Emily Dickerson

can we continue this theme (favorite poem) a couple of more times ??

ruthbru

"Lean on the future. There

if anywhere

you walk upon the water,

All that was true at first

is true at last

but there is no way back

into the past.

But through the future. There

if anywhere

the miracle must happen."

Sydney Carter

Another poem that speaks to me is......

M360

Pablo Nerudo 101 Love Poems and Merrit Malloy Epitaph because it's my end of life poem to be read when I pass

Another Poem I love is...

Pheasantduster

I bought myself Caroline Kennedy's "Poems to Learn by Heart" enjoy picking it up time to tme - illustrations (paintings) by Jon J Muth.

One of my favorite Broadway musicals is .................

hsant

Gypsy

Another favorite musical is...

Pheasantduster

My Fair Lady

My favorite musical performed in High School....................

hsant

was Pippin.

My ideal vacation is..

ruthbru

I have three types ideal vacations.....I love them all, but NEED the third one!

* go some place with lots of historical significance and see everything humanly possible while there

* go someplace with lots of beautiful scenery, hike around and see as much as possible of the area

* go to the beach, walk in the sand, read a book under an umbrella, splash in the waves, eat seafood, and breathe

If I could spend next week anywhere I wanted, doing anything I wanted, with whomever I wanted.....this is what I would pick.......

hsant

Ruth, do you have a beach vacation planned? Please say yes.

Spending it on a deserted island with Brad Pitt. Just kidding (kind of). I would fly on a private jet with my husband to Sardinia, eat fresh sea urchin, drink limencello, and go sailing.

If I won the lottery, I would..

ruthbru

As a matter of fact, I am going to Florida for a week on Tuesday! And, if you don't want to bring Brad Pitt to your island, I volunteer to take him off your hands!!

If I won the lottery, I would first hire a good lawyer! It would be very fun to give 'real money' to some of the charities and causes I believe in, and I would hire somebody to update my whole entire house & yard too, maybe travel more (and pay for my friends/family's tickets so they could come with me), see my family more (including my nephew in New Zeeland!), stuff like that.

One thing I would not change even if I did win the lottery is....

hsant

My husband, parents and sister, and friends.

Ruth, wishing you a very happy vacay! I hope you post pics somewhere on this forum.

My biggest guilty pleasure is...

ruthbru

I really LOVE to eat (which is why I have to exercise all the time!).

hsant, the "Lets Post Our Daily Exercise' thread on the Fitness Forum is my 'home base' on BCO. Come check it out. I will post some vacation pictures there.

A fun game I remember from my childhood is......

badger

Freeze Tag

In front of my house, there's a ...