tagged by milkbrain........
1) What were your doing 10 years ago?
I worked in a grocery store with student chefs who were happy to teach me tricks of the trade.
Within a year, I quit and became a catering coordinator.... and eventually bought out the business with two partners. I also traveled to New England to attend my 20 year class reunion.
2) What were you doing 1 year ago?
Pretty much the same thing I do now: cater weddings, business meetings and home parties. I also held a graduation party in my garden for my son who finally left the world of public education. It was touch and go the last year as his math scores were low. Funny, now that he's in college and paying for it, he doesn't mind the math as much. Goes to show you that when you have to pay for something, the equation changes.
3) Five snacks that I enjoy?
mint chocolate chip ice cream (always #1 on my list), chocolate scones, hot chocolate, hersheys kisses, anything chocolate.
4) Five songs I know all the words to?
"Leather & Lace" Stevie Nicks
"You Are So Beautiful" Joe Cocker
"Cool Change" by Little River Band
the complete albums "Let It Be" and "Abbey Road" by the Beatles
5) Five things I 'd do if I were to become a millionaire?
Quit my job, hand my share of the business over to my partners and pay off all my bills.
Send my son to a college of his choice.
Put some away for retirement and investments and let that money go to work for me.
Travel the world.
Give to real worthy causes.
6) Five bad Habits?
I still bite my nails.
I still smoke. ( yeah, yeah, I know!)
I sometimes speak without thinking first.
I curse in traffic at bad drivers.
I watch entirely too much TV
7) Five things I like to do?
Go to the beach whenever I get the chance
Travel anywhere when I have the money
Read
Have quiet zen moments to myself
Watch TV
8) Five things I'd never wear?
Anything with plaids, polka dots, or stripes
Thong underwear
Stiletto heels
Goth make-up
Any clothes that contain racial slurs
9) Five favorite toys?
My vehicle as it allows me freedom
My computer as it keeps me in touch with friends
My TV because it keeps me amused
My house because it contains more than 5 toys to play with
My cell phone
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Ok...... so I'm supposed to remove the top name on the list and put my name underneath, but I don't know any of these people and have no way to get to their blogs (except milkbrain) so I'm just going to offer this up out there for anyone to take their own challenge. For the most part, my side links have already done this (as I've read them already) so all this fun might just end right here.
Have a good day y'all!
posted by Ellen at 1:45 PM
21 Comments:
ej~ Ah, so you're a choco-holic as well? Isn't it the best food?
You smoke??? Geez, louise, girl! Cut it out! :P
Thanks for sharing. It got me thinking about what *I* was doing 10 years ago, and it hit me that that was the time I was a stay-at-home-mom; the toughest job you'll ever love. The Marines have got nothing on the stay-at-home-mom.
saur~ yeah, I know. It's my one and only vice besides chocolate.
Everyones's been on me for years to quit. I will, I promise!
Good list...
I love mint chocolate chips ice cream.
I smoked when I was a teenager for a couple of years, but would probably die if I did now. I get pneumonia too easily.
lee ann~ Good for you for quitting... you are a stronger person than I.
Yup, good old mint chip ice cream... or any ice cream for that matter, huh?
i can't believe i forgot to put ice cream on the list! my favorite is a tie between vanilla and cookies and cream! mud pie is good too, but only if it has no nuts..lol
mb~ I used to go to this ice creamery in NH that had cookies and cream.... then they came out with mint oreo and cream flavor. I'd walk the mile to get there, get my "dinner", and walk home feeling like I walked off my sin for the day.
I don't mind nuts as I do like them in anything. What exactly is mud pie? We have moon pies down here, but I've never heard of mud pie.
Ellen - MMMMMM Mint choc chip!
Yummy!
My my how time flys eh?
I look forward to the day when I can run my own business and be my own boss. For that I envy you.
Oh, and I'll smoke to that. ;)
Peace & Hugs,
- Neo
There's my Neo! How are you, sweetie? I was beginning to miss you!
Yup, good old mint chip.... always #1 on the list, and the best dinner! Mint oreo is great too!
Running your own business is pretty cool, but Uncle Sam likes big chunks of taxes for it. There are some good trade offs in the long run though. I hope it happens for you!
xo
1) What were your doing 10 years ago?
I worked as an Air Force contractor doing work for the U2 project.
2) What were you doing 1 year ago?
The same thing I am doing now, dumping fruit for a major fruit packaging facility.
3) Five snacks that I enjoy?
-Tootsie rolls
-Chocolate/coffee milk shakes
-That's it
4) Five songs I know all the words to?
Everything on Rush Moving Pictures
Everything on Yes Close to the Edge
Rocky Mountain Way-Joe Walsh
Radar Love-Golden Earring
Smoke On The Water-Deep Purple
5) Five things I 'd do if I were to become a millionaire?
-Quit my job
-Buy more bonsai
-Fix the interior of my house
-Send enough money to my wifes family to help them be set for life
-donate to charity
6) Five bad Habits?
Snore like a chainsaw.
I dip snuff.
I take too many naps.
I curse in traffic at bad drivers.
I eat too much
7) Five things I like to do?
-Work on bonsai
-Listen to really loud music
-Watch a good movie
-Play tennis
-build things out of wood
8) Five things I'd never wear?
-no speedos
-nothing with references to rap music, drugs or gangs
-No flip flops
-no muscle shirts or tank tops
other than that about anything goes
9) Five favorite toys?
-My truck
-My bonsai tools
-my computer
-my stereo
-my dvd player
Hey, you guys got me so hungry in this comment section!
when ya quit ya tend to eat alot more ya know... where's the candy?!?
neal~
cool list! I've noticed that most people who answer the millionaire question always start by quitting their job. It's the number one answer.
I like your music choices as well... it brings me back. Now I'll have "Smoke On The Water" playing in my head all day! HaHa!
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snaggle~
Ooops.... sorry sweetie,
didn't mean to make you hungry here. What surprises me is the number of people who like mint chip ice cream. Believe it or not, I like it with caramel syrup on top. Weird combo of tastes, but what a sugar rush!
Ooops... I'm doing it again!
Funny thing about quitting smoking and eating... you only do it because everything tastes so much better. Smoking tends to numb out the taste buds in your mouth.
I thought it was because of a need to keep my mouth busy...
n I used to eat mint-chip everytime when a teen... I switched back to reg choc chip a few years ago. Now I mostly try not to eat any ice cream at all, (except at b-day parties on the cake)!
snaggle~ I see you couldn't stand the 13 on my comment section as well.... thanks, sweetie! You are so considerate!
I still like regular choc chip as well.... as long as I can put caramel or chocolate sauce on it. I'm just silly when it comes to sauces!
I ALWAYS speak before I think! A.L.W.A.Y.S.
This morning, I was complaining about something at work that was indirectly because of something someone else did (or rather didn't do). And the person I was complaining to told me "we'll she's new, she'll learn, don't be so hard on her." And I totally didn't mean to rag on newbie, but it came out that way! D'oh!
I did this one already, so I'm safe from being tagged...MOUEHAHHAHAHA :)
K~
Yeah, sometimes I suffer from open-mouth-insertitis myself. It's not that we do it on purpose though is it? Haha!
learned a few new things about you...thanks for sharing
Ellen, I have heard of open mouth insertus before but have you every heard of a plexiotomy?
A plexliotomy is a plexiglass window inserted into a persons abdomen because they have their head shoved so far up their butt they need to be able to see.
citysoul~
Thanks for stopping by, sweetie. How are you doing? I need details, girlfriend!
BTW- I've been having a hard time getting on your site... maybe it's just blogger. I'll be over to see how you are feeling... I know the first months are trying.
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neal~
Hmmmm.... I know a few people like that. Thanks for sharing the name!
LOL!
mudpie is a flavor of ice cream.. it's coffee icream with choc swirl, oreos, and sometimes nuts... it's very tasty and there's often other varieties.. but it's very yummy
mb~ It sounds yummy! Thanks for letting me know, I will be on the lookout for it here.
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