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Favorite Food: Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream
Favorite Pastime: Baseball (especially Houston Astros baseball)
If you were stranded on a desert island, what five things (no people) would you need to have with you?
- Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream
- My family (I know, that’s cheating)
- The Complete Works of C.S. Lewis (I have to read every page twice, so this would keep me occupied)
- My pillow
- A spoon (for my ice cream)
Favorite Food: Pizza
Favorite Pastime: Racquetball
If you were stranded on a desert island, what five things (no people) would you need to have with you?
- Water
- Music
- A Madea movie
- 4-wheeler
- Chocolate
Favorite Food: Steak
Favorite Pastime: Photography
If you were stranded on a desert island, what five things (no people) would you need to have with you?
- Camera
- Pillow
- Backpack
- Hammock
- Crushed ice maker
Favorite Food: “surf & turf” because I can’t just choose one
Favorite pastime: Watching movies from my couch. Since I’m out and about so much, I’m a couch potato when I’m home.
If you were stranded on a desert island, what five things (no people) would you need to have with you?
- Do I have fresh water or does that need to be #1?
- I love to read, so #2 my Kindle completely full of books (including the Bible in multiple versions)
- No people? How about my puppy?
- #4 Sushi is good, but since I wasn’t a girl scout and like my food cooked (and I like to be warm) – a lighter
- I know I’m forgetting really important stuff, but all that comes to mind for #5 is salty and sweet snacks
Favorite Food: Chips and Queso — it’s life giving
Favorite Pastime: spoiling my dogs
If you were stranded on a desert island, what five things (no people) would you need to have with you?
- ipad (loaded w/ hundreds of books)
- Solar ipad charger (so I can read all those books)
- Machete
- Fishing line (a girl has to eat)
- Pack of fish hooks
Favorite Food: Wings
Favorite Pastime: Michigan Football
If you were stranded on a desert island, what five things (no people) would you need to have with you?
- Black Pepper (have to season that island food)
- My Pillow (it’s not a My Pillow, but it is my pillow)
- ESPN
- An Air Conditioner
Favorite Food: Starbucks (I know it’s not food…but it’s my favorite place to get food/coffee)
Favorite Pastime: Traveling (I’ve been to 48 of 50 states)
If you were stranded on a desert island, what five things (no people) would you need to have with you?
- A book on how to survive on a desert island
- Something to fish with
- Swiss Army Knife
- Flint for fire
- Solar powered iPad with lots of books/tv shows/etc on it
Favorite Food: Chinese, Mexican, any southern comfort food (I really like food!)
Favorite Pastime: Going to the movies or on hikes with my hubby and kiddos, NAPPING!
If you were stranded on a desert island, what five things (no people) would you need to have with you?
- A fishing pole
- A big ol’ knife
- Cell phone with lots of podcasts (Dave Ramsey and Andy Stanley for sure), books (including ‘Wilderness Survival for Dummies’), and games (solitaire, of course)
- A solar charger
- A frying pan so I can still cook…assuming I can build a fire…and catch/kill something!
Favorite Food: Anything Italian
Favorite Pastime: Listening to baseball on the radio
If you were stranded on a desert island, what five things (no people) would you need to have with you?
- Frasier series on DVD
- TV with built in DVD player
- Sand wedge with a box of golf balls
- My Kamado Joe grill
- “Single Origin” coffee
Favorite food: Lasagna or pulled pork
Favorite pastime: Watching movies and going to new/local coffeeshops to journal/read
If you were stranded on a desert island, what five things (no people) would you need to have with you?
- A hammock
- Lots of sunscreen
- A fishing pole
- A suitcase full of books including a survival handbook
- Hiking boots or water shoes
Favorite Food: I’m a huge fan of anything Middle Eastern – Shawarma, Falafel, Hummus, Pita
Favorite Pastime: I love doing projects on our old 1930’s house
If you were stranded on a desert island, what five things (no people) would you need to have with you?
- A few good books
- A hammock
- A TV that plays Waiting For Guffman on demand
- My guitar
- A way to FaceTime my wife and kids