Tagged!

A. Attached or Single- attached for 32 years, almost, and counting

B. Best Friend- Bob

C. Cake or Pie- Pie - French silk!

D. Day of Choice - Sunday, even though it's too full and stressful

E. Essential Item - Bible

F. Flavor of Ice Cream- chocolate, plain old chocolate

G. Gummy Bears or Worms- um, sorry, neither

H. Hometown- Eustis, Florida (home is where hubby is)

I. Indulgences- chocolate, crocs, Pilot G-2 gel pens, waterbed

J. January or July- January (my birthday month and better weather in Florida than July, although July is no school . . . .)

K. Kids- four wonderful adult children (3 born to me, #4 married into the family), three grandkids, and a DH "kid"

L. Last movie I saw in a theater- Indiana Jones

M. Middle Name- Lucile

N. Number of siblings- one brother

O. Orange or Apples- (same as Lisa's)I like both, but I would choose clementines over all other oranges or apples

P. Phobias or Fears- speaking publically to adults/peers

Q. Quote- "Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children." -Walter Elias Disney

R. Reasons to smile- grandchildren!, beautiful weather, lunch with co-workers, days off with Bob, student hugs

S. Season- spring

T. Tag 4- Bob, Loni, my Mom (since she refuses to blog, she'll have to respond here), Trey

U. Unknown fact about me- I love classic movies

V. Vegetarian or oppressor of Animals- there's some judgment expressed in this wording, I suspect! I LOVE meat: beef, chicken, pork.

W. Worst Habit- procrastinating (i.e., laziness)

X. X-rays or Ultrasounds- not having much experience with either . . . I have to agree with Steph and Lisa — who would choose an X-ray over an ultrasound of your baby’s heartbeat?

Y. Your favorite Food- definitely chocolate!! Have you tasted Hershey's new Bliss Dark Chocolate??!!

Z. Zodiac - I don't do horoscope, so I won't go here. I'll go for zoo animal: giraffe.

Bonus!

For as long as I can remember, Bob and I have stayed until the very end of the movie credits. I think it began with my wanting to know where the movie was filmed (geography buff even then). Once in a rare while we're rewarded with a bonus for our patience. Tonight as we watched the credits roll, we were chatting about the empty theatre and how we're almost always the only ones in a theatre to do this and how we wish movie producers would wise up, that movie goers would more likely stay for the credits if they were rewarded with an extra bonus scene. A few years ago we stayed for the end of "Daredevil" and saw a surprise scene like this, an extra perk, a bonus hint of things to come. When this happens, we have an extra thrill that we've be given something others have missed.

Tonight it happened again. (Hint: if you go to see "Ironman," be sure to stay through the credits!)

Hmm, seems there might be a spiritual application to this, something along the lines of "he who is faithful to the end will be rewarded with a crown of life" (a very loose paraphrase of Revelation 2:10 "Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life.").

When the going gets tough or even when the road just seems long, hang in there. Be faithful unto death. The reward is infinitely better than the fleeting, shallow thrill of being one of the few to see the bonus scene in a movie.