Blog challenge times 10.....

Here it is! I actually haven't answered it myself. I plan to in the morning...

1. Last 3 books you borrowed from the library or bought at the store that we should read.

1. DaVinci Code
2. Compassion - A reflection on the Christian Life
3. The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics) (Paperback) by Alexandre Dumas pere, Robin Buss (Translator) I read this over and over and over and never get tired of it.

2. Preferred time to wake up and start the day and what you would PREFER to be doing.

• Perfect time to start the day is 5:00 am sharp. Get up, make some hot chocolate or some hot tea, sit on the patio with my beverage and listen to the world waking up. Watch the sunrise.

3. Name 4 songs that have special memories attached to them, and what those memories are.

1. "All of Me" a Mosie Lister song from a musical we performed at church when I was a teen. This song really brings back a lot of teen memories, some would've, could've and should've thoughts, and lots of affection for my dad who directed our youth groups in various places through many a musical production.
2. "All Creatures of our God and King" This is my favorite hymn. I have loved this song since I was itty bitty. It was #1 in the Salvation Army Songbook and it is just beautiful. I am sure you all know how much I love nature, and this really speaks to my love of this physical world we live in.
3. "Everybody wants to rule the World" Tears for Fears. Well, things are not much different now than they were in the 80s when that song came out, and it is just plain sad. Will there ever be Peace on Earth?
4. "One Will Fall By The Way" WG Snuffy Walden from "The Stand" (Stephen King) movie soundtrack. A beautiful instrumental number that I have managed to transpose into piano to play for myself (you can't buy this sheet music *grr*). It really is in this list just to represent all the really beautiful movie soundtracks that take me somewhere marvelous, fantastic, other-worldy, or around the corner.

4. Tell me about one dream you seem to have over and over and remember. OR, tell me about the last dream you remember.

• Funny you should mention that. Just last night I dreamed about a cow. Yesirree. A nice brown cow. I (riding the cow) was travelling all over the place on some kind of a quest. (In my dreams I am always on some kind of adventurous quest!) My friend Jean K. was following on foot for some reason. We had to go through a house that was blocking the path we had to follow, and I had to get off the cow so the cow could carefully traverse some downward steps. But the cow made it down safely and then I got back on and continued my quest. (Sorry, I have no idea what the quest was but it did involve a LONG journey! and such a nice cow she was too!)

5. Whose is your favorite blog (or 2 or 3...) out there at this time and why? (I know my choice changes with the wind.) I am just too new at this to really have a favorite.

6. Share a favorite picture you’ve taken. Why is it a favorite?

I just entered this photo in a contest. Hope you like it. Why do I like it? Well 1st - it is just gorgeous. 2nd - it reminds me of my Washington D.C. trip. and 3rd - I finally figured out how to do "silky water" pictures!

7. Write a Haiku about any subject you choose.

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8. Your ‘last supper’… What would be your most favorite drink, appetizer, salad, dinner & dessert if you could have anything in the world?

• Blue cheese stuffed baked mushrooms
• That old bottle of Sterling Merlot I have been saving for a special occasion
• Ribeye steak, cooked medium
• Texas Toast with garlic parmesan butter
• Macaroni and cheese
• Corn on the Cob
• Chocolate bundt cake with homemake cocoa butter frosting

9. What are you looking forward to most, this summer? Going somewhere? Buying something exciting? Seeing a movie or play you love? Share!

2 week ROAD TRIP

I am really looking forward to this one. This may be the last year I am able to take my teenagers on a trip like this. They will probably have jobs and stuff next time the opportunity comes around. So I am excited that we are taking advantage this year and not waiting.

• Colorado Springs
• Mesa Verde
• Four Corners
• Grand Canyon
• Delta Utah (fossil digging)
• Great Salt Lake
• Yellowstone
• Rocky Mountain National Park

10. Tell me a couple habits that you had as a child that you now continue to repeat, and possibly see your children (if you have them) copying as well? ( I personally lick all the inside of an Oreo before I eat the cookies, so do my DDs.)

Thank goodness nobody copies this one, but I like to lick off the powdery substance on Nacho Cheese Doritos. Weird huh. Then the spit makes the chip kind of soft, and it is a whole different texture chewing it up! (is this gross or what! ?)