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Friday Feast No. 129

Appetizer
What was one of the fashion fads when you were a teenager?

    Oh, there were so many! The French-rolled jeans and the giant, cockatoo bangs; the flannel shirts and the Docs …

Soup
Name one thing you think people assume about you when they first meet you.

    I have no clue.

Salad
On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being highest, how hard do you work?

    I think I could do a much better job. No, I know I could do a much better job. The part of my job that I enjoy — caring for and playing with Poppy — I don’t really count as “work.” The parts that I don’t care for so much — the cleaning of the house — I would probably get a 2 in.

Main Course
If you were given a free 30-second commercial during the Super Bowl to sell anything you currently own, what would you advertise?

    It would be great if we could get someone to take over the lease on our apartment. I’d like to move closer to town.

Dessert
Fill in the blank:

    I love to stay inside when it is cold out.

The Friday Feast is a weekly meme intended to “feed your mind by asking thought-provoking, mind-stimulating questions.”

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blessings

Love Thursday: Mommy time

Thanks to Rockford, I was able to spend alot of time alone this week. I love being with my family and with my friends, but I also love being alone sometimes. I’ve never been a big fan of flying, but I relished the solitude this time. It’s hard to find time to be alone when you’re a mom.

January 26

  • Reading “A Spot of Bother” without interruption. (And loving it!)
  • Caramel mocha from Starbucks, with extra whipped cream from the barista-in-training. The trainer scolded him for using too much whipped cream, but I thanked him.
  • Chatting with the shuttle driver about his granddaughters.
  • Feeling at home when the shuttle pulled into Columbia.
  • Dinner with Amy in the “VIP seating” at Bangkok Garden.
  • Talking into the wee hours with Amy like eighth-graders at a sleepover.
  • Pineapple Upside-down Cake ice cream at Sparky’s. I can’t begin to describe how good it was.

January 27

  • Breakfast (including the world’s best “sassage”) at Cucina Sorella with Amy, Rachel, Taina and Sharita.
  • Walking down Ninth Street with my friends.
  • The Butterfly Tattoo, Bluestem, Poppy and the shoe store.
  • Reading magazines on the princess bed.
  • Having dinner at Chick’s with the Crutchers, B & Rachel and Amy.
  • B leaving his LAN party to have dinner with us!
  • Holding baby J
  • Amy’s sock monkey slippers

January 28

  • Seeing my church family.
  • Shakespeare’s after church.
  • Amy saying goofy things like “I love big girls” (re: America Ferrara, Jennifer Hudson and Dr. Miranda Bailey on the SAG award show) and another thing that she asked me not to repeat.

January 29

  • Unexpectedly having a friend to chat with all the way back to KC.
  • Breaking into an uncontrolable grin at the thought of Poppy saying “Mama.”
  • Poppy saying “Mama” when she saw me at the airport.
  • Being with Rockford.

January 30

  • Getting back to normal.
  • A good new recipe (Vegetable Red Curry).

January 31

  • Watching Poppy play at The Little Gym.
  • Poppy eating all of her lunch (chicken tenders and sweet potato fries).
  • Rescuing monkeys in Zelda.
  • Hanging out at the mall.

Mir at Woulda Coulda Shoulda wrote a wonderful Love Thursday post today about her children and her faith. Here’s an excerpt:

I remembered that no matter what they do or how hard this feels, they are still my joy. And I may not be able to fix their hurts, I may not be able to keep their elbows off the table and their hands to themselves and their misbehaving butts out of the principal’s office, but I can remember my joy in them in spite of those things.

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