What are your favorite sports to watch and play? There are so many different sports out there! Over the years I played or watched most all of them. The most favorite sport to play and watch is basketball. It has both that individual aspect as well as being part of a team. It can be […]

What would you do if you won the lottery? Ahh, what would it be like if you won the lottery!?!?! So much free time and fun. However, there is always drama, and people you didn’t know before starting to come out of the woodwork for a handout. Would have to set some boundaries right away. […]

What books do you want to read? Making time to read books is hard! When I am juggling two kids and a career, it’s hard to carve out some time to sit down and read. There are some books, however, I would like to read for 2023. I did wrap up reading last year one […]

Write about a few of your favorite family traditions. Growing up there were so many things we did. Extended stays at the beach, traveling around, backpacking, camping, fishing, crabbing, Thanksgiving, and Christmas traditions. It’s hard to pick just a few, but here goes! First was going to the beach. I would go often. Between my […]

What do you enjoy doing most in your leisure time? Leisure time is something we don’t get enough of. It’s always nice to decompress and unwind. I enjoy spending time with the kids. That could be going to a soccer or volleyball game, watching the Blazers, playing board games, watching a movie together, traveling, or […]

Name an attraction or town close to home that you still haven’t got around to visiting. Oregon, and the whole Pacific NW for that matter, is such a special place. So much to see and not enough time to do it. In fact, Oregon is such a bigger state than one thinks. There are several […]

List five things you do for fun.

If you could make your pet understand one thing, what would it be? Pets. Where would we be without them? I’ve always had some sort of pet growing up. Fish and dogs mainly. There was one brief stint of having a parakeet and my grandmother really wanted to have a canary again (that bird was […]

Write about your first name: its meaning, significance, etymology, etc. Thomas. Where does it come from? What does it stand for? All I know is it was a name that my parents chose for me. I didn’t have much say in it and lived with it ever since. But what does it mean? Interesting question […]

What makes a good leader? There are so many great leaders that have led people and organizations forward in a positive way. There are no two leaders that are the same but there are some common qualities we can inspire ourselves from: