It’s Answer Me This time again!

1. What do you still want to do this summer?

With school starting tomorrow here (yes, I know that is ridiculous), summer is effectively over for us.  Before the end of summer by the actual calendar, I’d like to take the kids to Dollywood, at least.

Lorelei at Dollywood last Fall

2. What’s your favorite kind of pie?

I don’t know how to begin to answer that!  First thing you need to know about me is that I am known for my pies.  Although we haven’t done it in years, we used to have a yearly Harvest Party at which we served pie, pie, and more pie, all made from scratch, crust and all, by me.  I made 30 or more and we invited everyone we knew.  I would make pumpkin, sweet potato, pecan, apple, and combination pies.  Oh, and did I mention that the pumpkin pies were made from ACTUAL PUMPKINS, not the canned stuff?  I must have been stark raving mad.

Anyway, I love all those pies.  But I also love lemon meringue pie, and key lime pie, and the chocolate pie my mother makes, and various berry pies.  I don’t think I can name a favorite, honestly.

Pumpkin pies from last Thanksgiving

3. How much sleep do you need each day? How much do you get?

This summer, I’ve set my alarm for 8:30, which means I’ve gotten at least seven hours a night and sometimes more.  During the school year I typically get six.  I haven’t needed to nap this summer, so I’d say I should be shooting for at least seven every night.

4. Do you prefer to swim in a pool, lake, river, or ocean?

I’ve never really swum (Is that right?  It looks so wrong.) in a lake or a river.  I enjoy the ocean occasionally but I don’t like sand and also I’m scared of the ocean.  So I prefer the pool.

Lorelei’s first swim of the summer

5. Do you know any poems by heart?

I’m an English major, so yes.  🙂  And I’ve blogged about this topic before, which you can see here.

6. Do you use the public library?

Every summer I go to the library the first week or so, and invariably at some point, despite the VERY BEST of intentions (hello, Road to Hell) I don’t turn them in on time and end up with so many fines that I can’t use my card (or Lorelei’s, or William’s) until I either pay them down or (what I actually do) wait until I can clear them by bringing cans of food for the hungry or school supplies for underprivileged kids.  It’s terrible, because I really do love the library.  We used to live within walking distance of one, and we walked there weekly in the summer for story time, summer reading, and playing in the park out front.

For more fun, check out the rest of the linkup at Catholic All Year.