1. Are you becoming your mother?
In a few ways I think I am. I laugh like her sometimes and my sense of humor is a bit like hers. I wish in other ways that I were more like her. I am not as accomplished of a housekeeper as she is, and I am not comfortable with people or able to put them at ease like she does. So, lots to aspire to!
2. Coffee or tea?
O coffee, coffee my love! I have been a coffee addict since 9th grade. Maybe that is why I am the shortest of my siblings? But really, coffee is the best. I love the taste, I love the smell, I love making it in our little air press... The only time I don't like it is in my first trimester of pregnancy when the smell of coffee or even the smell of someone who has been drinking coffee is enough to make me, well, you know!
I do like tea as well, especially Lady Gray or Constant Comment, but not with the overwhelming passion of my love for coffee!
3. What foreign country would you like to visit?
Well, it has been so long since I have done any traveling that I would not be particular about the destination of I could just GO! Right now I would love to go to Paris and walk along the Sien, but it would also be lovely to go back to Rome or London!
I would also someday love to go back to Prince Edward Island where we spent our honeymoon. It is so peaceful there, especially before tourist season starts, and so lovely with the blue and rose lupines and the ocean and the red sand...
4. Do you cry easily?
Yes. Which is to say, I tear up over everything. A picture of a kitten or a baby is all it takes. Last night we were at a party and I got all terry over a sweet story someone told. It is embarrassing! I have always been this way, but pregnancy and ahem, certain times of the month are even worse! (Not pregnant, just to be clear!)
5. How often do you wear heels?
I wear them to work and church and really any time I feel in need of a little extra confidence (which is to say, often!). I am on the short side at 5'2" so heels really do make a difference for me in the "not being overshadowed by my students" department!
6. Do you play an instrument?
Not really. I dabble on the piano, but that is about it. I sing though, so maybe that counts. I have been an alto (and sometime tenor -- my range is very low) for so long that I compulsively harmonize. I catch myself humming along my own back up vocals to the songs in stores.
Amos is a bass and my secret hope is that Daniel will be a tenor (real tenors are a rare breed) and at least one of the girls will be a soprano so we can do 4 part harmonies together as a family someday.
