Just found out I got tagged by Jessica! Time to answer some hard questions about myself! Yay! She’s so much more eloquent than I am and my brain hurts to think on Mondays :)
Oh, and take-a-photo-a-day project kinda failed cuz I haven’t done so since the last post, hehe, but at least I tried :)
Questions:
1) What is your favorite “me time” activity?
I’m not usually very indulgent, but I love soaking in a good bubble bath surrounded by sweet smelling bubbles and coming out all relaxed and and smooth two hours or so later. I usually have at least one Lush bubble bar on hand for such occasions and I tend to bring them with me on trips to enjoy in a big fat hotel tub ^_^ (I’ve been tempted more than once to throw on into a hotel jacuzzi but I’m always scared of getting into trouble!) I want to get those bath crayons (meant for kids) for my next bath so that I can draw on the tiles if I feel a creative spark! *^_^*
My other favorite me-time thing to do is sleep, oh glorious sleep! Working two more-than-full-time jobs has really kept me up working late and sleeping less so sleep is very important to me these days.
2) Favorite made-by-you item?
Tough one cuz I don’t really have favorites (which believe me is a big frustration to my bf). I would say anything that I’ve given away that I’ve made is my favorite because I wouldn’t give it away if I didn’t love it more than anything else I’ve ever made.
One thing that I’m working on that may very well become my most favorite made-by-me item, if I ever finish it, would be my Cathedral Window Quilt (last blogged about here in Feb ’09!) I have a nasty habit of starting quilty things and not finishing them so this is the year of finishing things but probably not this one but I do hope to add to it! I have six blocks completed now! woohoo! Jessica even helped me cut the fabric patches long long time ago!
3) What is your “crap I have no time but must make something to eat” go-to meal? [I need more of these in my repertoire and am shamelessly hoping for new ideas!]
hehe! that line runs through my head whenever Lam’s gone and crap, I have to cook for myself! *gasp!*
my go-to meals are:
* veggie masala burger from Trader Joe’s with sweet chutney and a piece of bread – the burgers are frozen but cooked and heat up in like 4 minutes in the microwave or skillet! I always have a box of these in my freezer!
* some kinda pasta + some sauce in a jar – also always in stock :) if I’m lucky, I’ll have frozen meatballs, vienna sausages, or cheese leftover in the fridge to supplement it but I’m cool with just pasta and sauce
* ramen + anything I find in the fridge or pantry – a quickie ramen package with stuff tossed in like bits of brocolli, egg, lunchmeat, frozen peas or fishballs, or whatever I find sometimes ends up being a most surprising and satisfying meal – yes I haven’t grown up much since college! Nissin brand seafood flavor is one of my favorites – I call it little boy ramen!
4) One way you’ve changed that would seem most surprising to the other people attending your high school reunion?
How funny… I think our 10 year high school reunion is coming up and I’ve already resolved to not go! If it wasn’t for Tokki, high school would have really sucked because of all the hard studying and social posturing. This is an interesting question because I want to say that I’ve changed alot since high school and that I have a lot to show for the years since graduation but I really haven’t changed much which is to admit to myself that I’m not happy with my lack of accomplishments since high school. This question does actually wake me up and spur me to change my life towards where I want to be and to be proud of where I am.
5) When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A ballerina :) I’ve always wanted to be a dancer but things like being short and having no money for dance classes always got in the way. Now, I want to be dancing again but real life has been getting in the way. Now I’m fat and not as flexible and can’t fit dance classes into my schedule :( Still maybe someday, I’ll dance again…
6) The next craft you want to learn?
I would love to learn metalsmithing and how to forge my own jewelry. I don’t even know the terminology yet but yeah, wouldn’t it be lovely if I could make our own wedding rings?
7) Do you like having your photo taken? Why/not?
Yes if I feel pretty and no if I don’t :) (although since having a boyfriend, I’ve come to put up with having my picture taken even if I’m not feeling pretty like when I’m snoring in the car) Feeling pretty often entails some layers of make up so that my hideousness gets covered up (yes I have self esteem issues)
8) Current favorite color combination?
Again, hard to pick a favorite since I have many loves for colors. I always love ocean colors (aqua/seafoam/white) and peach+buttery yellows always makes me sigh with happiness. Currently, maybe cuz of the wedding fever swarming my friends and the lack of simplicity and unclutteredness of my life right now, I’m really loving white + neutrals or as I call “warm whites”~
whew! that took like two hours to complete :) but that was fun! thanks, Jessica!
I tag Tokki and whoever feels like answering questions ^_^
