Getting To Know You was the Top 10 on Tuesday posted by Candace.  Since I’m pretty much always a day late (or more!) and a dollar short, I’m posting mine today. And no, you can’t have my dollar. I’m short, remember?

1. What would you call yourself if you could choose your own name? I’m a big fan of regular names with regular spellings, so nothing funky. I’m also a fan of the expected. So dye my hair red and call me Lucy.
2. What was your worst date? Has to be the one where the guy wouldn’t shut up. Talk talk talk talk talk – that’s all he did was talk – about absolutely nothing that was of any interest to me. It was all I could do to make it past our after-dinner coffees before I was looking for any excuse to get out of there. I guess I’m lucky that I’ve escaped true dating nightmares.
3. If you had to teach one subject in high school or college, what would it be? Hello??? Creative Writing. It would have to be an elective class that the students chose because they wanted to be there, not because they had to be there as a requirement.
4. When was the last time you laughed so hard you cried? Does it count if I was crying first then started laughing? No? Well then. Now I’m depressed that this hasn’t happened to me in a very long time. And you know what? That has to be one of the best feelings on this earth. Miss it.
5. What is the kindest thing anyone has ever done for you? “Ever” indicates some grandiose gesture and grandiose doesn’t happen to me. The most recent little thing that comes to mind was when my former sister-in-law brought my favorite Starbucks latte to me at the office. I had joked about it on Facebook earlier that afternoon and about an hour later, she walked in with it. I hadn’t seen her in over a year so it was quite touching.
6. If money or skill-set was no issue, what would you love to do for a living? Bake. I could totally rock the kitchen at a bakery. Don’t make me talk to customers, don’t make me manage anyone, don’t make me clean anything. Just give me some eggs and some flour and get out of my way.
7. What is one thing as an adult/parent/spouse you do that you swore you would never do? Use the phrase, “because I said so,” when giving instruction to my children. I held out for years and years, always careful to give good explanations and justification so they would understand not only “what” but “why” as well. Then I finally woke up from my delusions and realized that I’m Mom and sometimes for whatever reason, they need to do something simply because I’ve asked them, or told them, to do it. Emergency situations included. Just.DO.it.
8. If you could go back to one particular time in your life (not to live, not to change anything, just to visit) when would it be? There are three separate instances, all that occurred in vastly different times in my life, that meld together and make me want to re-experience the way I feltat that time. The central connection: I felt loved. Deeply, unmistakeably, fiercely loved.
9. If your walls could talk, what would they say about you (good & bad)? They would say that I never stop singing – ever – and that my farts smell really bad lately with all the fiber I’ve had in my diet.
10. If you could fix or put an end to one problem in the world what would it be? It’s hard to pick just one – or even the most important one – how do you rank them? Let’s start simple: Rid the world of political correct-ness. Be honest, tell the truth, and if it hurts your feelings – suck it up.