October 20, 2006

• Rainey sent me this "survey" she had filled out -- and it will make a pretty doggone good post!!!  So, posterity, meet Lorraine Michelle Thomas Aguilar in this snapshot as a 19-year-old:  [the notes will be mine through paternity rights.]

  1. FIRST NAME?      Lorraine
  2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?      My mom, Lorena [and the area of France/Germany]
  3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY?   This weekend.    [???]
  4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?     Yes, most of the time.
  5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?  Chicken breast sliced so thin it's falling apart.
  6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?   YES!.I am awesome!
  7. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? yes
  8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? yes
  9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? ....Someone might have to convince me.    [But she will dress out a deer in her formal heels after prom!!!]
  10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?    Organic Granola...yumm
  11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? I don't tie my shoes..: )  [This is the flip-flop queen!!!]
  12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG?      Yes, but it really depends on who I am around.
  13 WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?  Any sorbet or vanilla bean....yes, Audrey, that one of the million things we have in common!
  15. FAVORITE COLOR?      Blue or bright pink.    [Rainey is definitely Mexican -- and the love of those "Latino" colors is definitely genetic.  I am an earth-tones type guy...]
  16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOU?  I wish I was a better time manager.  [She got her love of color from her mom, but THIS is what she inherited from me...]
  17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?     My mommy.
  18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU?     Yes.
  19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?     Blue jeans and white and lavender tennis shoes.
  20. LAST THING YOU ATE?  A quesadilla with tortillas I made from scratch last night!  [That is my little Mexican!]
  21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?   The computer buzz.
  22 IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? The really pretty bright blue one that is in every basic box of Crayolas!
  23. FAVORITE SMELL?     leather, Gucci II, Chrome, and camp fire
  24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? Audreeeee
  25. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO?     Their eyes.
  26. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? I love her love her love her!!!
  27. FAVORITE DRINK?     Water,sweet tea, and starbucks passion fruit tea with lemonade melon syrup and light ice!
  28. FAVORITE SPORT?     Soccer!
  29. EYE COLOR? Hazel
  30. HAT SIZE?  eh?
  31. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?    no [nor glasses.  I don't know how she missed out on that!!!]
  32. FAVORITE FOOD?  Any type of Oriental food...but who am I kidding I will eat anything.
  33. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?   No scary movies for me...Always pick the happy ending!
  34.WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? My pink Breckenridge sweatshirt
  35. SUMMER OR WINTER? Summer but only if I have really good A/C
  36. HUGS OR KISSES? I love them both!
  37. FAVORITE DESSERT? hmm good question,Brownies or anything thats not too sweet.
  38. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Stephi or Lya  [but Dad is most likely to post it on a blog...]
  39. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Jeremy
  40. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING?  Currently none
  41. What's on your Mouse Pad? the American Flag
  42. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST NIGHT ON TV?    Project Runway season finale...I'm still mad that Jeffery won : (
  43. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SOUND?  The ocean
  44. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?    Beatles all the way!  [Along with Carole King, the Monkees, anything by Gilbert and Sullivan, Rodgers and Hart, Rodgers and Hammerstein, etc., etc., etc.]
  45. THE FURTHEST YOU'VE BEEN FROM HOME?     Mexico City [where Dad has been known to sneak up behind her (when he was not supposed to be anywhere in the country) in order to throw his coat over her head and grab her just to listen to her scream and use some Spanish that he did not even know she knew...  *giggle*  (Her subsequent quote was' "I was sure I was being kidnapped!!!"]
  46. WHAT'S YOUR SPECIAL TALENT?     Singing.   [GIFTED singing!!!]
  47. WHERE WERE YOU BORN?    Frankfurt, Germany  [with her first international trip taken at two weeks of age to the Netherlands.  She was christened in a German Catholic church, and her godparents were Javier and Socorro Almeria.  (Javier was the Mexican Consul to Germany, and later to Iran.  However, they now live in Tepic just a few blocks from Lorena.)]
  48. WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?    Audrey Crutcher

  [I love you, Rainey.  I will see you tomorrow at Grace and Bill's place for dinner.  We will call Mom from there.  Stephi, try to be around about 6:00 p.m. your time, or email us if you can't...]

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