Getting To Know You, Getting To Know More . . .

[Dia Minha]

My sister sent this to me last night. We haven't had one in a while so I thought it might be fun.

1. What time did you get up this morning?
2. Diamonds or pearls?
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
4. What is your favorite TV show?
5. What do you usually have for breakfast?
6. What is your middle name?
7. What food do you dislike?
8. What is your favorite CD at the moment?
9. What kind of car do you drive?
10. What is your favorite sandwich?
11. What characteristic do you despise?
12. What is your favorite item of clothing?
13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go?
14. What is your favorite brand of clothing?
15. Where would you retire to?
16. What was your most recent memorable birthday?
17. What is your favorite sport to watch?
18. Are you a morning person or a night person?
19.What is your shoe size?
20. Do you have any pets?
21. Do you have any new and exciting news you’d like to share with us?
22.What did you want to be when you were little?
23.What is your favorite candy?
24.What is your favorite flower?
25.What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to?
26 What are you listening to right now?
27. What was the last thing you ate?
28. If you were a crayon what color would you be?
29. Who was the first person you spoke to on the phone today?
30. What is your favorite soft drink?
31.What is your favorite restaurant?
32.What was your favorite toy as a child?
33. Summer or Winter?
34. When was the last time you cried?
35. What is under your bed?
36. What did you do last night?
37. What are you afraid of?
38. Salty or Sweet?
39. How many keys are on your key ring?
40. How many years at your current job?
41. What is your favorite day of the week?
42. How many different places have you lived in?

[Dia Minha]

1. What time did you get up this morning? 5:00 when my neighbor hacked up a lung outside my open bedroom window while leaving for work. He or she is my alarm clock.
2. Diamonds or pearls? Neither, just give me the money and I'll go on vacation.
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Errand of Angels with my mom and brother.
4. What is your favorite TV show? Right now I watch The Biggest Loser and Pushing Daisies, when I can.
5. What do you usually have for breakfast? Smoothie, made with ff plain yogurt, frozen fruit and a flavored protein mix.
6. What is your middle name? Ann
7. What food do you dislike? Meat, I will eat it, but I don't really like it.
8. What is your favorite CD at the moment? My Girl Soundtrack. It really gets me moving.
9. What kind of car do you drive? Mini-van and proud of it. Gets good gas mileage and has needed very few repairs.
10. What is your favorite sandwich? Veggie on honey, wheat, oat, with everything except hot peppers and a splash of either ff honey mustard or ff sweet onion dressing, from Subway.
11. What characteristic do you despise? I don't know if this would be considered a characteristic, but I have a really hard time getting along with people who don't follow the rules.
12. What is your favorite item of clothing? My pajama pants. I have a few striped pair that are really cute and I even wear them to run to the store or take the girls to dance.
13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? To the beach, any beach will do. I would love to visit a warm beach in a tropical location some day, but I also really love the coast of Oregon.
14. What is your favorite brand of clothing? I guess right now it would have to be Calvin Klein, because that is the brand of the jeans I am trying to fit back into, after having my last two babies.
15. Where would you retire to? Somewhere close the the coast, any coast.
16. What was your most recent memorable birthday? (If memorable means one I will never forget and not neccessarily a happy one . . .) On my 33rd birthday I discovered the baby that I was carrying had passed away. I delivered him two days later on 07/07/07, the luckiest day of the century.
17. What is your favorite sport to watch? Dance (yes, dance is a sport) and anything else my girls or boys are playing.
18. Are you a morning person or a night person? Morning, if it doesn't get done before noon, it most likely won't.
19.What is your shoe size? 7 1/2
20. Do you have any pets? Two fish.
21. Do you have any new and exciting news you’d like to share with us? I don't know if it would be considered new, but it is exciting. We are on schedule to begin work on our basement in February.
22.What did you want to be when you were little? A teacher, but after seeing what teachers have to deal with when it comes to parents, I have decided that when I grow up, I'm going to be a librarian.
23.What is your favorite candy? Dove dark chocolate.
24.What is your favorite flower? Daisies and sunflowers.
25.What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? Halloween, my kids have the coolest costumes. They are going to be Scooby Doo and the whole gang.
26 What are you listening to right now? My girls watching Scooby Doo.
27. What was the last thing you ate? Right now I am eating hot cereal made with skim milk and a packet of SF FF hot chocolat mixed in. Very yummy, warm and comforting.
28. If you were a crayon what color would you be? Right now . . . a true blue, cool and mellow.
29. Who was the first person you spoke to on the phone today? Haven't talked on the phone today.
30. What is your favorite soft drink? Sierra Mist Free or Fresca, but I don't drink soda very often. I use it for a treat instead of eating a cake or a dozen cookies.
31.What is your favorite restaurant? It would be a toss up between Subway and Panda Express. Both have lots of fresh veggies.
32.What was your favorite toy as a child? I don't remember having one.
33. Summer or Winter? Summer, can you say swimming lesson at the outdoor pool?
34. When was the last time you cried? Last night when my favorite WW leader told me her husband was back in the hospital, but the finally discovered what it was that was making him so sick and he is going to be ok.
35. What is under your bed? The bed lifts I got to lift up my bed so that the spare mattress for visitors can fit and I can store the basement toys under the girl's bunk bed, so we can start working on the basement.
36. What did you do last night? Went to my Weight Watchers meeting and watched part of the play Our Town.
37. What are you afraid of? That the world when will end, before I get a chance to finish my basement and front yard.
38. Salty or Sweet? I like the combination.
39. How many keys are on your key ring? Three, van key, car key, and house key.
40. How many years at your current job? 10 wonderful and eventful years.
41. What is your favorite day of the week? Any day my hubby is home and we have nothing pressing to get done.
42. How many different places have you lived in? 5

[bookworm]

1. What time did you get up this morning? 9:00- it's a miracle!
2. Diamonds or pearls? both?
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? The Dark Knight
4. What is your favorite TV show?today? Pushing Daisies- hilarious
5. What do you usually have for breakfast? toast or english muffin, juice
6. What is your middle name? queen of the universe
7. What food do you dislike?brussels sprouts...
8. What is your favorite CD at the moment? soundtrack of "Into the Woods"
9. What kind of car do you drive? my Honda Odyssey
10. What is your favorite sandwich? chicken salad on croissants
11. What characteristic do you despise?untrustworthy-ness
12. What is your favorite item of clothing?shoes
13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go?Hawaii or Paris
14. What is your favorite brand of clothing?brand? what's that? Is DI a brand?
15. Where would you retire to? St. George in winter, Logan in Summer
16. What was your most recent memorable birthday? uh, yesterday
17. What is your favorite sport to watch? my kids wrestling on the trampoline
18. Are you a morning person or a night person?depends on the week
19.What is your shoe size?a secret
20. Do you have any pets?besides my three sons?
21. Do you have any new and exciting news you’d like to share with us?uhhh... no
22.What did you want to be when you were little?a mom, an artist (HA!) and an actress
23.What is your favorite candy?snickers and peanut butter m&ms
24.What is your favorite flower?yellow roses
25.What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to?Christmas
26 What are you listening to right now?my son insisting he's done with his chores
27. What was the last thing you ate? Cheezit white cheddar crackers. mmm...
28. If you were a crayon what color would you be? red?
29. Who was the first person you spoke to on the phone today? the dish network un-helpful, deeply accented voice that didn't solve my problem
30. What is your favorite soft drink?water
31.What is your favorite restaurant?P.F. Chang's
32.What was your favorite toy as a child?my siblings
33. Summer or Winter?summer
34. When was the last time you cried?this morning after the dish network unhelpful person ticked me off- anger=tears
35. What is under your bed?dust bunnies, folded blankets and sweaters in a bag
36. What did you do last night?watched Annie and read until midnight!
37. What are you afraid of?bears, bugs, talking on the phone, some social situations... pathetic!
38. Salty or Sweet?both, definitely both
39. How many keys are on your key ring?three, what a strange question
40. How many years at your current job?LOL- 13 and counting...
41. What is your favorite day of the week?Monday- weird, I know
42. How many different places have you lived in?[/B][/QUOTE]Many areas of the SL valley, Ogden, Rexburg, Idaho, Grantsville and Tooele

[natickgirl]

1. What time did you get up this morning? 8:00--so nice!
2. Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Nim's Island at the dollar theater 3 months ago
4. What is your favorite TV show? ER or CSI
5. What do you usually have for breakfast? Cereal or pancakes
6. What is your middle name? Don't have one
7. What food do you dislike? Oysters
8. What is your favorite CD at the moment? Secret Garden soundtrack
9. What kind of car do you drive? Kia Sedona van
10. What is your favorite sandwich? Veggie, no onion, toasted w/cheese
11. What characteristic do you despise? Dishonesty
12. What is your favorite item of clothing? Broken in jeans
13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Somewhere warm & tropical -- or France, England, Belgium & Luxembourg
14. What is your favorite brand of clothing? Anything that actually fits & is on clearance
15. Where would you retire to? Cape Cod in summer, St. George in winter
16. What was your most recent memorable birthday? Had a blast on my 30th...a few years ago
17. What is your favorite sport to watch? Gymnastics
18. Are you a morning person or a night person? Definitely night
19.What is your shoe size? 6 1/2 or 7
20. Do you have any pets? Nope...landlord says we can't have any (yeah!)
21. Do you have any new and exciting news you’d like to share with us? No.
22.What did you want to be when you were little? A nurse & a mom
23.What is your favorite candy? Dark chocolate truffles coated w/cocoa powder...the ones sold at Costco at Christmas time
24.What is your favorite flower? white lily & stefanotos (sp?)
25.What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? The day we move back to UT...just wish I knew when that would be
26 What are you listening to right now? Peace & quiet!
27. What was the last thing you ate? Dinner: tossed salad, pasta salad & cornbread
28. If you were a crayon what color would you be? Yellow
29. Who was the first person you spoke to on the phone today? No one
30. What is your favorite soft drink? Lingonberry juice mixed w/Sprite at IKEA
31.What is your favorite restaurant? Olive Garden
32.What was your favorite toy as a child? Can't remember
33. Summer or Winter? Both, and spring & fall
34. When was the last time you cried? At stake conference last night--very spiritual meeting
35. What is under your bed? My weights, extra batteries, air mattress
36. What did you do last night? Attend stake conference
37. What are you afraid of? The dark, having an overpass collapse on me when I drive under it
38. Salty or Sweet? Sweet
39. How many keys are on your key ring? Four: van, car, house, shed
40. How many years at your current job? 11 and counting
41. What is your favorite day of the week? Tuesday or Wednesday
42. How many different places have you lived in? 8 in UT, 1 in MA

[Dia Minha]

I'm having so much fun reading your answers. It seems silly that anyone could get to know someone with such odd questions, but I really feel like I do.

[runamyrun]

1. What time did you get up this morning? 8:15 I wait until the last possible moment until I have to get my son ready for school.
2. Diamonds or pearls? both
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Dark Knight-- it was too dark for me. I prefer something more light hearted and funny.
4. What is your favorite TV show? Lost or Heroes
5. What do you usually have for breakfast? Cheerios
6. What is your middle name? I don't have one
7. What food do you dislike? A lot of different kinds of meat
8. What is your favorite CD at the moment? Coldplay's newest cd
9. What kind of car do you drive? Usually Subaru Outback, but if driving with the whole family, Honda Pilot
10. What is your favorite sandwich? Ham, lots of veggies, no mayo, lots of mustard
11. What characteristic do you despise? Dishonesty
12. What is your favorite item of clothing? My brown raggedy skirt- it is very comfy but cute
13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Hawaii or hiking in Europe
14. What is your favorite brand of clothing? I don't care, as long as it feels good on me and looks good.
15. Where would you retire to? The mountains in the summer and St. George in the winter, but I would go back regularly to ski.
16. What was your most recent memorable birthday? Last year was pretty good.
17. What is your favorite sport to watch? Tennis or basketball
18. Are you a morning person or a night person? Definitely night!
19.What is your shoe size? 7
20. Do you have any pets? No, my kids are enough!
21. Do you have any new and exciting news you’d like to share with us? no
22.What did you want to be when you were little? A vet, teacher, doctor, mom
23.What is your favorite candy? Reeses Peanut Butter Cups
24.What is your favorite flower? Daisy
25.What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? Christmas!
26 What are you listening to right now? My 5 yo dd playing with my baby.
27. What was the last thing you ate? A cookie (last night)-I'm about to eat a late breakfast.
28. If you were a crayon what color would you be? Turquoise- I love that color!
29. Who was the first person you spoke to on the phone today? No one
30. What is your favorite soft drink? Water
31.What is your favorite restaurant? Sweet Tomatoes- I wish we had one near us
32.What was your favorite toy as a child? I don't remember
33. Summer or Winter? Summer- but I do enjoy parts of winter
34. When was the last time you cried? Maybe a week or two ago
35. What is under your bed? An odd assortment of luggage
36. What did you do last night? Had dinner with friends and my family
37. What are you afraid of? Snakes!
38. Salty or Sweet? Both- it just depends on my mood and what I have done recently. If I have just gone running, I want salt.
39. How many keys are on your key ring? 3; house, Pilot, Outback
40. How many years at your current job? 7 1/2
41. What is your favorite day of the week? Friday
42. How many different places have you lived in? 8- some of them were in the same town