It is hard to believe that in just another month or so we will be half way through 2016!

That still gives us lots of time to SHARE OUR WORLDS THIS YEAR.

This week Cee has given us five fun and challenging questions to spring board off from into the great pool of sharing. You can click the link above to see what others shared. Here are Cee’s question and my answers.

You win a pet monkey but this isn’t just any old monkey. It can do one trick for you whenever you want from getting a pop out of the fridge to washing your hair. What would be the trick?

My monkey can totally fix anything that is broken. He is a very smart monkey and he is starting with the lights in my kitchen. All right…all right I will hire a certified electrician. Sheesh!

What caring thing are you going to do for yourself today?

I took a thirty minute walk and a nap. I am trying to make sure I fit those two things into my schedule everyday no matter how busy I am.

What color do you feel most comfortable wearing?

I like black. I hear it’s slimming.

Complete this sentence:  When I travel I love to…. 

go at a nice relaxed pace. I hate going on journeys that are full of rushing and stress. In my  mind there is nothing worse than going on a vacation and coming back to work more stressed out than when you left.

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

I am so grateful my sister got off to The Netherlands and arrived safely. She made a friend at the farm she is going to be living on.

This week I am looking forward to getting some of the brush burned in my back yard.

It’s past time for this post this week, but then my whole world is going a little slower this week as I am adjusting to the pace of this cold or severe allergy or whatever it is. My head is full, my eyes are watering and I have gone through several boxes of Kleenex. How’s that for a share? 😦

But enough of that. It’s time to answer Cee’s wonderful questions this week.

Here are the questions and my answers

If you had to have your vision corrected would you rather: glasses or contacts?  Or what do you use if you need to have your vision corrected?

I use glasses. I cannot stand the thought of touching my eye to put in a contact lens.

If you had to describe your day as a traffic sign, what would it be?

Stop!

Was school easy or difficult for you? How so?

School itself was easy (except for geometry). I loved the learning process and I loved being in class. The hardest part of school was gym. I was a nerd and a klutz. It made me everyone’s last choice on a team. Have you seen Diary of A Wimpy Kid? I still cringe when I watch it.

Would you rather take a 1 or 2 week vaction with an organized tour or take a cruise of your choice?

I love a two week vacation. I loved the trip my daughter and I took to Ireland. We had our rest stops planned and suggested sites to see, but the days were ours to plan and the pace was ours to keep. We tracked alongside some of the bus tours. Oh my gosh! I think the pace of  a bus tour would have killed me. I work too hard to have to rush through a vacation.

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 go out with my daughter for her 26th birthday last night. This week I am looking forward to getting over this cold or allergies or whatever it is.

Amanda at the Old Mill

Please click THIS LINK TO SEE ALL OF CEE’S CONTRIBUTORS

It’s time to SHARE OUR WORLD’S WITH CEE!

Every week Cee asks five questions, In answering them her many contributors share their worlds with the blogosphere. You can find all their answers by clicking the underlined link above.

This weeks questions and my answers are below:

How many siblings do you have? What’s your birth order? 

I have one sister, Brenda. She is a missionary to the Netherlands. I am the oldest. I am a pastor here in America.

This is me and Brenda at Keukenhof Gardens in Lisse

In a car would you rather drive or be a passenger?

I would rather be a passenger. I love riding. That said,  I almost always drive as I am generally alone in the car.

When you lose electricity in a storm, do you light the candles or turn on the flashlight? How many of each do you own?

Usually both. I have a vast supply of candles in the house and at least one flashlight on every floor…except the cellar which I try to avoid at all costs in a black out.

List at least five of your favorite types of animals?  (any animal to domestic to wild to marine life)

I love dogs, especially my little dogs.

I love cats too. In fact my daughter is moving in with her cat Picasso on Saturday. That means in my house there will live four people, three Maltese and one tabby cat  who outweighs all the dogs by at least double.

I love birds. The property I live on is covered in wild roses and that attracts the wild birds throughout the winter. I love going out and seeing the waxwings and the chickadees and the robins and the cardinals in the trees. I especially love birdsong in the spring.

I love mountain lions, not like in a cuddly way, that’s just stupid. Those people who go out and live with giant carnivores and try to be their friends and be accepted in their packs are just crazy in my mind; But as a concept I like mountain lions. One was spotted in the town next door about a month ago.

Finally I love bears…in the same way I love mountain lions.

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 that at last week’s bowl-athon fundraiser for special needs the ministry brought in almost $4,000.00! This week I am looking forward to a fun-filled Saturday at C.cada. Ray Parker will be giving a lesson in basic camera use in the afternoon and I have a new camera I am dying to work with.