Some Fun Questions

On one of my favorite e-mail lists, someone posted a few questions as a convo starter. I had so much fun answering that I thought I'd post my answers here too, especially since I'm not exactly coming up with new blog posts on my own lately!
These questions originally came from:
http://www.bzoink.com/S53948/

If you could rid the earth of one thing, what would it be?

child abusers, especially child molesters

If you could eliminate one emotion from your life, which would it be?

unnecessary guilt

What is one personality trait you've tried hardest to change in yourself?

Impatience. I feel like I'm very impatient, yet some of my friends think I'm uber-patient for some strange reason. Maybe because I've worked on it so much? I don't know. But my kids and husband can tell you otherwise!

What would you say is the most beautiful word in your own language?

YES!!

If you had the gift of magic for one day, what would you do?

Use a time-turning spell over and over and over. I could visit people who have died, right some of my wrongs, and relive some of the bestdays of my life so far.

If you were 6 inches tall for a day, what would you do?

Well, first I would raid my daughter's doll clothes because obviously nothing I own would fit and I'd be running around naked. Then I would sneak up on a bird and take it for a ride just to see what it's like. I would take up residence in the fairy house in the woods behind our house and take a nap on a bed of bird feathers and thistle down. I would sip flower nectar straight from the flower and dine on berries from a wee little acorn top bowl. Then I would go for a walk in the forest of grass in my yard (because it hasn't been mowed in two weeks). Of course I would have to steer clear of all the snake holes and spider webs. I should probably avoid the mud puddles too since I can't swim. And the cat. She doesn't see very well anymore and I don't want her to get me confused with a mouse. And I should probablyavoid the dog too since she's a better mouser than the cat. And we have hawks and owls, so I'd have to watch out for them too. And...hey...wait a minute...this isn't sounding like so much fun anymore!

Did you ever have an imaginary friend? How would you describe them?

I had lots of "fantasy friends" and they changed quite frequently. Some were stuffed animals that would come to life and some were completely imaginary. If I wanted to have a koala or a polar bear or an alien as a pet *poof* I had one! Others were people - both people I knew in real life and totally imaginary people. As I got a little older many of my imaginary friends were characters from favoritebooks. For instance, I remember going through a phase where I pretended that the big tree outside my bedroom window was the Faraway Tree (from the Enid Blyton books). All the characters from the book who lived in the tree were my friends. I visited every day and we would climb to the top of the tree to visit the different lands that were there. (Oddly enough, both of my kids do this too.) As I go tolder I began to use my imaginary world to work through things thatbothered me in real life. I would bring imaginary versions of real people into my fantasy world to make things go the way I wished theyhad, or I would practice how I wanted something to go if it hadn't happened yet. Heck, I guess I still do this to a certain extent!

If you could invent one new home appliance, what would it do?

Damn, how can you possibly beat Rosie from the Jetsons?
If I couldn't have Rosie then I guess I would either invent an automatic laundry machine that would sort, wash, dry, fold AND putaway the laundry.
Or I would just invent a robot that would do nothing but go aroundand pick up after my kids. That alone would give me so much more freetime!