I wasn't going to post a Sunday Stealing this week but this is Melissa's and I wanted to be sure to play this..... if you wish to play along, or to read replies, go to THIS LINK
1. What Are Three Things You Need To Buy?
Groceries, Paper products, and Dog Food
2. My Biggest Hope Is.....
....that my kids will find a house where they want to live.
3. What Was The Last New Thing You Tried?
Pelagic trip on a fishing trawler to see off shore birds.
4. What Mood Were You In Today?
Pensive, with a side of Exhaustion.
5. What would be a better name for the color of goldenrod-colored paper?
That's an odd one. I guess it could be called Rich Gold. Not a lot of people even know what color goldenrod is anymore. Of course, people who work all the time with color know....
6. Where did you get your silverware?
Green Stamps, and I bought the service pieces and any other place settings from Oneida.
7. What artifact from this past week would you have bronzed as a keepsake and heirloom?
This is rather an inscrutable question. I don't have Bronze-able keepsakes and heirlooms anyway, and a pot holder from my mother's kitchen would be, surely, a waste of bronze. The jewelry my daughter made is fine just as it is. I did find some of her creations in an old show case when Mr. Z needed the cash drawer for a sale at his parent's house. Elle did amazing, delicate, Japanese bead work.
8. What was the most recent ceremony you attended?
Formal? A long time ago, for a rockhound friend who died of a heart attack.
Informal gathering? A memorial for our daughter on her birthday last year.
9. What east Asian cuisine is good for your Seoul?
I like mainland Chinese food. And, I cooked a lot of it for my family, using Joyce Chen's recipes. She's the one who showed just how to cut hard cooked eggs perfectly in half with sewing thread. I started using that technique for eggs and modified it to cut cake layers apart. Works like a charm.
10. What life lesson did you learn the hard way?
First of all I have to look up the meaning of life lessons....
OK. Here's mine: Some people can never be trusted.
Now, if someone has been untrustworthy, it's Sayonara..no second chances. Life is too short. Forgive them, then forget them. lol This is for heavy duty betrayal, not the snitty sort of stuff...
11. What do you wish you spent more time doing five years ago?
Traveling and seeing the entire West Coast with my daughters. They/we wanted to do this but it was hard to make the time. I'd just fracking make the time. I don't care what anyone else had to do, I'd make the time to do this ONE thing.
12. What gets you excited about life?
I reserve any real Excitement for the Spiritual.
Well, that and a triple scoop ice cream cone of Jamocha Almond Fudge, Chocolate Mousse, and Pecan Praline.
13. Have you done anything lately worth remembering?
I've sort of been in a holding pattern over Life on Earth for awhile.
So, no....well ....I did get all the sock yarn found but not sorted.. I'm making short fingered gloves for a big project. They are fun to make.
14. What does your joy look like today?
Oh I see, you are wanting a graph. So, this is for today, but tomorrow could look just the opposite. I don't think about ups and downs anymore. Let it be what it will be....
The link is only here for the copyright info.
15. When you are 80-years-old, what will matter to you the most?
The same things that matter the most to me right now.
It matters that I would be able to celebrate theirs and my birthdays by making or getting calls from our beloved daughters, being able to hear their news, wish them well, and having dinner with my hubby.
I also hope not to have be in a prison camp, refugee camp, or have been made to learn Chinese, or worse yet, Russian. But that's only five years away, you say? Well, think of how the Nazis took over most of Europe in about five years. Just sayin'.
Thought-Provoking Questions
from Melissa via Marc and Angel Hack Life
1. What Are Three Things You Need To Buy?
Groceries, Paper products, and Dog Food
2. My Biggest Hope Is.....
....that my kids will find a house where they want to live.
3. What Was The Last New Thing You Tried?
Pelagic trip on a fishing trawler to see off shore birds.
4. What Mood Were You In Today?
Pensive, with a side of Exhaustion.
5. What would be a better name for the color of goldenrod-colored paper?
That's an odd one. I guess it could be called Rich Gold. Not a lot of people even know what color goldenrod is anymore. Of course, people who work all the time with color know....
6. Where did you get your silverware?
Green Stamps, and I bought the service pieces and any other place settings from Oneida.
7. What artifact from this past week would you have bronzed as a keepsake and heirloom?
This is rather an inscrutable question. I don't have Bronze-able keepsakes and heirlooms anyway, and a pot holder from my mother's kitchen would be, surely, a waste of bronze. The jewelry my daughter made is fine just as it is. I did find some of her creations in an old show case when Mr. Z needed the cash drawer for a sale at his parent's house. Elle did amazing, delicate, Japanese bead work.
8. What was the most recent ceremony you attended?
Formal? A long time ago, for a rockhound friend who died of a heart attack.
Informal gathering? A memorial for our daughter on her birthday last year.
9. What east Asian cuisine is good for your Seoul?
I like mainland Chinese food. And, I cooked a lot of it for my family, using Joyce Chen's recipes. She's the one who showed just how to cut hard cooked eggs perfectly in half with sewing thread. I started using that technique for eggs and modified it to cut cake layers apart. Works like a charm.
10. What life lesson did you learn the hard way?
First of all I have to look up the meaning of life lessons....
OK. Here's mine: Some people can never be trusted.
Now, if someone has been untrustworthy, it's Sayonara..no second chances. Life is too short. Forgive them, then forget them. lol This is for heavy duty betrayal, not the snitty sort of stuff...
11. What do you wish you spent more time doing five years ago?
Traveling and seeing the entire West Coast with my daughters. They/we wanted to do this but it was hard to make the time. I'd just fracking make the time. I don't care what anyone else had to do, I'd make the time to do this ONE thing.
12. What gets you excited about life?
I reserve any real Excitement for the Spiritual.
Well, that and a triple scoop ice cream cone of Jamocha Almond Fudge, Chocolate Mousse, and Pecan Praline.
13. Have you done anything lately worth remembering?
I've sort of been in a holding pattern over Life on Earth for awhile.
So, no....well ....I did get all the sock yarn found but not sorted.. I'm making short fingered gloves for a big project. They are fun to make.
14. What does your joy look like today?
Oh I see, you are wanting a graph. So, this is for today, but tomorrow could look just the opposite. I don't think about ups and downs anymore. Let it be what it will be....
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15. When you are 80-years-old, what will matter to you the most?
The same things that matter the most to me right now.
It matters that I would be able to celebrate theirs and my birthdays by making or getting calls from our beloved daughters, being able to hear their news, wish them well, and having dinner with my hubby.
I also hope not to have be in a prison camp, refugee camp, or have been made to learn Chinese, or worse yet, Russian. But that's only five years away, you say? Well, think of how the Nazis took over most of Europe in about five years. Just sayin'.
I loved Joyce Chen. I still pronounce "oil" with an "r" and what she did to a duck making Peking Duck was sinful!
ReplyDeleteWasn’t she fun?! Gee, I must have missed that show, Bev... 😂. Oh.... Wait, was that when she used a bicycle tire pump to puff up the skin? Maybe not her.. 🤔 sounds like a Julia Childs sort of thing. 😂
DeleteI’ve cooked one duck, and it was the last one, EVER.. SO GREASY😜 cooking is so much fun.
I agree with your thoughts on how to handle betrayal. Forgive them, for your own peace of mind, and then move on. Acting like Jesus doesn't mean we have to be doormats and take everything people dish out.
ReplyDeleteOh, those regrets...I hope you can let them go with time. I can't imagine your daughter, from all that you've told us about her, would want you to feel bad.
Happy Easter, Zip! I hope your graph chart is on the upswing today.
Happy Easter 🐰🐣🐇 Stacy. 💗
DeleteForgiving is almost the same same...I forgive for peace of mind, holding no grudges..and so that I may also be forgiven. I forget so that I can breathe. Lol
I’m certain,now, beyond any doubt, that Elle is now happy, and that she does not want me to get another dog. I have NO idea why the latter is true, but... there you are. And yes, I really think you are right...she’d like me to be happy.
Have a lovely day and evening. Blissful Peace...
We had similar thoughts on that last answer. Scary, huh.
ReplyDeleteI went on over and read your answers... yes it is Scary. We see this because we both know a lot of comparative history, and can look backwards to the build up, and project forward into the future. We change course as a nation-and soon- or we will be in an unstobable stall in a piper cub.
Delete#13 is very memorable! I'm knitting a baby blanket for my niece's baby girl due in July. I am loving every single stitch.
ReplyDeleteAwwwww. That sounds so sweet and a very special, lovely blanket for a darling new family member. Knitting for babies is a lot of fun.
DeleteGreen stamps? Wow, that takes me back!
ReplyDeleteLol.. I me, too! I got all the flatware (silverware) with green stamps, but it's the only thing I remember getting with them.
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