Wrangling Cheeky Monkeys and Other Noble Pursuits: Proust Questionnaire

The Proust Questionnaire---Wrangler Style

Your favorite qualities in a man: Fidelity

Your favorite qualities in a woman: Empathy

Your chief characteristic: No idea. I am not self-actualized enough to know. Any ideas, readers?

What you appreciate the most in your friends: Humor and intelligence

Your main INTERRUPTING! fault? See previous.

If not yourself, who would you be? Michelle Rhee or a baker in some remote location where I could do a lot of hiking (sounds like I want to be Gesine Bullock-Prado! Read her fabulous blog here).

The gift of nature that I would like to have? The ability to sing so that people’s ears don’t bleed.

How I wish to die. . . .very peacefully in bed, but without knowing that it’s coming, and when I'm very, very old, and still have my wits about me.

Faults for which you have the most indulgence: Candor with no malicious intent. . . in other words, “They don’t mean it ugly.”

The Wrangler's Reading List

Your One Year Old (two year old, three year old, etc.) series. (There is a book for each age. Has helped me understand my children better as they grow).
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa by Peter Godwin (The best memoir I have read in a VERY long time. And I read a lot of memoir).
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. (I've read this at five distinct points in my life and have learned something new EVERY SINGLE TIME.)
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin (This little gem was a timely recommendation from a very good friend. I have put a lot of its tenets into practice, and will confess that it has improved my overall happiness).
The Discipline Book by Dr. William Sears
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austin
Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child. Thanks, Julia, for teaching me how to bake french bread. My family thanks you as well.
Make It Fast, Cook It Slow by Stephanie O'Dea
Anne Lamott. ANYTHING she writes. I love how she is reverently irreverant.
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
1,2,3 Magic by the man, whose name I have forgotten, who wrote about how to put this very intuitive and yet magical parenting technique into practice. Wish I had thought of that. I also wish I had invented those Silly Bandz that turn children into rabid Silly Bandz-collecting dogs. Ah, well.