Anne tagged me – here we go! 

The rules of the game get posted at the beginning. Each player answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5-6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer.

1) What was I doing 10 years ago?

I was halfway through my sophomore year of college at the University of Missouri-Columbia.  I probably still had not decided on my major (eventually I decided on anthropology), but I think at that point I would have already decided that I was going to do study abroad in Spain or Mexico.  (I ended up going to Spain because my parents thought it would be safer – little did they know they were sending me to ground zero of the Basque separatist movement, but they don't really bother the tourists, so it wasn't that big of a deal.)  I was dating my future husband already… I got engaged a few months later in the spring of 1999.

2) What are 5 things on my to-do list for today (not in any particular order):

Work is already over for the day, so here are my exciting evening plans: 1. Clean the guest bathrooms.  2. Put clean sheets on the guest beds.  (Can you tell I'm having guests visit for the holidays?)  3. Find my keys. (wishful thinking)  4. Watch How I Met Your Mother.  5. Finish reading New Moon (I'm already in the epilogue)

3) Snacks I enjoy: chips & salsa; almonds; cheese; hard-boiled eggs

4) Things I would do if I were a billionaire:  Remodel my house in the arts and crafts style; become a "professional" knitter/crafter; pay for all 96 hours (!) of my husband's masters degree tuition and set up scholarships for other people going to seminary; buy an ark from Heifer International; fund the music and art programs at as many schools as possible

5) Places I have lived:  Chillicothe, MO; Columbia, MO; Pamplona, Spain; Springfield, MO

Tagged:  Amanda Cathleen, Colleen, Nell, my mom (you can respond in the comments) & my sister