I channel "Carnac the Magnificent" and answer your questions

For you young folks who are scratching their heads wondering what I am talking about: 

Once upon a time "The Tonight Show" was funny.  Johnny Carson was the host then and one of his most famous bits was Carnac the Magnificent.    If you have never heard of Carnac or just want a good nostalgia-driven laugh, click here to see an assortment of Carnac videos.  You could also try this, but I can't get the videos to start playing...maybe you can. 

Anyway - grab your favorite beverage 'cause this is a long one.  That is mostly due to Curious Vampy asking more questions than a Senate Judiciary Committee in 1996 (but sadly not 2001-present) but also because I just LOVE talking about myself (if you knew me in real life you would know what a total lie that is)   

Imposter Mom wants to know:  "If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live and why?".  Believe it or not...I love where I live right now.  It's far enough away from the city that I feel comfortable, but close enough that if I really want to get mugged, I only have to drive 45 minutes.  Oh - and it's a great school district.  My second choice would be Galveston, IN.  That's where most of my extended family is and we are all very close.  Besides, I could sell my house here and buy my exact house there with the cash that I would clear from the sale and not have a mortgage!

fivehusbands wants to know:  "When did you stop being a vegetarian?"  I was a vegetarian from 1987 to 1990 and then from about 1994 to 2000.  I stopped being one when I got pregnant with Prince #1 and could not eat enough meat - it was my biggest craving!

Rhonda asked:  "What is your favorite meal to cook for dinner?"  It depends on if my husband is home for dinner or not.  He doesn't eat fish or vegetables, so when he is working late nothing makes me more happy than a quick shrimp & broccoli stir-fry rice.  When I have to make food for the entire family, everyone's favorite is either my stuffed shells or my lasagna.  oh - and note to Rhonda:  next time you  leave a comment, check the link you are leaving....you are leaving out the "typepad" part of your URL and it doesn't work if someone clicks on your name to get to your blog

Next on the list of questions is Vampy.  You know what?  In the interest of getting this out before kick-off on Sunday, I'm going to skip over her questions right now and dedicate an entire post later today to that nosy little chick!

Lisamm asks:  "I’d like to know what you did in a previous life (before kids). "  I led a pretty boring life.  I managed a moving company for 9 years and before that I managed a video store and then a camera shop.  And that movie "Clerks"?  I truly believe that Kevin Smith must have been one of my customers because I was Randall when I worked in retail (and the customers were just as bad).  Oh yeah - and I was really really fat.

fightingwindmills said:  "My question is does your husband know about your blog and how critical of you and your rants is he?"  He reads it about once or twice a week.  I told him about my blog because I didn't want him to think that I had some "secret internet life".  The only thing he is critical about is that he is still teasing me about making the Wawa clerk cry and can't believe that I told people about it

FreeFromItAll had 3 questions: 

1. "I wanna know which end is up"  That one
2. "Why cats only throw up in high traffic places or places you can’t reach"  A better question would be "can I throw a cat in to heavy/high traffic and could someone reach them before they got splattered?"
3. "Is it -50 where you live?"  I get cold when it is 70, so anything below that feels like -50......and we had a nice little ice storm last night which resulted in me slipping and falling flat on my ass this morning.  My kids found it very amusing.

Jenefur wanted to know: "How long have you been doing WW, how much have you lost and how much till you get to your goal weight? I did WW a few years ago and enjoyed it, but can’t afford the meetings right now, so I may be stealing some of your recipes."  I kind of answered this in my "Why I suck and so does Weight Watchers" post, but I wanted to say this:  When I take Weight Watchers seriously and stick to the program (including torturing myself exercise) 100%, I lose weight.   The program really does work for me.  The problem is that there are a few things in my life that I am not willing to give up in order to be a Size 6, and wine and beer are 2 of them.....a shocker, I know!  I also look at it as that I am about 50 lbs less than my all-time-non-pregnant high, and that was because of WW.  I'm sometimes afraid that if I do stop going to meetings that I will lose all discipline and balloon back up to where I was.  Currently I am 14 pounds from what Weight Watchers says should be my goal and 19 from where I really want to be (when Brad walked around calling me "my Skinny Minny MILF" all the time)

So that was fun and should give you something to read while I tackle all of Vampy's questions.