7 posts tagged “qotd”

Who was the last person you offended?
Submitted by May.

I think the last person I offended was my youngest daughter.  She's almost a teenager.  I told her she couldn't have a piece of cake before breakfast, so she stormed off and ignored me for about half an hour.

Before that, I think it was her too, when I was joking around with her.  She heard me tell her she was two years old, yet, those words never passed my lips.

*shrug*  Can't win for losing with her.

She's irritating one of the animals right now and I'm going to have to tell her to leave it alone, like I do about - no exaggeration - 15 times a day.  That will offend her, and she will storm off and ignore me for a while.

What are you most sensitive about? 

This was a hard one for me to answer and I don't know that I have the full answer still but at the moment, I'd have to say I'm most sensitive about my children and my writing.

Obviously, I would say most mothers are sensitive about and protective of their children, and mother-bear-ish too, so I don't think that's out of the ordinary.

I've just started writing creatively again and I'm very selective about who I show my work to because ... I guess I fear being judged (?). I haven't done a lot of poetry, but (most of) what I have done has been well received, so that's heartening.  And the short fiction got good reviews as well.  So I suppose I don't need to be as sensitive about it as I am, but I think it comes with the territory a little bit.

So that's what I can think of at the moment.

How many pair of shoes do you have? Out of those pairs, how many do you wear more than a few times a year?
Submitted by fightinggale.

I had to go count, not because I have *that* many pair of shoes, but because I don't have very many and actually couldn't remember if I'd gotten rid of some of them.

I have 7 pair of dress shoes, 3 pair of running shoes, 1 pair of sandals, and 1 pair of shoes that don't really fit into any of those categories.

Of the dress shoes, I have one pair that I wear most often, one pair that I've had since 1996, one pair that is creme colored for springtime, and the rest, I don't wear (so I should get rid of them).

Of the running shoes, one pair is worn out so now I use them for yard work. Of the other two, one is the newest pair and gets the most use. The third pair is backup. I could probably get rid of them.

I wear my sandals fairly regularly. I wear the shoes that defy labels pretty regularly as well, though now that we're moving into shorts season, I'm thinking they won't coordinate as well and may need to go in the shoe holder until autumn.

I do also have two pair of house shoes. Do those count?

This was another good QotD because it helped me identify clutter to get rid of. Four pair of shoes down, I don't know how much stuff left to go.  But it's a good start.

What was your first car?

My first car was actually a pick-up truck.  I bought it for $1100.  It was a 1970 Dodge D100, and 22 years old when I bought it.  That was the year I turned 18, and it gave me a great deal of freedom.  It was near the end of my first year of college; the year I'd spent hoofing it everywhere I went. 

When I got that truck, I went to Nashville, Memphis, Paducah, Murray, Ripley, and many points in between.  Then my aunt decided when I moved in with her that I needed a curfew and to be babied.  That, let me tell you, was a real slap in the face.  It didn't last long either.  I started sleeping out and finding reasons not to come home.  I already knew by the time school ended that I wouldn't be returning.  My GPA was dismally low and I couldn't get financial aid from the university (because it was all allotted and my GPA was too low anyway).  I wish I had known then that the state will pay for minors in state's custody to attend university.  However, I have to admit, I wasn't ready for college at that time in my life.  I'm doing so much better now.  Wouldn't it be nice if the state would pay my tuition now, kind of as a retroactive thing?  Dream on, I know.

I had the truck about 7.5 months before it started having more problems than I could deal with.  I traded with a mechanic for a (more) vintage car with fewer problems.  I loved that car.

These questions of the day are great writing exercises.

What personality trait has gotten you in the most trouble? 

My insatiable curiosity as well as my flirtatious nature have gotten me in more trouble than anything else. 

I have always wanted to know why something works the way it does or why people think the way - and the things - they think, and that tends to be off-putting for some.

Not everyone can take flirtation as flirtation for flirtation's sake.  That's not to say I'm a tease, because I'm not.  But I do enjoy a friendly flirt, and that's gotten me in trouble more than once.

This is a really good question because it's making me reflect on my personality and the things that don't serve me well and how I can change those things about myself. 

Things I'd like to change/work on over the next few months:
Listen more
Talk less
Be slower to anger with those I love
Don't jump to conclusions
Be gentle
Love love love
Be supportive - help to achieve goals in a positive, non-punitive manner

Do you believe in ghosts? If so, have you ever seen one?

I do believe in spirits, and though I haven't *seen* one, I've definitely *felt* one.  More than once.

Whose house (besides your own) were you in last and why?

Rola's, to study for our Speech Final.