She tagged me!

The very lovely and incredibly delightful Mrs. E over at Easy Street tagged me with this fun little meme yesterday. Who doesn’t love memes? (And who doesn’t play along in their heads while they’re reading them?) I decided to play along because one day I am going to show up for a vacation at Mrs. E’s and it will all go over much better if she thinks I’m wonderful. Ahem. So….

1. What’s your staple meal (ie. what meal do you cook most often when you can’t be bothered to be adventurous)?
If I need a quick meal because I don’t have any leftovers and I don’t have time to bake some chicken or pork chops, I usually just make pasta and “cheater” sauce (which means out of a can instead of homemade – please don’t tell my mom!).

2. What do you want to be when you grow up?
Happy! I don’t want to have too many regrets in my life (at least not big, important ones) and I think I’m doing a fair job. At the very least, when I find myself all tangled up, I put on a brave face and march back into the foray to try to untie the knot I’ve made. (Not unlike the knot of cliches I just created. Oof.) I also want to always be able to find the funny – or make the funny, if need be. I’ve worked hard for these laugh lines, you guys, and I mean to keep them.

3. What book are you reading at the moment (if any)?
I’ve been reading Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver during my lunch hour. I’m nearly done and I hated to put it down yesterday! Two more lunches should kill it. It’s truly one of the most fascinating stories I’ve had the pleasure to analyze in a long time. At night, I’ve been reading the first Percy Jackson and The Olympians book, The Lightning Thief by Rick Riorden. The series isn’t Harry Potter, but it’s still a pretty decent and addictive read.

4. How do you relax?
Oh, let me count the ways (but it usually involves a glass of wine). It usually involves watching TV or reading my latest book. Then there’s writing or playing mindless Yahoo games. And if I’m really desperate to let loose and completely disengage myself from the politics of the workplace, there’s drunken Wii.

5. What color are the interior walls of your home?
Most of them are still white. The kitchen is some shade of green that I’m sure has a name – somewhere between an olive green and a mint green. It’s meant to match the beige-ish tan and the dark brown I have going on in the living room (it’s an open floor plan) and the burnt-orangeish accent pieces in the kitchen. Think antiquey farm and you’ll have the color green that I mean. The girls’ room is painted Lion’s Mane, which is a sort of creamish yellowy tan to go with the dusty rose and green accents in there. And some time soonish I’m going to paint the master bedroom some shade of sea blue and bright white to make it a Cape Cod beach get-away.

6. What is your guiltiest pleasure?
Scrapbooking. You should see the amount of stuff I have. An entire room. Really – somewhere in there is a guest bed, I swear.

7. What time is bedtime and getting up time?
I usually get into bed at 9 p.m. and read for an hour (or 90 minutes, depending on how good the book is). On weekends, it could be anywhere from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. depending on whether or not I have the girls (and therefore whether or not I can sleep in!). I wake up for work at 5:30 a.m. and work out. On the weekends the girls wake me up between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m., or if it’s a girls-free weekend, I get out of bed at 8 a.m. at the latest.

8. How long do you spend reading blogs (per day or week)?
Usually an hour, here and there, throughout the day. Hey, it’s healthier than taking smoke breaks! (Although possibly quite as addictive.)

This is where I’m supposed to tag a couple people, but I don’t like to do that. So if you want it – steal it! Heck, it’s yours! For free! And who doesn’t like free? And don’t forget to stop by and say hi to Mrs. E and tell her she’s pretty!

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