Red tagged me for this meme. It was a lot of fun to do. If I didn’t tag you and you want to play along, please leave me a comment so I can stop by your blog and check it out!
INSTRUCTIONS: Remove the blog in the top spot from the following list and bump everyone up one place. Then add your blog to the bottom slot, like so.
TeaTime Ramblings
SusieJ
Wylie’s Words
Red’s Red Pages
Christine d’Abo
Next select five people to tag:
Kelly Boyce
Julia - Mind Over Matter
Angela - SciFi Chick
Sparky Duck
Anyone else who wants to play!
Now for the hard part — the questions:
What were you doing 10 years ago?
Ten years ago? I had just graduated from university with my B.Ed. I was working the summer at a place called King’s Landing as an actor. I played a character in the village (a painter) and was part of the wandering minstrels. Yes, I wore full 19th century costumes…in the heat. It was by far the best job I ever had.
What were you doing 1 year ago?
This time last year I was getting ready to move my family. We were trying to wrap everything up, sell our house, prep the kids. On top of that I was waiting to hear back from EC on if they were going to buy The Bond That Ties Us. Amazing the difference a year can make.
Five snacks you enjoy:
Popcorn
Salt and vinegar chips
Junior Mints
Fruit bars
Wagon Wheels (yes I steal them from the kids)
Five songs to which you know all the lyrics:
Living on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
Take On Me - Ah-Ha
U and Your Hand - Pink
Prayer - Disturbed
Gray Street - Dave Matthews Band
Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:
Travel
Set up education funds for all the kids in my family
Quit my EDJ and write full time
Send my parents to Europe
Set up a scholarships for my alumi schools
Five bad habits:
OCD with my email
Repeat myself…all the time
Bite my nails (not as much anymore)
…I can’t think of anymore. My doctor made me give them all up!
Five things you like doing:
Writing
Reading
Gardening/working outside in my yard
Spending time with my family
Sleeping
Five things you would never wear again:
Legwarmers
Stirup Pants
Lace Gloves
BIG glasses
Banana Clips
How fun! I’ll post this one tomorrow.
Very cool summer job ten years ago! And yes what a difference a year makes. I still can’t believe I made my first sale too. I wish I had a cover. I think it would seem more real then.
Fun tag. I’ll have to think about it. I still have one that I haven’t done yet from when Kate Willoughby tagged me. ooops.
OMG - I forgot about leg warmers and stirrup pants. GAH!!! How ’bout Peter Pan boots with the stirrups! And fingerless lace gloves (thanks for nothing, Madonna).
And I hear you on the OCD email thing
I like the memes - they save me having to come up with a topic to write about! I’ll do this for Monday.
Very cool, Christine! LOL!
Loved the answers…and wow, don’t ten years fly by?
This meme made me feel ancient, Ha …=)
I like that your doctor made you give up all your bad habits! Interesting job 10 years ago. I often think about people in historical terms, being a historical writer, and when it’s hot I’m always thankful that I’m not in a petticoat, corset and full length dress.
Thanks for the tag - I’ll do it on Tuesday.
what, banana clips were great. And 10 years ago, you had a fun sounding job. I should have done something like that with my summer.
Thanks for the tag, though I did this one last month I think, I begin to lose track after a while.
Great list Christine. 10 years ago my kids were 4 and 7 so I was probably at the park next door swinging them on a swing.
Legwarmers! How did I forget them on my meme? And yeah, with you on the big glasses.