1: Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4. Write down what it says:
Em: “I know Aidan’s talked of seeing her for years.” from ‘Tears of the Moon’ by Nora Roberts
Matt: “As we drove on, I took out the magnifying glass and checked to see whether dad had any head lice.” ‘The Solitaire Mystery’ by Jostein Garter
2: Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first?:
Em: Matt
Matt: Empty glass
3: What is the last thing you watched on TV?:
Both: Red Sox Game
4: WITHOUT LOOKING, guess what the time is:
8:45 PM
5: Now look at the clock, what is the actual time?:
8:56 PM
6: With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?:
Baby Monitor, dog snoring.
7: When did you last step outside? what were you doing?:
6:30 PM on our back deck, chasing crawling baby and brushing ridiculously large amounts of hair off our ridiculously large dogs.
8: Before you came to this website, what did you look at?:
Matt’s mothers completed ebay auctions.
9: What are you wearing?:
Em: Flannel Star pajama bottoms, Arizona State University T-shirt, Norwegian Cruise Line Sweat Shirt
Matt: Blue jeans, Cheesy ‘Save the Earth'(Globe/Peace sign) T-shirt from Tobago, W.I.
10: Did you dream last night?
Em: yes. Don’t remember
Matt: yes, something about driving down Grant Street with Owen in my lap, was worried people would see me driving with baby in front seat and call police, then brakes weren’t working enough to stop so I had to make a fast right turn at bottom of hill, ended up driving to Canadian border which was much closer than I had ever realized before. Turned back and went home, after putting Owen, unstrapped, in his seat.
11: When did you last laugh?
Just now, when reading
12: What is on the walls of the room you are in?:
Childe Hassam print from Isles of Shoals, dog slime (aka dried slobber) in some hard to reach places.
13: Seen anything weird lately?:
Went to some scary garage sales this AM…
14: What do you think of this quiz?:
A fun distraction, makes me think of stuff I wouldn’t normally think about.
15: What is the last film you saw?:
Film ? as in the in a theater? Lord of the Rings – Return of the King (in December.. we don’t get out much with a baby)
Video – Part of Seabiscuit, last weekend in NH.
16: If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first?:
Em: “New clothes, I guess”
Matt: TiVO
17: Tell me something about you that I don’t know:
Em: I was adopted
Matt: I wasn’t.
18: If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?:
Em: Make teachers salaries reflect the level of responsibility and work involved.
Matt: Remove any countries veto power at the UN and make it mandatory all countries pay their UN fees, give the UN an international army and endowment to give it teeth to keep pompous ‘superpowers’ in line.
19: Do you like to dance?:
Em: Kind of.
Matt: No
20: Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?:
Kayleigh (if anyone we know reads this and steals this name, well then you just suck.)
21: Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?:
Owen (No imagination necessary, been there, done that.) http://owen.baya.net/
22: Would you ever consider living abroad?:
Em: Yes. Does Canada count as ‘abroad’? Ireland maybe too.
Matt: Yes. What she said.
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