Appetizer
What is the weather like today where you live?
Hot hot hot, but not unbearably so, since we stay indoors most of the time. By 4 p.m. or so we're outside and enjoying the breeze. Summer is what it's all about in Southern CA!
Soup
On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how career-minded are you?
Seven. I was a solid 8 or 9 before babies. Even after I got married, I loved staying late at the newsroom, working on stories, calling sources, sweating out a lede, driving around the Valley. I loved learning about the history of this area and I still do. Now though, most of my writing is done in spurts during the day and mostly at night, when the boys are asleep.
Salad
What type of window coverings do you have in your home? Blinds, curtains, shutters, etc.? Super flowery Laura Ashley drapes in most of the windows with sheer white lining, white blinds in some.
Main Course
Name something that instantly cheers you up.
Children laughing, especially mine.
Dessert
How many times do you hit the snooze button on a typical morning?
Never. Don't have an alarm clock. Hubby sets his for 6:30 a.m. and he wakes me up at 7 during the schoolyear. Lately I've been trying to wake up earlier so I can exercise but that hasn't happened.


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