10 for Tuesday

I'm at a loss this morning for material, so I thought I would go with the Internet flow (inspired by MamaFuss) and do a list this morning:

1. What’s the one thing you always do when you’re stressed?
Usually write a FB status update. And then complain to my husband when he gets home. And then feel bad because he's been very stressed at work and hasn't been complaining to me at all.

2. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever done for a friend?
A friend was having trouble with his car, and I picked him up on my lunch break and took him home. This in itself - not weird. But said friend lived 45 minutes from work for me. Then two days later his car was supposed to be fixed (although he didn't call the shop first) so I picked him up from work (on my lunch break again), took him to the shop and had started back to work when he called again to say that his car wasn't done and could I pick him back up? So I doubled back and picked him up but by then I had been gone from work for so long that I took him back to work with me and sat him at a spare desk (like a toddler, evidently) while I finished work before I took him home. Except that I couldn't take him straight home because my mom's car also wasn't working and she was watching my son so I had to take B to my house to get my mom and son, take my mom home and then I was free to take him home. First stop: Winghouse.

3. What cleaning supply could you not live without?
Febreze antibacterial. Is that a cleaning supply? Also, Oxyclean spray. A life (and clothes) saver.

4. How long do you plan on living where you currently reside?
The plan was to move before The Boy (age 2 1/2) started kindergarten, but everytime I think about having to pack and find a new place to live and put a down payment etc I start getting nauseous, so I think we'll have to see. Certainly before they start demanding separate rooms, because I'm not giving up my library.

5. Do you usually vote straight party, a mixture, or not at all?
Usually straight party, but I only vote in presidential years. Other years I forget there's an election until it's too late.


6. What’s something that you love to do, but seem to never make time for?
I used to love to write (short stories, poetry), but somehow I lost my passion. If I could find my passion, I think I'd find the time.

7. What’s your favorite store to buy things for other people?
It depends on the person, but probably Target.

8. What’s the weather like around you today?
My weather bug says 78 degrees, so I'm tempted to go outside even though it's so early because it's going to be hot with a side order of sweltering later.

9. What’s the worst book you’ve ever bought and read?
That's a hard one, but I would say when I got into Harlequins when I was in middle school because I read so much and they were so cheap at garage sales ... that was a dark time for books.

10. What’s the closest thing to you that is yellow?
Turtle's cradle