Sunday Stealin'

Camp days: Joy, Hope, me at age 7 

It's Sunday Stealin' time and I'm joining in with the gang over at this blog.  I  liked the questions this week and have some extra time this morning to play along. 

1. Do you have a business card? If yes, what's your job title?

Teachers here in NYS don't typically carry business cards.  I'm retired but my job title, when I was teaching full time, was Master Teacher, Special Education Self-Contained PreK. My husband does have business cards and his job title is Software Engineer/IT director or something like that. 

2.What day of the week were you born? 

Wednesday morning. 

3.What vegetable do you refuse to eat? 

That's easy.  Brussel sprouts.  I used to eat them many times a week when I was in grad school and my first year teaching. And then.....ew...I think I just got tired of them! 

4. How many times have you stayed overnight in the hospital?

3 times.  First time giving birth was for 2 nights;  2nd time giving birth was for 1 night; 3rd time in hospital was when youngest girl was 10 weeks old and needed surgery to remove an ovary and a fallopian tube as a cyst had torqued itself around those and she needed to be in the pediatric ward for 2 nights.  So a total of 5 times for me. 

5.Do you have more piercings or tattoos? 

I have both ears pierced. That's it for piercings. However, I have a consult on Thursday to get my first tattoo! (A bucket list item I'm finally gonna check off at the ripe old age of 66...a younger friend and my youngest daughter have talked me into it. 

6.  Do you like to shop?  

That depends. For food shopping? not usually.  For new clothes? yes but it depends on what I need.  For a new car? I don't mind it if hubby has joined me. For others as in buying Christmas gifts, birthday, etc? YES.  I LOVE  choosing items that I think the family member or friend would like. My love language is Gifts so this makes the most sense. 

7. How much cash is in your wallet right now?

I'm not sure...but I'm sure it's not enough! I rarely use cash.  Although  someone did slip me a $10 the other day for gas as I was the driver for a hike north so I know I have at least ten bucks. 

8.  Let's play MASH: do you live in a mansion, apartment, shack or house?

We own a side hall colonial house.  I would love to own a "shack" aka Camp in the ADK but hubby says....nope. 

9. Where are you in the family birth order: oldest, middle, youngest, or only child? 

I'm the oldest of 3 sisters.  In the pic at top, it was Summer of 1967 and I was 7 yrs old.  Joy was 5 and Hope was 3. We were at our family camp and it must have been a Sunday as we were in dresses. Jill hadn't been born yet. There's a long story as to why my mother named us Faith, Joy, Hope. It's rather hilarious and I should probably post it sometime but don't wanna take the time to write it out now. 

10.  When you were 5 years old, what did you call your parents?

I usually said Mommy and Daddy or Dad. 

HAPPY SUNDAY!