#AskAwayFriday #15

This week I get to have some Q & A fun with a cutie-patootie, Mary Belle!  She's one of my BBF's and I am excited to be partner'd up with her. When you finish with me, don't forget to poke on over to Mary's place, and see her answers to my questions.

For those of you new to #AskAwayFriday, you pick a partner and give each other 10-questions to get to know each other better.  We all bounce around sharing and reading, meeting and greeting!  Join in.

Here we go, with Mary's questions to me:

1. What are you and your husband's favorite pastime/s? We like to go to our beach house, a quick 2-hour getaway.  Or have nice dinners. Home or out, not fancy or expensive, just relaxing.  Take walks in cute small towns, hop over to NY (rarely) for a show.  BJ's Warehouse, Home Depot, haha! 
2. At what point in your children's life did they make you feel proud the most? I feel proud everyday.  Seeing my son with a big gentle heart, respecting, being compassionate. Watching him and my stepchildren making decisions for their future.  Always proud of their positive attitudes. 
3. If you were to relive moments in each of the chapters of your life (childhood, teenage, mid-adult, adulthood...), what would they be and why? Wow, that's a tough one. Unfortunately, I don't remember a lot of my childhood, so I'd like to relive that to remember.  I don't want to relive my teenage years, haha! Mid-adult, the birth of my son.  No better memory than that.  Now, as an adult…I'm just living it.
4. When did you start your jewelry business? 2011 What inspired you to start it? I wanted something different after my marketing career ended. I originally was opening a boutique, but with other investments and time constraints, it's on the side line.  For now :)
5. What's your secret to looking young and fab at 50? :) Aww, you are sweet, thank you. I've really noticed a change in me with eating healthier and using my skin care products, I've yet to share.  I'll do that soon!
6. Please tell us your blogging history! :) Not much of a history yet, but I'm nearly half-way to my one year mark. So far, so good.  I think, ha!
7. How do you deal with negativities in life? As you get older, you don't want negativity. I try to stay away from it, because it make me more negative.  If it's out of my control, I go shopping!  
8. What are the things you love about your life right now - or about being your age right now? :) Being my age, I feel good,  I feel young.  I like what I have experienced in life, to make a better tomorrow for me.  To teach the 'college of life' to the younger generations. To be a 'grounding' for those who need me.
9. If you were given a superpower effective for 24 hours, what would that superpower be and what would you do within that 24hrs? This sounds so typical and cheesy, I'm sure…but to win the lottery so I can take care of others around me, and have needs. 
10. If you won an all expense paid trip to anywhere in  the world with your family, where would you go? I would like to spend a good two-weeks with my family, siblings, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, etc., in North Carolina, the Outer Banks area. Just to hang and share stories and be with each other. For the good.   

Wow, Mary sure gave me a run for my answers this week! What a great partner, keeping me thinking. 

Please go over to Mary's Secret Obsession, and see her answers to my questions!

Cheers,