Time to take a walk on the lighter side of the river bank. My posts lately have been getting pretty deep. God is sharing some really good stuff with me and I love it, but it’s time to come up for some air and a little levity.

So Cee has provided me with just the opportunity with Share Your World Week 2

Look at that folks, we are half way through January already! It’s almost Christmas! 🙂

Here are the five questions that get us closer to next December.

Are you a hugger or a non-hugger?

I am a non-hugger who has been culturally conditioned to hug. In my family we generally observed a two foot rule…no hugging, no kissing, no touching unless it was a Gibbs slap (NCIS reference there couldn’t resist) but you cannot have long exposure to church culture even in New England and not be involved in the occasional hug.

What’s your favorite ice-cream flavor?

I love raspberry mocha, or orange pineapple, or Cherry Garcia, or black raspberry chocolate chip, or Moose tracks or spumoni or rainbow sherbert or chunky monkey or rum raisin or chocolate cherry chunk or…….

Do you prefer exercising your mind or your body? How frequently do you do either?

I prefer exercising my mind. I have succeeded in establishing a fairly rigid reading and writing regimen to keep the old conker sharp. However, I am trying to establish a physical exercise regimen and I hope by the end of the year to be fairly scheduled in that as well.

Are you more of a dog person or a cat person? Why?

I love little dogs and cats. I like something that can sit on my lap and truthfully big dogs kinda’ freak me out.

Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?

I am grateful for a very successful Special Touch chapter meeting last Saturday.  This week I am looking forward to having some extra time to pray, study and write.

Check out how others answered these same questions at

http://ceenphotography.com/2015/01/12/share-your-world-2015-week-2/

2015 has arrived and here we are still sharing our world 5 questions at a time

Check out Cee’s blog and discover other SHARERS at

http://ceenphotography.com/2015/01/05/share-your-world-2015-week-1/

Here are this week’s New Year questions!

How do you get rid of pesky phone calls from telemarketers?

This might seem rude but if a person doesn’t respond the first time I say “hello” I just hang up.

What are you a “natural” at doing?

I am a natural musician. I would love to be a natural painter. I love watching the artists at C.cada who can just lay brush to canvas and make it look like something in the real world. I lay brush to canvas and end up with “splat”! So I just sing as I take photographs.

“Play to your strengths.” I always say.

How often do you get a haircut?

Once every eight weeks and boy that is way too long between trims. When I go to the barber it’s kind of like the spring shearing. Maybe closer attention to the barbering schedule should be a New Year’s resolution.

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word “fun”?

Dinner and the movies. I am not the funnest (most fun) guy in the world or so I have been told.

Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?

I am really grateful I got to take my son-in-law and Daughter out to celebrate my son-in-law’s birthday. This week I am looking forward to our lead pastor coming back from vacation!

I will be taking Christmas Day off from blogging this year but check back in with me on Boxing Day (Dec. 26th) for a new story about the Laska Steps.

It is hard to believe we are almost through 2014 and into a whole new year of sharing. Then again I have been saying “It’s almost Christmas” since January; So maybe I shouldn’t be surprised that we are here.

You can see how others have shared there world at Christmas by going to…

Share Your World – 2014 Week 50

Here are Cee’s four question plus a bonus

Do you have a signature dish? If not is their one in your family?

My family owned a restaurant in Winchendon MA from 1946 until 1990. I was a cook at the Old Travellers  for several years; So I suppose that means I have several signature dishes most of which belonged to my grandfather. I don’t make them much any more even though I have Gramp’s recipe box. I  pulled his recipe for homemade rolls out at Thanksgiving. They were an epic fail. These days I go for dishes that are short on ingredients and fast in the making. I do have this Kielbasa casserole I make a lot super yummy and only four ingredients!

Do you have a favorite board game?

I don’t play board games much anymore. I guess I am a little stodgy. But I used to love Clue.

Is there a household chore that you enjoy?

I really love making beds… and sweeping… and ironing. Just call me CinderAlan.

 What is one thing you will never care about?

I will never care what color socks I wear with my suit or whether or not I can wear socks with sandals. I will never care what color shoes I wear with my suit either. Most days I am glad to get out of the house with shoes on. Speaking to that I actually I have a friend who is a teacher. He got to school the other day and took off his coat only to realize he was only wearing a tee-shirt. I think as a society we may be moving a touch too fast.

Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?

I am grateful I got to lead Christmas concerts at the Gardner VNA and at the Lifeskills Day Habilitation Program. I am also grateful we had four teams caroling in eight locations last Friday night reaching some of the loneliest people in our area with Christmas love.

This next week I am looking forward to spending a few hours with my son who is home visiting from PA.

One of our Carolling Teams