1. What is your most prized material possession?
I really don’t know.

2. What item, that you currently own, have you had the longest?
The shreds of my baby blanket (going on 23 years)

3. Are you a packrat?
Yes.

4. Do you prefer a spic-and-span clean house? Or is some clutter necessary to avoid the appearance of a museum?
Ideally spic and span. I’m not a neat person though.

5. Do the rooms in your house have a theme? Or is it a mixture of knick-knacks here and there?
Pretty much a mixture right now.

OK… I’m a little late because of travel and health matters.

1. Explain why you started to journal/blog.
I needed an outlet for a lot of the things in my mind and a place to reflect.

2. Do people you interact with day to day or family members know about your journal/blog? Why or why not?
My parents don’t know. My father-in-law does and he reads only occasionally.

3. Do you have a theme for your journal/blog?
Meditatio is my “faith journal” but it really is my life one as well because my faith has quite a bit to do with my life. The Journey is Long has to do with my candidacy process and my graduate education.

4. What direction would you like to have your journal/blog go in over the next year?
Well… I’d like to keep it in one place for a while. 🙂 I’d also like to maybe write devotionals or something.

5. Pimp five of your favorite journals/blogs.
looking back… looking forward…. (a really happening UCC pastor in Canada)
Krissy (my duckie goddess)
Rhythms of the Seeker (my Lutheran sister-in-Christ and one who is insane in the same way as me)
Mikao’s World (a snail mail pen pal of 10 years)
And the Bride Wore Red (my hostee and Anglican sister-in-Christ)

It’s the Friday Five!

1. What did you have for breakfast this morning? If you didn’t have breakfast, why not?
Quaker oatmeal with cinnamon, raisins, nutmeg, and walnuts.

2. What’s your favorite cereal?
Special K and Lucky Charms

3. How often do you eat out? Do you want that to change?
Probably 5-6 times a month. I’m OK with it though I do crave Subway frequently. (It’s the only fast food I don’t feel guilty about eating.)

4. What do you plan on having for dinner tonight? Got a recipe for that?
Probably ramen and spinach salad with walnuts, feta cheese, and mandarin oranges or something.

5. What’s your favorite restaurant? Why?
Showgi (the sushi restaurant by my parents’ house) because I love their food. Chainwise, probably Olive Garden because I can usually find low-fat food there that is flavorful.