Appetizer: Which television shows do you just refuse to miss?

I always make time to watch NCIS, Veronica Mars, and Bones, in keeping with my secret dream life where I am a world-famous detective a la Sherlock Holmes, Miss Jane Marple, and Hercule Poirot.

Soup: Who did you last speak to on the telephone?

I try very hard not to talk on the telephone, as I am a confirmed phonophobiac. Electronic communications, however, are an entirely different story!

Salad: How many pillows do you keep on your bed?

My husband has one (excessively) soft pillow, (otherwise referred to-by me- as “air, held together by clouds”), I have a fantastic memory foam support pillow (otherwise referred to-by my husband-as “the brick”), and there’s one in the middle that marks the division between the two zones.

Main Course: Name one addition to your computer (software, hardware, etc.) that you’d love to have.

You’ll have to ask my husband. He is in charge of all technology for our relationship.

Dessert: What is your favorite foreign food?

Um…eggrolls. Does that count?

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Appetizer: How do you usually celebrate on New Year’s Eve?

Well, let’s see. Up until about four years ago I celebrated by getting depressed and going into existential crisis. Last year I celebrated by contracting bronchitis. So this year, I’m seriously considering skipping New Year’s altogether. 😛

Soup: Name one thing unexpected that happened to you in 2006.

I became a (video) gamer. Also, wonderful people began leaving comments on my blog posts and creating a community, so I was no longer jibber jabbering out into empty cyber space 🙂

Salad: Where was your favorite place that you visited in 2006?

Physically, the Outer Banks (NC). Emotionally, the state of making peace with money, with my body and with my hair.

Main Course: What resolution is your top priority for 2007?

This year I will be focusing on developing, expanding, and improving my practice of the craft of humor.

Dessert: Using just three words, describe 2006.

Better than imagined!

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Appetizer: What is one of your Christmas traditions?

Christmas shopping. And I can think of no better example to illustrate this than that of my brother. Every year he rolls into town about two days before Christmas. Up until this point he has completed exactly 0% of his Christmas preparations. But is he worried? Absolutely not. Because we are speedy.

He just grabs my mom and any other random family members who happen to be milling around at that moment and off they go. His personal goal is to go to one store, purchase presents for the 9 family members with whom we celebrate Christmas, and complete all of his shopping and wrapping (thank goodness for charities who raise money by wrapping gifts for crazed shoppers like us) in less time than it took him the year before. And somehow he always does.

(I decided to go along on the shopping trip last year, and because this is my blog I feel that I can TOTALLY take credit for the fact that last year, he beat his record by 50%. It now stands at under 30 minutes.)

Soup: Who is the easiest person on your list to buy presents for?

Me, of course. Which is why my husband was forced to institute the “Jenny is not allowed to buy herself anything that could possibly be a Christmas gift idea for someone else starting on November 1^st” rule.

Salad: What is your favorite Christmas scent?

Pine, which we can now only enjoy in the form of a candle thanks to our cat, Tigger, AKA “Mr. Destructo”.

Main Course: If you could give a fellow blogger a Christmas gift, who would it be and what would you give them?

A new puppy for Miss Doxie.

Dessert: What’s something on your Christmas wish list this year that you need (not just want)?

I hear the words you’re saying, but they’re just not making any sense 😛

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