A closer look at your FV friends

**Lori Biever-Launder** · 10-02-2005, 04:15 AM

1. What is the biggest thing(not person) in your life right now? Trying to keep from getting full blown diabetes (I am on the brink).

2. What is the best thing about where you live right now? How friendly everyone is!

3. What is the worst thing about where you live? How housing prices are skyrocketing and how fast the town in growing.

4. Name a Person ( NOT a relative) who has inspired you? Eleanor Roosevelt showed me that I can move outside my comfort zone and help others.

5. What would be the best thing that could happen to you in the next 10 years?( aside from winning the Lottery etc.!)To be happy, healthy and have all my family around me.

6. What areas of your life are the most Frugal? Food and clothing.

7. What Material things do you find hard to resist? Cars with big block engines and jewelry.

8. What do you think is your best physical feature? I have pretty hands.

9. What are your personal strengths? ( non Physical )I am stubborna d will stick things out to the bitter end.

10. Tell us something about yourself that you have previously never told anyone at the FV I would have liked to have a third child, but am now glad I didn't.

11. If I gave you $100 right now that you HAD to spend on something just for YOU, what would you buy? New underwear!

12. What are your Current food fads/& fancies?Sugar free chocolate.

**SCDowney** · 10-02-2005, 01:06 PM

1. What is the biggest thing(not person) in your life right now?
I just quit my job due to severe stress, which is causing stress in itself.

2. What is the best thing about where you live right now?
It is close to work, college, schools, small town, lots and lots of wilderness nearby.

3. What is the worst thing about where you live?
The winters - about five months of mostly cloud cover, darkness, cold, snow and/or mud & ice

4. Name a Person ( NOT a relative) who has inspired you?
It is really hard to name just one, teachers and bosses as well as Ghandi, Mother Theresa, Jesus Christ . . .

5. What would be the best thing that could happen to you in the next 10 years?( aside from winning the Lottery etc.!)
For my kids to be healthy, responsible, caring adults and I have a country acreage with horses.

6. What areas of your life are the most Frugal?
Groceries, auto fuel, household needs.

7. What Material things do you find hard to resist?
Home decorating stuff, fast freezer foods from the store.

8. What do you think is your best physical feature?
Eyes, maybe?!

9. What are your personal strengths? ( non Physical )
I look at the bigger picture when dealing with a situation, am responsible, respectful, caring, and hardworking.

10. Tell us something about yourself that you have previously never told anyone at the FV
I get fed up with being frugal sometimes . . . am most likely over-doing it!

11. If I gave you $100 right now that you HAD to spend on something just for YOU, what would you buy?
I'd stock up on groceries, given that I just quit my job, or pay down the heating oil bill.

12. What are your Current food fads/& fancies?
Fad = OAMC cooking! and I fancy Skor bits - highly addictive!

**inneedofhope** · 10-03-2005, 12:57 AM

1. What is the biggest thing(not person) in your life right now?
Lack of time and $$

2. What is the best thing about where you live right now?
friends and family close by

3. What is the worst thing about where you live?
Not a walkable community at all

4. Name a Person ( NOT a relative) who has inspired you?
My friend Alba

5. What would be the best thing that could happen to you in the next 10 years?( aside from winning the Lottery etc.!)
Remarry and have more children

6. What areas of your life are the most Frugal?
my car

7. What Material things do you find hard to resist?
Books/magazines for myself and ds

8. What do you think is your best physical feature?
my "girls"

9. What are your personal strengths? ( non Physical )
Intelligence, perserverence

10. Tell us something about yourself that you have previously never told anyone at the FV
I'm the youngest of six

11. If I gave you $100 right now that you HAD to spend on something just for YOU, what would you buy?
clothes

12. What are your Current food fads/& fancies?
pretzels and dip

**hollyhill** · 10-03-2005, 01:49 AM

1. What is the biggest thing(not person) in your life right now?
Homeschooling and having no money.

2. What is the best thing about where you live right now?
Privacy and sunny.

3. What is the worst thing about where you live?
The washed out (long and steep) driveway and the hardpan clay soil.

4. Name a Person ( NOT a relative) who has inspired you?
Beverly, a dear friend who showed courage, faith and joy till the day she passed away.

5. What would be the best thing that could happen to you in the next 10 years?( aside from winning the Lottery etc.!)
MY husband gets a GREAT job.

6. What areas of your life are the most Frugal?
Everything. It is easy being frugal when you have no money.

7. What Material things do you find hard to resist?
It is easy to resist right now, but if I had money it would have to be used book stores and special plants for my garden.

8. What do you think is your best physical feature?
My smile.

9. What are your personal strengths? ( non Physical )
Gratefulness and easy going

10. Tell us something about yourself that you have previously never told anyone at the FV
Before I had children, I was an Entemologist and dreamed of working in the tropics.

11. If I gave you $100 right now that you HAD to spend on something just for YOU, what would you buy?
a good pair of runners and a pair of pants

12. What are your Current food fads/& fancies?
Japanese food and anything with Salsa

**heidip427** · 10-03-2005, 07:21 AM

1. What is the biggest thing (not person) in your life right now?

dh's health. :/ at 27, he's been on a heart transplant waiting list for four months.

2. What is the best thing about where you live right now?

my neighbors. we live in a very close small community.

3. What is the worst thing about where you live?

my neighbors. LOL. sometimes our very close community is TOO close (NOSY!)

4. Name a Person ( NOT a relative) who has inspired you?

M. Scott Peck

5. What would be the best thing that could happen to you in the next 10 years?( aside from winning the Lottery etc.!)

dh being healthy again .. my kids growing up as well-adjusted individuals.

6. What areas of your life are the most Frugal?

everywhere. our budget has zero room for a slip-up since dh has been out of work. my 204$ a week doesn't go far with a family of 8.

7. What Material things do you find hard to resist?

new books and real jeans (NOT stretch ones)

8. What do you think is your best physical feature?

my chameleon eyes (they change with weather and mood - blue, green, grey, violet) .. or my hair(that changes with mood too! i love having a neice in beauty school!)

9. What are your personal strengths? ( non Physical )

high stress tolerance

10. Tell us something about yourself that you have previously never told anyone at the FV

i know another FV'er offline .. but never realised it 'til I saw her avatar. Telephus44 (Sara) is married to the best friend I've ever had. LOL! I haven't seen her since just after high school, or him since I was pregnant with my first ds (7yo)

11. If I gave you $100 right now that you HAD to spend on something just for YOU, what would you buy?

if only on me? a new pair of jeans or two, and some winter boots. If I can share with dh, a down comforter.

12. What are your Current food fads/& fancies?

my favourite food is lindt white chocolate truffles .. although i'd probably kill for a freschetta 5 cheese and bacon pizza. but dh's homemade bread tops BOTH of those!