five things answered

Last week Lisa of ...just over the river tagged me in a Q&A session..

1. What was your inspiration to first start blogging?

Our big crappy house and one formerly crappy house up for sale inspired me.

I realized that we'd done so much to our current house and yet, now that it was "done" I had trouble remembering all the little funny stories (like the time it rained on our heads) and how bad it really was at the beginning. Documenting everything that we did together on the new crappy house was going to be worth remembering to us someday... Since I can type a lot faster than my special printing/cursive hybrid handwriting and I no longer have study hall during which to write uninterrupted, I picked a blog over my old spiral bound notebook journals.


2. If there was a fire in your house, and you only had time to grab 4 things (excluding your family), what would they be?

Since I count my pets as family they are a given...

I'd grab
- my stack of journals.
- a WWII photo of my Grandfather
- my wedding ring
-the quilt my mom made me when I was a little girl

I'd be especially glad to watch my passport go up in flames. The damn picture is so hideous because the ink smeared during printing. I have trouble getting back in the country 50% of the time because it really doesn't look like me at all. (think Sloth from the Goonies)


3. If you were "forced" to take on another residence would it be a houseboat, a farm estate, a city apartment, a seaside home, or a one room cabin in the woods?

As much as I am a girl who needs her open space and loves old farms and the houses on them , I would have to say a seaside home. When I'm down the shore I feel happy and content. Give me a cottage buried in the scrub pines and a short walk to the beach!

4. If money was no object, what would be the next house or decor project that you would tackle be and describe!

I'd completely renovate the Wee house, top to bottom with a team of contractors. Staring down the time line of getting that place livable is freaking me out a teeny bit sometimes. It is going to take us fo-r-ever on our own.

If I really had the money (think lots of millions), I'd renovate this crumbling old stone mansion in Radnor, PA that U used to drive past it on the way to work. It is a staggeringly grand old place in need of massive repairs.

5. Name something you wish you had more time for.

Reading and hanging out with my nephew. Reading is my favorite past time hands down. Even wining over eating cheese and drinking wine! However, it can be hard to find time to just sit down with a good book lately. And really, my nephew is just my favorite little dude.



Tagees-

a) Post your answer to the 5 questions on your blog.
b) Ask 5 questions (can be your own or some repeats).
c) Tag a few other bloggers.
d) After you post your answers, come back and comment with a link to your post.


Questions (I'm using some repeats!)-
1. What was your inspiration to first start blogging?
2. If there was a fire in your house, and you only had time to grab 4 things (excluding your family), what would they be?
3. If income was not a factor, what would be your dream job?
4. If money was no object, what would be the next house or decor project that you would tackle be and describe!
5. Name one place you've always dreamed of traveling to.

Tagging:

1. nota over at a.nota.potamus
2. Kelli @ Kelli Belli Jelli
3. Mary Grace of White Waxflower