Category: A Bit of Me

A Bit Of Me

SATURDAY
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Hosted by Danielle at There’s A Book

From her blog:
We all leave our “footprint” on the world, in one way or another. We each, individually, do something or are someone that makes the world a little better just by being here. I created this weekly meme to get to know the blogging community I love just a bit better. To know what makes them tick, outside of books, that is. Each week I will post a question to be answered in the following week’s “A Bit of Me(Me)”. Check back each Saturday to get the info for next week’s post and link up with your current post right here.
Because this weekend is Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-A-Thon, we will retreat back to book related questions for one weekend!

So, This Week’s Question is: How many books have you read in a single sitting? Or, how long have you stayed up reading a book, which one, and why?
Read more: http://www.theresabook.com/#ixzz11gEQyiPz
I was so excited when I started seeing posts about this weekend’s Read-A-Thon, until I realized that I would not be able to participate due to previous plans.  I will, unofficially, take part in between the “real life” commitments.

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I have been able to complete a book in one sitting but it doesn’t happen often due to “real life” interruptions.  I have also read late into the night because I just couldn’t put a book down, but learned that I would pay for it the next day when it is was hard to get my body out of neutral and had to struggle to keep my eyes open from lack of sleep.

HAPPY READ-A-THON!!!!!

A Bit Of Me

SATURDAY
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Hosted by Danielle at There’s A Book

From Danielle’s blog:
  We all leave our “footprint” on the world, in one way or another. We each, individually, do something or are someone that makes the world a little better just by being here. I created this weekly meme to get to know the blogging community I love just a bit better. To know what makes them tick, outside of books, that is. Each week I will post a question to be answered in the following week’s “A Bit of Me(Me)”. Check back each Saturday to get the info for next week’s post and link up with your current post right here.
This Week’s Topic:
Describe your dream home and where it would be located.My Response:
Read more: http://www.theresabook.com/category/a-bit-of-meme/#ixzz118CANiCp

If I were to daydream and money was not an object, my dream house would be something on this idea  LOL:

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OK..now back to reality.  We had our house on the market a few years back, just when the housing market was starting to go bust.  We had found our “dream home”.  Literally, an hour before signing the final papers, the sellers backed out.  Needless to say, we were crushed.  But I am a true believer in “everything happens for a reason”, we don’t ask why, just know that it is to be.   The house was quite big and it would have served its purpose for when both boys lived home but would have been much too big for just hubby and I now that we are empty nesters.  We have not given up on selling but when its right we will put it back on the market.  And now we plan to look at a ranch style house, one floor, closer to where hubby works and near the water.  And of course, a 3 bedroom house for when the boys visit and a good size kitchen and a library/office.  Someday!!!

A Bit Of Me

SATURDAY
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Hosted by Danielle at There’s A Book

From Danielle’s blog:
  We all leave our “footprint” on the world, in one way or another. We each, individually, do something or are someone that makes the world a little better just by being here. I created this weekly meme to get to know the blogging community I love just a bit better. To know what makes them tick, outside of books, that is. Each week I will post a question to be answered in the following week’s “A Bit of Me(Me)”. Check back each Saturday to get the info for next week’s post and link up with your current post right here.
This Week’s Topic:
Describe your dream home and where it would be located.My Response:
Read more: http://www.theresabook.com/category/a-bit-of-meme/#ixzz118CANiCp

If I were to daydream and money was not an object, my dream house would be something on this idea  LOL:

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OK..now back to reality.  We had our house on the market a few years back, just when the housing market was starting to go bust.  We had found our “dream home”.  Literally, an hour before signing the final papers, the sellers backed out.  Needless to say, we were crushed.  But I am a true believer in “everything happens for a reason”, we don’t ask why, just know that it is to be.   The house was quite big and it would have served its purpose for when both boys lived home but would have been much too big for just hubby and I now that we are empty nesters.  We have not given up on selling but when its right we will put it back on the market.  And now we plan to look at a ranch style house, one floor, closer to where hubby works and near the water.  And of course, a 3 bedroom house for when the boys visit and a good size kitchen and a library/office.  Someday!!!

A Bit Of Me

SATURDAY
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Hosted by Danielle at There’s A Book

From Danielle’s blog:
  We all leave our “footprint” on the world, in one way or another. We each, individually, do something or are someone that makes the world a little better just by being here. I created this weekly meme to get to know the blogging community I love just a bit better. To know what makes them tick, outside of books, that is. Each week I will post a question to be answered in the following week’s “A Bit of Me(Me)”. Check back each Saturday to get the info for next week’s post and link up with your current post right here.
This week’s question:
Do you have a job you just couldn’t stand or possibly one that you were completely embarrassed by (ie. funny costume, etc.)? Tell us a little about it.
Read more: http://www.theresabook.com/category/a-bit-of-meme/#ixzz10UF5JCaB
I started working at 15 years of age during High School and all through college until I graduated with an A.D. in the field that I had chosen as my profession.  Before graduating, however, I worked 2 jobs in 2 very vastly different environments at the same time, which now that I am thinking back to those years, I find it extremely funny how they were definitely at the opposite ends of the spectrum.  Most people who met me, at that time in my life, couldn’t believe that I would rather be doing what I was getting a degree in.  The other job definitely paid better but it just wasn’t what I wanted to do.  Matter of fact, remembering it all now, I would be introduced as this is Cheryl, she is a____!  Ok..kept you in suspense long enough?…..lol.

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I was approached to be a model for runway, photo shoots and catalogue prints by a well known retailer.  I did this for approximately 7 years with the stipulation that I would only work in the New England area so that it would not interfere with my education and it had to be within driving distance, in case I was scheduled the next day for my other job.  Lights, glam, hair, makeup, latest fashions, runways at night…………………………………….bedpans in the morning lol.  Besides the modeling, I worked as a Nurse’s Aide until I received my degree. 

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To many it was a choice they just couldn’t understand, how could I not want to live that life, a no brainer in which to choose.  But for me, it was too superficial, which I am not and there was only one choice, becoming a RN, which I never regretted but solely miss.  I thought that being a nurse would be the ultimate job, but then I chose and took on the responsibilty of the most important job of all:
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Now you know a little bit more about me, my jobs resume and my passions.  What about you?  Want to share “A Little About You” (link provided above)

A Bit Of Me

SATURDAY
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Hosted by Danielle at There’s A Book

From Danielle’s blog:
  We all leave our “footprint” on the world, in one way or another. We each, individually, do something or are someone that makes the world a little better just by being here. I created this weekly meme to get to know the blogging community I love just a bit better. To know what makes them tick, outside of books, that is. Each week I will post a question to be answered in the following week’s “A Bit of Me(Me)”. Check back each Saturday to get the info for next week’s post and link up with your current post right here.
This week’s question:
Do you have a job you just couldn’t stand or possibly one that you were completely embarrassed by (ie. funny costume, etc.)? Tell us a little about it.
Read more: http://www.theresabook.com/category/a-bit-of-meme/#ixzz10UF5JCaB
I started working at 15 years of age during High School and all through college until I graduated with an A.D. in the field that I had chosen as my profession.  Before graduating, however, I worked 2 jobs in 2 very vastly different environments at the same time, which now that I am thinking back to those years, I find it extremely funny how they were definitely at the opposite ends of the spectrum.  Most people who met me, at that time in my life, couldn’t believe that I would rather be doing what I was getting a degree in.  The other job definitely paid better but it just wasn’t what I wanted to do.  Matter of fact, remembering it all now, I would be introduced as this is Cheryl, she is a____!  Ok..kept you in suspense long enough?…..lol.

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I was approached to be a model for runway, photo shoots and catalogue prints by a well known retailer.  I did this for approximately 7 years with the stipulation that I would only work in the New England area so that it would not interfere with my education and it had to be within driving distance, in case I was scheduled the next day for my other job.  Lights, glam, hair, makeup, latest fashions, runways at night…………………………………….bedpans in the morning lol.  Besides the modeling, I worked as a Nurse’s Aide until I received my degree. 

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To many it was a choice they just couldn’t understand, how could I not want to live that life, a no brainer in which to choose.  But for me, it was too superficial, which I am not and there was only one choice, becoming a RN, which I never regretted but solely miss.  I thought that being a nurse would be the ultimate job, but then I chose and took on the responsibilty of the most important job of all:
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Now you know a little bit more about me, my jobs resume and my passions.  What about you?  Want to share “A Little About You” (link provided above)

A Bit Of Me

SATURDAY
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Hosted by Danielle at There’s A Book

From Danielle’s blog:
  We all leave our “footprint” on the world, in one way or another. We each, individually, do something or are someone that makes the world a little better just by being here. I created this weekly meme to get to know the blogging community I love just a bit better. To know what makes them tick, outside of books, that is. Each week I will post a question to be answered in the following week’s “A Bit of Me(Me)”. Check back each Saturday to get the info for next week’s post and link up with your current post right here.
This Weeks Question: Who is a famous person (dead or alive) that you most admire? And why?
Read more: http://www.theresabook.com/category/a-bit-of-meme/#ixzz0zscANLAE

Danielle also posts what the following week’s question will be.  So last week when I saw the above question, and my answer is the same today, I thought of just one person.  To some my answer might be corny or even questionable but it was and is my only answer.  I hope I don’t offend anyone with my answer but it was my first thought when I saw the question, it is my belief and feel that this is the only answer for me.  So to answer the question: Jesus.  I am Catholic and believe that Jesus died for us.  He has guided me, and sometimes even carried me, through some very difficult times.  For me, there is no one that I admire more. 

A Bit Of Me

SATURDAY
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Hosted by Danielle at There’s A Book

From Danielle’s blog:
  We all leave our “footprint” on the world, in one way or another. We each, individually, do something or are someone that makes the world a little better just by being here. I created this weekly meme to get to know the blogging community I love just a bit better. To know what makes them tick, outside of books, that is. Each week I will post a question to be answered in the following week’s “A Bit of Me(Me)”. Check back each Saturday to get the info for next week’s post and link up with your current post right here.
This Weeks Question: Who is a famous person (dead or alive) that you most admire? And why?
Read more: http://www.theresabook.com/category/a-bit-of-meme/#ixzz0zscANLAE

Danielle also posts what the following week’s question will be.  So last week when I saw the above question, and my answer is the same today, I thought of just one person.  To some my answer might be corny or even questionable but it was and is my only answer.  I hope I don’t offend anyone with my answer but it was my first thought when I saw the question, it is my belief and feel that this is the only answer for me.  So to answer the question: Jesus.  I am Catholic and believe that Jesus died for us.  He has guided me, and sometimes even carried me, through some very difficult times.  For me, there is no one that I admire more. 

A Bit Of Me (2 of 3)

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Hosted by Danielle at There’s A Book

From Danielle’s blog:
   We all leave our “footprint” on the world, in one way or another. We each, individually, do something or are someone that makes the world a little better just by being here. I created this weekly meme to get to know the blogging community I love just a bit better. To know what makes them tick, outside of books, that is. Each week I will post a question to be answered in the following week’s “A Bit of Me(Me)”. Check back each Saturday to get the info for next week’s post and link up with your current post right here.
This Weeks Question:
(Brought to us by Gwen from Chew and Digest Books): Do you have any other hobbies(not necessarily talents) besides reading?

Read more: http://www.theresabook.com/category/a-bit-of-meme/#ixzz0zA06YW53
Like all of us, who are members of this fantastic community, reading is definitely #1

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My #2 hobby is fairly new, and that is blogging,  I did not even know this world existed a year ago.

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     which hubby bought for me 2 years ago….not knowing that I would be attached to it  lol
And I also find enjoyment and relaxation while doing these: