Tale of a Shooting Star…

Karen (in Canada):

1. Which do you prefer? Tea or coffee?

Tea, most definitely. Coffee smells good, but tastes bad to me (don’t faint, Christine!).

2. Where would you most like to live?

Actually, I am happy where I am. Except for the past year or two, the temperatures are within a good range for me, we see all four seasons and we’re somewhat close to a good number of family members. If global warming keeps going at this rate, though, we might have to move a little further north. I do wish that our house was a little more isolated. I like my peace and quiet and wouldn’t mind having more than our measly 1+ acre to insulate us from neighbors.

3. Who taught you to cross stitch?

My mother.

4. Which do you prefer? Cats or dogs?

Dogs, because I’m not nearly as allergic to them. But I had cats all through my childhood and love them immensely, as long as they are friendly (not like Terry’s Dad’s cats who will scratch your eyes out).

5. On a scale of 1 to 10, how organized are you?

Hmmmm… I personally think that I’m pretty organized, so I would put myself at an 8 or 9. You wouldn’t tell from looking at my cluttered house, though.

Outi:

1. How many languages you speak fluently?

Unfortunately, just English. Even after 8 years of French classes, I would never have claimed to be fluent.

2. What you wanted, as a kid, to be when you grow up?

Have I ever mentioned that I don’t have a lot of distinct memories from my childhood? This would fall under that category, but I do remember that I REALLY wanted to be a prima ballerina for quite some time, until I grew too tall. Other desired professions included being a writer and a professional flutist, both of which were based on my mother. Funny how I never really wanted to become a police officer like my father…

3. Your first kiss? When and with whom?

I really had to think about this and I’m still not sure, but I think it was the senior that I dated when I was a sophomore in high school. Or it could have been my good friend’s brother, over whom two of us fought. 😆 The only thing I really remember was being mauled by a kid who lived a few houses away and was in my kindergarten class. He slobbered all over my cheek and it was kinda gross. 😉

4. Is there any finishing method you dislike?

I am good with anything that I can hand-sew, which is probably why I like biscornus so much. Anything method that requires a sewing machine, though, drives me nuts because I am not very adept with my sewing machine and end up making it do all sorts of terrible things that it shouldn’t normally do. Sewing a straight line is a definite challenge for me. I do muddle through, though.

5. How old you were when you began to stitch?

I’m not sure of the actual date, but it was somewhere between 11 and 12. I lean towards 11.

I’ll take these on a couple at a time. Gives me more blog fodder that way. 🙂

Angela:

1. How old are you?

31

2. Do you prefer cross stitch or beading?

Ouch, do I have to choose? I started working with beads shortly after I learned to cross stitch, so beading is a close second. Beading is faster and the sparklies sometimes make it much more rewarding for the amount of work put in. But cross stitch is my original and still favorite.

3. What is one craft you’ve been dying to try and haven’t done yet?

I have to admit that I pretty much try my hand at everything I desire, but there is one thing I haven’t done yet. Quilling. I really will try this someday. I look at the supplies longingly anytime I’m in a craft store, so I should just break down and try it. My brother did quilling for a while when I was a girl. I just couldn’t figure out what practical use it would have nowadays, but I see that people are using quilled shapes on cards, so perhaps that is the answer.
Now look what you’ve done! 😆

4. Have you ever been out of the country?

Yes. Canada and the United Kingdom are other countries that I have frequented. I love London; it is one of my favorites spots to visit to hang out and relax. We also visited various counties in Scotland with Terry’s parents several years ago.

5. What’s your favorite book?

Just one? My favorite series is called The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan. While I hope that he wraps it up soon, there are a dozen books so far in the series at 650+ pages a piece. They are hefty books hardbound, but I enjoy reading them.

Melanie:

1. Have you ever eaten Vegemite?

No, I haven’t, but I will try it someday.

2. What’s your guilty pleasure?

I had to think about this one pretty hard because I try not to feel guilt over anything. I think I’ll have to say that my crafting supplies are my guilty pleasure, though. When I decided to get into a craft, I immerse myself in supplies that then tend to sit around gathering dust years later.

3. Where in the universe would you most like to visit in your lifetime?

The universe is far too vast to narrow down for that question, so I’ll stipulate only to where on the planet I would most like to visit. There are several such places on this Earth. First up is Paris, which we are planning to visit for our 10th anniversary. Next is a 4 to 6 week tour that will hit Hawaii (just for a stop over; I can’t stand the thought of being in an airplane that long), Australia and New Zealand. This is our plan for our 15th anniversary. After that comes China and Japan. Sound like a plan?

4. What’s the most embarrassing album in your music collection?

Oh my. Which one to choose… Keep in mind that I still have a bunch of old cassette tapes from the 80’s. 😆 I guess it would be the N.W.A. album that I bought as a teenager. Yes, you read that correctly. Skinny little white girl with a hard-core, explicit rap album. What can I say? My tastes wander all over the map!

5. What’s the name of your soon-to-be-ONS?

Oh, now I can’t reveal that yet. Let me just say that I chose a business name and corresponding domain name over a year ago when I started to get more serious about eventually becoming a designer. The initials of that business name are OSL. The name of the ONS will be [OSL] Needlework Supplies. That’s as much of a hint as you’re going to get until March 1st. 😛

Ack! I’ve been officially and specifically tagged for this one by Laura. And I was hoping to just ignore this one, too…

Here are the rules:

1. Get tagged
2. List five things that have not been revealed on your blog
3. Tag five other people

I blab about myself a lot, so I’m not sure what I’ve talked about before and what I haven’t, so I’ll do a childhood edition for this meme.

1. My mother couldn’t stand handle me when I was a little girl because I was hyperactive, very bright and easily bored.
2. I would stand in my crib in the middle of the night and sing at the top of my lungs, keeping my parents awake. Now, how do you handle that? Yell at your infant because they are singing? 😉
3. I used to dance around the house and sing along to Copa Cabana while doing housework when I was a very little girl.
4. When I was young, I used to strip spinner seeds of their stems when they fell from the birch tree in our backyard and then I would pretend it was a salad (I never ate them, though).
5. I collected marbles of all types and sizes when I was a kid. I had a big Maxwell House coffee tin half full of marbles and they used to make the most wonderful racket when I shook it. Cat’s eye marbles were my favorite.

As for the tagging, this one has been around so much that I won’t bother, but if you haven’t already done this one and you read this, consider yourself tagged. 🙂