I made a terrible mistake. I volunteered. The inimitable Kathy Howe decided that I should answer these questions:
1. Your original blog was named Golf Blogger yet you rarely wrote about golf (of course that was the tagline wasn't it). Why was it named Golf Blogger?
A: Golf is a game that is impossible to master, just as living life is impossible to master. The golfer is imperfect; but however imperfect that golfer may be, the golfer may enjoy the game and strive to ever improve. So too with life. Uhhh ... yeah, right ... sounds good to me. The words flowed well. I like golf.
2. Besides getting married, having kids, buying a house...the traditional memories & experiences, what is one great memory or experience you have from your past?
A: I drew the plans and built a crib for Matt and then refurbished it for Jackson.
3. How do you think people that know you best would describe you?
Intense, emotional, caring, and quietly observant, but sometimes a selfish, inconsiderate jerk.
4. If were given two million dollars and had to donate 1 million of it, who would you donate it to?
I guess that means I have to donate the million to one organization. If that's the choice, even though I'm a member of Amnesty International, I'd give it to Doctors Without Borders (Médicins sans Frontières). Then I'd give a lot of the second million to some friends and relatives.
5. If you could make a career doing anything at all, what would you do?
I could say writing, but carpentry and woodworking would be what I would really like to do if I could make a living at it. In fact, if I got that 2 million you talk about, after paying off the bills, I would do it.
In conformity with the rules of the game:
1. If you want to participate, leave a comment saying "interview me".
2. I will respond by asking you five questions - each person's will be different.
3. You will update your journal with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview others in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.
Doctors Without Borders.... I never would have thought of them.... what a great answer!
-d
Okay.... I want you to interview me.... come one.... ask me 5!
-d
You built the crib for your kids? That is incredibly cool, Billy. I didn't know you did woodworking.
Thanks for playing! This was fun! Now I am just waiting for Stacey to answer her questions!
:)
Posted by: Kathy Howe at August 6, 2003 02:11 PMi loved that answer about the crib, too, bill. mwah. i'm gonna post a picture i took of you when you were sanding the crib. when i find it. after i get home.
Posted by: stacey at August 6, 2003 02:25 PM-d, here are 5 questions:
1. You talk about going back to school for advanced degrees -- tell us where you see yourself in the story of your life 10 years from today.
2. Do you wear a watch during your waking hours? Why or why not?
3. You've lived in some interesting and cool locales. Describe your perfect house and what you can see when you look out the front and rear windows.
4. What do you want for your children?
5. Why do you like barefoot?
Go to it!
Posted by: Bill at August 6, 2003 08:49 PMDONE!
-d
Interview me! (Can Stacey interview me too? =)
Posted by: Linda at August 7, 2003 12:56 AMLinda--
Here they are. I apparently did not hit the "Post" button.
1. You have traced back your family hundreds of years. What prompted you to begin your search for your roots and is the search on-going?
2. Based on your experience, what advice can you give to couples who are contemplating adoption and are fearful of adopting older children?
3. Why Betty Boop?
4. Please tell us what you consider to be the best lip balm and why. Also, if you could not find that lip balm, what is your next choice?
5. I gleaned from your May 1 birthday greetings to your late father that he was away for extended periods. How do you feel that this fact has influenced, if at all, the relationships you have with your husband and children?
Posted by: Bill at August 7, 2003 11:58 AMlinda:
here are MY 5 for you:
1) how's the smoking "thing" going? are you looking at that "q" word yet?
2) i know you're in finance, but you seem to love this computer stuff (i guess i don't know if you LOVE it, but you're good at it!). ever consider changing careers?
3) what do you think is the biggest challenge in raising your teenage daughter so far?
4) my 4th question has to do with adoption, too. what do you think of open adoptions?
5) why do you blog? do you have any personal blogging rules?
Bill's questions are answered and posted - now on to Stacey's!
Posted by: Linda at August 7, 2003 03:25 PMta-da! Stacey's are done too! Thanks, guys. =)
Posted by: Linda at August 7, 2003 04:04 PM