How Would you Answer these Questions?

1. Name one thing that gives you great joy.
-My friends and family all together.

2. Which would you say is more important, being smart or being happy?
-Being smart, if being smart would preclude me from making stupid choices.

3. What is your favorite quote either from a movie or song?
Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans.

4. If someone bet you $100.00 that you couldn't go one week saying only positive, happy, optimistic things, would you win that bet?
No, but I'd sure try.

5. Finish this sentence. "Complete contentment for me is _______."
-Holding a sleeping baby in my arms. When my kids were small, I'd hold them for at least 15 minutes after they fell asleep.

6. If you could relive one day from your past, which day would you choose?
-Fourth of July when I was 16. I spent it at a park with a boy I was crazy about. We picniced, walked through the zoo, rode on carnival rides (he kissed me on one of them). And later, it got cold, so we watched the fireworks cuddled under a blanket. He was so sweet, and a perfect gentleman--DARN IT!!!!

7. When was the last time you cried and laughed at the same time and why did you?
-I can't remember, but it was probably at a funny movie.

8. Tell 2-4 things which you feel are valuable things you've learned in life in the past ten years.
-Don't move in with your son and DIL, no matter if they asked you more than once.
-getting old is a real drag, but it's better than the alternative.

9. Fill in the blanks. "I'd rather be ____ than _____."
-I'd rather be rich than poor.

10. Which one would you pick:

a: A hot cup of chocolate on a snowy evening in front of a fireplace.

b: A warm day by a lake having a picnic with friends/family.

c: A cup of hot cider and apple pie after a walk through a pumpkin patch.

d: Planting flowers and a vegetable garden while smelling the lilacs from a neighbors yard.
-a and b.