# 33 ILONA'S TRI-FOLD MEMES

Ilona, a blogger who calls herself True Grit has challenged me to respond to her creative version of a Questionnaire (May 25th) with tri-fold memes. I’ve never done a questionnaire thing on my blog before or even offered a 10-point list about me so I decided I would join in on this one.

3 names I go by: Roberta, Momma-Eye (as in ‘Momma, I need a new dress’ ‘Momma, I need something to eat’ ‘Momma, I need a coffee’ ), and when Hub is talking to me – that old nick name he picked up from the Muppet Show years ago – Sweetums.

3 screen names I’ve had – n/a

3 physical things I like about me: I’m tall enough I don’t have to stand on chairs, I can be a blond if I want to, I never get head aches.

3 physical things I dislike about me: I’m too tall. Feet are too big. And I hate the progress of aging that has me taking hours to do stuff I used to do in five minutes.

3 parts of my heritage: Scottish, Canadian, and Rhubarb Wine

3 things I am wearing right now: Two socks and one housecoat. (I am so wearing other things but the questionnaire only required three!)

3 favorite bands; musicians: Don’t have favorites. I like all types of music, all kinds of music, so much music that I can’t afford to listen to the same artist or band more than once. Too much music; too little time.

3 favorite (nostalgic) songs: “Autumn Leaves”, “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain”, and “How Great Thou Art”.

3 things I expect from a relationship: a sense of humor, honesty, and the performance of all chores relating to the care and maintenance of anything with movable parts (that includes me).

3 things in the opposite sex that appeal to me: emotional intelligence, an absolute understanding of all things with movable parts, a sense of humor

3 hobbies: reading, writing, playing Scrabble

3 things I want to do really badly: get a face lift. If no face lift then a cozy cabin overlooking an awesome view on the shores of an isolated beach where I can write introspectively without any disruption.
If a face lift – then participation in 20 more class reunions and 35 homecomings. How vain is that?

3 things that scare me: getting lost in large buildings, water, fire.

3 everyday essentials: coffee, pen and paper, a chuckle.

3 careers considered or that I am considering: Teaching (I still pine over the fact that this was not an option when I finished highschool), Talk Show host (either preceding or immediately following Dr. Phil), authoring children’s books.

3 vacation spots:
The previously mentioned cozy cabin on a beautiful lake,
A holiday trailer on the old homestead where I was born (I could write some incredible stuff if I parked myself there for two months),
A couple of weeks in Buckingham palace with my dog. My dog isn’t a Corgy, but D.O.G. (pronounced Dee-Oh-Gee quickly with a drunken-sounding slur – I’m not sure an English Queen could manage his name without first getting quite inebriated) loves other puppies. Even blue-blooded Corgies and even if the Queen can’t say his name right, I know my basset hound will love her irregardless! My good time would be the fun in watching D.O.G. having an exceptionally good time.

3 kids names I like: Little Dolly, Wee Babe, Little Big Man. That's because I can't remember names but I can remember faces.

3 things I want to do before I die:
Make two more patchwork quilts.
Publish at least one book, maybe the one that is finished but currently collecting dust on a shelf in my computer room.
Clean my basement (it just wouldn’t be fair for anyone else to have to sort my collection of fabrics, patterns, yarn, and thread).

3 ways I am stereotypically a boy: Zip – none

3 ways I am stereotypically a chick: I love shoes, fabrics and lace.

3 celeb crushes: This is a bit of an unfair question as it certainly dates me but for all time it will always be a much younger Paul Newman, a young Paul Newman, and that handsome rebel played by Paul Newman in his best movie - “Hud”.