Here we go again! It’s Friday which means it’s time for #AskAwayFriday hosted by Penny of The Real Housewife Of Caroline Country and Amber from Bold Fab Mom. Typically for Ask Away Friday, bloggers pair up, swap 10 questions,answer them on their blogs, and link up their posts with Penny and Amber. It’s such a great way to get to know someone better.
This week my friend, Greta of Gfunkified, is here with my questions for this Friday, and she came up with some good ones. So pull up your chair and get to know me better. And then, head over to Greta’s place to see what I asked her.
1. If you weren’t a teacher, what would you be doing?
This question is HARD! I have no idea! I guess if money wasn’t an issue, I would stay at home with my kids and work as a writer (or try to) from home. If I was in another out of the house job, I would probably work for a non-profit or do some sort of charity or activism work.
2. What is your favorite way to unwind after a long day?
My favorite way to unwind is with a warm drink (tea, hot cocoa), my jammies, a soft blanket, and a good book. Oh, and my feet on my husband’s lap because he will rub my feet. He’s good like that.
3. You talk about Common Core a lot. If you had the chance to run your own school and your own curriculum, what would you change (if anything)?
Oh yes! Common Core aside, if we lived in a perfect world where I could help to implement best practice strategies and make our school look how I wanted, it would be incredibly student-centered. It would be inviting and technologically advanced. It would FEEL like learning. All teachers would have ample time to work together to make cross-curricular units and projects. The community would be involved and the students projects would involve them being in the community and learning. In fact, all assessments would be “real world”–they would be real published works, real community programs, real research.
4. When you daydream (like, say, waiting on parents at parent/teacher conferences), what do you find yourself daydreaming about most?
I day dream about writing. I know, I know. Totally cheesy. I daydream of finding words to say what I want to say.
Sometimes I daydream about traveling somewhere warm.
5. You and Cortney seem to make a really good team. Has it always been like that, or has it been trial and error since you got married?
It has always been like this, but that is because we worked on it from Day 1. We said from the minute we started dating that we were in “this” together…not matter what “this” is or will become.
The fact that we have known each other and been friends for so long before we surprised ourselves by falling in love, definitely helps. We knew each other so well–we were 25 when we started dating–that it was like we had a head start. We had already established and deep trust and friendship.
august ’09
6. You don’t have pets, right? Why?
We don’t have any pets, no. I had a cat for 17.5 years and he died when Eddie was 2.5. Eddie still says he misses Louis. I am pretty sure he can’t remember much about Louis, but I know that those 2.5 years developed a deep love of cats in him. Charlie also loves cats and dogs. I know my boys would love a pet, but we just don’t have the time for one right now. Cortney and I have discussed possibly getting a pet once we are done having babies and when we move. There are lots of times I really, really miss having a cat curled up next to me though.
Louis, 2009 (15 yrs old)
7. What’s your favorite form of communication: text, phone calls, or email?
definitely email.
8. I’ve been gluten free for a little over a year. If you found yourself gluten free all of the sudden, what would you miss the most?
I would miss pasta. I am such a carb girl; it is very obviously my weakness. I could live without sweets, but we eat pasta at least once a week.
9. I know that you, like me, have a hard time getting together with friends because of schedules and locations. If it wasn’t so difficult, what would you love to spend your time doing with them?
I really love just having comfortable, casual relaxed time with my friends. I like being able to go out to eat some good food and then shut that restaurant down with all the talking and laughing. That is what I love.
10. What was your biggest fear growing up, and what is it now?
My biggest fear was growing up. Being an adult and losing the ridiculousness of childhood was terrifying to me. Now my biggest fear is dying. I fear what that would mean to my family, but I also fear the actual happening of it. I get panic attacks when I try to imagine not being. It’s the ultimate loss of control and that terrifies me.
Ok, so we ended that one on a happy note, yes? Weeee!
In all seriousness, you should go see what I asked Greta. I asked her some BIG questions too!
