Ten on Tuesday

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  This week the ToT questions were thought up by me.  So answer one/some/all of them in your comments (or on your blog!).  Chelsea hosts this weekly post, and you can link up over on her blog. 

1. How do you pronounce the word aunt? Does your pronunciation rhyme with ‘haunt’ or ‘can’t'?
It rhymes with 'haunt'.  I believe I am in the minority on this pronunciation.  I feel like my ND friends are the only people who say it that way.

2. Do most of the people in your life know you blog? Or are you partially or totally anonymous?
I think most of the people who know me really well know that I blog.  But I am not totally 'out there' with my blogging - meaning, I don't have my blog on my facebook page, and I don't really advertise the fact that I have a blog.  Most of my family and some close friends read it. 

3. When you grocery shop, do you prefer to bag your own groceries or do you like it when the store bags them for you? Paper, plastic, or reusable bags?
I try to use reusable when I remember to bring them (and am not buying too many groceries).  Otherwise i prefer plastic as I use have an easy time reusing the bags.  I actually prefer to bag my own groceries.  I find that when they bag them for you, they put WAY too much stuff in each bag.

4. Do you have a green thumb?
Hells, no.  The only plant I can keep alive is a cactus my friend gave me years ago. 

5. If you watch the Food Network, which chef/show host is your favorite?
Definitely Ina Garten, aka The Barefoot Contessa.  I love her French-inspired recipes.  And I think her & her husband are ADORABLE.  They are just so in love.  Or appear to be.  She really lights up when she talks about a special meal she is preparing for him!  Gah!  I want that kind of love.  Except with Amos Lee instead of Jeffrey (yep, still obsessed with Amos).

6. Do you like to take baths? Do you take them very often?
The only baths I have taken in the 6 years I have lived in my condo are ice baths during marathon training.  I am so not a bath person.  I get bored.  And since I am sort of tallish, I never really fit in the bathtub (at least not the tubs I've had in the places I've lived).  If I never take another bubble bath in my life, I am totally ok with that.  I did love my post-long run ritual of sitting in the bath while watching a rom-com of some sort (I can see my tv from my bathtub if I leave the bathroom door open).  I realize this is an odd ritual, but whatever.  I'm quirky like that.

7. What color are the walls in your kitchen?
They are sort a red that sort of has an orangey hue to it.  I was hoping for more of a brick red color.  I didn't dislike it enough to paint it again, though (I despise painting).

The walls of my new place's kitchen are yellow.  Like EVERY SINGLE OTHER WALL IN THE APARTMENT.  Seriously.  Who likes yellow that much??  I will probably be painting the bathroom and possibly the living room/kitchen area.

8. Do you prefer to dine outdoors or indoors?
As long as it's not too buggy outside, I prefer to eat outside.  I think it's so relaxing!  Especially at the cabin when you can hear the water lapping on the shore.  Ahh...  It's like heaven on earth!

9. Describe your ideal weather.
In the summer, I like it to be 80 & sunny with no clouds in the sky and a light breeze.  In the fall, I love a cool, crisp, 50 degree day. 

For running, I like temps in the 45-55 range.

10. If you could learn any foreign language, which would you choose to learn?
I'll be captain obvious here.  French.  Of course.  Je parle un peu (I speak a little for the non-francophiles out there).  When all the CFA exams are behind me (I have 2 more levels), I plan on taking some French classes.