I’m probably the last person do this meme, but I think it’s nice to share a little personal stuff now and then, and I’ve certainly loved reading everyone elses’ answers!

Four jobs I’ve had in my life:

1. Swimming lesson instructor (let’s see if I still have it in me as I teach my son this summer)
2. Luggage sales person (I was SO BAD)
3. Library assistant (love love love)
4. Proofreader and editor

Four books I would read over and over:

1. Beloved
2. To Kill a Mockingbird
3. Jane Eyre
4. Crime and Punishment

Four places I have lived:

1. Naperville, Illinois (suburb of Chicago)
2. Jerusalem
3. Santa Cruz, Bolivia
4. Glen Waverley, Australia (suburb of Melbourne)

Four books I would recommend:

1. Jane Eyre
2. The Glass Castle
3. To Kill a Mockingbird
4. The Home-maker by Dorothy Canfield Fischer

Four places I have been:

1. Egypt
2. Paris
3. Cinque Terra, Italy (LOVE LOVE LOVE!)
4. Maine (my honeymoon)

Four of my favorite foods:

1. pasta
2. gnocchi
3. homemade white or french bread and butter
4. ice cream

(Why, yes, I love carbs…)

Four of my favorite drinks:

1. 2% milk (although we always get skim)
2. juice (pretty much any kind…)
3. lemonade
4. water

Four places I would rather be right now:

1. ? I’m really happy where I am right now. Don’t want to move or go anywhere right now. Except maybe BEA to meet all of you, but give that a month and it will happen!

Four things that are very special in my life:

1. my husband
2. my son
3. my religion
4. my time