Such a Telling Survey

I read this over at Susan’s blog and realized it told soooooo much about myself. 

1. What kind of SOAP is in your bathtub right now? Ivory–just plain white Ivory soap.  I love that classic smell.

2. Do you have any watermelon in your refrigerator? No, but we’ve got about 50 in the garden that are almost ready.

3. What would you change about your living room? I want my fireplace to work so bad.  Maybe one day!

4. Are the dishes in your dishwasher clean or dirty? HA!!!  Dishwasher?!  In my dreams.  Maybe one day!

5. What is in your fridge? 2% milk, lots and lots of drinks (OJ, three flavors of Gatorade, flavored waters, SunKist, little apple juices, little chocolate soy milks, Diet Coke, Diet Sprite…need I go on?), deli turkey and cheese, baby yogurt.

6. White or wheat bread? White.  I know, I know, we need to eat wheat.

7. What is on top of your refrigerator? An old 1930s baby scale and an old wicker basket.

8. What color or design is on your shower curtain? ‘Nina’ by Pottery Barn (floral).  I actually have two shower curtains sewn together since it takes so many to go around our clawfoot tub.

9. How many plants are in your home? 1.

10. Is your bed made right now? Yes.

11. Comet or Soft Scrub? A special cleaner from our tub refinisher place.  I’m afraid to use anything else!

12. Is your closet organized? Organized chaos.

13. Can you describe your flashlight? Big and yellow.

14. Do you drink out of glass or plastic most of the time at home? Plastic.  It used to be glass at our other house, but now they take too long to clean by hand (I always leave spots!).

15. Do you have iced tea made in a pitcher right now? No. 

16. If you have a garage, is it cluttered? It’s cold and dark and small.  C.’s (barely used) Boflex is out there and a broken freezer.

17. Curtains or blinds? Wood plantation shutters.  Drapes/Roman Shades in 11 out of the 14 rooms.

18. How many pillows do you sleep with? Six.  Don’t judge.

19. Do you sleep with any lights on at night? No.

20. How often do you vacuum? I’m not even going to answer that.  My mother would be ashamed!

21. Standard toothbrush or electric? Standard.

22. What color is your toothbrush? Green.

23. Do you have a welcome mat on your front porch? Two actually.  I have a very big porch.  The lady we brought it from actually had a 12′ runner!

24. What is in your oven right now? Nothing except for something burnt on the bottom that should be cleaned.

25. Is there anything under your bed? A big tub of shoes.

26. Chore you hate doing the most? Putting up clothes.  I hate doing that with a passion of a thousand suns.

27. What retro items are in your home? How about what is NOT retro in our house: our couch, one of the living room chairs, our coffee table, and one of MM’s crib.  Everything else is 70 – 150 years old.

28. Do you have a separate room that you use as an office? No.   

29. How many mirrors are in your home? Lots of our furniture or fireplaces have mirrors, so let’s see…12?

30. Do you have any hidden emergency money around your home? We’ve got some change in a jar.

31. What color are your walls? Lots of brown–9 rooms–taupe, khaki, sand, etc.  Two light blue rooms.  Two light green rooms.  One 40s teal room (our parlor).

32. Do you keep any kind of protection weapons in your home? Yeah, C. likes to shoot skeet so we have more than a few.  Oh, and we have an 80 pound dog with 2″ long teeth.

33. What does your home smell like right now? Mr. Clean. The maid came two days ago!

34. Favorite candle scent?  Pumpkin Pie Spice or Buttercream from my favorite candle store, Juls.

35. What kind of pickles (if any) are in your refrigerator right now? Big kosher dills.  

36. What color is your favorite Bible? Maroon.

37. Ever been on your roof? No, I’m scared of heights.  But ask C. and my dad that question and they can tell you they are veeerrrry aqquainted with said roof.

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Do you own a stereo? Nope  

39. How many TVs do you have? Two.

40. How many house phones? One.

41. Do you have a housekeeper? Yes, and it’s the best money that I spend.

42. What style do you decorate in? Anything pre-1940s.  I especially love Empire and gaudy Eastlake furniture.

43. Do you like solid colors in furniture or prints? I have mostly solids, but like one good print per room.  I love our new chair’s print in the living room!

44. Is there a smoke detector in your home? Yes (two of ‘em) and I’m going to admit it’s only been up four months.  Yep, we brought MM home to an old house with no smoke detectors!

45. In case of fire, what are the items in your house which you’d grab if you only could make one quick trip? Baby (of course), dog/cat (of course), all my antiques (haha)!  I would probably grab as many old family pictures that I could–they mean the world to me, as well as the Grindley Malta ginger jar by Mama Grace gave me too.

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