Have You Ever...

This quiz seems like it was written by and meant for teenagers but I'll do it anyway.


smoked a cigarette yes

crashed a friend's car does ditched one count?

stolen a car not from a stranger but I did take my Mom's car out one night when I was 15. Of course I got caught because my sister and her boyfriend drove right past me.

been fired. once, very unjustly. It irritates me to this day.

been in a fist fight my older sister and I used to fight on a regular basis, I think there were fists involved.

snuck out of your parents' house absolutely!

had feelings for someone who didn't have them back. sure

been arrested not yet

gone on a blind date absolutely not!

skipped school plenty, and if you had the teachers I did you would have too.

seen someone die no thank God but I was on a beach when someone was discovered to have drowned.
I couldn't watch as they pulled him out. Very sad.

gone sledding every winter and we call it Tobagoning here in Canada

been to Canada yes, I live there.

been to Mexico no, it's never been at the top of my list of places to travel. I wouldn't pass up a trip to mexico but no, I haven't been there.

been on a plane yes

been skiing. yes

met someone from the internet no but I'd love to meet Chelly the next time I go to Toronto.

taken painkillers every chance I get

laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by hasn't everybody?

made a snow angel every winter

had a tea party yes

flown a kite not so much flown as held a kite string while Naomi went to the bathroom at the Kite Festival 2 years ago. It was a lot more stressful than you would think. The string kept on getting tangled in other peoples' and tying up our kites. I think I ended up reeling it in. That was my last kite experience.

built a sand castle yes

fallen asleep at work/school both a few times. Once in Geography grade 10 where I was awoken by Mr. Harrison throwing a chalk board eraser at my head. Another time happened when I was about 18. I had gone to work still drunk from the night before. I was found in the staff bathroom asleep on the floor. I think that's when I decided that alcohol and myself don't mix very well. I rarely ever drink now.

used a fake ID had mine for years before I passed it on Jessa. we mostly used it to get into bars for concerts.

watched the sun set please don't tell me that there are people out there who have not seen the sun go down

felt an earthquake I felt a slight tremor in Vancouver 1996

slept beneath the stars yes

been robbed unfortunately yes, my wallet was stolen from my shrinks office years ago when I was in a session. It couldn't have been at a worst time really, I was on my way with cash to purchase an airline ticket to got to Vancouver. What a mess. The empty wallet was mailed to me 8 years later. It had been found in a trash can where it was picked up by a secretary in the building, she put in in her desk and forgot about it. She only found it when she was cleaning out her desk when she was retiring.

been misunderstood daily

petted a reindeer/goat/kangaroo jessa and I were molested at Marine Land years ago by a HUGE pack of reindeers. It was actually quite scary. If I remember correctly we ended up having to throw the food at them and run.

run a red light/stop sign I think I might have

been suspended from school no but I did spend a lot of time in the principles office

been in a car crash no except the one I ditched.

had braces no

felt like an outcast more often than not but I don't think that's a bad thing.

eaten a whole pint! of ice cream in one night yes, Haagen Daaz coffee

had deja vu lots

witnessed a crime domestic abuse (as a child) and lots of it

been obsessed with post-it notes I didn't know there was such a thing.

gone doorbell ditching Is that like nicky nicky nine doors? Then yes I have.

believe in ghosts absolutely

squished barefoot through the mud yes


been lost a few times, I have an absolute fear of getting/being lost

been on the opposite side of the country yes, it's beautiful

swam in the Ocean as much as I can, it's one of my favourite things to do

felt like dying yes but not since having kids

cried yourself to sleep yes

recently colored with crayons yes

sung karaoke not at a karaoke bar but yes

paid for a meal with only coins it used to happen a lot

done something you told yourself you wouldn't yes, I had kids. But I'm so happy I did.

made prank phone calls yes

laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose yes and it hurt

caught a snowflake on your tongue yes

danced in the rain I don't know if I danced in the rain but we used to wash our hair in the rain when I was little.

believed in Santa Claus until I was 11 (yikes)

been kissed under the mistletoe no. I have to admit, I haven't seen too many.

gone rollerskating my dad used to take us rollerskating quite often. Then all of the rollerskating rinks just seemed to disappear one by one. If I ever won the lotto I'd build one.

had a wish come true lots of them

jumped off a bridge no!

ate dog/cat food my cousin once dared me to take a bite out of our grandmother's poodle's milkbone.
I did, it tasted like cardboard.

kept something gross in your freezer some think it's gross but I don't.
we have our sons' umbilical stumps in a little jar in the freezer. I don't know what to do with them and I am horrified that people just chuck or flush them. I mean, it's the skin that attached them to me. Ok maybe it's weird but it isn't gross. ok, maybe it is but I don't care.

sat on a roof top I once lived in a converted warehouse in Toronto, the patio was the roof. We spent a lot of time out there.

talked on the phone for more than 5 hours more than 5 hours? That's a long time. I think I did as a teenager.

stayed up all night less and less as the years go on. I think the last time I purposely stayed up all night was when Jessa was visiting a couple of Christmas' ago. We had a blast.

scared to watch a scary movie alone I can't even watch scary movies not alone.

worn a really ugly outfit to school my dad forced me to wear the ugliest sweater known to man to school when I was in grade 2. This thing was ugly. I kept on saying that it looked like a boy's sweater, which seemed to make my dad more insistent.

I always felt like I looked like a boy and I was often told that Jody was a boys name so I already had a pretty big complex at the age of 7. Anyway, I wear the gross sweater to school and surprise, surprise, there was a boy in grade 4 wearing the exact same butt ugly sweater.

pushed into a pool/hot tub with all your clothes on. yes and I wished I could have caused bodily harm to the person who did it.

I was at a party (in highschool) and I was already late for getting home. I'm saying goodbye to people and getting ready to leave when... out of nowhere comes my sister's obnoxious asshole boyfriend. He picks me up and throws me into the pool with all of my clothes on. I was wearing jeans for Christ Sakes! Needless to say, I was beyond pissed off and very, very, late for getting home. I hated that guy.

broken a bone 2 in my arm. Play fighting with someone who was very competitive.

been easily amused I can get so easily amused that it does not amuse other people.

laughed so hard you cried often

laughed so hard you peed your pants more like a tinkle

forgotten someone's name a lot at my son's school. they all seem to be Lori's or Kathy's.

french braided someone's hair I'm really not that kind of girl. I did get Poppy to braid my hair the other day, come to think of it.

loved someone so much you would gladly die for them die and kill for them yes.