Awards Time – AKA Potentially Useless But Interesting Information About Me

February 5, 2015 Off By Lisa

My Mother always told me that if someone offers you a gift or a compliment, it’s just good manners to accept it.

So that’s what I’m doing here today. Miss Lizzi of Considerings offered me both a giftie and a compliment all at the same time by tagging me in this Sisterhood of the World Bloggers award she received. And so because it is both polite and wicked good fun, I shall commence providing said mundane trivia of my own as directed by the spirit of the award.

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Lizzi has posed the following questions. (British spellings have been left intact.)

1. What is your most treasured memory?

Tough one. I thought of my wedding day, but I had walking pneumonia that day and was so sick and so medicated that I honestly can’t remember much of it. (Sorry, Hon!) I thought of the day Kidzilla was born, but the truth is it was a terrible birth experience and I was so out of it during and after that I don’t actually recall much. So I’m stuck. I think my most treasured memory is probably a collection of memories – small snippets of a particular afternoon here or a certain holiday there, a song, a voice, a look, a game…moments.

2. What makes you suddenly and disproportionately cross?

Sudden and unexpected changes in my plan. Any plan. This makes me unreasonably irritable and is something I have to guard against. I do not always succeed.

3. What’s your favourite item of clothing?

Yoga pants. But if we have to talk about real clothing that one might wear out in the world, then I’m going with a good pair of well-fitting jeans and a pair of boots. Well-fitting jeans don’t exist you say? Like I said…yoga pants. Or Thanksgiving pants…a cousin of the yoga pant.

 4. How good are you at keeping secrets?

I’ll never tell. Some secrets are relatively innocuous like keeping quiet about a surprise party or a gift. But some secrets are potentially dangerous. I will tell you this: if I suspect that someone wants to share something with me privately that may result in harm to that person or someone else, I will let them know before they divulge that if it is such a thing I will be obligated to tell someone.

5. Where is your favourite place in the world?

Home. I am a homebody. There is truly no place I would rather spend my time than in my own home surrounded by the people and things that I love.

6. What was the last thing that surprised you?

My Daughter is usually responsible for things that surprise me. I am surprised by her intelligence, her humor, the speed at which she is maturing, the size of her attitude, and how completely much I enjoy and adore her…all of it.  At Christmastime, the Fab Hub actually surprised me with a very sweet gift. It was partly the gift itself because it only took him nine thousand times to get the hints. But it was mostly the sentiment and explanation behind the gift that completely floored me.

7. When did you last realise you were learning something new?

Fascinating question. Sort of metacognitive. I’m not sure I could pinpoint a particular instance on this one. I know that I learn new things every day. I am actively aware that I am learning them as it happens. It’s just kind of who I am; I am a learner. If I could learn things for my vocation in life and actually make a living at it, I would do it.

8. What was the last dream you shared with someone?

Are we talking dreams as in life goals or dreams as in night time jaunts in the subconscious? If it’s the former, then it would be my dream to quit my toxic job situation and work for myself, living life on my own terms. If it’s the latter, OH how I wish I could remember it! I did have a completely absurd dream a few days ago. It was completely ludicrous and I recall that I described it in great detail to the Hub. I know that my Mother-in-Law was one of the main characters and that we were on some type of excursion. That is all I remember. As a child, though, I had one or two strange recurring dreams involving characters like alligators and the Tin Man.

 9. What is your favourite meal?

I am completely bad at favorites. Always have been. My answer to a question about a favorite this or that is always, “it depends.” And it truly does (except in the case of yoga pants; some things are absolutes). I tend to have two or three favorites of most things. But meals? Very difficult to choose. Instead, I’m going to sort of dodge the question, move away from specific foods, and say that my favorite meals are ones spent enjoying truly well-prepared food with good people.

10. If you could be someone else for a day, whom would it be?

As a rule, I am pretty comfortable in my own skin. If I had to choose, though, I think I’d like to be my Daughter. I’d like to experience the world from a child’s perspective again. I’d like to know how she feels as she goes through her day in the moments she is not with me. I’d love to know what goes on in that head of hers and drives her to do and say the things that she does. Let me be clear, though, that I only want to be my Daughter in her now state, not something like her teen years and have to experience things like high school again. Nobody needs a do-over on puberty.

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So now I’m supposed to tag the others with whom I would like to share this award. Many of them have already been tapped by someone else, but I’m going to call them out here anyway. Perhaps they will feel doubly loved.

My questions for you are:

  1. What is one of your favorite habits you have?
  2. Would you prefer to travel by plane, train, or automobile? Why?
  3. What’s the first thing you notice about people?
  4. If you could throw any kind of party, what would it be like and what would it be for?
  5. What was the first thing you bought with your own money?
  6. What was your favorite activity in gym class?
  7. If someone asked you to give them a random piece of advice, what would you say?
  8. What’s your favorite part about today so far?
  9. If you were a type of animal, what would you be and why?
  10. What story does your family always tell about you?

Your turn…ready? Go. Share your post link with us or answer one or two in the comments.

 

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About The Author

Lisa A. Listwa is a self-employed writer with experience in education, publishing, and the martial arts. Believing there was more to life than punching someone else’s time clock and inspired by the words of Henry David Thoreau, she traded her life as a high school educator for a life as a writer and hasn’t looked back. She is mother to one glorious handful of a daughter, wife to the nicest guy on the planet, and reluctant but devoted owner of three Rotten Cats. You can find her adventures and thoughts on living life deliberately here on the blog.

33 Comments

  • zoe says:
    February 5, 2015 at 3:53 am

    I love reading peoples answers on these and you were no dissapointment. I have to say that your questions for the next. Batch are some of the best I’ve seen. Nice job. Lastly, I think I would even like to be ZILLA as she is now for a day! She seems like such a thinker I wanna know…

    • Lisa @ The Meaning of Me says:
      February 5, 2015 at 8:18 am

      Thanks. I love questions like these that kind of pick the brain and let people see inside a bit. Maybe you want to answer some of those, hmm??? Do it!
      Zilla really is a thinker. That big brain of hers is always going.

  • ilirianwanderer says:
    February 5, 2015 at 4:30 am

    That was a good read! 🙂

    Thank you for nominating me Lisa! 🙂 🙂

    Here are my answers!

    https://ilirianravings.wordpress.com/2015/02/05/ooh-guess-whaaaatt-part-2/

  • Considerer says:
    February 5, 2015 at 5:40 am

    Awesome answers, Lisa. I really like how you answered the food one. That’s such a great way around it.

    Your questions for the others are great! I’m going to have to track some of these. Brilliant 🙂

  • Serins says:
    February 5, 2015 at 5:59 am

    Thank you so much …. 🙂 And congrats on your awards. 🙂

  • Valerie Newman says:
    February 5, 2015 at 6:12 am

    Well, Lisa. I loved reading your answers. I’m still working on mine for Lizzi’s and while I’m thankful for the second nomination, we’ll just have to see. Your take on the dream question is a different perspective than I thought about. I think I like yours better. I’ll be doing some editing before I publish. Isn’t this fun?

  • Crystal says:
    February 5, 2015 at 9:13 am

    Even more convinced now we share more than a love for writing, compassion, and a few friends in common

  • Chris Carter says:
    February 5, 2015 at 10:42 am

    AW! Those are awesome answers and yay for YOU for receiving such a lovely award!! I’ve become a homebody too… as I age, and I’m quite okay with that. Yoga pants – oh yes. And I do love to wear a good fitting pair of jeans and boots too, when I want to look- eh, like a functioning citizen of the community. 😉

    I agree on the food thing- it totally depends what mood I’m in.

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  • Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy says:
    February 5, 2015 at 1:11 pm

    I love reading people’s answers to these kinds of questions. It is nice to know more about the person behind the blog 🙂

  • Sarah says:
    February 5, 2015 at 1:47 pm

    OK, I’m working on it. TYPE of animal?

  • Dyanne @ I Want Backsies says:
    February 5, 2015 at 8:17 pm

    Thank you for the nomination, Lisa! Do I sound pathetic if I say I feel like an outsider much of the time and this award makes me goofy happy? Yeah, I thought it would.

    Yoga pants, yes. (Or sweat pants. Looser.) Favorite meal? Thanksgiving dinner.
    Geez, Lizzi’s questions for you were HARD! You did a great job on the rest of them, but I think I’d still be staring at the computer screen if I had gotten those questions!

    Off to answer yours….

    • Lisa @ The Meaning of Me says:
      February 5, 2015 at 10:20 pm

      You are welcome and in a million years you could not be pathetic. Outsider? I think I have the market cornered on that one. You, my friend, sit at the grownups table. I am glad that it made you goofy happy because now that makes me goofy happy. I feel like the last time I had one of these and picked people, most of them kind of ignored it. Talk about outsider! Must that stupid Facebook thing – you can go holler out at people and get them to pay attention. 😀
      I think we may have a discrepancy in the definition of yoga pants. In my world, they are comfy, elastic-waisted (and drawstring), and sort of wide-leg-ish. Made of like t-shirty knit, sort of. Yoga pants. Or are those sweatpants? I do NOT mean the tight things that look like leggings. Good heavens, no…not on this tuchus. 😀
      Lizzi’s questions took me a while to ponder. A couple came to me right away, but others made me think.
      Can’t wait to see yours!!!

  • Considerer says:
    February 5, 2015 at 8:59 pm

    1.What is one of your favorite habits you have? – Wrapping myself up in blankets. LOVE IT. One of the ONLY good things about cooler weather.

    2. Would you prefer to travel by plane, train, or automobile? Why? Plane or car, because I love driving and I love flying.

    3. What’s the first thing you notice about people? Their appearance. Whatevs. I’m a judgy asshole sometimes, so sue me!

    4. If you could throw any kind of party, what would it be like and what would it be for? It would be a ball-pool party for grown-ups. It would be for the sheer joy of it, and I would invite all my bloggy friends and we would have SO MUCH FUN! (for my 26th birthday I hired a bouncy assault course for the day and invited everyone. It was AMAZING! Best party ever!)

    5. What was the first thing you bought with your own money? Probably the Beano comic.
    6. What was your favorite activity in gym class? Trampolining.

    7. If someone asked you to give them a random piece of advice, what would you say? “Never tie your shoelaces in a revolving door.”

    8. What’s your favorite part about today so far? Hmmmm tough one. I got to speak with Beth and Jess, and that was pretty cool. I had fun at boxing and I had some REALLY NICE dessert. And a nap. It might have been the nap. Or the people.

    9. If you were a type of animal, what would you be and why? Lizard. I’m perpetually cold (in temperature; sometimes in temperament) and I LOVE the sunshine, and I’m kinda weird-looking but curious and quite engaging.

    10. What story does your family always tell about you? I’m not sure that they do! But my Sis has a photo album of ‘Silly Lizzi Photos’, mostly of me in the middle of something incredibly daft, and if she ever shares them, she knows her hours are numbered.

    • Lisa @ The Meaning of Me says:
      February 5, 2015 at 10:15 pm

      Oh these are good. Aren’t we all judgy assholes sometimes? I just got done being one this evening. Not proud of myself.
      A huge bloggy party? You should talk to Val – there is a party brewing on one of the posts over on FB and I’m pretty sure she’s responsible for it. Or I am. Not sure. 😀
      Naps are always a great part of the day, no matter what else in the day is great (or not). Naps are just great. Number seven is very sound advice.

  • Jen says:
    February 6, 2015 at 10:56 am

    Ohmigosh I feel super duper triple-y loved! Thank you for giving me a nod. I’m not sure that I will ever catch up,but I’ll sure try. I loved your answers, especially about being your daughter for a day. I’d love to do that too, just to see what makes her tick.

    • Lisa @ The Meaning of Me says:
      February 6, 2015 at 1:19 pm

      Yay for all the love! I kind of like these because you really do get to know a bit more about people. I know they can get tedious and backed up, but hey it’s fun and nobody’s really obligated to go crazy with it. I have two more sets to do, but I’m hanging on to them for a day I have nothing else to say! Good prompts. 😉
      I would really love to know what makes my Daughter tick some days…like when I have to ask, “What would make you do that?” I know she has an answer in there somewhere that she doesn’t always explain well. That would be kind of helpful and insightful, I think.

  • christine says:
    February 6, 2015 at 11:35 am

    I did it!

  • Shel Harrington says:
    February 7, 2015 at 11:06 am

    I feel your pain with any change-up in plans. Generally after I let out an impressive exasperated sigh to indicate to the world my suffering regarding the matter, God surprises me with a plan that was soooooooo much better – you’d think I would STOP being surprised and less initially exasperated . . . but not yet!

  • Sister says:
    March 10, 2015 at 9:47 pm

    You didn’t tag me…but in an effort to continue procrastinating those damn essays…from, oh, several weeks ago…I’ve decided to answer your questions. Without further ado…

    My questions for you are:

    What is one of your favorite habits you have?
    Would you prefer to travel by plane, train, or automobile? Why?
    What’s the first thing you notice about people?
    If you could throw any kind of party, what would it be like and what would it be for?
    What was the first thing you bought with your own money?
    What was your favorite activity in gym class?
    If someone asked you to give them a random piece of advice, what would you say?
    What’s your favorite part about today so far?
    If you were a type of animal, what would you be and why?
    What story does your family always tell about you?

    1. I have the God-given, and possibly grandfather-given, ability to tell people to go to hell in such a way that they enjoy the trip.
    2. automobile. I love my car. Plane = a severe amount of anxiety and anti-psychotics..
    3. Teeth. If you have gnarly teeth, move along there, bud.
    4. Cocktail party with copius amounts of appetizers and wine. For whatever reason…don’t really need one. Often, the appetizers I gravitate towards include cheese. I would throw a party for cheese. Why? It is my favorite food group.
    5. I have no idea…it may have been a book. Or those really horrible 1980s “stick-on” earrings that came a bazillion to one card.
    6. Does not exist…yuck.
    7. Expect nothing from anyone, and be pleasantly surprised.
    8. The steak I just had for dinner. Holy balls, that was good.
    9. Real – German Shepherd – because they are badass. Fictitious – dragon – they, too, are badass. Remember Maleficient? Yeah; she was a total badass.
    10. *SIGH*….flatulence killed the dinosaurs…or my diaper escapades. Take your pick.

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