Sunday Stealing

Sunday  Stealing

Stolen from the book "If"

 

1.  If you were to be granted one wish, what would it be?  That all my children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren could be content and at peace.

2.  If you could spend one night alone with anyone in the world who is currently alive, whom would you select?  Dolly Parton, but  let's make it just an afternoon, not a night.  I'm really uncomfortable trying to talk to anybody I don't know personally, especially anyone who's famous to me.  But I think Dolly would make me feel comfortable and have me talking with her in fifteen minutes.

3.  If you could spend one night alone with anyone in history, whom would you choose?  Any of my grandparents.  I would like to know what their lives were like.  By the way, why am I  spending the night with them?  I sleep at night; I'd rather be awake to spend time with them.

4.  If you could physically transport yourself to any place in the world at this moment, where would you go?  I'd like to see a lot of the United States I've never seen:  I want to ride a train up the California coast, or go on a group tour of New York City.  But if this is talking about someplace permanent, I am already at my favorite place to be.

5.  If you could have lived through any war in history (without actually fighting in it), which would it be?  The Spanish-American War, because I doubt it would have affected me much.

6.  If you could eliminate one type of insect permanently from the earth, what would you get rid of?  The Asian Lady Beetle, imported here to keep pests of the soybeans.  In the fall when soybeans are harvested, they absolutely coat the sunny side of a house.  They get in the house, too.  They make a stink when they're upset, and they will actually bite you... not a big deal, but not pleasant.  I've had so many in the house that I'd vacuum them up, but then you can't get the stink out of the vacuum.  Now, I am not talking about the happy little "ladybug, ladybug, fly away home; your house is on fire, your children will burn."  I seldom see those any more.

7.  If you had to eliminate any single type of animal forever, which would you choose?  At this time, I'd say moles, since they're messing up our yard and garden.  However, if I still had ducks or chickens, I'd choose opossums, because they have killed a lot of my chickens in the past.

8.  If you could have an elegant dinner alone with anyone presently alive, whether you know them or not, who would you want it to be?  Nobody.  I am very uncomfortable at elegant dinners.  I would embarrass myself.

9.  If you could alter one physical characteristic of your mate, what would it be?  I wouldn't change a thing about him.

10. If you could change one thing about your childhood, what would it be?  Again, nothing.  I was so protected, loved, and taken care of at home, it was a happy place... until my teenage angst came into play  and I ruined it until I left home.  But that wasn't their fault.  My parents were far from perfect, but they did the best they knew how.

11. If you could have any room in the world become your bedroom, which room would you choose?  I've often wished I had mountains to look out of, outside my window.  But I don't want to move to the mountains, so that's out.

12.  If you could alter one thing about your physical appearance, what would it be?  I suppose my teeth.

13.  If you could have stopped aging at any point in your life up to the present, how old would you wish to remain?  45

14.  If you could suddenly possess an extraordinary talent in one of the arts, what would you like it to be?  I'd love to be able to really play the guitar, or even better, the piano.  

15.  If you could have permanent possession of any single object in the world, what would you want it to be?  I can't think of anything I want to own at this stage of my life.

I got this meme on the Sunday Stealing blog.