My First Meme

Okay, Chag. You tagged me with this a while back and I said I would try to do it, so here it is. But I am not tagging anyone else because I am a bit of a blogging community outsider, so anyone I tagged would be like, "Who the hell is this Callie girl, and why in the hell is she tagging me?" And I don't really want to make any (more) enemies.


What were you doing 10 years ago?
I was a sophomore at The University of Texas at Austin getting my math degree. I lived in a tiny little apartment with two other friends and did nothing but party and study. Oh, and I waitressed at a steakhouse where we had to wear bandanas and cowprint aprons, and customers threw peanut shells on the floor. Classy.


What were you doing one year ago?
Unexpectedly moving out of my house and into my in-laws'. We had just started our remodel and were supposed to be able to live in it for a while, then one evening we came home to find our babysitter and our kids in a house missing a kitchen roof. Whoops! They THOUGHT they could build the upstairs while keeping the downstairs intact, but apparently they were wrong. A little advanced notice would have been nice. So we had 24 hours to pack up and get out. It is really weird to pack up your kitchen cabinets with the night sky directly above you, though we did have a fantastic view of Orion.


Five snacks you enjoy:
Cheese and crackers. GOOD cheeses, that is, like morbiers, pont levecs, and aged goat cheeses, etc.
Chips and Dip (just about any dip -- salsa, spinach-artichoke, bean, whatever. I love to dip!)
Mini cucumber sandwiches
Deviled eggs
Nuts, especially pistachios


Five songs to which you know all the lyrics:
The entire Abba Gold album
One Week by Barenaked Ladies
Extraordinary Machine by Fiona Apple
Take Your Mama by Scissor Sisters
Baby Got Sauce by G. Love and Special Sauce
**this list could go on forever because I have a freakish ability to memorize just about any song


Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:
Get my hair cut more than twice a year
Travel a lot
Buy a sailboat
Hire someone to make all of those annoying phone calls to insurance companies, credit cards, doctors, etc.
Volunteer

Five bad habits:
Not sending thank you notes
Washing my car a max of once a decade
Worrying way too much
Picking at my nails
Procrastinating

Five things you like doing:
Dancing
Listening to music
Teaching
Gardening
Walking


Five things you would never wear or buy again:
Banana clips
High heels of any sort (after years of knee problems, I finally realized that no fashion statement was worth horrific pain)
Anything that says "fat-free," "reduced fat," "low carb," or any other phrase that really means "tastes like ass"
Wine in a box
Cheap tequila

Five favorite toys:
iPod
DVR
Swiffer Vac
Cocktail shaker
Corkscrew

Man, that was a lot of work. Favorite toys #4 and #5 are looking pretty good right now.