My 10 Straightforward Answers to Ten Simple Questions
My responses to Linda Ng’s prompts via JF Danskin
Here are my responses to the question prompts from Linda Ng. However, I came across the idea after being tagged in the responses of JF Danskin, included below:
1. What is your favourite drink? Hmm, it depends on if we are talking alcoholic or non-alcoholic. I love Bourbon and usually treat myself to a bottle for Christmas. Non-alcoholic, that would be coffee.
2. What is your favourite colour? Black, it always has been. Yes, I am an ageing Goth.
3. If you won the lottery, what are the top 3 things you’d do first? Assuming a big win. 1. Buy the perfect house for my daughter and me. 2. Get her seen by a private specialist. 3. Help out my family (including a big holiday for us all).
4. What is your favourite cuisine? Hum, this is a tough one. I don’t think I really have one cuisine I favour, but I love a good old-fashioned British dish, including pie and mash, steak and kidney pie, and fish and chips.
5. Would you give up your phone or social media forever? Not my phone, no. I need to be contactable by too many people. Social Media, possibly. I do remember a time before social media (yes, I’m that old), but it would be challenging to promote work and keep up with distant family/friends without it.
6. What is one thing that you’re really good at? Being a sounding board for people. I find people like to talk to me and share their problems. I rarely offer advice as this can backfire, but I have a way of asking the right questions and getting people to the point where they can make decisions independently. I just wish I could do it that as easily for myself.
7. Do you love cats or dogs more? Dogs. I grew up without my own pets by my aunts and nan had dogs, and I loved spending time with them. Since being an adult, there have been very few times when I haven’t had my own dog. I currently have two.
8. Are you a coffee drinker? Absolutely. I don’t drink as much as I used to because of my blood pressure, but I drink at least two mugs daily. No milk, two sugars.
9. What languages can you speak? English and bulls**t. I never managed to master a second language, although I tried. Apparently, being dyslexic makes it more difficult to learn a second language.
10. Can you use chopsticks? Yes, despite having terrible coordination, I can manage chopsticks.
Thanks to Linda Ng and JF Danskin for the challenge.
Maybe Kathy K and Colleen Millsteed might like to have a go next?
Cathylouise is a juggler extraordinaire who amazingly manages to balance parenthood, health challenges, work, and home responsibilities with a healthy side of poetry, Dungeons and Dragons, and knitting. When she’s not hiding at the kitchen table writing, she is supporting her teenage daughter and walking two very enthusiastic dogs. Follow her aerial acrobatics on Twitter and Facebook.