knowing me, knowing you - August

Because I was so late last month, I thought I'd get a bit of a head start on this month...only a week in!

A few months ago, Shan from Tales from the Fairy Blogmother started a new interview post. She invited everyone to play along each month. So here it is, the August installment of Knowing Me, Knowing You!

1. Would you rather swim in a pool or a lake?
Tough call. I think I would have to say an outdoor pool. I love being in the water outside, but I don’t like dirty water or seaweed. (The Columbia and Yakima Rivers aren’t too bad, but lakes are sometimes iffy. Blue Lake is awesome, though. We used to camp there when I was a kid and I loved it!) On the other hand, public pools kind of creep me out a bit, too. You don’t know where people have been, or how many kids have peed in the pool. I think my pool is my favorite place to swim. It’s clean, cool, and right in my backyard. It’s 21 x 17 feet big and 4 feet deep, so it’s not big enough to swim laps, but plenty big to float or goof around. Plus, it’s right in my backyard!

2.Where do you do most of your internetting, from a desktop or a laptop?
At home, 99% is done from my desktop. I have a laptop at school that I sometimes bring home, but not typically. My home computer is faster and has a GREAT monitor that’s nice and big and I can see everything. At school, 90% of my internetting is done on the laptop because that’s what the school has provided for me, but sometimes I’ll sit at a student computer in one of the labs because it’s easier than dragging my laptop and Ethernet cords all over the place.

3. What did you do today?
So far I have done a few loads of laundry, paid a bill that J needed to mail today, and looked at the blogs I like to read. Then I decided to get a few of my own blog entries done and have been sitting here for almost an hour working on several entries. I have yet to shower or get dressed – I’m thinking about staying in pj’s all day. Well, I’ll shower and dress when J is on his way home because we may go see a movie this evening. Other than that, it’s all about cleaning and laundry and blogging today!

4. Have you had enough of this cool, rainy summer?
The weather must be different where Shan is in Canada, because it has not been cool OR rainy here until yesterday. For the last month or so we’ve had weather in the low to high 90s daily. Last week we were in the 100s almost every day. Last weekend we hit 105 twice. Monday of this week was 98, Tuesday was 98, Wednesday was 93, yesterday was 93, but right now today it’s 64 and sprinkling. (To give you a comparison, yesterday at this time it was 88.) I’m actually looking forward to cool weather in the fall.

5. Chocolate pudding or butterscotch?
Both. More often than not I have chocolate, but I do enjoy butterscotch on occasion. My real favorite, though, is vanilla.