Triple Countdown

(Found here)

» Fifteen Random Favorites «

1. Babies
2. Sugar
3. Giggling
4. Reading
5. Crosswords
6. Blogging
7. Sleeping
8. Driving
9. Music
10. Travel
11. Fires in the fireplace on cold nights
12. Old musicals
13. Thanksgiving
14. Singing
15. Hugs

» Fourteen Favorite Foods «

1. Frosted sugar cookies
2. Bread
3. Pasta
4. Pizza
5. Fruit pie
6. Wedding cake
7. Chicken tortilla soup
8. Whipped cream
9. Chicken crunchwrap (Taco Bell)
10. Arby's curly fries
11. Arby's cheddar beef sandwich
12. Fortune cookies
13. Honey
14. Almonds

» Thirteen Most Watched Shows «

1. CSI
2. NCIS
3. CSI:NY
4. NCIS:LA
5. Bones
6. Law & Order: SVU
7. Ghost Whisperer
8. Mythbusters
9. Deadliest Catch
10. American Pickers
11. Football games
12. NASCAR races
13. The Weather Channel

» Twelve Good Bands/Groups In Your Opinion «

1. U2
2. Melissa Etheridge
3. Beatles
4. Joan Osborne
5. Queen
6. Nicole Mullins
7. Billy Joel
8. Pet Shop Boys
9. CeLo Green
10. Black-Eyed Peas
11. Los Lonely Boys
12. Big Head Todd and the Monsters
13. Coldplay

» Eleven Memories «

1. Mom sitting on the edge of the bathtub while I swore I really was going to throw up
2. The canal boats in England
3. Dropping Jesse on his face, bursting into tears and running out of the room
4. Bringing Sparky home from the hospital
5. Telling my brother he's an asshole
6. Lake Baikal
7. Nathanael
8. Tom at the bottom of the stairs senior year of college
9. Playing jacks on the (old) front porch
10. The phone call about my dad's death
11. Having walking pneumonia

» Ten Close Friends «

1. Beast
2. Jenny
3. Amy
4. Trud
5. MH
6. Gail
7. The Redneck
8. Paul
9. Marla
10. Velma

» Nine Things You're Looking Forward To «

1. Youth Sunday
2. Graduation
3. Grad parties
4. Helping Amy move
5. Mission Trip
6. Being done with youth group
7. Teaching Sunday School
8. Not being sick
9. Sparky heading to college
10. Catching up at work (ha ha ha)
11. Turning 50

» Eight Things You Wear Daily «

1. Glasses
2. Earrings
3. Deodorant
4. Perfume
5. Underwear
6. Outerwear
7. Cell phone
8. Chapstick

» Seven Things That Annoy You «

1. Intentionally stupid people
2. Not being trusted
3. Negativity
4. Headaches
5. Restless legs
6. Eating more than I know I should
7. The price of gasoline

» Six Things You Touch Every Day «

1. My glasses
2. The sheets on my bed
3. My face
4. My hair
5. Dr. Pepper
6. Various and assorted floors

» Five Movies You Could Watch Over And Over «

1. RHPS
2. Fiddler on the Roof
3. Heathers
4. Dr. Zhivago (the Omar Sharif version)
5. Caddyshack

» Four Of Your Favorite Toys When You Were Little «

1. Jacks
2. My brother's Matchbox cars
3. Jumprope
4. Barbie and other dolls

» Three Guys You Have Kissed «

1. My high school boyfriend
2. Ken
3. Beast

» Two Of Your Favorite Songs At This Moment «

1. Sweetest Thing -- U2
2. Barcelona -- Freddie Mercury

» One Person You Could Spend The Rest Of Your Life With «

1. Beast

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really interesting countdown survey
Ten things I wish I could say to people:

1. I hate these interruptions.
2. Shut the FUCK up. Shut up NOW. Really. NOW!!
3. Yes, you really are the most negative person I know.
4. You know, I really am competent. Why can't you trust me?
5. You were a lot more fun when you weren't so bitter.
6. Guess what, the world doesn't revolve around you.
7. If you knew you needed this today, why didn't you ask about it yesterday? Or even before that?
8. Do you really know what you're doing? Yeah, no, you don't.
9. Isn't it remotely possible that you're wrong once in awhile? Like, lots.
10. I'm sorry. For all of it.

Nine things about myself:

1. I weigh 60 lbs. more than I am comfortable weighing.
2. I want to take piano lessons again.
3. And bagpipe lessons.
4. I miss having a dog. Every day.
5. I really enjoy being OCD about certain things.
6. People who didn't know me before the past few years wouldn't believe how totally wacked-out I was before.
7. I love babies, but I couldn't ever do childcare as a career.
8. I don't believe in hell, at least not as a location/place/future address for anyone.
9. I procrastinate on EVERYthing.

Eight ways to win my heart:

1. Listen to me.
2. Don't make fun of me.
3. Be kind to others without being aware that I'm watching.
4. Feed me good food.
5. Exercise with me.
6. Cry for others.
7. Know your way around a hardware store.
8. Flirt with babies and small chidren, in public.

Seven things that cross my mind a lot:

1. How far behind I am at work.
2. My lack of accomplishments at home.
3. Getting stuff sorted out before Sparky heads to college.
4. What can I do to help Beast?
5. Yardwork. OMG.
6. The next few weeks. Specifically, getting through them and being where we need to be at the right time on the right days.
7. Worrying about FIL.

Six things I do before I fall asleep

1. Wash my face.
2. Brush my teeth.
3. Do a puzzle, or read.
4. Put in earplugs.
5. Get rid of one pillow.
6. Take off my glasses.

Five places I want to visit:

1. Kenya
2. Egypt
3. Australia
4. Hawaii
5. Alaska

Four things I'm wearing right now:

1. Jeans.
2. Tie-dye sox.
3. OSU hoodie.
4. Underwear.

Three bands that I listen to often

1. U2
2. Michelle Shocked
3. Melissa Etheridge

Two things I want to do before I die:

1. Be sure Sparky is safely launched.
2. Play with more babies!

One confession:

1. I like being smarter than most people. But I really like that most people don't know that.

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a countdown from fifteen
[ 15 things that make you smile ]

1. Babies
2. Justin (@ church)
3. Teenagers when they've really relaxed
4. Squirrels
5. Birds, in the spring, looking for girlfriends
6. SUN!
7. Sleeping in and waking up without an alarm
8. Arriving at a destination
9. Giggles
10. A job well done
11. Absurdity
12. Good food
13. The happiness of people I love
14. Looking through old pictures
15. Reading a good book

[ 14 things that make you frown ]

1. Screaming babies
2. Screaming parents
3. Stupidity
4. People cutting me off in traffic
5. Negativity
Not being able to sleepFeeling lousy
6. Other people (those I like) feeling lousy
7. Whining
8. Selfishness/Self-centeredness
9. Not following through
10. My weight
11. Being wrong
12. Being let down by others

[ 13 things you see every day ]

1. Clothes
2. TV
3. Computer
4. Incredibly annoying things
5. Water
6. Diet Dr. Pepper
7. Bathroom stuff
8. Pills
9. Kleenex
10. Food
11. The inside of my eyelids
12. Books

[ 12 things you have always wanted to try ]

1. Learning Greek
2. Learning Hebrew
3. Skydiving
4. Flying a plane
5. Driving a semi
6. Driving a motorcycle
7. Learning to play bagpipes
8. Driving across country alone
9. Going to a movie alone
10. Coin collecting
11. Volunteering with Red Cross
12. Going hunting

[ 11 objects that mean a lot to you ]

1. All the various family Bibles I own
2. This computer
3. My Nook
4. My glasses
5. My car
6. The scrapbooks I made
7. A couple of pairs of earrings: the ones I got on the Hastings Battlefield site mostly
8. The rocking horse
9. Mom's china
10. Cousin Bill's painting
11. Beast's CPAP

[ 10 places you have been ]

1. Red Lake Indian Reservation
2. Woodstock, VT
3. Moosehead Lake, ME
4. Moscow
5. Outer Mongolia
6. Ydra
7. Low Row, Yorkshire
8. Las Vegas, NV
9. Bristol, TN
10. Houston, TX

[ 9 of your favorite foods ]

1. Sugar cookies
2. Honey
3. Bread
4. Pasta
5. Almonds
6. Chicken
7. Pizza
8. Tiramisu
9. Fresh fruit

[ 8 things you would rather be doing ]

1. Sleeping
2. Feeling healthy
3. Reading a book
4. Taking a bath
5. Getting some work done (at work)
6. Doing a puzzle
7. Finishing this meme
8. Sitting in the sun

[ 7 things you would take to a deserted island ]

1. Cell phone
2. Computer
3. Flares
4. FOOD/DRINK
5. Books
6. Sunscreen
7. Matches

[ 6 things you wish you never had to do ]

1. Go to the doctor
2. Get sick
3. Grieve
4. Get old
5. Apologize
6. Argue

[ 5 people that mean the world to you ]

1. Sparky
2. Beast
3. Jenny
4. Amy
5. Col

[ 4 of your biggest fears ]

1. Being found out
2. Failing
3. Earwigs
4. Looking stupid

[ 3 words to describe how you feel right now ]

1. Tired
2. Vaguely hungry
3. Unwell

[ 2 things you're excited for ]

1. This summer's mission trip with the youth group
2. Sparky's departure for college

[ 1 thing you want to say to someone ]

1. Let me help!

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Countdown
10 Important People

1. Beast
2. Sparky
3. Jenny
4. Amy
5. FIL
6. Walker
7. Trud
8. My boss
9. Pastor P
10. Idiot St. Louis dude

9 Bands You Love

1. U2
2. Melissa Etheridge
3. Nicole Mullins
4. Billy Joel
5. Gogol Bordello
6. Queen
7. Joan Osborne
8. Beatles
9. Mika

8 Foods You Don't Like

1. Liver and other organ meat
2. Brussels Sprouts
3. Cooked cabbage
4. Cooked cauliflower
5. Raw or stewed tomatoes
6. Peanut butter cookies
7. Dried coconut
8. Anything bug-related

7 Things That Never Fail To Make You Smile

1. Babies
2. Giggling
3. (some) Music
4. Other people's joy
5. Comedians (good ones make me laugh out loud)
6. My clumsiness
7. Puppies

6 Things That Make You Frown

1. Being cranky
2. Being bossed around
3. Stupidity
4. Computer problems
5. Knotty problems that I need to resolve
6. Negativity

5 Things You Couldn't Go A Day Without

1. Food
2. Air
3. Water
4. My glasses

4 Movies That Will Never Get Old

1. Dr. Zhivago
2. Citizen Kane
3. E.T.

3 Overplayed Songs

I don't listen to the radio so I have no idea.

2 Heroes

1. Millard Fuller
2. Desmond Tutu

1 Word To Sum Yourself Up

1. Anxious

THE END !