Friday, January 18, 2008
Ask me a question!
Hey, Barb and Bev just asked their readers to ask them any question they liked, and I thought that was a lot of fun. So now I'm copying them and letting my muse have a nap for the day. Anything you want to know? Song lyrics you can't remember? Simple (very simple.) math questions you need answered for your grade two homework? Questions about gluten-free cooking for toddlers? Stuff about me? Ask away and I will answer all, unless you're a big creepy pervert.
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Perhaps you have answered this already, but why is your blog called Frog and Toad Are Still Friends? Especially since you are not all that into amphibians???
how does your husband feel about your blogging, specifically about the children? does he read your blog on a regular basis?
What did you do before you had kids?
Do you have a good meatloaf recipe?
Do you do anything just for you? Hobbies, clubs, something that you just love to do apart from your husband and kids? I mean ... besides what you do for US!
How do you find time to comment on blogs? How do your kids feel about your blog? Have you decided to turn your blog into a book yet?
p.s. I finally made the marshmallows- you were right, dead easy!! I couldn't find peppermint extract though so mine taste more spearminty. I imagine they will taste great in hot cocoa though.
Why is that you are so cool? Tell me, so I can be as cool as you!!!
:)
Ditto Slouching Mom's question ;)
Is there a way to disguise protein and iron as a carbohydrate so my son thinks he's eating bread but getting the nutrition of a burger?
Great idea! What would you do with a day all to yourself and $1000.00 to spend in it?
Where do you see yourself in twenty years (beyond being a successful, well-published writer, of course...!)?
Did you go to university? What did you study? What do you want to be when you grow up?
On every one of these types of blogs, I always ask "What was your first date like with your Husband?"
It's not terribly creative, but I do so enjoy these stories.... so I'd love to hear your tale!
Do you own any Over The Rhine albums/which ones?
Which city would you most like to visit?
How would you like to spend your days, when your kids are all in school full time?
Are you ready? Whahahaha.
Just kidding. My question is simple. Did you write well when you were a youngster? Did you enjoy writing as child or is it something that you developed a taste for as you were older? Did you use big words when you were a kid?
I know that's like 3 questions but roll it all into one, 'k?
Where is your favorite vacation spot?
I'm looking for a great vegan baking book. (I'm allergic to eggs.) Do you have any suggestions?
Oh my gash, I could think of a thousand questions to ask you. Perhaps you've already written about this but how did you meet your hubby?
What a great idea! Such a variety of questions! The answers could keep you going for weeks. Now can I think of a question? Maybe not, but I suspect an answer, that your blog is called "Frog and Toad are Still Friends" because they are the greatest series of books I've discovered since I was in America - dry wit, low sentiment and delightfully charming through the grouchiness.
Cheers
What I love best is that I have been reading you so faithfully and for so long that I think I could answer these questions for you--with less flare, of course, but with a whole lot of bang-on truth.
My crass question: you've mentioned your bustiness here and there. Now it's time to spill. What is your bra size and do you own some sexy bras or are they all utilitarian over the shoulder boulder holders? Erp. Please don't think me a big creepy pervert.
Here's a question best answered by a Ouiji board, but which I'd like to see your take on: will we ever pay off the law school loans?
: )
if you weren't living the life you have right now (being the most fun mom in Canada as far as I can tell), where do you see yourself and what would you be doing?
Would you like to visit the states, and if so, where would you like to go?
I'm trying to think of a question for you but I am so self-focused today. Am I ever going to feel normal again? Why is life so hard? Why am I so sad? See? It is all about me today. I'm looking forward to seeing your answers to these other great questions.
Has anybody ever said you looked like Sarah Vowell? Do you think you look like Sarah Vowell?
Her face is rounder than yours, but you both have that "looking at the camera from under your eyebrows" thing going on.
This is a thinking ahead question, but what are your plans, if any, for when the Baby goes to school/has to be gluten free 'in public'? I'm always interested to hear how other parents handle food allergies/intolerances.
If you HAD TO go back to work, what would you do? Is this the same thing you did before or something different?
Enquiring minds want to know:
What was your 1st rock concert?
What criteria and/or parameters did you use for selecting your children's names (promise I'm not trying to get their names, just how you chose them, LOL)? :)
Question: which blouse did you choose for your Christmas party?
My question = how are you going to find time to answer all these questions?
If you knew someone had never read a book in their entire life, what is the book you would tell them to read? (Besides the Bible, if you would say that.)
How is the diet going? Did you re-gain any of the eight pounds you lost over the holidays? I ask because I have been trying to lose ten pounds for, oh, six years (ever since I was a little pregnant with my first) and I cannot do it. So I want to either a) live vicariously through your weight loss success or b) feel better because Beck, in all her awesomeness, cannot lose those pesky few either.
For me? I need to know the ultimate dinner (and maybe dessert too) recipe(s). To be considered ultimate, they have to be a combination of:
a)easy to make
b)not expensive to make
c)delicious
d)even kids will eat 'em
If you were a superhero and needed an ordinary, secret identity, what would you choose?
Also, if you had to live in a Christopher Guest movie, in which one would you feel most at home? This Is Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind, Best in Show, or Waiting for Guffman?
OK- I thought of another one.
How do you balance motherhood, wifehood, church membership, Canadian citizenship, and have any time left for yourself (and your blog?) Has this gotten easier as your children have gotten older? (Please say yes.)
Okay, don't know if this has been asked. Do you schedule your blogging in at any particular time? Or just whenever you get a free moment/ even if you don't?
Have you ever thought about writing a novel?
Heidi
What song did you and your husband first dance to at your wedding?
i got nothing, but i'm looking forward to reading your answers.
Do you have a set schedule that you follow every day, or do you just fly by the seat of your pants like me? If you have a schedule, please map out how your day goes.
Which blouse did you decide/buy from Sears?
I've already asked you my question ... and you were kind enough to send me the requested recipe. Of course, then i went on vacation to the states, came back and bought a house, moved, left town for Christmas... Now that we're settled/settling in, I actually intend to find the time to make them!
:-)
I'm looking forward to seeing you field the questions that have poured in to your comments, though!
what blouse did you choose for that party and where is the picture of you wearing it?
Oh this is fun! What was your favorite part about being pregnant? Was one any easier than the others?
In your last post you talked about haunted houses, so my question is: do you enjoy spooky stories/films?
I seem to remember reading you liked the wonderful The Children of Green Knowe which is deliciously spooky (and the BBC made a great drama out of it too). I love this kind of 'spooky' book, but get far too spooked out by the seriously scary kind of spooky book/film.
What would you title a novel about your life?
Comedy? or Tragedy?
What is French for clothespin?
Will you come visit me?
Did I ever tell you about the dream I had in which we visited you and you didn't look like your picture and I was worried you were the wrong Beck?
I can't think of anything to ask you that you would be willing to share! :0)
How about this - what's one thing that you are absolutely terrible at? Seems unlikely that there is anything, but I'm curious anyways.
If we ever got to meet and go out for coffee would you be the kind of person to:
(a) draw me out with lots of questions and say little about yourself
(b) keep the conversational ball afloat with spontaneous brilliance
(c) keep the conversational ball afloat with a prepared (and memorized) list of topics
(d) let the awkward silences sit there until I started gabbling to fill in the blanks?
(e) other (please specify)
Were you always so wonderful at painting pictures with your words, or did it just develop in recent years? :)
And unrelated bonus question...
What is the farthest away you ever traveled?
Did you answer all 50 questions?
When did you first realize you had a talent for cooking?
How on earth are you ever going to answer all of these questions?
And how do you make time for all of the fabulous things you do AND blogging? I'm seriously needing a bit of direction in bloggy time management.
Oh, I was going to write something, but I'm just feeling sorry for you at this point, imagining poor Beck, pounding out answers by the light of a single flickering candle late into the night. So, I'll just say "good luck" and I can't wait for the answers.
Hmmmm....I'm too tired to think of anything! I like letting YOU do all the work when I come here! ;) Oh, I have one:
When do you find time to bake -- and when did the kids start taking an interest? Because the monkey could care less when I show her the muffin batter, etc.....
Heh heh heh heh. Feeling pressured yet?
They're all such excellent questions! How did you celebrate A A Milne's birthday today? We celebrated it for the first time ever. Thanks for the idea!!! If you'd like to check out pictures of our celebration, here's the link:
http://cheboricuas.blogspot.com/2008/01/a-milnes-birthday-party.html
Holy cow, Beck. You really opened the door didn't you!
OK. Which one of those blouses did you finally choose? Wait! I think that one's already been asked a time or two. Nevermind.
This is driving me crazy and I don't have time to dig around in your wonderful archives, so here are my two questions.
When I first "met" you, your husband was building some crazy thing in your backyard and I can't remember what it's called.
And you mentioned, forever ago, a word that means that smell that I'll always associate with my hippie days. I can't remember that word either.
Please put me out of my misery.
Argh. Damnit @ me missing this.
I could have discovered the meaning of life!
*curses*
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