Accent: Is there such a thing as Urban Texas?

Booze: margaritas, amaretto sours, and [blush] buttery nipples, but only if I’m feeling juvenile and ChaplainMom takes her Lactaid. I do love a good lemon drop, but truthfully, I almost never drink.

Chore I Hate: Mopping. I dislike the macro chores which take place over a large area. Give me a dirty sink in need of scrubbing any day.

Dog or Cat: Definitely cats. Cats don’t give a damn about me and I like a pet with ‘tude.

Essential Electronics: Laptop, PDA, and TiVO.

Favorite Cologne: The Gap had a scent called “Grass” several years ago that I loved. Chanel No. 5 is my hoity-toity fragrance.

Gold or Silver: Yes, thank you.

Hometown: Houston, Texas. Always will be.

Insomnia: Almost never, thanks be to the Intelligent Designer.

Job Title: reverendmother, of course!

Kids: C, aka little she-who-is, and M, the divine miss m—as you all know.

Living arrangements: me, R, the girls, and the cats in Comfy Suburban House with Untapped Potential.

Most admirable traits: Smart, determined, reflective.

Number of sexual partners: Pass.

Overnight hospital stays: Two nights for she-who-is and one for miss m. I also did about 10 overnight on-calls during CPE, ugh. Ugh ugh ugh!

Phobias: Large dive-bombing insects.

Quote: how about three:
I have no answers, but I have a lot of questions, and those questions have helped me to live better than any answers I might find. --Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen
To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world. --Karl Barth
You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do. --Anne Lamott

Religion: Chronologically: Catholic, Baptist, Other, None, Presbyterian.

Siblings: One sister and two brothers, all younger. Each had some childhood catastrophe befall them that somehow managed to be my fault.

Time I wake up: 6:30-ish—whenever the divine miss m deems appropriate.

Unusual talent or skill: I can remember strings of numbers really well. I can also sing the peppiest of songs in minor key for comedic effect.

Vegetable I love: Okra. Pickled, fried or stewed, they’re little octagons of love.

Worst habit: Flying off the handle.

X-rays: Teeth and toe (I slammed it into the wall one New Year’s Eve while careening through the house).

Yummy foods I make: I made some lovely gingerbread the other day, using my friend Elizabeth Crocker’s recipe.

Zodiac sign: I am SO a Capricorn