1. If you could visit any state in the US, which would it be and why?
Either Alaska, Hawaii, Delaware or New Jersey, because those are the only states I have to go until I have visited all 50 states!
2. If you could visit any country in the world, other than your own, which would it be and why?
Ireland, because I am Irish American, among other things. My sister and my parents have been there several times, and they have brought home such wonderful stories of how well they were treated, and how much they felt at home. The photos they took make me long to see this beautiful country and experience it myself.
3. Have you ever driven across several
states/providence/countries?
Many times, starting when I was a young teenager. My parents bought a used motorhome, and began taking extended vacations with all six of us kids. They couldn’t afford to take us on plane trips, but we learned early on the truth of the old saying, “getting there is half the fun.”
4. Have you ever visited someplace you consider exotic? Where was it?
When our kids were younger, my husband and I took them to Jamaica. We have also been to several other islands in the Caribbean on cruise trips. Puerto Rico was our favorite.
5. What was your favorite “travel” vacation? Why?
The time my dad had 9 weeks of vacation saved up, and we piled into the “Winnie”, and set out west. We went all through all the states west of the Mississippi, and saw everything we could think of. I loved it because it was like living “God Bless America”; “from the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans white with foam.”
6. Have you ever played tourist in your own home city/state (if international, country)? Explain.
My daughter and I take any chance we can get to take little “girl trips”. We will visit any city near us we can get a chance to, including once or twice checking into a hotel in our own city and visiting the sites.
7. Are you a museum visitor, beach comer or an amusement seeker?
A museum visitor, although what I really love are factory tours. I love seeing how things are made, anything at all, large machinery to food items. However, I never pass up a good beachcombing chance, and love the ocean.
8. What’s your favorite type of yarn?
Right now, it is either alpaca or a good merino.
9. What’s your least favorite type of yarn?
Cheap acrylic that “squeaks” when you knit it.
10. What items do you like to knit/crochet?
Shawls, anything lace. I am learning to appreciate socks.
11. What do you pack, knit/crochet wise when you go on vacation?
Not much. One small emergency project, a scarf maybe. I live in hopes of finding a great yarn shop where ever I go!
12. What other crafts do you do/would like to do other than Knit/Crochet?
Cross-stitch, some spinning, beadweaving.
13. Are you allergic to anything? (Yarn wise or treat wise)
I get migraines, so I can’t eat nuts and bananas. I am allergic to strawberries. Yarns, I get itchy from rough wools, which is why I like merino. Mohair is itchy, too, but I wear it over something.
14. What is your favorite color? Least Favorite?
I love all bright colors, I am a redhead, so I also like knitting with good redhead colors. I don’t like gray, and black.
15. Sweet or Savory (Treat not personality)?
Sweet!
16. Anything else we are forgetting to ask that you think your partner desperately needs to know?
I have a really wild sense of the absurd, very willing to try silly things. Life is kind of rough right now, so I look for fun where I can get it, like Virtual Vacation!
