Tagged Twice, Though Tardy

From quite some time ago, when Lady Blue (of The Blue Bicycle) tagged me:

1. Pick up the book closest to you, right at this moment (no cheating you literary types!)

2. Open the book to page 123

3. Scroll down 5 lines

4. Share the 6th line with us by writing it in your post, making sure you add the book's title and its author as well

• " 'Oh, I've been such a disgusting girl,' she went on, shaking her hair, removing with slow fingers a velvet hair ribbon." from Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov
  

5. Complete the tag by tagging 5 other bloggers

• Chris at Stuff As Dreams Are Made Of


• Les at Lesley's Book Nook


• Bookfool at Bookfoolery and Babble


• Nan at Letters From a Hill Farm


• Chucheria at Chucheria

6. And please do the favour of including a link in your post to the blogger that tagged you!

Well, that could have been scary. Reading Lolita is such a shocking book for me I didn't know what I'd find in line 6! I'm almost done with it, so a full review is forthcoming.

Now, for Chucheria's tag from April:

1. The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.

2. Each player answers the questions about themselves.

3. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5-6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they've been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

4. Let the person who tagged you know when you've posted your answer. So let the fun begin!!

1) What was I doing 10 years ago?

• My son was seven, I was still single, so we spent the summer hanging out together at the pool, bike path, and Starbucks. I suspect I also went to a lot of Coach Pitch baseball games.

2) What are 5 things on my to-do list for today (not in any particular order):

• Read, read, read, read, read. Hey, I've been waiting for this schedule since September!

3) Snacks I enjoy:

• Ice cream, chocolate, potato chips, Planter's peanuts, popcorn. Can't have much of these things laying around the house!

4) Things I would do if I were a billionaire:

• Still teach, still read, still worry I was parenting right. I don't think being a billionaire would change my life much other than that I could give it away to those who need money more than I do. That would feel good.

5) Three of my bad habits:

• Second guessing myself with "Would have, should have, could have..."


• Non essential guilt


• Eating poorly if I'm not careful

6) 5 places I have lived:

• Illinois


• Ohio


• France


• Germany


• that's all

Five people to tag for this one: California Teacher Guy, Beverly, 3M, Princess Haiku, Lady Blue!