Time to Play: “I Mustache You Some Questions”

A game of tag is being played by bloggers, and this is my day to play. Once tagged, the blogger is provided with a list of questions about themselves. 

I was tagged my my friend Lana, who writes the blog Two Teens and Their Mama.  She has been blogging for exactly a year. We discovered each other's blogs when both were in their infancy and have become good friends. Last summer I wrote a post about meeting each other in person.

The name of this game is "I Mustache You Some Questions."  Here goes - I will do my best to answer all the questions, and then I will tag four other bloggers!

Four names people call me other than my real name:

1.  I used to be “Mommy,” but now I'm “Mom” 

2. “E’s mom” / “G's Mom” 

3. “Sally”  (I have an identical twin named Sally and believe me, I have been called her name a lot!)

4. “Sue” (Acquaintances sometimes try to call me this, but I have just never felt like a “Sue.”)

Four jobs I've had:

1. Residence Hall Assistant/ Residence Hall Director in college

2. Registered Nurse in a variety of settings: 

• Med/surgical floor; Intermediate Cardiac Care Unit; and  ICU/CCU (in three different states). 
• School nurse (and house mother!) at a boarding school in Spain.
• Staff nurse aboard the SS Universe, for the Semester-at-Sea University Program.

3. Stay-at-Home Mom. 

4. Freelance writer.

Four movies I would/have watched more than once:

1. Casablanca

2. Forrest Gump

3. Home videos of my children!

4. The Little Mermaid, Toy Story I and II, all the Rescue Hero movies,  Disney movies ... (Over and over again when my kids were small!)

Four books I would recommend:

1. A Prayer for Owen Meany: A Novel by John Irving

2. From the Ground Up: The Story of a First Garden by Amy Stewart

3. Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

4. Winter Wheat by Mildred Walker

Four places I have lived:

This is sort of hard to choose, so I will just name the first four!)

1. Canada

2. Spain

3. Delaware, USA

4. West Virginia, USA

Four places I have been:

Again, very hard to choose, as I have been fortunate to travel a lot. 

1. My most recent travel: 

               Spring Break last week; we drove from Montana to Colorado.

2. A place I visited before it ceased to be a country: 
               Yugoslavia

3. Variation in Longitude: 
               I visited my parents when they lived in Singapore. When I worked as a nurse        
               aboard the S.S.Universe, I went all the way around the world, from West to East, 
               stopping at ten ports along the way.

4. Variations in Latitude: 
               I have been north of the Arctic Circle and to the Equator.  The Antarctic Circle,  
               however, is not high on my list of places I wish to see. (Brrr!)

Note: (On my “About Me”page there is a map that shows all the countries I have been, and a link to a website where you can create a map of your own travels.) 

Four places I would rather be right now:

1. Lost in a good novel.

2. A warm tropical beach.

3. On the back of a horse.

4. Exactly where I am now, because I am home - my favorite place in the world.

Four things I don't eat:

Actually there is nothing I won't eat - but these are things I would not choose to eat.

1. A whole hard-boiled egg

2. Swiss cheese

3. Tomato soup (from a can)

4. Raw oysters

Four of my favorite foods:

1. Ice cream

2. Chocolate

3. Peanut butter and chocolate 

4. Greek yogurt

Four television shows that I watch:

I really very rarely watch any tv, and I am not currently following any series. I will try to answer the question this way:

1. I used to watch ER and West Wing every week.

2. I still like to watch M.A.S.H re-runs!

3. I have been considering starting to watch the series Downton Abbey.

4. I enjoy watching movies with my family/ friends on our tv.

Four things that I'm looking forward to this year:

1. My daughter coming home from college for a bit.

2. Seeing where my blog / writing will lead me next.

3. Summer weather.

4. Learning how to better use the manual setting on my camera!

Four things I'm always saying:

1. Oh dear. 

2.  Be careful.

3. I love you (to my family!)

4. I'm sorry. / Thank you. (I probably say these two phrases equally - and a lot!)

Wow! Now you know quite a bit about me!

It is my turn to tag four bloggers. If you haven't yet discovered their blogs, you are in for a treat. 

Ish of Musings of a Writer ... Wanna Be? and Cooking with Ish: Ish and I were friends long before either of us began blogging. I first hit publish before she did ... but I am so impressed that she now writes not one, but two interesting blogs.  

Kelly McKenzie of Just Typikel: Kelly's posts makes me laugh, and she always inspires me with her talented, thoughtful writing. She is another blogger I have had the good fortune to meet  and become friends with “in real life.” 

Janice Wald of Reflections: I only recently discovered Janice's blog, but it is so full of helpful blogging tutorials that I know I will be spending a lot of future moments there!

Marisa B. from SquaareKat and I have been leaving comments on each other's blogs for some time now.  I enjoy her Ten Things of Thankful posts, and she offers an unique and thought provoking perspective on any topic she writes about.

Now it is your turn: Ish, Kelly, Janice, and Marisa ...“I mustache you some questions!”

 I can't wait to read your answers!

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