A-Z Getting to Know You - Getting to Know All About You

[LobsterQuadrille]

Age: an old soul
Book you're reading: "The Tale of Castle Cottage" by Susan Wittig Albert and Alfred Hitchcock's "Stories to be Read with the Door Locked".
Chore I Hate: Mowing the lawn
Dessert I Love: chocolate zucchini cake! :)
Essential day start item: tea
Favorite author/book: "The Long Secret" by Louise Fitzhugh and "The Chronicles of Prydain" by Lloyd Alexander
Gold or Silver?: gold
Height: 5 foot something
Instrument: violin
Job Title: Data Entry person
Kids: none unless you count two kittens...
Living arrangement: with family
Most overused word/phrase: "like" and "wow"
Nickname: Vic
Overnight hospital stay: once, for cat scratch fever if I remember correctly...
Pet peeve: intolerant, ignorant people; any biting insect; stressful situations
Right or left-handed?: right
Siblings: one brother
Time I woke up: about 5:30 am. :(
Unique habit: unconsciously making weird faces when I'm drawing.
Vegetable I love: iceberg lettuce
Worst habit: junk food
X rays: dental x-rays
Yummy food made: spongecake and biscuits
Zodiac sign: gemini

[Carolyn F.]

Victoria says: Kids: none unless you count two kittens...

Pets count Victoria!

Victoria says: Overnight hospital stay: once, for cat scratch fever if I remember correctly...

I thought that was just a Ted Nugent song :)

[LobsterQuadrille]

Carolyn F. wrote: "Victoria says: Kids: none unless you count two kittens...

Pets count Victoria!

Victoria says: Overnight hospital stay: once, for cat scratch fever if I remember correctly...

I thought that was ..."

Ha ha! I was really young at the time, so I don't even remember most of it. I think it may have actually been an infected cat scratch or something...

[Helle]

A - Age: just turned 40
B - Book you are reading: Through the Darkness (Harry Turtledove)
C - Chore you hate: Anything to do with cleaning
D - Dessert you love: Anything that includes chocolate, preferably lots of it
E - Essential start your day item: Tea
F - Favorite author/ book: Terry Pratchett, Stephen King, Agatha Christie, Ellis Peters, Tad Williams and – limiting the list – lots of others
G - Gold or silver: Silver
H - Height: 1.69
I - Instruments you play: None
J - Job title: Manufacturing Engineer
K - Kid(s): 0
L - Living arrangements: Cohabiting with Gimli the cat
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: "zeg maar" (sorry, no idea ho that translates into English slang)
N - Nicknames: HelleBelle
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Ear surgery (twice)
P - Pet Peeve: I absolutely cannot stand it when people leave caps (partially) unscrewed
Q- Quotes you like: If the road is easy, you’re likely going the wrong way (Terry Goodkind)
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: One younger sister
T - Time you woke up today: 5:50 AM (but stayed in bed ‘till 7:00 AM)
U - Unique thing about you: Using my hands a lot in a conversation (friends actually made a dance based on my gesticulations)
V - Vegetable you love: Tomato
W - Worst habit: Nail biting
X - X-rays you've had: Wrist, cheekbone, teeth
Y - Yummy food you make: Lasagna
Z - Zodiac Sign: Taurus

[Carolyn F.]

Helle wrote: U - Unique thing about you: Using my hands a lot in a conversation (friends actually made a dance based on my gesticulations)

Are you on Youtube?

[Helle]

Carolyn F. wrote: "Are you on Youtube?"

No, they spared me that global embarrassment...

[Elizabeth]

A - Age:38
B - Book you are reading: 2 I'm reading right now are : Husk ( kindle), The Wolf's Hour ( nook), The Shunned House(have to start)
C - Chore you hate: doing dishes
D - Dessert you love: blueberry pie
E - Essential start your day item: 4:00 am
F - Favorite author/ book: 2 of my all time favorite authors are Clive Cussler favorite book of his : all of them, 2nd favorite author: James Rollins favorite book of his :Subterranean( its the first book of his I read)
G - Gold or silver: white gold
H - Height:5'3
I - Instruments you play: none
J - Job title: none
K - Kid(s): none
L - Living arrangements: live with my Mom and sister
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: do you want anything.
N - Nicknames: Beth
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: 2010 I had to stay overnight because of a high fever .
P - Pet Peeve: don't like it when people hurt animals
Q- Quotes you like: there's 2 of the: 1 is: your find magic wherever you look. set back and relax all you need is a book, and the 2nd one is: Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter ,and those who matter don't mind.
R - Right or left handed: right hand
S - Siblings:1 younger sister
T - Time you woke up today:11:40 am ( got up at 4:00 am but after that I went back to bed)
U - Unique thing about you: how shy and quiet I am
V - Vegetable you love: green pepper
W - Worst habit: mild depression and anxiety its hard to believe in myself.
X - X-rays you've had: had to get my right ankle looked at last year.
Y - Yummy food you make: chili
Z - Zodiac Sign: Leo

[Carolyn F.]

Husk looks good Elizabeth.

I heard somewhere on Goodreads that Barnes & Noble isn't selling e-books anymore. Is that true?

[Sarah]

A - Age: 32
B - Book you are reading: I am listening to Nemesis and reading Morning Star
C - Chore you hate: Any yard work!
D - Dessert you love: Butter Tarts
E - Essential start your day item: Tea I must have tea!
F - Favorite author/ book: And Then There Were None and anything by Nora Roberts
G - Gold or silver: Silver
H - Height: 5 feet
I - Instruments you play: none
J - Job title: Customer Service Rep
K - Kid(s): 0
L - Living arrangements: live with sister and nephew
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: dude
N - Nicknames: Marsha and Myna
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Had my tonsils out with I was 6.
P - Pet Peeve:
Q- Quotes you like: "We're all stories, in the end" Steven Moffat
"yes, books are like flypapers. Memories cling to the printed page better than anything else." Cornelia Funke
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: 3 younger sisters
T - Time you woke up today: 5:20 am
U - Unique thing about you: very shy and quiet till you get to know me!
V - Vegetable you love: mushrooms
W - Worst habit: being a worry wart
X - X-rays you've had: dental and foot
Y - Yummy food you make: potato soup
Z - Zodiac Sign: Gemini

[Kirsten]

A - Age: 50
B - Book you are reading: I am listening to The Guns of August and reading Leaving Time
C - Chore you hate: Dusting!
D - Dessert you love: Creme brulee (aka burnt creme)
E - Essential start your day item: coffee and NPR news.
F - Favorite author/ book: Jane Eyre and the In Death series by J.D. Robb
G - Gold or silver: Silver
H - Height: 5 feet 3 inches
I - Instruments you play: clarinet (lapsed)
J - Job title: Secretary (unemployed, on disability)
K - Kid(s): 0
L - Living arrangements: live in my mother's basement
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: literally
N - Nicknames: Kirsti, what's-her-name #1
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Hysterectomy in my 30s.
P - Pet Peeve: reality tv programming; people that take sarcasm seriously
Q- Quotes you like: "If coincidences are just coincidences, why do they feel so contrived?" -- Fox Mulder, The X-Files.
R - Right or left handed: Mostly Right
S - Siblings: Used to have 2 younger sisters and 1 younger brother, now I have 1 younger sister and 2 younger brothers.
T - Time you woke up today: 4:30 am
U - Unique thing about you: I love Godzilla movies!
V - Vegetable you love: broccoli
W - Worst habit: bite my fingernails
X - X-rays you've had: big toe
Y - Yummy food you make: cook? me?
Z - Zodiac Sign: Pisces

[Aušrinė]

A - Age: 25
B - Book you are reading: Ar turi alibi? Detektyvinės istorijos Do you have an Alibi? Detective stories created by schoolchildren of Lithuania.
C - Chore you hate: cleaning dust
D - Dessert you love: Milk shake!
E - Essential start your day item: a wrist watch
F - Favorite author/ book: Agatga Christie, Rowling Joanne K, Dan Brown, Haruki Murakami and probably some more. Don't ask for the favourite book, it's too difficult to choose!
G - Gold or silver: silver
H - Height: no idea. I keep telling result of the last measurement in school, which was 168 cm, but probably I am shorter.
I - Instruments you play: none
J - Job title: Junior Project Researcher
K - Kid(s): none
L - Living arrangements: alone in a dormitory room with two guys in the next room
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Lithuanian words "tai" and "o". The closest meanings are "that" and "and". I start most of my sentences with one of these, even though it is unnecessary.
N - Nicknames: none what I know
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: something like a week as a child in ophthalmology clinic to make my eye sight better.
P - Pet Peeve: someone putting stuff not the way it used to be before they took it.
Q- Quotes you like: the one about life as a chocolate box. Most people refer to it as being from Forrest Gump movie, but I know it from Haruki Murakami book.
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: one sister
T - Time you woke up today: 7 am
U - Unique thing about you: I am physicist and materials scientist with an artistic twist
V - Vegetable you love: radish, tomato
W - Worst habit: being on GoodReads while I should be working?
X - X-rays you've had: chest
Y - Yummy food you make: pasta with chicken and pesto sauce
Z - Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

[Carolyn F.]

Sarah wrote: "D - Dessert you love: Butter Tarts; Y - Yummy food you make: potato soup"

I've never even heard of Butter Tarts, I'll have to see what they are. And I love, love, love potato soup!

[Carolyn F.]

Kirsten *Dogs Welcome - People Tolerated" wrote: "S - Siblings: Used to have 2 younger sisters and 1 younger brother, now I have 1 younger sister and 2 younger brothers."

Now I'm sure there's a long story to go with that.

[Carolyn F.]

Aušrinė wrote: "H - Height: no idea. I keep telling result of the last measurement in school, which was 168 cm, but probably I am shorter."

I'm about 1-1/2 inches shorter than I was in high school - but then I'm a lot older.

Aušrinė wrote: Q- Quotes you like: the one about life as a chocolate box. Most people refer to it as being from Forrest Gump movie, but I know it from Haruki Murakami book.

I had read that Forrest Gump quote was only in the movie not in the book so maybe it was "borrowed".

[Carla]

A - Age: 33
B - Book you are reading: Heidi by Joahnna Spyri
C - Chore you hate: Cleaning the house
D - Dessert you love: mint and chocolate ice cream
E - Essential start your day item: coffee
F - Favorite author/ book: Jane Austen and Agatha Christie
G - Gold or silver: silver
H - Height: 172 cm
I - Instruments you play: none
J - Job title: educational assistant and sometimes life savior
K - Kid(s): none
L - Living arrangements: parents
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: "seriously?!"
N - Nicknames: Carlita, Carlota or "sweetiee" by my boyfriend
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: I can't remember
P - Pet Peeve: ??
Q- Quotes you like: “It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them." (AChristie)
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: none
T - Time you woke up today: 9.30 am
U - Unique thing about you: I think everyone is unique
V - Vegetable you love: sweet potato
W - Worst habit: nagging
X - X-rays you've had: chest
Y - Yummy food you make: brownies
Z - Zodiac Sign: Gemini