Thursday, July 21, 2005
More quizzes
What I was doing 10 years ago: Just got engaged, just accepted a new position at a parish in Iowa, so I was in Waterloo, looking for two apartments. Also I had just learned my dad was diagnosed with terminal leukemia and had only a few months to live.
What I was doing five years ago: Getting ready to sell our first house and move to the country for two years in Eagle Grove in a parish without a resident priest. Anita had just bought me the first Harry Potter book, saying I was going to need something to occupy my mind in all the upheaval.
What I was doing one year ago: This was close to the time when Brittany and I went to Oceans of Fun. The new pastor had recently arrived and our turnover of clergy was complete.
What I was doing yesterday: playing bridge, going on a date with my wife, reading a bit of Harry Potter
Five songs I know all of the words to: you're kidding, right?
Five things I would do with $100 million: give about 20% to causes that promote domestic special needs adoption and assist children in foster care, go to Australia and New Zealand for about six months, design and build my own house, complete my collection of American copper coins 1793 to the present, then give the rest away after paying off all my debts.
Five locations to which I would like to run (or fly): Australia, Antarctica, New Zealand, Iceland, and assuming I had enough life support for a few weeks, the moon's north pole.
Five things I like doing: playing music with friends, playing games, astronomy, cooking, doing things with my wife and daughter
Five things I would never wear: anything polyester, cowboy attire, clothing with words on it, suspenders with a belt, sandals with socks.
Tagged: Lee at the Back Pew and anyone else willing to play along.
