Wednesday Hodgepodge--4/13/11

1. Would you rather talk to everyone at a crowded party for a short time or have a significant conversation with two people?
I usually tend to stick with a small group.  Most of the time, I end up talking to people I know at parties.  I'm a pretty social person, but I always feel awkward in crowds of people I don't know.

2. What objects do you remember from your parent's living room?
When I was a kid, we had a sectional couch that had recliners at either end.  We also had a sweet console TV.  It had a remote, but only a couple of buttons on the remote worked.  We had a wood-front fireplace, and a big picture window too.  The picture window had regular windows on either side, and I actually pushed my brother through one of those side windows.  Fortunately, we had really thick drapes so he didn't get hurt.  I think we got in quite a bit of trouble for that.  We were actually playing Jerry Springer when I did it, which I suppose I should be embarrassed to admit as an adult.

3. Do you hog the bed? Steal the covers? Snore?
I have a Queen-sized bed, and I sleep in it diagonally.  I sleep that way as a coping mechanism.  I'm not sure how I started sleeping that way, but I got to the point where I couldn't sleep on my side of the bed if I was sleeping alone.  If I wake up on my side, I roll over and expect someone else to be next to me.  It upsets me if I don't find anyone there.  So now I just sleep diagonally, and then I don't expect anyone else to be in the bed when I wake up.  I do sleep with a 20 pound dog who is very good at hogging the bed.  He has actually forced me back onto my side of the bed before.  I don't really know if I snore right now.  I do if I have been drinking.  I'm not sure if I snore since I'm pregnant.  I do not steal the covers.

4. Speaking of Easter dinner....what is your favorite way to cook/eat lamb? Or does just the thought of that make you squeamish? If you're not cooking lamb what will be your entree du jour on Easter Sunday?
I like lamb, but I have never cooked it.  The only way I have ever eaten lamb was in the form of lamb chops from Outback Steakhouse when I used to work there.  I usually associate ham with Easter.  I'm not sure if I will even be cooking this year.

5. Let's throw some politics into this week's mix-oooohhh...Do you know the whereabouts of your birth certificate and when was the last time you had to produce it to prove you're you?
I know exactly where my birth certificate is.  I just sent off for a new copy last year.  I don't remember the last time I needed it to prove I was me...probably when I joined the navy 7 years ago.

6. As a child, how did people describe you?
Talkative is a nice way to put it.  My Mom usually says mouthy.  I was also strong-willed, stubborn, literal, and clever.

7. What do you complain about the most?
Probably my job.  Or maybe Virginia drivers.

8. I really wish I had a nice deck that overlooked a big backyard.  I would sit outside all day.  I am loving this spring weather we are having!!