Five Little Questions

Listing for Austin House

Tall Son said that he would live here if he were a "Keebler Elf."

Tara over at Design on Post sent five questions for me to answer:

1.  If you could live anywhere in the US, aside from where you live now, where would it be and why?

I would live in Austin, Texas.  Because my twin granddaughters live there and Lavender grows there.  Also, I want to live in the house, above.

2.  Who is your most beloved character from literature and why?

That would be Orlando in the book "Orlando" by Virginia Wolf, because of the variety of experiences Orlando had as a male then a female over centuries.

3.  What are your favorite and least favorite things about living in Houston and why?

My least favorite thing is the heat and humidity in the summer and even some "winter" days. My favorite thing about living in Houston is the variety of cultural & design activities in which one can participate.

4. You are given 5 choices…which would you pick? A chef, housekeeper, weekly massage, personal assistant, or driver and why?

I would choose a chef, but only if he/she also cleaned up the kitchen.  I'm a messy cook and I hate cleaning up after a me.

5.  If you could change your name (or could have at any point in your life) what would you change it to and why?

I didn't have to change my name, as Tall Husband did it for me, in a way: he calls me the diminutive (Annie) of my middle name (Ann).  He said that "Jo Ann" was "too regional."  You know, many of us have double names here in Texas, such as Betty Lou, Mary Ann, Tommie Fay, or Jo Ann.  When I was a kid in the Girl Scouts, every girl in my troop had a double given name with "Ann" as her middle name.