1. Who is someone that phones you routinely that you never seem to be up to talk to, but you are not ready to push them out of your life?

I hate the phone, so I rarely talk on it.  If I do get a phone call and I do not want to talk to that person I generally let it ring and ring until the person stops calling.  Some people who I always take phone calls from are my Husband, my Mother, my father, and my Grandmother.

2. What is something that effects you deeply, to your core, no matter your mood or what else is going on in your life?
 
This is hard to answer.  I have been dealing with severe depression for the last few years, so for the most part anything bad that happened, no matter where it takes place, affects me deeply.  I am getting better so things do not affect me as much as they used to, but I still stay away from the news and other things that show unpleasantness.

3. Tell us of something that relaxes you and always makes you happy.

Taking a long, hot bath, with lavender bath salts in the water.  It just makes me feel good.

4. If you could take the train from anywhere to anywhere, where would ‘anywhere’ be?

I would love to take a train from where I live now, and have the train just travel all over the United States, stopping at all the places I find interesting.

5. If you could look into the future, how far down the road would you like to see? 10 years? 100 years? A million?

I would not like to look into the future at all.  I have a hard enough time dealing with the present, I do not need the future thrown into the mix as well.

6. Did you do your shopping online for this Christmas, how did it go? Did things come in on time? Any significant failures? …and if you didn’t, will you consider trying online shopping sometime this year?

I have done Christmas shopping online in the past, but not for this past Christmas.  I am sure I will doing online shopping sometime this year.

7. What people or projects are worth your time, money or effort?
 
My family, and also volunteering that the Diabetes Clinic in our county.

8. Think back when you were in high school. Are you proud of the way you dressed, or do you wish you could go back and change it all?

Well, often I would go out the door with one outfit on and arrive at school with a completely different outfit on.  There are times, when I am very ashamed at how I dressed in high school.  However, I would not want to go back and change anything.  Those experiences, the good, bad and ugly, are part of what makes me, me

9. Do any of your friends, family or co-workers know about your blogs? For those that do, did you tell them or have they stumbled upon it by themselves?

I have let all my family and friends know that I have a blog.  Some read it and some do not.  Since what I write about most often is sensitive and about some past experiences that have helped shaped me, I am not offended if they choose not to read what I have written.