Accent: Is there such a thing as Urban Texas?

Booze: margaritas, amaretto sours, and [blush] buttery nipples, but only if I’m feeling juvenile and ChaplainMom takes her Lactaid. I do love a good lemon drop, but truthfully, I almost never drink.

Chore I Hate: Mopping. I dislike the macro chores which take place over a large area. Give me a dirty sink in need of scrubbing any day.

Dog or Cat: Definitely cats. Cats don’t give a damn about me and I like a pet with ‘tude.

Essential Electronics: Laptop, PDA, and TiVO.

Favorite Cologne: The Gap had a scent called “Grass” several years ago that I loved. Chanel No. 5 is my hoity-toity fragrance.

Gold or Silver: Yes, thank you.

Hometown: Houston, Texas. Always will be.

Insomnia: Almost never, thanks be to the Intelligent Designer.

Job Title: reverendmother, of course!

Kids: C, aka little she-who-is, and M, the divine miss m—as you all know.

Living arrangements: me, R, the girls, and the cats in Comfy Suburban House with Untapped Potential.

Most admirable traits: Smart, determined, reflective.

Number of sexual partners: Pass.

Overnight hospital stays: Two nights for she-who-is and one for miss m. I also did about 10 overnight on-calls during CPE, ugh. Ugh ugh ugh!

Phobias: Large dive-bombing insects.

Quote: how about three:
I have no answers, but I have a lot of questions, and those questions have helped me to live better than any answers I might find. –Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen
To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world. –Karl Barth
You can safely assume that you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do. –Anne Lamott

Religion: Chronologically: Catholic, Baptist, Other, None, Presbyterian.

Siblings: One sister and two brothers, all younger. Each had some childhood catastrophe befall them that somehow managed to be my fault.

Time I wake up: 6:30-ish—whenever the divine miss m deems appropriate.

Unusual talent or skill: I can remember strings of numbers really well. I can also sing the peppiest of songs in minor key for comedic effect.

Vegetable I love: Okra. Pickled, fried or stewed, they’re little octagons of love.

Worst habit: Flying off the handle.

X-rays: Teeth and toe (I slammed it into the wall one New Year’s Eve while careening through the house).

Yummy foods I make: I made some lovely gingerbread the other day, using my friend Elizabeth Crocker’s recipe.

Zodiac sign: I am SO a Capricorn