The Friday Feast

Appetizer
Do you consider yourself to be an optimist or a pessimist?
I'm a stone pessimist. But I'm in recovery. My motto used to be, "I expect the worst, because then I'm usually pleasantly surprised." Not going to do that anymore. As I've learned, the worst tends not to happen, so why dwell on it?

Soup
What is your favorite color of ink to write with?
Black.

Salad
How often do you get a manicure or pedicure? Do you do them yourself or go to a salon and pay for them?
I have had exactly one manicure -- for our wedding -- and I've had no pedicures. I do my own -- Philosophy sugar scrub, Microplane foot file, then Sally Hansen Dreamy Pink. For some reason, I'm very particular about having my toenails and feet looking good all summer, but I couldn't care less about my hands. My nails are always pretty short and never painted.

Main Course
Have you ever won anything online? If so, what was it?
This year I won Swishy's NCAA bracket challenge and received a $10 amazon gift certificate! I was thrilled since I never win anything. I used it toward Paula Deen's book, It Ain't All About the Cookin' and Pull Yourself Up By Your Bra Straps and Other Quacker Wisdom, by Jeanne Bice. Really. I love her wacky headband and her midwestern wisdom.

I've also received five books from the Librarything.com Early Reviewers Program over the last several months, if you that can be considered winning. I think it is. I'd better get on it though since I've only reviewed two of them.

Dessert
In which room in your house do you keep your home computer?
The "office," our third bedroom that we have set up for whiling away the hours online or, in hubby John's case, doing actual work.