Thursday, April 24, 2008

tagged

Well been sometime. And would probably continued if my wonderful daughter hadn't gotten tagged. and she got tagged by our wonderful daughter-in-law.

Have to admit that I'm feeling quite festive, being tagged and all. Think this is some new age kinda thing. One who is tagged must respond on his blog. Hell, I may even get a myfaceplacespace thingy. Then again, maybe not.

At any rate, here I go

What was I doing 10 years ago? Man, I cannot remember 10 minutes ago much less 10 years. We were living in Charlotte. Jennie was @ Auburn. Joseph getting ready to graduate from high school. I was working @ Suntrust (ugh) and Debbie @ Cedalion (tough). Mark had, or was getting ready, to ask for Jennie's hand in marriage (good boy!). Thinking about getting a new jeep so could give Joseph mine. I don't think we had traded that pig of a Jaguar as yet. Prettiest car I ever had but, man, what a piece of.....

5 things on my to do list today
1. run errands. My usual deal, grocery, bank
2. kickboxing
3. recover and this one takes care of the last 2

5 snacks I enjoy. anything that goes with Jack Daniels
1. pretzels and cheese
2. olives
3. spicy 3 pepper hummas
4. smoked salmon
5. baby carrots and ranch dressing (trying to get healthy)

5 things I would do if I were a billionaire...
1. give a bunch of $ to kids
2. give a bunch to my sisters
3. set up 2 charitable foundations. 1 for children (any purpose) 2. for children health
4. buy vacation homes. big enough for lots of visitors. beach house, ski house.
5. travel all over on a private jet. and do the cruising thing. visit Amara & Clifford in Phuket (will do that anyway)

5 bad habits...awww hell no. this could take some time
1. stubborn. pig headed.
2. road rage. guess Jennie does come by it honestly.
3. judgemental
4. eat way too much
5. there are those who say I drink too much. and to those, I say... see # 1

5 places I have lived
1. 3600 Abbott Martin, Nashville, TN (parents house. they still live there)
2. 2800 Abbott Martin, Nashville (grandparents house. lived in the apt over the garage which was subsequently remodeled)
3. Dallas, TX man that place was hot.
4. 605 N. Pine ST., Charlotte, NC 4th Ward. great neighbors. 2 doors down from AlMikes (a fabulous pub)
5. 432 209th Ave NE, Sammamish, WA. now this is the deal.

5 jobs I have had...
1. Davis Cabinet Co. Sanded bleach off furniture as it came out of furnace.
2. Repo man. First American summers during college. chased around front yard by a rather large woman carrying a kitchen knife while trying to get her son's car.
3. Investment manager First American
4. bond salesman, # of shops
5. sales Curtiswood Capital

there you have it. would reach out for others if I knew who had a blog.

Pissed offedness will return