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Re: What’s your best travel tip?

Joanne — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:54:24 -0000

Good music. I'm currently listening to the music from the musical 'Wicked' when I'm in the car. I love it.

Re: What do you do to promote your own happiness?

Joanne — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:47:01 -0000

I remind myself not to feel guilty when I do something that I enjoy but doesn't seem productive, such as sitting down with a cup of coffee and a book.

Re: What do you want to be thanked for?

Joanne — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:08:10 -0000

Kristin, this is almost exactly the same answer I was going to write. I hate housework yet I'm the only person in my house who ever does any tidying up, and I rarely get thanked for it. Unlike you however, I do get irritated! Maybe I should work on letting that irritation go.

Re: What is the sound of your voice?

Joanne — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:38:36 -0000

My voice lets people know where I am from by my accent. It is quiet and fast. People often have to ask me to repeat myself.

Re: What are your favourite blogs or websites?

Joanne — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:50:26 -0000

http://www.happiness-project.com/
I've been reading this for a few months now, and have picked up some great tips for living with happiness in mind.

Re: What are you anticipating?

Joanne — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:25:57 -0000

I've just sent my first short story to a magazine for consideration. I'm anticipating getting a reply. I'd love for it to be published, but just finishing it and sending it off was a huge step.

Re: What are you anticipating?

Joanne — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:28:17 -0000

Thanks Traci. Actually the reply came back today, and it was a rejection. My first rejection! I'm a real writer! I will take your advice and send it straight back out again.

Re: What’s the best workshop or course you ever took?

Joanne — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:50:29 -0000

'Approaching Literature,' an Open University course. I always wanted to study English Literature but let myself be steered away from it when I was younger because it wasn't 'useful' enough. I'm saving up for my next course, 'The Nineteenth Century Novel.' Can't wait!

Re: What would be your last meal and with whom would you share it?

Joanne — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:52:21 -0000

Roast chicken and mashed potato. Shared with my husband, son and sisters.

Re: How do you fall in love with the world?

Joanne — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:18:29 -0000

By lying under a tree and gazing up through its branches. It's taken me ages to think of an answer to this question, I was beginning to think that I wasn't in love with the world at all!

Re: How do you fall in love with the world?

Joanne — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:29:55 -0000

Yes, I was worried you'd think I'd just copied your answer until I saw we'd answered simultaneously!
I remember being in Kew Gardens, trying to walk off a broken heart. I gave up walking and lay down on a bench underneath a magnificent spreading tree. I just looked up through the branches and felt so much better.

Re: What are your favourite natural remedies?

Joanne — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:24:05 -0000

A hot toddy when I have a cold - whiskey, hot water, lemon juice and honey.

Re: What do you regret?

Joanne — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:15:17 -0000

I should've studied English Literature at college instead of Business Studies. And I regret not enjoying my 20s more, I was too nervous and timid.

Re: What is your biggest indulgence?

Joanne — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:47:07 -0000

I find indulging myself very difficult, I tend to feel guilty. I would have to say sleep is probably my biggest indulgence. I love to go to bed early, read for a little while, then drift off. It counts as an indulgence and not a necessity because sometimes I go to bed when I'm not tired and when I've a million things to do.

Re: What is your big, audacious dream for yourself?

Joanne — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:43:48 -0000

To earn my living through writing novels. To have a house by the sea, with a porch where I can sit and watch the sun go down.

Re: What is your big, audacious dream for yourself?

Joanne — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:08:01 -0000

Certainly you may. I wonder what it is about the sea that it figures so large in so many people's dreams?

Re: What is your big, audacious dream for yourself?

Joanne — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:10:26 -0000

For me it would be the north east coast of England. A bit rugged, a bit wild and a bit cold, but so beautiful.

Re: What’s your favourite magazine?

Joanne — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:22:08 -0000

I subscribe to Vogue and Vanity fair - pure escapism. My husband gets SFX, a magazine about science fiction tv, film and books, and Empire, a film magazine, and I enjoy reading both of them.

Re: What would you like to revolutionize?

Joanne — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:24:16 -0000

I would like to revolutionise the way people shop, persuading them to shop locally at independent shops rather than big supermarkets and shopping malls. As well as being good for the environment, it also engenders a sense of community that I'm afraid we are in danger of losing.

Re: If you believed you were enough, what would you do differently?

Joanne — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:53:03 -0000

I would entertain, big parties and dinners. I wouldn't be afraid to invite people I don't know well, but want to know better.

Re: If you believed you were enough, what would you do differently?

Joanne — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:21:44 -0000

Tamara, I really identify with your comment about playing with your daughter. I do exactly the same thing and try to get housework done first and play second. My son starts school full time in September and I'm regretting the time that I didn't spend with him when I had the chance.

Re: How do you want to feel today?

Joanne — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:52:51 -0000

I want to feel powerful, in mind and body.

Re: What are the best Inspirational or “Personal Growth” books you’ve read?

Joanne — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:36:11 -0000

'Women who run with wolves' is one that I read regularly. Love it.

Re: What are the best Inspirational or “Personal Growth” books you’ve read?

Joanne — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:40:47 -0000

I've never heard of the Enneagram, it sounds interesting. Are Don Richard Riso's books a good place to start?

Re: What are the best Inspirational or “Personal Growth” books you’ve read?

Joanne — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:41:45 -0000

'Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway' by Susan Jeffers. An oldie but a goodie.

Re: What would you like your home to say about you?

Joanne — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:18:21 -0000

I want my home to be a friendly, welcoming place where people feel comfortable. I also would like it to reflect that I am an organised, capable, successful person. I think I've got the first, but definitely have a long way to go for the second.

Re: What’s your beauty dilemma?

Joanne — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:51:52 -0000

This is my dilemma as well. I'll try saltwater. Do you wash your hair in it, or just rinse after shampooing?

Re: What’s your beauty dilemma?

Joanne — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:52:30 -0000

Gok is wonderful. He's such a cheerleader for women accepting, and learning to love, the way they look.

Re: How would you spend your last $20?

Joanne — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:11:40 -0000

This question is a bit close to home for me at the moment, so I'm going to have to go practical! I'd buy as much food as I could for $20.

Re: How would you spend your last $20?

Joanne — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:02:03 -0000

Thank you for the thought anyway Joannie! I know we'll be fine, just going through a tough patch at the moment. My husband has just set up a new business, and of course it takes some time to become established. And I have to give thanks for the fact that I live in a country (UK) which has a safety net, so nobody needs to go without the essentials. Imagine living in a country where no money is the difference between life and death. I'm very lucky.

Re: How would you spend your last $20?

Joanne — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:04:45 -0000

Did your mum enjoy her high tea? What a lovely story. I wish that I was braver about money, but I have a real dread of destitution, which is bizarre, because as I said before, I never will be destitute. A past life memory perhaps? But I'll think about this and try and pluck up the courage to give more away.

Re: What kind of clutter is in your life?

Joanne — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:18:04 -0000

I would have to agree with a few others here that the clutter in my head is worse than the clutter in my house (and that is saying something!) I'm a worrier.

Re: What’s your favorite eco-friendly habit?

Joanne — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:32:30 -0000

I love taking our recycling to the recycling centre, simply because my 4 year old loves it so much. It's a big treat for him, sorting out the bottles and pushing them into the bin.

Re: If you suddenly inherited $10,000, what would you do with it?

Joanne — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:19:39 -0000

I would take $5,000 off our mortgage and the rest I would spend on landscaping our garden.

Re: What is your favorite fiction book?

Joanne — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:56:18 -0000

'Amanda and the Eleven Million Mile High Dancer' by Carol Hill. It's about a physicist and astronaut Amanda. She's a free spirit and raises a few eyebrows at NASA. It's science fiction, ghost story and love story all in one.

Re: What is your favorite fiction book?

Joanne — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:58:38 -0000

The Kite Runner is a wonderful book. It was so vividly written and gave an insight into a society that I didn't know much about. But it was so sad. I don't think I've ever been as upset by a book as I was by that one.

Re: What is your favorite fiction book?

Joanne — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:00:05 -0000

Gone with the Wind is one of my favourites as well. I've never seen the film, but have re-read the book a few times.

Re: What is your favorite fiction book?

Joanne — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:51:38 -0000

There's a show on tv in the UK at the moment called 'Lost in Austen.' It is about a young woman called Amanda who discovers Elizabeth Bennett in her bathroom one day. The pair swap places and Amanda finds herself living in the Bennetts household and meeting Bingley, Darcy etc. There's only been one installment so far, but it looks promising.

Re: What is something completely luxurious that you dream of owning?

Joanne — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:59:47 -0000

A car and driver, available 24/7.