More Memes than You Can Stand

I meant to do this on Sunday night but I WAS NOT HOME. Did you miss me?

Long, long ago, the frighteningly hilarious Kristi tagged me. And I didn't do anything. But now I am, and here it is:
1. What were you doing 10 years ago?
Getting ready to get married in July, thankyouverymuch.

2. What are five things on your "To Do" List?
1. Write the Great Canadian Novel, which I actually think I have in me. Or at least The Mediocre Canadian Novel. Hold onto your hats!
2. Start pottery-ing.
3. Have another kid. I should probably get on that, eh?
4. Paint my bedroom next week.
5. Finish my laundry. That's a little bit from tomorrow's actual To Do list. Oh boy! I can't wait to wake up!

3. What are five snacks you enjoy?
1. Chocolate stuff. I'm not picky.
2. Sweet Chili Heat Doritos, which I love so much that I have to pretend that they don't exist.
3. Items 3 through 5 are just a sad list of more things made out of chocolate.

4. Name some things that you would do if you were a millionare.
I would pay off our debts and help our parents out financially. After setting up some university accounts for our munchkins, we might build a house.

5. Name some places you've lived.
Kristi's answer to this question made me laugh until tears LITERALLY ran down my face. OHMYGOSH.

6.Name some bad habits you have.
I'm moody. I'm self centered. I'm lazy. I have a bad temper. I'm thoughtless. And now I FEEL BAD ABOUT MYSELF. Geez.

7. Name some jobs you've had.
Librarian's badly paid assistant. Office clerk. Typist. Nanny.

8. Tag some people:
(Karla), Erin K, and Chelle.

And then Susanne tagged me with a new book meme:
1. Do you remember how you developed a love of reading?
I was a lonely, unhappy, smart kid in a houseful of books, so it was inevitable.

2. What are some books you loved as a child?
- A Little Princess
- Take Joy by Tasha Tudor
- and the creepy books of John Bellairs.

3. What is your favorite genre?
I read a LOT of mystery fiction.

4. Do you have a favorite novel?
The Time Traveller's Wife really stayed with me. I also totally love Fifth Business by Robertson Davies and Persuasion by Jane Austen.

5. Where do you usually read?
I read anywhere!

6. When do you usually read?
Generally in the evenings!

7. Do you usually have more than one book you are reading at a time?
Yup, I generally have multiple books going on a time - my bathtub book, my bedroom books, my couch book and the books I keep at my computer desk that I read while my computer is slow. Oh, and a book in my purse and a book in the car.

8. Do you read nonfiction in a different way or place than you read fiction?
No?

9. Do you buy most of the books you read, or borrow them, or check them out of the library?
I do a mixture of the three. I have to call up some friends tomorrow and see if they have books because I AM OUT.

10. Do you keep most of the books you buy?
Noooo. I buy a lot of books at used bookstores and then just pass them on.

11. If you have children, what are some of the favorite books you have shared with them?
The Ramona books, the Pippi books and a ton of storybooks, so far. Oh, and The Girl and I share a love of Archie comics, too. STUPID ARCHIE! WHEN WILL YOU LEARN TO APPRECIATE BETTY'S LOVE?

12. What are you reading now?
I just finished "Towards Zero" by Agatha Christie. Actually, I read that in a hotel room late on Sunday night. Awesome.

13. Do you keep a To Be Read list?
Nope.

14. What's next?
Who knows?

15. What books would you like to reread?
I have a ton of books that I do reread every year - a bunch of Jane Austen, Jane Eyre, the Chronicles of Narnia - but I would love to be able to read them for the first time again. A good book just improves with rereadings, though.

16. Who are your favorite authors?
I'm mostly just reading vintage detective fiction these days, so my current list would be all people like Dorothy Sayers and Agatha Christie and Dashiell Hammett.

And I tag.... Veronica, who is SMART; Jennifer (who is also SMART!), and Minnesota Mom who is, it should go without saying, SMART as well.

And Ali just tagged me with this:
Think back on the last 15 years of your life. What would you tell someone that you hadn’t seen or talked to for 15 years? How would you sum up your life? You get 10 bullet points. A list of 10 things to summarize about you. At the end of your list, tag 5 more people and send on the love…
GEEZ. Okay.
1. I got married! To the guy I actually was dating right before I turned 20! It's a LONG STORY.
2. We got pregnant on the honeymoon. She's nine and a lot of fun.
3. Then we moved back to my hometown.
4. Then we got pregnant again. He's six and a lot of fun.
5. Then we bought a house that needs a lot of work, but that is old and quite beautiful. Because we are lunatics.
6. Then we got pregnant again. She's three and a lot of fun. And a character, to put it mildly.
7. Then I got sick with an unlikely infection and very nearly died. It was pretty life changing.
8. So then I decided that I should start taking my writing seriously - in part because I started to have a sense that time might be fleeting and also because I decided that my kids deserved an idea of who I was and how much I loved them if I didn't live until they were adults. (that would probably be a real conversation killer with hypothetical friend, wouldn't it?)
9. I'm better now.
10. We're a busy, happy, religious family - probably a surprise for long-ago friend. But happiness always takes an unexpected shape, I think, this sudden light shining into your life and letting you know how lucky you are in the brief space of time that you have for your life.

Five people to tag!
1. Heather!
2. Erin!
3. Cyndi!
4. The Dragonfly!
5. and No Whey Mama.