Moose revealed

Poor Lime got tagged about five times with this list of five so I thought I would let her ask me a few questions too. It's taken me a bit to get them since I was home in South Dakota with dial-up only! For gosh sakes, dial-up is slow! Anyway, here's my go at her questions...

1. First of all, I have always wondered how you got the nickname "moose?'
You've all seen pictures of me, I'm not the size of a moose. Sometimes I am as awkward as a moose but neither of those are how I got my nickname. My grandparents traveled all summer long and if they left town I was in the backseat. Except for one trip. My grandmother is from Maine and they always went the first week of school to get out their and spend a few weeks in the fall to watch the colors change. Mom and Dad refused to let me go because I would miss school. Grandma took to bringing me home stuffed "meese". Then I went to college in Montana with my stuffed "meese" collection. Also a lot of moose stuff there to be had. My collection grew from not just stuffed "meese" but to moose everything including the nickname. My maiden name was "Kahl" pronounced "call" so the email of moosekahl came to be followed by customized Moose Kiss license plates and so forth. So...I'm Moose :)

2. Second, your love of all things moose-ish makes me wonder if you are familiar with Harry & David's 'Moose Munch' snack and what your opinion on moose tracks ice cream is? what other moosey delights do you enjoy?
I've never HAD Harry and David's Moose Munch but a lovely lady with a very kind heart sent me a box this week while I was away and I plan to make lunch out of it :) I do love moose tracks ice cream though...it's like a speciality version rocky road with a bit of everything. Nuts, peanut butter, caramel...what more could you ask for?

I think my favorite moose delight has to have been the Moose Nuts my friend Rachel gave me though...you can't help but put on a naughty grin when you are chewing away on chocolate covered moose nuts.

3. I know your mom has been seriously ill and her health is in decline. Would you share the greatest lesson you have learned from her?
Never give up. This woman knows what she wants and does it. She went to college after high school to be a nurse because back then that's what women did...you went to college to be a teacher, a secretary, or a nurse. It's not what she wanted though. She quit after just a few years of working as a nurse so she could run the farm with my dad. She wanted to be outdoors ranching and farming so she did it.

She was diagnosed with cancer in February of 2001. The statistics gave a 2 year survival rate of 20%. This past February was 6 years. 6 years with an incurable cancer that has made everything hard. In the early years, you know what she did the day after chemo? She went out in the field and raked alfalfa on the tractor all day. Now she's bound to a bed or chair pretty much and it's literally killing her to not be "doing". She's a doer.

Now, I'm a stubborn, go-getting doer too!

4. I love non-fiction and i was excited to read why you chose the books you did. How is that non-fiction reading challenge coming along?
Yesterday was the official day one of the challenge. I have decided to read Midnight In The Garden of Good and Evil first. I've been on a forensic fictional spurt lately so I might as well continue with the non-fiction version. I'm fascinated by "normal" people so I'm even more excited to delve into the mind of "abnormal" people who commit such crimes.

5. Since you are in the medical field can you please explain why childproof caps are so easy for kids to get off and so maddening for adults to remove?
It's all a conspiracy. Those companies know adults can't get them off. It's a con technique to keep kids at home. They are working with the FBI, the CIA, the DEA to keep kids at home to care for their ailing parents. It's an attempt to fix a generation that is forgetting their parents and all the stuff they did for us. It's an attempt to keep kids off the streets and out of the law enforcements hands. They can get there drugs from mom and dad now. Grandpa Jones too. And if the poor adult does manage to fumble their way into the bottle they spill half on the floor and have to go to the store to buy a new bottle for more money in the pharmacy companies pockets. Like I said...Just one big conspiracy :)