• babsjo51
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      • In response to: "What was the comfort food you enjoyed most growing up?" I always have loved my mom's homemade mac n cheese. It's done with creamy, sharp cheddar cheese, al dente macaroni noodles, and topped with panko bread crumbs. Yum!!!
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    • Flick the switch & make a change

      • Procrastinating has been a horrible habit I've had for as long as I can remember. When I was in high school and thought I was so cool (I wasn't then but I am now!) I would write quotes everywhere and one of my favorites was 'Don't do today what you can put off until tomorrow.' Lame. I know. Unfortunately, I've lived my life thus far following that idea whether I want to or not. If there was a magic pill I could take to make me less of a procrastinator - nay! - no longer be a procrastinator at all, I'd take it in a heartbeat. Having this terrible habit has prevented me from doing and accomplishing so much in my life, but I know all is not lost. As I've gotten older I've made a more conscious effort to start a project, work on a project and finish a project in a reasonable time frame. Each time I'm successful is like winning a little prize. It's going to be a hard habit to break, but alas, there is no magic medicine so something must be done!

      • answered by babsjo51 on 05/02/2013
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    • How will it end?

      • Here she was. Everything in her life was coming together quite nicely. Her career was barreling ahead. Her home was exactly as she had planned it. Her parents were far enough to not be a bother. She was able to travel frequently. She even had the perfect man. The question was how long would this last? She had a feeling in the pit of her stomach that she was destined to always struggle, destined to never find her true 'home', even destined to be alone as time went on. Her grandmother was always reminding her that she was able to enjoy being alone while others couldn't. Did she know something about her future? She had always been intuitive to the point it was a little scary...

      • answered by babsjo51 on 03/09/2013
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    • Best Meal Ever, or at least part of it...

      • How I love food. Oh my god, everything about it is wonderful. For Valentine's Day I told my love not to worry about gifts, flowers, etc. - he was taking me out to eat food and that was more than enough. I have many foodporn experiences that I recall during more mundane meals, but the one that stands out the most was a dinner that was cooked at a friend's house when I lived in San Diego about 5 years ago. I'm fortunate enough to have close friends who are cooks, chefs and culinary geniuses. On a whim we had an impromptu dinner party with 4 or 5 of us that consisted of oil-brushed, grilled, asparagus, choice cuts of steak and scallops that were to be grilled to perfection. What I remember most about this dinner was actually before dinner. My chef friend, Aaron, had sliced some raw sea scallops into thin pieces for us all to taste before being cooked. I. Was. Blown. Away! They melted in my mouth while the simple, yet distinct flavor actually made me close my eyes to enjoy more. I'll never forget that moment.

      • answered by babsjo51 on 03/09/2013
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    • Earliest Memories & Life Lessons

      • One of the earliest memories I have was when I was about 2 years old. I want to say that my parents and I were about to move from Mexico to the States and we were saying goodbye to my abuela (grandma) at her house under the carport. My dad walked up to me with a spider hanging off of its own thread and I thought it was so cool! I wanted to hold it so my dad handed it to me and the little bastard started climbing up towards my hand as fast as lighting and I screamed and dropped the spider on the ground, now completely upset. My dad thought it was the most hilarious thing ever and started laughing. And that was how I learned that you can never, ever take yourself too seriously. :)

        *I'm still terrified of spiders if they are crawling towards me.

      • answered by babsjo51 on 01/10/2013
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    • Change the World

      • If I had the power to change one thing - just 1! - it would be that all the climate nay sayers would realize that global warming is indeed a serious threat to humanity. If I could change their thinking on that topic, then we would have a healthy, sustainable environment to live in for the rest of eternity.

        *sigh* If only....

      • answered by babsjo51 on 11/16/2012
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