Know and Tell Friday

Happy Friday, Crazyville!

Heather and Reese were so excited, mulling over a major change on the horizon for Kicking It In Crazyville that we both spaced the Know and Tell questions on Thursday. We try to have them up by midnight Pacific time. Sorry for the delay, for all you Crazyville residents who live east of Oregon. In a week or two you'll see why we were temporarily giddy and lost sight of our responsibilities!

Without further delay, I give you The Questions:

1. What achievement are you most proud of?

2. Do you like your spouse’s/significant other’s name?

3. What is the most unique name you’ve ever heard a person have?

4. Which would you rather be: divinely beautiful, dazzlingly clever, or angelically good? (From Anne of Green Gables!)

5. What is it about your wardrobe that is your trademark, uniquely you?

6. Which is worse: no tv or no music?

7. You’re stranded on a deserted island and you can have with you: 1 friend or family member, 1 item from your kitchen and 1 public figure (politician/actor/author). Who/what would you choose?



Reese's Answers:
1. What achievement are you most proud of? It would have to be staying married. I got married at 17, Tim was 19, and the odds of that lasting these days are pretty slim. In fact, we teetered on the edge of divorce for quite awhile, but have recovered our senses and gone on to lead mostly normal lives! I'm proud to still be a Mrs. and love the expressions on people's faces when I tell them I have 4 kids and have been married 15 years next month! Priceless!

2. Do you like your spouse’s/significant other’s name? Yes. It's TIM, which isn't fancy or terribly unique, but it suits him and I wouldn't change it if I could. The only thing I used to hate about his name was that his little nephew used to call him Uncle Timmy. Timmy is fine and dandy for a little kid, but no self-respecting man should agree to be called Timmy.

3. What is the most unique name you’ve ever heard a person have? I know a couple that gave their newborn son the middle name Danger. That takes the cake, in my opinion! He's as cute as can be, and it doesn't fit him very well! Thank God! LOL! My sister is about to have her fourth baby and they all have assorted nature names.

4. Which would you rather be: divinely beautiful, dazzlingly clever, or angelically good? (From Anne of Green Gables!) Dazzlingly clever. I've always wanted to be uber-smart. I'm just smart enough to realize how smart I'm NOT. Smart people can change the world because brain power doesn't fade with youth as readily as looks do. And being good is mostly a decision.

5. What is it about your wardrobe that is your trademark, uniquely you? I don't know. I guess jeans and t-shirts. When I worked in an office I made a point of always being dressy in a classic way- nothing too faddish. Now I'm a jeans and t-shirt gal, slip-on shoes, and hair often in a ponytail or pigtails. I like neutral colors, and classic lines. I guess my red hair is more my "trademark" now than anything. Here in England no one's known me as anything but a "ginger hair", which I think is pretty cool.

6. Which is worse: no tv or no music? Absolutely, without a doubt: no music. I lived without tv for the better part of 5 years. We just got it again and I can say with heart that it's a waste of time! Yes, I was out of the loop, but now I'm not to sure the loop is worth the time and effort.

Music, on the other hand, is my constant companion. I love classical, Christian rap (Yay TobyMac!), rock, jazz, big band, folk, pop, country... you name it. I can't get into annoying techno (some of it's not annoying) or heavy metal (with apologies to my brother and an ex-boyfriend).

7. You’re stranded on a deserted island and you can have with you: 1 friend or family member, 1 item from your kitchen and 1 public figure (politician/actor/author). Who/what would you choose? Who came up with this ridiculous question?! Oh, that's right, I did! It's easier to ask than to answer, eh?

Well, it would have to be one of these scenarios:

1. Tim, a bottle of wine, and Harry Connick, Jr to sing us endless love songs.

2. Heather, a box of tea glasses, and Keanu Reeves to play waiter and bring us a thousand glasses of coconut milk while we lounged on the beach. (Or should it be Patrick Swayze, God bless him? I'd leave it up to Heather! Then again, if I'm leaving it up to Heather it might well be Jack- Matthew Fox- or Sawyer- Josh Holloway- from Lost. It might even be the Hot Wiggle.)

3. My son Sean, a box of matches and General Patraeus. I feel sure we could get rescued... with the military training of General Patraeus, the determination of my son and a big, big fire.

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