The Friday Five



1. Do you enjoy the cold weather and snow for the holidays? I don't really enjoy cold weather because it causes my arthritis to flare up. Everything starts hurtling and I slow down. I live in southern California so, I don't experience snow!



2. What is your ideal holiday celebration? How, where, with whom would you celebrate to make things perfect? How's this for irony? I'd like to be in the mountains with snow falling and a glowing fireplace, surrounded by my spouse and family members. I know, if the snow's falling, that means it has to be pretty cold!



3. Do you have any holiday traditions? My family celebrates Christmas on Christmas Eve and everyone stays up past 12 midnight. Christmas day is usually for visiting or, in my case, having dinner with my spouse and opening our special gift to each other.



4. Do you do anything to help the needy? Year round I do, not only because it's Christmas. I donate clothing, hand bags, shoes, make up, cell phones, etc. to the shelter for battered women and their children. You'd be amazed at how many children are in these shelters. It's very sad, but I do what I can.



5. What one gift would you like for yourself? Just one, huh?! I guess, a Nikon Coolpix 5700 digital camera.





Random Questions; Random Days



With the flu hitting some states in the US very hard, how healthy are you? Do you get an annual flu shot? I used to get an annual flu shot until three years ago. I caught a very bad case of the flu and became disillusioned with the whole idea. I haven't had the flu since - thank God and I'm not concerned about being "unprotected". The vaccine only ensures safety against one strain of flu so, I'll take my chances.