50 Questions

This has been going around the blogs I read, so I'm finally getting around to doing it myself. Primarily to make a particular couple of people laugh. :)

1. Height?
5'3.25" as of yesterday at the doctor's office.

2. Have you ever smoked heroin?
Is heroine smoked? I thought it was injected.

3. Do you own a gun?
Nope, I have kids in the house.

4. Who would you let eat crackers in your bed?
Anyone, really, if they were careful and caught the crumbs and dropped them into the trash can next to the bed. Or at least confined them to their own side.

5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments?
Nope

6. What do you think of hot dogs?
I try not to. I generally only eat Oscar Mayer all beef hot dogs. They don't have stuff inside them that I can't chew. Helps with the not thinking part.

7. What’s your favorite Christmas song?
The 12 Pains of Christmas, which probably tells you more about me than any other answer on this thing.

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
Tea. Regular old orange pekoe and pekoe black, with fat free half and half and real sugar.

9. Can you do push ups?
Probably, though I don't know how many. Why would I bother?

10. Is your bathroom clean?
Which one?

11. What’s your favorite piece of jewelry?
I think the silver necklace I got for mother's day that has the three disks that say Patience, Serenity, and Peace. Patience because I need more of it, Peace because I crave it, Serenity 'cause of the movie. :)

12. Do you like painkillers?
When I'm in pain, hell, yes.

13. What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex?
Posting pictures of someone else.

14. Do you have A.D.D.?
No, but I'm often doing 15 things at once.

15. What’s your name?
Natalie J. Damschroder, don't forget the J.

16. Middle name?
Jacobus. It was Jeanne, until I got married and dumped it.

17. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment?
Jensen Ackles is hot. Man, I'm tired and a fool. What else should I put?

18. Name the last 3 things you bought:
Postage online, a taco salad with jalapeno/feta salsa, and stamps at the post office.

19. Who is your favorite visual artist?
Gary Benfield

20. You’re stuck on an deserted island with two other people, who would you want to be stranded with?
Megan, and SamandDean

What? You can't have one without the other! They're one entity!

21. You’ve won a major award and have thanked your family, who else would you thank?
The Boot Squad

22. Current worry?
That I'll never write another book again as good as the one I'm revising right now. It's a worry I never thought I'd have.

23. Current hate?
People crying for attention and manipulating people to get it.

24. Favorite place to be?
Misquamicut, Rhode Island

25. How did you bring in the New year?
Same as pretty much every year of my life--Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, with my family

26. Where would you like to go?
RWA San Francisco, to accept a Golden Heart.

27. Do you own slippers?
Yep, a couple pair. A pair of pink fluffy slip-ons, and a knitted pair my MIL made me. I'm wearing the latter now.

28. What shirt are you wearing?
A black stretchy t-shirt under a horrible acrylic sweater that's like five sizes too big for me. And if you've seen me, you know how huge it is.

29. Do you burn or tan?
I burn more and more the older I get, and tan less.

30. Favorite color(s)?
A really rich, deep, navy blue. Especially the one that's actually in the ocean.

31. Would you be a pirate?
Yep

32. Are you gay?
Only for/with Megan.

33. What songs do you sing in the shower?
I don't sing in the shower, only in the car or kitchen, with accompaniment (i.e. my iPod, turned up really loud so I can't hear myself)

34. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child?
Fire or robbery, but only if my mother went to bed before I fell asleep.

35. What’s in your pockets right now?
I'm not wearing pockets.

36. Where are you?
In my office.

37. Best bed sheets as a child?
Cowboy sheets. Hmmm, wait, that's not me...

38. Worst injury you’ve ever had?
It probably wasn't the worst, but it's the one that comes to mind. Back in college I ran across the street in my riding boots, and pulled my inner thigh. Riding lessons for about two weeks were excruciating.

39. You’re on a trip around the world and have to select five landmarks to visit, what would you pick?
Ready for a really boring and typical list?
Stonehenge, Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, that fountain in Paris, the Coliseum

40. How many TVs do you have in your house?
Three regular ones, plus my husband's handheld.

41. Who is your loudest friend?
Misty. Didn't even have to think about that. But Lainey comes a close second.

42. Who is your quietest friend?
Cathy, I think, because I think she's always afraid she's going to be too loud, so she murmurs.

43. Does someone have a crush on you?
Pfft. I wish. (Did I say that out loud?)

44. Do you wish on shooting stars?
I would if I ever saw one.

45. What is your favorite book?
Until recently, I wouldn't be able to answer that question. Today, I can say it's Under the Moon. :)

46. What is your favorite candy?
It varies, but dark chocolate with nuts or something inside.

47. What song do/did you want played at your wedding?
I Love You, Climax Blues Band

48. What song do you want played at your funeral?
There won't be one, but just in case there is, they should play Danny Boy. They can do Back in Black while they're scattering the ashes. :)

49. What were you doing at 12AM last night?
I try to keep this blog PG-13, at least.

50. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up?
Fuck, is it 6:21 already?

Okay, sometimes it's rated R.