Five Question Friday 6/17/11

Raise your hand if you are happy it's the weekend...*raises BOTH arms, waves them wildly*

It's gonna be a fun one around here! A little festival in our town, replete with parade, street dance, and "fair food" (and, I'm quite certain, many photo ops!)!

Oh, oh, oh, oh!!! And, guess what?! I'm finally getting highlights tomorrow! I know, dreadfully exciting, right? ;)

Okay, let's get this 5QF party started!!

Welcome to all of you newcomers! I'm glad to have you and I hope you enjoy yourself!

Rules for Five Question Friday: Copy and paste the following question to your blog post, answer them, then watch for the linky to appear tomorrow morning (any preferences as to time?) and LINK UP! I would LOVE for you to link back to me, but that is NOT a requirement! I just wantcha to have FUN!! (And, 5QF is also a quick, easy post for when your muses have gone on sabbatical or if you're just plain old too busy to write something else!)

Questions for Friday, June 17th: (Special thanks to @gasfamily, @MarandaLamping,Sandy, Lorilynne, and a question from the Deck of Random Question cards [i.e. sending out an SOS for question suggestions!] for their question suggestions! Have a fun question? Head over to my community or shout it out on twitter to me, @5crookedhalos, using hashtag #5QF!)

1. What is your favorite summer time activity?

2. Do you have one laundry soap you stick to, or do you buy whatever's on sale?

3. What is your favorite dinner to make in the summer?

4. Do you have any talents?

5. If you could instantly be an expert in something, what would it be? Why?

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1. What is your favorite summer time activity?

Swimming. Preferably, via a "jump off the deep end" (i.e. no gradual immersion via shoreline)!

There is nothing I love more (dramatic, much?) than jumping off a boat into the depths of a lake on a hot day. I love going from noisy, hot, humid surroundings to the cool, calm, quiet of underwater.

LOVE.

Last year, during our "family reunion", us lady folk went skinny dipping...and it was (now I'm gonna sound like a hippie) so freeing! So...FREE!! And refreshing! Probably ranks up there as one of my greatest memories with my family...aunts, cousins, mom...fabulous!

2. Do you have one laundry soap you stick to, or do you buy whatever's on sale?

I am a Tide girl, through and through. Specifically, Tide with Bleach. Way back when, I used to buy regular Tide for most of my clothes, and Tide with Bleach for my whites. Then, that got too high maintenance for me, so I went with straight up TwB.

However, last time I was at The WalMarts, they were all out of my trusty Tide with Bleach, as was I, hence the shopping for it, so I was forced to buy something else.

My big bro uses Tide with Febreeze, so I thought I'd give it a shot and WOO WEE!! Those first coupla loads were scent over load...but after those first few, it seems like it's been better, not quite as overwhelming.

Which is weird, now that I see that in writing, but well, it is what it is!

I think I'll buy my TwB next time, however...it's never failed me yet!

3. What is your favorite dinner to make in the summer?

My all time, favorite meal to make in summer comes during the dog days of August. Hot. Humid. Sticky. Heavy.

When the last thing I want to be doing is cooking.

Here's what that meal is:

Potatoes, boiled or mashed (mashed is better, but takes more work and energy)

Creamy Cucumbers (recipe forthcoming, perhaps?)

Corn on the Cob

And that's it.

Yum.

4. Do you have any talents?

Hmmmmm...well, I'm pretty good at giving birth, does that count?

I hope it does, otherwise I'll have to answer with a big, fat, bold, NO. Not a single one. Can't sew, can't sing, can't play an instrument, can't dance, can't tell a joke to save my soul, can't make my armpits fart or turn my eyelids inside out.

But, I can make a mean Creamy Cucumber! Okay, maybe cooking is my talent!

I'll take that...so, if I can't say "giving birth" I'll take "Cooking", for 1000, Alex.

5. If you could instantly be an expert in something, what would it be? Why?

Ooooooh, here's where I should insert a talent, right?!! No?

Fine.

Okay...and expert...well, what's coming to mind, right off the bat, is politics. Politics bore me to no end. I have my fundamental beliefs and morals as my political bookends, but an actual understanding of politics?

Meh.

I'd rather watch Entertainment Tonight or House Hunter's International that watch the GOP debate or the State of the Union address. I make it about 47 seconds in and I'm drooling on my shirt with glazed over eyes.

So, yeah...I'd pick politics...'cuz then I could actually debate topics and have knowledge to back up my beliefs!!

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Alrighty-Oh! Your turn now!! I hope you all have a fantabulous weekend! And don't forget to enter your Mr. Wonderful in the 3rd Annual "Mr. Wonderfulest Contest" on Sunday! Click the link for details!