So this is my question. I'm sure I had a very brilliant and humorous answer when I first posed this question, but I'm drawing a blank right now. Shucks. Give me a minute...
Okay, I'm ready now.
One of the weirdest superstitions I had was when I was pregnant. As you may recall, Stonewall deployed while I was around 6 month pregnant. I was convinced that if we had a girl, it meant Stonewall was coming home safe and sound because nothing could happen to him before he had a son. If we had a son, then that meant he was not coming home safely.
Crazy, I know. It had to be the hormones. We had a son and Stonewall made it home safe and sound.
I also have a fear/superstition of Bloody Mary. You know the myth: If you stand in front of a mirror while the room is completely dark and say, "Bloody Mary" eleven or thirteen times then she will appear in your mirror and try and break out. Yeah, well, I'm afraid that if I just think her name she'll appear. I can't sleep in a bed that has a mirror at the foot of it or beside it. If I have to walk in front of a mirror a night, like when I get up to go to the bathroom, I'll run past the mirror.
In my defense, I'm getting better. I used to duck and crawl past the mirror. I don't do that anymore.
2.What are your hopes and dreams for the years AFTER the military? After all, we aren’t in it forever! (from Stetsons, Spurs and Stilettos)
Well, on the rare occasion that Squints is wrong and Stonewall is not in the military for-ev-ver (which I guess is possible because Hercules did escape)... I think eventually Stonewall will run for some type of public office. He's a people person. He'll talk you're ear off if you let him. Plus, several people (aside from myself) have suggested it to him. I can see it happening after the military career is over.
President Stonewall and First Lady Mrs. Mootz... Has a lovely ring to is, don't ya think?
3.Since [this] month is National Apple Month (no really!), I’d probably ask: What is your yummiest apple recipe? (from NH Girl Displaced)
That would have to be my sliced apples with peanut butter. It's a secret family recipe though, so I can't share it with you.
4.How long have you gone as a military spouse without talking to your husband/wife during service? (from A Navy Princess and Her Little Sailors)
Probably about two weeks. It should have been longer, but he was able to get his hands on a satellite phone and call me from Outside-of-the-wire-middle-of-nowhere, Iraq.
5.I occasionally watch When I was 17… on MTV. So, what was something that was significant about your 17th year of life? (from Ashley Amazing)
There are two things:
1. I was the best actress in my high school. I didn't always have the lead role and sometimes I even choose to work backstage instead, but I know I was the shiznit on stage and could steal the spotlight from anyone.
2. I fell in love for the first time. Obviously, he was not "The One," but it felt that way at the time.
Everyone have a great weekend!
7 comments:
Hey, apples and PB are one of our favorites, too. We like to sit on the couch with a bowl of sliced apples and the jar of PB between us, but we each have our own spoon.
I totally forgot about Bloody Mary! Great, now I'll be crawling to the toilet at night...
If Stonewall's plan is to run for office, that's going to effect your blog. After all, you know how a politician's entire past comes back to haunt them. The other party will be pulling up your every post and going over it with a fine tooth comb and then taking it out of context and trash talking you. Tell Stonewall you can't have that!
I'm still freaked out about the Bloody Mary thing too...
President Stonewall and First Lady Mrs. Mootz, it does have a nice ring to it!
Ugh..your Bloody Mary reference freaked me out. Now I'm going to have to avoid mirrors on my nightly bathroom trips!
I used to duck and crawl past the mirror, too! Now I just reach in and flip on the light first! That's so funny that we are scared of the same thing... and we aren't alone. Several people have said the same thing!
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