Rebecca tagged me with the “11 Things About Me” meme.  Must be my lucky day.  It has been a rainy day, so I’ve spent some time carefully considering answers and preparing this post.   (Between naps that is. :lol:)

Rules:

# 1 – You must post these rules.
# 2 – You must post 11 things about yourself.
# 3 – You must answer the questions from the tagger AND post 11 new questions for the people you tag to answer.
# 4 – You must choose 11 people to tag and link them on the post. Let them know they’ve been tagged! Don’t tag back the blog that tagged you.

11 Things About Me:

1. My eyes are brown.
2. My hair (what little is left) used to be brown.  (Those are not coffee stains in my beard.)
3. I have three sisters—all younger.
4. Sylvia and I met when we were in high school.  (Different schools)
5. We’ve been married for over 50 years.  (Yes!  I’d do it again.)
6. We have two sons.
7. At times, we have called Michigan, Connecticut, Costa Rica and Ecuador home.
8. I have been a ham radio operator for over 50 years.
9. I have been interviewed on TV in Europe and Africa (both in Spanish).
10. I retired 11 years ago.
11. Eleven generations ago (1634) Richard Hutchinson came to America, bringing the first plow with him.  I am directly descended from him.

11 Questions From Rebecca:

1. What is the best food on a hot summer day?
Potato salad

2. If you had an extra room in your house, how would you use it?
Already have that “extra” room and it serves us as an office

3. What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?
Guinea pig (Cuy in Spanish) and some other stuff in rural Ecuador and I have no idea what it was

4. What do you remember about your first day of school?
Nothing, but in kindergarten I do remember being sent to the closet for non-stop talking and I sat on the basketball while I waited release

5. What Olympic sport would you like to try?
Shooting, even if they means I’d have to ski too

6. Do you prefer sunrises or sunsets? Why?
Sunsets, because I’m awake and rest will follow

7. Where is the farthest you have ever traveled?
By distance it is Bologna, Italy.  By culture it could be Morocco, but it could also be a village in Ecuador where we had to walk a long way after the road stopped.

8. Have you ever been mentioned in the newspaper?
Yes.  I was in grade school when the neighbor’s barn burned to the ground.  The picture I took was featured in the local newspaper.  Later there were engagement and wedding announcements.  After that, I’m not sure.  (It’s not really important.)

9. What do you miss from your childhood?
Sitting on the screened porch on warm evenings

10. Share a favorite picture of yourself (or, if you don’t want to use a self photo, use any photo you like), and tell us about it.

This is never going to happen! If you get one, don't try to spend it.

11. What habit would you like to be able to break?
Accepting invitations to participate in memes?

Now, it’s my turn.  I tag you.  (Sorry, I’m not very good at this part.)  There are a few of you whom I hope will respond.

Here are the questions:

1. What is your favorite food on a hot summer day?
2. If you had an extra room in your house, how would you use it?
3. What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?
4. What do you remember about your first days of school?
5. What Olympic sport would you like to try?
6. Do you prefer sunrises or sunsets? Why?
7. Where is the farthest (distance or culturally) you have ever traveled?
8. Have you ever been mentioned in the newspaper or on TV?
9. What do you miss from your childhood?
10. Share a favorite picture of yourself (or, if you don’t want to use a self photo, use any photo you like), and tell us about it.
11. What habit would you like to be able to break?

Are you willing to participate?  I’ll be watching.