I haven’t done a meme in a very long time, and I normally wouldn’t since they aren’t really relevant to my blog. I mean, you guys just come here to look at crazy mail receptacles amirite?

However, I’m making an exception for Forest Parks since he’s been a long time visitor and participant in this blogging adventure. Plus he just quit his job and is going whole hog with his blog and online marketing, so he needs some link loving (don’t we all).

I have to answer 4 questions on 4 topics, then tag 4 people.

4 Jobs I’ve Had in My Life

1. My first job was with Herman’s Sporting Goods store. I started as a cashier in high school but eventually did pretty much anything; selling shoes, stringing tennis rackets, drilling bowling balls and merchandising. It was a crappy retail job but honestly I learned a lot about customer service, merchandising and teamwork.
2. In college, I worked as an assistant volleyball coach for a community college. Challenging to the point that I had what must have been as close to nervous breakdown as possible.
3. After the coaching debacle, I started my first desk job for an office supply company. I did order entry and took customer service calls (“Where the @#$% is my copy paper!!!) Really exciting stuff there. *rolls eyes*
4. My last job, before this stay at home mom gig began, was with an automotive financial consulting firm. I was in training and consulting and provided software support for our business planning and web tools.

4 Shows I DVR (TIVO)

1. Lost
2. Dexter (omg creepy goodness)
3. House
4. Ace of Cakes

4 Places I’ve Been

I’ve been to a lot more than four places in the US, never out of the country, unless you count the Bahamas. Here’s my top 4 in no particular order.

1. Taos, New Mexico – We went skiing here in … heck I want to say 94? It’s beautiful. Love the art and the landscape. Peaceful and serene. Definitely the kind of place I’d hole up when I finally reached my goal of becoming a hermit.
2. San Francisco, California – Probably the only city I’d want to live in. Although it’s a little chilly.
3. Hawaii – It’s Hawaii. It’s gorgeous. Duh.
4. Keystone, Colorado – Last year’s ski trip. Mountains, snow, trees, fresh air, lotsa sun, altitude sickness…

4 Favorite Foods

1. Spring rolls, not eggrolls, not the fresh ones. Mom’s are the best.
2. Eggplant rollatini.
3. Enchiladas
4. Fried calamari – P.F. Chang’s has the best for a chain. The most recently yummiest fried calamari I had was in Vegas a few months ago at Smith and Wollensky’s. The best ever was in Dana Point, CA that served it as calamari ’steak”, but I can’t remember the name of the place. It was at Dana Point Harbor.

4 People I Tag

1. Chris from Catnip Corner who tagged me with the “Entrecard – Above the Fold” meme. If you love kittons you’ll love this blog.
2. Kathy from the Junk Drawer always on the look out for ugly mailboxes, and she’s a great writer.
3. And speaking of great writing, I’m tagging Poetikat because her poems are lovely and inspiring.
4. Last but certainly not least, Judi at Momma Muse obsessive entrecard dropper that lives in a zoo! She has rats and hedgehogs and dogs, and cats oh my.