5 Things Meme

Mike Palmer of Mike Palmer Photography tagged me for the 5 Things Meme. Here we go:

5 Things I Was Doing 10 Years Ago

1. Learning to make pottery
2. Making play dough for nursery school
3. Reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
4. Chasing my toddler son
5. Watching “The Wiggles”

5 Things On My To-Do List Today

1. Walk the dog
2. Laundry
3. Hang around while contractor replaces windows
4. Pack for trip
5. Go to information meeting about high school program to which my daughter is applying

5 Snacks I Like

1. Chocolate
2. Chocolate
3. Chocolate
4. Chocolate
5. Chocolate

5 Things I Would Do If I Was A Millionaire

1. Buy all my dream gear
2. Upgrade computers to Macs
3. Take my son on an ancient Greece tour
4. Buy my daughter signed copies of the Harry Potter books
5. Invest

5 Places I Have Lived (For Various Lengths Of Time)

1. Dayton, Ohio
2. Santa Cruz, California
3. Ottawa, Canada
4. Poway, California
5. McLean, Virginia

5 Jobs I Have Had

1. Worked on a political campaign
2. Waitress in a Japanese restaurant
3. Substitute teacher
4. Economic Analyst
5. Mom

5 People I Tag

1. Lisa
2. Linda
3. Pat
4. Mia
5. Steve

Who Knew?

I had vaguely heard of a ‘meme’ before, but didn’t have occasion to investigate what it was until my good blogging/forum friend Lisa at Glimpses Through the Mashrabeya tagged me for one today. I found this definition on Urban Dictionary but I’m still not clear why these little self-quizzes are identified with the word meme.  But, anyway,  here are my answers to the questions at hand:

(A) Four places I go over and over: ice arenas, cottage, New Hampshire, Starbucks.

(B) Four people who e-mail me regularly: to make it easier, I’ll just list the last 4 emails in my inbox. Dog breeder (wishing Hamish a happy 1st birthday), neighbor, son’s hockey coach, daughter’s ringette coach.

(C) Four of my favourite places to eat: any phô restaurant, Flying Piggy in Ottawa, L’Oree du Bois in Chelsea, Quebec (sentimental favorite), and any of my 3 sisters’ homes.

(D) Four places you’d rather be: I’m in a pretty good place right now!

(E) Four TV shows I could watch over and over: Hmmmmmm….in recent years I’ve pretty much stopped watching TV. But, when I was a kid I had shows I’d watch over and over – I Love Lucy, Get Smart, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Andy Griffith Show.

(F) Four people I think will respond: Who knows? I’m too shy to ask directly, but if you’re reading this and feel like responding, go for it! Copy the questions, fill in your answers, and tag 4 people to do the same…