My First Meme

I’ve been tagged by the 108 for an interview meme. This is my first. Be gentle with me.

Here are the rules:
There are five slots in the meme list. As you are tagged, remove the name in the first slot and bump everyone up so that your name can be added to the bottom.
1. Freelance Cynic
2. Are We There Yet?
3. Maggie Moo
4. the108
5. The Walls of St Paul

Then, select five people you’d like to tag.
1. Miss Cellania
2. Write from Karen
3. Figlet
4. Omegamom
5. Me and Chairman Mao

Finally, answer these questions:
1. What were you doing 10 years ago?
Ten years ago, we were getting jerked around by a local adoption agency as we were trying to qualify to adopt a Minnesota waiting child. The “social worker” was a pompous ass, trying to prove himself and just out of school. He would “lose” our paperwork – and I would find it sticking out of our file whenever we’d meet. Pissed him off when I would see it and pull it from the stack. Yippee for colored paper. It was stressful and aggravating time. We lost a year of our lives and a significant (to us) amount of money when it became clear they didn’t want to help us have a family. Asses.

2. What were you doing 1 year ago?
Working to keep our family together while John was undergoing neuropsych testing and dealing with an idiot psychiatrist with the couch-side manner of Frazier Crane.

3. Five snacks you enjoy:
1. Dove Dark Chocolate
2. Almond M&Ms.
3. Haagen-Daz ice cream
4. A spoonful of peanut butter
5. Raw elbow macaroni

4. Five songs to which you know all the lyrics:
1. Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
2. Shattered by The Rolling Stones
3. The Star Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key
4. Any song by The Who
5. Fall on Me by R.E.M.

5. Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:
Other than paying off all the bills…
1. Trip to Germany to visit my brother’s family and his in-laws. His mother-in-law is the world’s greatest cook.
2. A long trip to China with the family to visit old haunts and the girls’ birth cities.
3. Buy a 1940’s or 1950’s vintage car and a place to store it in bad weather.
4. Set up a foundation/adoptionship program for our adoption agency — Crossroads
5. Add on the 2nd half of the second story of our house to create my dream scrapbooking/stamping/sewing craft room.

6. Five bad habits:
1. Biting my fingernails
2. Mochas from Starbucks
3. Blowing my nose really loudly
4. Snorking my nose to clear my sinuses
5. Snacking at night

7. Five things you like doing:
1. Writing
2. Scrapbooking
3. Hugging kids and/or dogs
4. Reading
5. Beading

8. Five things you would never wear again:
1. Peasant/BoHo clothing.
2. Mid-thigh shorts – even if my legs were good.
3. Clogs
4. Bikini – had one when I was 12. I hated it.
5. Bright blue eyeshadow.

9. Five favorite toys:
1. Computer
2. Digital camera
3. Playdough or clay
4. The dogs
5. Paper crafting supplies