Appetizer: What was your very first job with a paycheck?
The summer after my first year in college I was so proud of myself, because I’d finally found myself my first job. Being only eighteen years old at the time, I didn’t think it was at all suspicious that the job involved meeting at some central location and being picked up en masse in some unknown van to then be taken to some secondary location.
Fortunately my mom, in her infinite wisdom, recognized that this might not be the best thing for me to do (I believe the words “White Slave Trade” might have come up in our discussion), and she enlisted the help of my dad who then found me a much better job working in the marketing department of a local museum.
Soup: Did you ever lose something really important to you?
If we’re talking about material objects here, then I would have to say no. This would be due to the fact that I’m kind of obsessive about my stuff, and if it’s not right here in front of me in my line of sight at all times, I tend to freak out.
This can be kind of a problem when it comes to things with the ability to move from one place to the other on their own, like our three cats.
Salad: What is the best Christmas present you ever received?
Anything I’ve ever received from my husband. He is superb, not only at picking out fantastic gifts, but also at presenting them in very cool ways.
Our parents used to live across the street from each other (which is how we met), and back when we were in college and my Christmas gift involved his re-sizing rings for me, he hid my rings and created a treasure hunt with clues that spanned both sides of the street.
Another year, after we were married, he bought me the entire 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary. Because what is a better gift for an OCD word-nerd than something that contains every single word in the English language known to man up until that time?
Main Course: Tell about a favorite “hang out” place for you and your friends when you were in high school.
My friend Liz’s house. Her parents always liked having us over, and at exam times she, I, and our friend, Julie, would camp out for days in her rec room, which her parents then aptly referred to as, “The Cave”.
Dessert: Name something that always brings a smile to your face.
Me! And my goofy-ass way of looking at the world.
Dine For Yourself
Great Dessert! LOL
Great Feast – enjoyed it! 🙂
I like your Friday Feast – especially the last answer.
Thanks for stopping in.
Waving at you from New York.
Frances
LOL about your soup. Or when the *kitties* move things around. That *really* freaks me out!
Wonderful feast you served.
My cats do the same thing. They love to push things around.
Your dessert is too funny! You’re right, we should make ourselves smile!! Great answer! 🙂
Happy Friday and Happy Holidays!
OMG a 20 volume Oxford dictionary ! Did he want to send you to England and visit the queen ? You must have a beautiful Oxford accent by now !
Thank God for your mom’s intuition! Your husband is so sweet and creative. LOL at your OCD 😀 Happy weekend!
Hi Jenny. I really enjoyed reading your FF because all your answers were detailed and very interesting. Glad your parents were always there to guide and protect you from suspicious people.
You’re very lucky to have a very thoughtful and sweet husband. I love the idea of treasure hunting for your presents. Before I got married to my husband, he also created a fun hunt involving exciting clues until I found my present. One of the clues were balloons with notes inside. I had to pop the balloons in order to read the notes. It was very memorable.
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LOVE your dessert!!!!!
Nice feast. 🙂 Great salad and dessert. 🙂
Thanks for stopping by and have a good weekend. 🙂
Your husband sounds like a winner! Great feast and thanks for visiting!
Love your feast!
Mine is up
Great dessert 🙂 Thanks for dropping by mine 🙂
Hi, glad to meet ya!
I love the FF and am glad to participate…it really helps to make new blog friends…and I always say the more the merrier…come see me any time…Keep smiling!!
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Love your feast. Your hubby sounds great with gifts. That’s very rare in a Man. You’re a lucky woman!
Thanks for visiting!
Loved your feast. Your hubby does seem to know how to pick and present gifts. Lucky girl!
Thanks for stopping by for a nibble at my table.
Your husband reminds me a lot of mine. He love to surprise me and has done the treasure hunt thing as well!
I had an job like the one you described in your appetizer – although there was nothing shady about it… I lived in a smallish town and the insurance office was WAY out in the boonies where public transit didn’t venture. The company had all employees gather in town and then we all shared cabs out to the office. I was back home this past year and the city has grown so that what was so far away when I was younger is now in the middle of the new shopping district. Bus service to the office now means they don’t cab the employees in and out of town anymore…