Category Archive: Friday Questions
Questions to Toot Your Horn
Isn’t this snow a hoot? I love it. So beautiful. I don’t think I’d love it as much if we didn’t have a snowblower, though. I do not have unconditional love for snow. Anyway. Today’s questions come to us from delightful Citizen Wausau blogger, Grinning Soul. Thank you so much, Lacy!
1. It’s time to toot your own party horn. What do you consider your greatest achievement of 2008?
2. As a prior employee of the retail/service industry, I do my best to be nothing less than cordial with those that must serve me. Have you ever defended a store employee that …
A Plate Piled High with Questions
After finally getting the snowblower to work again this morning, The Husband danced a jig. What a big pile of snow we got this week! Almost threatened to do in our holiday plans, but we persevered. I hope all of you enjoyed a bit of a holiday in honor of gift-getting day. Questions this week come to us from oldwoodchair. Thanks Terry!
1. I am lucky in that I have several Christmas tree ornaments from my childhood and also from my husband’s childhood…stuff that we have fond memories of hanging on the those big old trees of our youth, and we …
Five Questions In The Midst My Christmas Breakdown
This happens to me every year during the week before Christmas. Most of the other 51 weeks of the year, I’m a model of efficiency and organization. I know exactly where each member of our family needs to be and when. I know which items are the most important on my to-do list, and how I will get them done. I can quickly determine the whereabouts of my son’s missing Lightning McQueen, or pinpoint the exact location of my daughter’s other dance shoe.
But during this week each year, I turn into a crazy freak. I am overwhelmed by the constant …
Questions That Deal With My Time.
This is my time. Yuletide. Noel. The Holiday Season. Long, long ago, I adopted this time as mine. I live, eat, drink, breathe, hear, watch and wear this time. I enter it early and eagerly, and exit it reluctantly. I give it much thought. It gives me much joy. There’s not enough time in this time. I never waste this time.
1 Do you have any traditions (personal or shared) for the holidays without which, the holidays would not seem right?
2 There are lots of local holiday shows coming up: Central Wisconsin School of Ballet’s Nutcracker, Wausau Community Theatre’s A Christmas …
Questions From An Overprotective Father
I just returned from my first parent-teacher conference ever for my daughter, and it was a humbling experience. It is odd to see the child that you have spent the better part of 5 years molding and developing reduced down to a couple of strengths and weaknesses (not the words they used but that’s really the point). Overall, there were no surprises, but I was prepared to fight tooth and nail to make sure my daughter wasn’t unfairly criticized. Of course, I’ve already known for some time that I’m going to be a pain of a dad…That being said:
1. Who …
Questions that Jingle, Jangle and Jiggle
I know it’s premature, but I’m totally getting into the holiday spirit already. I’m trying very hard to resist putting up our Christmas tree so soon. After all, it’ll be the first Christmas when my daughter can grab stuff off of the tree, and I’m not sure I want to give myself another chore to be doing all day long, ie. keeping her away from the tree.
1. The cold weather has arrived. It’s not bitterly cold yet, but it’s still a shock. What activities have you had to halt because of the chilly weather?
2. I was singing Jingle Bells while …
Friday Questions from the Field
Our questions this week come from a serial CW commenter, oldwoodchair. If you would like to submit questions of your own, please contact Cheryl at Cheryl at this domain dot com. Thank you, Terry!
1. If a statue were built of you, where would you want it to be placed?
2. Is the “400 Block” a good name for the 400 block? Or should we come up with something more defining, like maybe “Indecision Square”? Other ideas?
3. If you could start over again, would you go into a different line of work? What is your dream career? Is it ever too late …
Back to Life after a Week of Fear and Joy
So, it’s Friday, the week of Barack Obama’s election, Dave Obey holding his seat, Donna Seidel holding hers, and Nate Myska making a very, very impressive first run. The blisters on my feet are healing, I gave back all the flyers from the back of my car, and I feel pretty great about the effort. On Monday when I looked at the maps, I had such a hard time finding a way for my candidate to get to 270 electoral college votes. It was so tough.
I hope personally that you took part in process. Next, we must all give blood. …
Post Birthday Party Questions
Thursday night at Malarkey’s was a great idea. I was very pleased with the turnout, though I missed seeing some of our regulars there. I’ll forgive you as long as you promise to try harder to make it to the next one, okay?The CW community is relatively diverse except in one regard: we’re all rather sarcastic with dry senses of humor. Get us in a room together and add booze, and this happens:
“What does an agnostic dyslexic insomniac do? Stays up all night wondering if there really is a Dog.” ”Wausau can comfortably support …
5 Questions to Scare the Bejeezus Out of You
Fall is my favorite time of the year. There’s something inherently romantic about the trees turning colors, the weather cooling down, and every day being jeans and sweatshirt weather. Halloween is just a week away, and then comes the slide to Thanksgiving and Christmas (or whatever holiday celebrations are had during this time). I always look at Halloween as the last hurrah for the tolerable weather.
Also, I seem to have heard something about Citizen Wausau having a birthday in October. I also recall something about a meet-up at Malarkey’s on Oct. 30…that being said…
1. I remember fondly my time trick-or-treating …