I enjoy shopping for clothes and groceries, although it's time consuming now. :balloon:


GM3 reasons to live north of the Sun Belt, please, *lol* :| :blush: :eyebat:

Cooler weather, culture seems to be more liberal, prairies are rich with blooming wild flowers and deep blue lakes.

GM3 titles of movies you rank as the funniest movies you've ever seen?

A League Of Their Own
Gloria (remake with Sharon Stone)
World of Henry Orient

Sidebar: While these are not necessarily comedies, each movie has certain parts that tickle my funny bone no matter how often I've seen them..

Give me 3 books you'd love to read that later became movies.......

Money ball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game (by Michael Lewis), Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (which I'm reading for the first time, authored by Fannie Flagg), and .....HBO's Big Little Lies (by Liane Moriarty).

GM3 titles of movies you've seen recently this past summer?

– 13th
– I Am Not Your Negro
– Logan

Give me three books from any time period that should be made into movies.

1. Rosie Project & Rose Effect both by Graeme Simsion's.
2. House Girl by Tara Conkin.
3. Slices of Life (or any books) by lesbian Author Georgia Beers.

Sidebar: Nest, Girl Who Sew With Silk, Missing Reels, Paying Guests, Hotel On The Corner of Bitter and Sweet would all make excellent movies IMHO as well!

Give me 3 books that are on your "to read" list....

OMG, I just got two books today (from Santa!!!) That I plan to read after I finish 1) Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, and 2) White Palace, and 3) Philomena!!!

GM3 things your looking forward to in the month of October?

P. S. I would love to read the book Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. AND, if they ever make it into a movie, I would love to watch the movie, too! Thanks for the recommendation Homoe!

1. My daughter's 15th birthday. I've arranged a bi-plane ride for her around the lake area in the country. The plane is bright yellow and makes me smile every time I see it.

2. Tickets to see the outdoor play "Sleepy Hollow" the weekend before Halloween. They use a real horse to gallop across the bridge as the headless horseman arrives. So cool!

3. Spending more time with a very special someone.

GM3... Ways to show a good friend you care as she starts chemo treatments.

Katniss~~(Katzchen, I happened to eat lunch in Juliette, Ga last weekend at The Whistle Stop Cafe. The fried green tomatoes were great! If you are ever down this way lets go!)

GM3 things your looking forward to in the month of October?

1. Thanksgiving ( I'm Canadian )
2 Halloween ( I'm a kid )
3. Fall Colours ( mixed feelings, means Winter is coming )

GM3 of your best physical attributes ( aside from your eyes, your teeth, and your hair )

OMG, that would be such a delight!!! Thank you for the invitation!!!! Your birthday surprise for your daughter is absolutely awesome!! Is this your daughter who plays the cello, too??? I just loved your answers, Katniss! You're a pretty fabulous mother! :)

To answer your questions about how to show a friend you care, especially a friend who is going through chemo (your friend reminds me of my BFF who was just diagnosed with Lupus):

I'd say, because I've done this for a good friend who was going through chemo for breast cancer....at the time, my friend was 63..... I was just barely 32 years old): 1) check up on my friend often by dropping by or calling her by phone on a regular basis (2-3x/week, more during chemo sessions). 2) Take over small meals on the weekends. 3) Help her with household chores --- vacuum the house, dust, clean the kitchen and bathroom, clean the fridge (and take over juice or 7-up and small snacks like cookies or pretzels or cheese sticks, etc).

For Katniss, next time your here:

GM3 things your daughter likes about her cello???

My 1) legs and 2) arms and 3) hands ....(Bonus: I have long natural nails)!

For C0LLETTE, next time you're here: GM3 things you like to eat for your Canadian Thanksgiving meal??? :)

1. Canadian back bacon
2. poutine
3. maple syrup

GM3 bad ideas for Thanksgiving table decorations.

At a guess:
Union Flags
Music box that plays "God save the Queen"
A framed picture of last year's national gurning champion

? (NB: I have deliberately not looked up what Thanksgiving is/means to folks in the USA at this point. Yes, I am playing the fool, and walking briskly for the exit (to go look up 'Thanksgiving') before anyone starts throwing cushions at me! 8-} )

Uhh.. GM3 of your favourite scented flowers - which ones do you think smell best?

added in edit: Oh, so THAT'S what Thanksgiving is about. Fair do's, I reckon I'd be pretty thankful at getting safely across an ocean in the wee ships they had back then, having experienced what it's like on a much larger more modern ship!

1) Lilacs

2) honeysuckle

3) lavender

GM3 ways to make up to a friend in addition to apologizing?

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This is a great question...the answer depends on my
friends and their interests...

for my reading friends...spending time at a bookstore
yes, they still exist...and getting them a favorite book

for my artist friends...time to walk, talk, and going to
see favorite painter, and/or sculptor

for femme friends who are not of the above...
spending time doing something they enjoy...
usually shopping for something...thing is I don't
like going shopping but will enjoy spending time
with them doing something they really enjoy...

shopping for fountain pens is a plus

GM3 ways that you enjoy solitude?

Greco

1. reading
2. writing
3. reflecting on past occurrences in my life.
GM3 movies or tv programs you plan to watch soon.

That's a tough question for me to answer, but I'd say that when I go over to my BFF house, next time, I hope to watch:

1) Curb Your Enthusiasm, 2) Catch the new series on TNT (I forget the name if it right now, but I wrote it down on my list), 3) I'd like to see any movie based off of any novel by John Grisham. If there hasn't been any movies made from novels written by Chaim Potok, I'd like to see those movies too.

GM3 things you look forward to during the month of October?

Bright leaves turning richer color
Cool "snuggling" weather
Day trips

same question gm3 things you're looking forward to in Oct

Watching the tree leaves turn beautiful shades or yellow, orange and red...

Beginning new PT therapy with an therapist who specialized in recovering neural connectivity in muscles and massage work each time I go......

Having my eyes checked soon...my vision is deteriorating quickly, so any help with new glasses or whatever will be really helpful.

GM3 places you hope to visit soon?

1.Chicago
2.Chicago
3.Chicago
GM3 meals you have a craving for right now.....

Steak.....BBQ. ....Roast beef

GM3 Desserts you crave to eat, most always?

Ben & Jerry's New York Super Fudge Chunk
Rice Crispy Treats
Apple pie ala mode

GM3 books you want to read rather soon or soonish....:glasses:

I just began reading White Palace, next I'm reading Philomena, then....I dunno, maybe read the John Grisham novel again... The Painted House....which was So Good! :)

GM3 books you've read that were a total disappointment?

Go Set A Watchman.........(the lost Harper Lee original script)
No More Pretending.... Bette Hawkins (lesbian fluff)
You Should Of Known... Jean Hanff Korelitz

Sidebar: I must admit that She Should of Known would make an excellent movie however! I had hear someone opted the rights but haven't heard anything since.
Give me 3 movies on your list to see ASAP

1) Hidden Figures
2) Charlie St Cloud
3) Dan in Real Life

(I've seen all three, but I wanna see them again)

Please give me 3 movies you wanna watch soon, too?

Ya know, I think I'm gonna take a bit of a break from movies for awhile and get out and enjoy fall colors and in the evenings read more..........

GM3 items you think Santa should bring you for being such a 'good' girl/butch.........

1) a sweet little forget-me-not that makes me smile.
2) Pink fluffy Bunny slippers, to match my Easter Bunny Ears.
3) And.... :giggle: ..... take me out to dinner and to go have a good time in a park I've never been to, before.

Give me three things you think Santa will bring to you (no coal)?

:giggle:

1. Cleaning equipment...(dust buster)
2. Kitchen Items
3. Coal........(I know I've been a bad girl this year, I gotta pay the price now)

GM3 items you'll enjoy cooking now with the cooler temps

Roasts in the oven, pasta dishes, soups :)

Give me three things you like about your neck of the woods?

1. Rush hour is only when a ferry arrives or departs
2. People stop and help if you're in need.
3. Just like at Cheer's, everyone knows your name!


GM3 areas of your neck of the woods that you feel is gay friendly...

Oh,,,,,,, the "Pale Blue Dot" is getting smaller every day in the gigantic RED state of Oregon :blink:

I'd say that the upper sector of Northwest Portland is still somewhat safe. Hawthorne, definitely. Belmont, too. Of course, my work campus, thankfully is a safe haven of diversity and tolerance and even acceptance, so I'd say we should stop by there too, but on one condition :giggle: : I'll be in my Bunny Ears and Bunny Slippers and my shades, I may even sport an wig, and wear fluffy clothing, ok??? ;)

GM3 Books you hope to read during the month of October?

1. I'm in the process of reading The Racketeer
2. Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler
3. Unbelieable by Katy Tur


The NBC News correspondent describes her work covering the 2016 campaign of the Republican nominee for president and his behavior toward her.

Give me 3 things you hope to get accomplished by Thanksgiving.

Finish packing up some things that need to be packed.

Hope to enjoy and finish up two books by Thanksgiving.

Lose about 20 pounds. :)

GM3 things that you enjoy doing on a rainy day?

Opening a window so I can hear the rain
Deep cleaning (because I'm not being busy outdoors)
Watching a dvd movie with a cuppa tea

GM3 things you like to do on a sunday morning

Deborah

1. wake up alive
2. check the K-cup supply
3 run out and get k-cups then watch cnn sunday morning shows drinking coffee


GM3 high school teachers you detested

biology teacher
history teacher
chemistry teacher

GM3 countries you'd love to visit

Deborah

Ireland
Germany
Chile

GM 3 places you hate going in every day life?

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doctors offices
hospital
drug store



GM 3 of your favorite Christmas traditions ?

Opening gifts on Christmas Eve instead of Christmas Day.....
Shopping for gifts to donate to Toys For Tots.....
Going out to see a movie on Christmas Day.......

GM3 Ways you give back at Christmas time...

I'm not sure what I will do this year, but last year I made special meals for people who had no food, then gave meals to people down on their luck. Last year I gave away beautiful clothes I've had in my wardrobe, to people who didn't have a pretty dress or a warm sweater. Last year, I made cookies for people who live in my apartment building, close by, people who don't really have anyone who cares about them...so I made cookies for them and gave my time and energy to spending some time with them by getting to know them better.


That was a great question homoe, so I'll use it for mine too:

Give me three ways you give back to others, at Christmas time...