This Meme’s for Heather

…who I am certain has fallen asleep waiting for it!

Coffee, tea or other beverage? You don’t really need the answer to this one, do you? I’ll give it to you anyway: strong coffee with cream.

Are you a morning bird or a night owl? I get up at 5:00 a.m. without an alarm clock. Does that qualify me as an early bird? Consequently, my friends know not to phone me after 9:00 p.m.; to do so is to talk to the living dead.

Do you have a favorite verse of Scripture? I have two favorites, the only two I can recite without looking them up: Philippians 4:13 (“I can do all things in Him Who strengthens me.”) and Jeremiah 29:11 (“For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord; plans for good and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”)

What is your favorite book of the Bible? I don’t have a favorite but I am partial to the books of Isaiah and Luke. I also love the wee little gem of a read that is Jonah.

Which do you prefer, pen or pencil? Pen, mostly, though I do enjoy the scritch scritch of well-sharpened pencil.

Laptop or desktop? Desktop. Here’s a bonus photo of me blogging, for ‘Meg:

When you write do you print or use cursive? I write in cursive. When I was an assistant teacher in France, the headmistress insisted that our writing be “beautiful”, like in a monastery. I learned to write with pen and ink, and my penmanship definitely changed for the better!

Do you plan your menus or do you just wing it? I would say I plan my meals 50% of the time. Sometimes I use Saving Dinner and sometimes I cook a whole bunch of meals for the freezer. My ultimate goal is to have the meal so planned out that I even remember the jello! I’m not there yet, though.

Favorite color? When I was a little girl, it was purple. Now I don’t have a favorite, though I am very fond of yellows, browns and blues.

Favorite form of exercise? It used to be stair-stepping until we purchased a used treadmill from some very dear friends (love you, Cathie!). Now I do a combination of speed-walking and running: 2-3 miles at a time, 3-4 times a week. See this meme for the soundtrack.

How do you wear your hair most days? When my hair was long I wore it up in a pony a lot. Now I just tuck it behind my ears and I’m good to go.

Which do you prefer, baking or cooking? I love to do both and have my sisters to thank for that.

In the house are you barefoot, in slippers or in shoes? I feel only partially dressed without my shoes. It’s a Flylady thing. Once the sun sets, however, it’s slippers all the way!

Do you wash dishes by hand or have a dishwasher? Both. We also put our indentured servants to work quite often.

Do you have pets? Not unless you count my husband’s fish and my son’s two frogs & a toad. (I don’t.) We dream of getting a Golden Retriever one day.

What do you eat for breakfast? Whatever I’m making for the kids: pancakes, omelettes, French toast…I love breakfast-type foods! If you’d like to know one of my weirder choices, it’s a packet of ramen noodles with an egg cracked in (cooked, of course). Yum!

Tell me one thing you love about your state. I’ll give you two: the four seasons and the lakes!

What is your favorite magazine? Once again, I’ll give you two: Magnificat and Faith & Family.

I tag anyone and everyone who wants to play!