Stealing from Shannon
1. What book are you currently reading? I am thisclose to finishing a thriller called None of This Is True. Gulp! Lisa Jewell is good at building tension.
2. Have you ever smoked? Nope. Not pot, not cigarettes. The thought of letting smoke out my nose or mouth just seems so germy and creepy and stinky.
3. Do you own a gun? Fuck to the no. Chicago is awash in guns. We need fewer, not more, around here.
4. What is your favorite candy? Sea salt chocolate.
5. Hot dogs: yay or nay? Big yay.
6. Favorite movie? The Way We Were.
7. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Chocolate milk. I take vitamins, probiotics and a statin each morning and they all just go down easier with milk. Plus, well, chocolate, so there's that.
8. What do you drink throughout the day? I allow myself two cans of Coke/day. The rest of the time it's water.
9. Do you do push ups? I not only don't, I can't.
10. What’s your favorite piece of jewelry? I often wear this charm as a pendant. It's a recreation of one of the coins found on the Atocha, a Spanish ship that went down off Key West in the 1600s. The charm is made from scrap silver that remained in the wreck. Amazing to think I'm wearing metal that rested for centuries at the bottom of the sea!
The pendant means a lot to me because it reminds me of my favorite uncle, who loved Key West and collected Atocha coins, and of my dear friend Henry, who lived in Key West and was with me when I bought it.
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| Read about the Atocha here |
11. Current worry? Creeping (or shall I say galloping?) authoritarianism. Just read that the Trump Administration wants to tell Robert Iger how to run Disney. On the campaign trail he promised less regulation of business. I guess that only applies to Trump donors and tech bros. 47% of the nation seems to be OK with this. Worrisome, indeed!
12. Current annoyance? I'm on the condo board and we're looking at many, many repairs and renovations. We discuss them in detail at every meeting and post the minutes on the unit owner portal. No one attends the meetings or reads the minutes. They do, however, love to stop me in hall and laundry room with questions.
13. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? I don't think I ever have slept on satin sheets.
15. Can you whistle? Nope.
I love your necklace. You're not the only person worried about authoritarianism - most of the world are on notice. Courage.
ReplyDeleteI am with you on the smoking.. yuk. Never wanted to even try it. The pendant from the Atocha is wonderful! What a cool thing to own.
ReplyDeleteThe way we were was filmed in part at Union College in Schenectady, NY, not terribly far from Albany.
ReplyDeleteI love thrillers -I'll have to get the book you mentioned! I love that necklace and I love that it has meaning!!
ReplyDeleteThe way this current admin is going is downright scary.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on owning guns. Let's just do what Australia does!!
loved your anecdote about the charm pendant.
Happy Sunday!
The condo board business would drive me batty. I know they are necessary, but I hate committees and getting bogged down in the same old, same old.
ReplyDeleteThe smell of cigarettes also puts me off ever trying it. The smell lingers on people who smoke.
ReplyDeleteYour charm is impressive, especially given its history.
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Amen to your comments about smoking. Yuck!! My husband was on the board of our condo HOA years ago when we were first married. It was a pain. Our last experience with the HOA at the condo we sold and moved from about two years ago, really soured me on condos and HOAs in general, so kudos to you stepping up and serving your condo community. I like some things Trump has done, but yeah, a lot of his policies and advisors make me shake my head in disbelief and worry where we are heading as a nation. I hope you have a good Sunday!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed None Of This Is True! Twisty fun!
ReplyDeleteI think we've passed galloping and are moving into warp speed, Captain. If we give 'er any more, she'll break apart in any minute.
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