1. Have you worn the same outfit more than one day in a row?
Funny you should ask! I happen to be wearing the exact same thing I was wearing yesterday, right now! I was so exhausted last night after a full day of hockey and driving (Rimbey, then Drayton Valley). We didn't get home until around 8pm last night. I'd guzzled a 5-hour energy drink after Gunnar's game (I needed it sooo bad for the drive home as I almost fell asleep at the Drayon arena a couple of times); around 10pm, the buzz had worn off and the wave of exhaustion came rushing back so hard, I just collapsed in bed, still wearing the same clothes. And seeing how its been a laid-back morning so far (Ty is taking Ard to his morning game here in Sylvan), voila, I am still in the clothes. But yes, on more than one occasion I have worn the same outfit two days in a row. Only if the clothes are still clean, only if looking for new clothes is too much of a hassle, and only if I'm going to be seeing different people who wouldn't know the difference.
2. If you had to choose any LARGE city to live in, which would it be?
Ugh, I hate LARGE cities. Too much traffic, too many 'big-city' attitudes, too many people. But... if I had to choose, I'd probably pick someplace beautiful, with lots of trees and nice weather, maybe some city in a place like California or somewhere. As I don't have a lot of experiences in large cities, I can't pick one in particular.
3. Fly or drive with the kids on vacation?
Hmmm. I've only had one flying experience with the kids (the 2-hour flight to Whitehorse in '07) and it was kind of sucky. I was pregnant and grouchy, feeling airsick and claustrophobic, not enough fresh air, and little 2-yr old Lena was driving me nuts (thank GOD for Gramma Hag, who kept Lena occupied and happy!). But driving isn't much better. Still, I'd probably go with driving because you can always pull over somewhere to let the kids run and play, everyone gets a nice dose of fresh air, then you're back on the road.
Washing the walls and baseboards, cleaning and organizing closets, going through all the clothes to see what's in and what's out, wiping down the cupboards and cabinets and organizing inside them, cleaning the oven interior. There's more, I have a list, but can't recall the rest right now.
5. What is the best book you have ever read?
Oooh, what a hard question. Right now, I'm reading and re-reading Kresley Cole's newest Immortals After Dark book, Dreams of a Dark Warrior, and after more than six months of crazed anticipation, it is everything I was hoping for and more. I wasn't sure how Kresley could possibly redeem the hero in this book, as he was responsible for the capture, torture and beheading of countless Loreans in the last book, and I (and the rest of the KC fanclub) hated him with a passion after Regin's vivisection in that last book. But KC did it, and how. An excellent book, worth the read even if you haven't read any other books in the series (though you totally should, as they all happen in roughly the same time frame).
Read excerpt here.
From the back of the book:
Installment 11 in the bestselling Immortals After Dark series
From #1 New York Times bestseller Kresley Cole comes this gripping tale of a battle-maddenend warrior driven by revenge and the Valkyrie temptress who haunts his dreams.
He vowed he'd come for her. . .
Murdered before he could wed Regin the Radiant, warlord Aidan the Fierce seeks his beloved through eternity, reborn again and again into new identities, yet with no memory of his past lives—only an endless yearning.
She awaits his return. . .
When Regin encounters Declan Chase, a brutal Celtic soldier, she recognizes her proud warlord reincarnated. But Declan takes her captive, intending retribution against all immortals, unaware that he belongs to their world.
To sate a desire more powerful than death. . .
Yet every reincarnation comes with a price, for Aidan is doomed to die when he remembers his past. To save herself from Declan's torments, will Regin rekindle memories of the passion they once shared—even if it means once again losing the only man she could ever love?
Regin is the kind of heroine I adore: fierce and strong-willed, wild, untamed, quick-witted, with a MOUTH on her that just won't stop (and often gets her in trouble). Here's an example of one of the hilarious things she says:
(From Dreams of a Dark Warrior) Regin talking to Fegley, one of her jailors: "I finally understand what a dickie-do is. Your gut does stick out more than your dickie do." (I laughed so hard when I read that, right there in Chapters, a loud crack of laughter that made everyone around me stop and stare, and I couldn't stop laughing and giggling!)
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