Our Town

 Hello!  This is Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4 where we ask just 4 questions each week in an effort to get you blogging, thinking and learning about others.

Maybe we can discuss the town  you live in.  It might be nice to find out more about where you live and why you live there. Sometimes we just fall into a place and other times we \choose. 

Here's a chance to sing the praises of your town or uncover it's faults.. have at it!

Michelle Byrne painting

1. What are the good points to living in your town? Could you interest us in moving there?

If you like the seashore, nice safe beaches, lakes, creeks for canoeing, swimming and fishing. This is the place for you.  Lovely boardwalks with amusements, rides, good food... always fresh clean air, ocean breezes, moderate weather are all found here.

2.  Are the things you need convenient to your home? (shopping, library, schools, entertainment?)   

All these things are right in town and very nice.  You would also be equidistant to Philadelphia and New York City and only a hop, skip and jump to Washington DC, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.

3.  Did you choose your town or did you just end up there?  I grew up close to the water but this is even closer and was my dream from the time I was a very little girl.  I grew up near seaports in north Jersey but now I am by the beaches.  I dreamed it then fell into my dream.

4.   Is your town known for any special foods, activities, places or people? 

We have nice restaurants that are wonderful and of course New Jersey is known for it's Italian food on every corner, great pizza etc.  We have fresh fish markets and farm stands with fresh produce.  In summer we have weekly fireworks and concerts.  

Activities are surfing, sailing, swimming.  We have a 6 flags with a safari park not too distant as well.

Our beach

Our Library

Doing it for Ourselves

  Welcome to Sunday Stealing. Here we will steal all types of questions from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent questions. Cheers to all of us thieves!

This week we aren't stealing, we're contributing! These are questions suggested by our "usual suspects." They were entertaining, which isn't a surprise because our participants are bright and fun. Thanks to everyone who took part.

DIY Meme

1. Would you rather have every traffic light turn green or always get the best parking spot? (Kwizgiver) 

The best parking spot.   

2. What's the most difficult thing you have ever done? (Gold in the Clouds) 

Outlive children. Nothing else comes remotely close.

3. What information do you know that you are proud of/happy about, but others say, "Who cares?" (Roger)       Tons of things.  I am a walking encyclopedial

4. What mystery do you wish you knew the answer to? (Myra/Mevely)

Why people think God has a political party or why they look to men for solutions.

5. What small, ordinary thing brings you disproportionate joy? (Country Dew)

Having a good, simple can opener, a nice little coffee pot, a porch to sit on.  I struggled with one of the fancier openers and then finally bought the older kind.  It works easily every time without struggle and each time I use it I am thankful.

My little white 5 cup coffee machine is so much better than my old stupid coffee press which was such a pain in the neck to clean the grounds out of!  Very thankful to have it.

My porch is heaven.

6. What time do you go to sleep/wake up?  (Annie)

Nowadays.. I go to bed about 10-12  and wake up at between 6 and 7,,, then close my eyes, roll over and go back to sleep.

7. What is your favorite sleeping position? (Lisa) 

I sleep on my side..either one usually.

8. Describe your personal Utopia. (Pandora) 

What I have now.  It lacks things but it's mine and I have great peace inside.  In the larger sense, in Utopia there is no race, creed, color, religion. All are loved and valued. Everyone has more than enough to live on.  No one is bullied, belittled, lied to or lied on.... All mankind lives in peace with one another and nature.

9. Imagine that you have a machine that can create any new invention for you based on your description. What you ask the machine to create, and why? (Plastic Mancunian) 

I would ask it to create whatever I needed at the moment because that seems the best way to use it.