Meme it up!

I was tagged. Couldn't dodge and make it to home fast enough. LOL. Okay bazu, here you go......(I must admit, while composing these things aren't my favorite because I am a lazy ass, I do love to read everyone's responses :-))

What were you doing 10 years ago?

1997? Hmmmmm...... On a whim, I picked up Ingrid Newkirk's book, Save the Animals - One Hundred One Easy Things You Can Do from the library. I was ovo-lacto vegetarian at the time, for no other reason than I didn't really care for meat and I thought it gave me some kind of inner ethical cache. At that point, I really hadn't done any research or even soul searching as to my relationship with other species or my food. After reading through the book, I thought that I might just try to take it to the next step. I mean, how hard could it be to give up eggs, dairy and cheese? (Yes, I know cheese is dairy, but most of us know cheese, in the sense of giving it up, is in a category all its own). Also, until reading this book, I was not aware that there was a whole category of writing that dealt with the issues of animal rights, speciesism, and veganism and I decided to investigate some more. This led me to the writings of Pete Singer, Andrew Linzey, Erik Marcus and John Robbins. It was a revelation to discover that this 'movement' had a history, had leaders and had a clear path of organic growth, albeit with many offshoots. I really felt like I was on the cusp of something, discovering it when a significant upswing was taking place and that real change was inevitable. In the almost ten years since, I believe that real change is happening. Yes, we have a long way to go but I have seen real and amazing change in the last 10 years. It gives me hope.

5 Snacks you enjoy

• graham crackers
• hummus
• Edy's Lime Fruit bars
• Vegan Cupcakes Takeover the World - oh yea!
• salsa, guacamole and chips

5 Songs you know all the lyrics to

(Oh lordy, this is really going to highlight my dorkiness to the world!)

• Leaving on a Jet Plane (my brother, sister and I loved this song when we were little!)
• Sweet Baby James (hmmmm, I wonder why? LOL)
• Revolution Rock
• The Battle of New Orleans
• Be Thou My Vision

5 Things you would do if you were a millionaire

• He works very hard now. My husband would never work another day in his life if he didn't want to.
• Dream trips - North Africa, Tibet, Thailand, Vietnam, my list could go on forever.
• Give, give, give - charities, friends, family, etc.
• Own some property where I could have some animals. I grew up with a goat, Coco Joe. And I still miss him :-(
• Hire a running coach for me and my friends. Girls......we would finally be able to run a sub 10 minute mile! LOL

5 Bad Habits:

• Over eating and under exercising
• Laziness
• Slipping occasionally in my veganism
• I am not very neat and my house is evidence of that!
• Too self critical

5 Things You Like Doing:

• Cooking and baking
• Hanging out friends
• Running with Cosmo
• Reading
• Napping

5 Things You Would Never Wear Again

• Hiphuggers!
• acrylic nails
• big hair - yeah, I know I have big hair now because I have so much of it but I mean I would never, in an 80's way, tease it and make it bigger!
• earth shoes
• stirrup pants

5 Favorite Toys

We lived out in the country so we didn't have many toys so to speak. We didn't need them. We had acres of woods, animals, swimming holes, a barn and hayloft and trees to climb but I will give this one a shot.

• I had one of those dolls whose hair grew out of the top of her head. You could shorten it back up by cranking a knob on her back.
• My parents used to square dance. After they stopped, my sisters and I got all my mom's old petticoats and dresses and we used to love to dress up in them.
• Cards. We used to play card games by the hour during the summer. Canasta, gin rummy, war, etc. Also used to play a lot of Yahtzee.