The always funny Katy over at Experienced Bad Mom tagged me to play “I Mustache You Some Questions.” I don’t think Katy actually has a mustache, but she does make me laugh, so I am happy to oblige.
1. Four names people call me other than my real name
OK. This one hurts a little, because growing up I always wanted a nickname, but how do you make a nickname out of CeeGee? I mean, a Collie is a dog. I used to fantasize about changing my name to Cassandra, so people could call me Cassie. These days I answer to Mom, my husband calls me Babe, and now that I’m almost 40, the clerk at the grocery store calls me Ma’am. That’s all I got.
2. Four jobs I’ve had
The summer before college, I worked at an Amish noodle factory. No, I’m not Amish, but I can bake a mean whoopie pie. I’ve also been a mushroom packer, shoe sales woman and a journalist.
3. Four movies I have watched more than once
Gone with the Wind, Bringing Up Baby, The Breakfast Club and The Polar Express. My oldest son was obsessed with that last one when he was a toddler. We watched it 4,256 times which explains the PTSD flashbacks I have around train conductors and hot chocolate.
4. Four books I would recommend
Well, since Gone with the Wind is my favorite movie of all time, I also recommend the book, which really is better than the movie. You also can’t go wrong with anything by or about Laura Ingalls Wilder. I’m also partial to Lucy Maud Montgomery and her Anne with an E. Finally, The Dictionary, because I’m a terrible speller.
5. Four places I have lived
Lima, Ohio where the TV show Glee was set. LaGrange, IN where I met all the Amish people. South Bend, IN where the Fighting Irish live, and Plainwell, MI where, well, I don’t think it has a claim to fame, but it’s not too far from the beach.
6. Four places I have been
Once upon a time, in our other life before children, my husband and I vacationed in Hawaii. Now we just go camping in the woods Up North in Michigan, because trees don’t care if your kids run around and scream like banshees. The air marshals frown upon that sort of behavior on a plane. I’ve also been to see Mickey Mouse at Disney World and Toronto where they play hockey, eh?
7. Four places I would rather be right now
Hiking a volcano in Hawaii, sunning on the beach at Lake Michigan, eating deep dish pizza in Chicago and camping in the Upper Peninsula.
8. Four things I don’t eat
Tofu, kale, spinach and peas. I don’t really mind peas these days, but I stopped eating them when I was four, so it’s really just a matter of principle now.
9. Four of my favorite foods
Anything with bacon in it or on it, BBQ ribs, The Chinese Buffet and technically it’s not a food, but coffee.
10. Four television shows that I watch
Mad Men, Downtown Abby, The Real Housewives of New York, and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. So, period drama where everybody is miserable, period drama where everybody dies, drama queens who are miserable and Tina Fey is a comedic genius.
11. Four things that I’m looking forward to this year
Turning 40 next month, camping this summer, the new Star Wars movie and eating more bacon.
12. Four things I’m always saying
“I wasn’t born yesterday. You were.”
“Don’t let the dog out!”
“God help your teacher.”
“People are stupid. If you operate from that basic premise, you won’t be disappointed by them. Then you’re pleasantly surprised when they do something that isn’t stupid.”
And now for the Bonus Question:
Four things I’d do/think when it comes to the end of the world
I don’t have to pack lunches tomorrow.
I hope they’re wearing clean underwear.
This will make a good blog post.
Just hurry up and get it over with already!
I nominate Traci at Traces of Faith to join in a rousing game of “I Mustache You Some Questions!”
Readers, I’d love it if you picked one question to answer in the comments. Let’s get to know each other!
So happy that you could play along! I’m fascinated by your Amish whooppie pie experience. Certainly there are life-lessons you garnered from your time there and a blog post or two from that experience?
You also mentioned sunning on the beach at Lake Michigan. As a Michigander myself, I can’t wait for it to get hotter than 70 degrees so I can do that!
i love amish whoopee pies are my favourite!! I tried them for the first time last summer, I cannot wait for more
So funny! I don’t like it when the grocery clerk calls me ma’am. I guess there are worse things to be called, but it still makes me feel old.
Have you forgotten? Back in Junior High days Jason S. called you “Colonel” because Col was the abbreviation for Colonel. Actually, since I was called “Sherie” by my Awald relatives because my Grandma Awald called me that (Most of them still call me Sherie)–I purposedly named you a name I thought no one could give you a nickname. My Mom and Dad always called me Sharon never Sherie. Then in the 1960’s there was the horrible song “Sherie, Baby” Then I really hated the nickname. Your Dad loves to find that song and play it to annoy me!!! Also,because of my red hair from first grade until I graduated from high school boys I went to school with called me “carrots or carrot top”. At least your Dad never called me carrots.Which I hated more than “Sherie”.
I’ll go with the food question, of course: Four of my favorite foods. Mac & cheese, anything chocolate, coffee (that counts as food right?), a really really delicious burger.
I love this! So cute! Okay I like the question “Four things I don’t eat” because they are SO different from yours. I do not eat Bacon, Green Beans, Toast and Pork chops. I just do not like any of them!