So…what is the Monday Poll?
Excellent question! It isn’t, contrary to its name, an actual poll, like with little clicky buttons. It’s just a list of five more or less random questions I’ve been posting on this blog every Monday morning for the past quadrillion years (since 2007). I love reading your answers, and it helps me get my week off to a good start. ?
1. Last person you held hands with?
The Coywolf, while walking up the stairs.
2. Yoga or Baby Yoda?
Baby Yoda in a heartbeat!
3. Do you ever get scared in the middle of the night?
Oh, hell yeah. Most of the time it’s something silly and irrational, like wondering if I’ll see the Bloody Mary ghost in the mirror when I go the bathroom in the middle of the night. ? But sometimes it’s real-deal fear rooted in worry about finances, the future, our health… All those big scary things that keep adults up at night.
4. Did you grow up playing video games?
I did! ?️ We had an Atari AND a Nintendo in our house, and my brother and I played games together (Super Mario Brothers was our favorite), but we weren’t playing 24/7. I wouldn’t say we were hardcore gamers.
5. How do you feel about your first name?
Well…funny thing. I’ve always liked it, but now that the Internet doesn’t like Karens, it isn’t always an easy name to have.
6. Can you do the splits?
Absolutely not!
7. How good are you about wearing sunscreen during winter?
I’d say it’s hit and miss for me, but I’m trying to be better about it.
8. A red lipstick you like?
9. What’s easier for you to use — gel liner or liquid liner?
Liquid liner, ideally with a flexible pen tip because it’s faster and easier than dealing with a brush and potted gel.
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
P.S. Here are the questions to copy/paste with your answers in a comment. Talk to ya soon.
1. Last person you held hands with?
2. Yoga or Baby Yoda?
3. Do you ever get scared in the middle of the night?
4. Did you grow up playing video games?
5. How do you feel about your first name?
6. Can you do the splits?
7. How good are you about wearing sunscreen during the winter months?
8. A red lipstick you like?
9. What’s easier for you to use — gel liner or liquid liner?
P.P.S. Hi there, friend. Just wanted to say that I think you’re wonderful. We’re all doing the best we can, and your efforts aren’t going unnoticed. I see them. Hang in there.
Sending you hugs and couch cuddles from the Girls Club at MBB. ?
1. Last person you held hands with?
My husband, while watching TV.
2. Yoga or Baby Yoda?
Yoga, but I’m technically not supposed to stretch much.
3. Do you ever get scared in the middle of the night?
I have chronic nightmares, so yes. I’m the worst to share a bed with. I wake up yelling in my sleep relatively regularly.
4. Did you grow up playing video games?
Yes, but I wasn’t very good at them. My brother was a big gamer. I loved the Sims when I was a teen.
5. How do you feel about your first name?
It’s fine!
6. Can you do the splits?
I can do front splits, not center splits. I don’t actively practice them due to joint issues.
7. How good are you about wearing sunscreen during the winter months?
Good!
8. A red lipstick you like?
I have the Benefit Love Tint and like it a lot.
9. What’s easier for you to use — gel liner or liquid liner?
Liquid with a flexible tip!
My husband had surgery to remove his gall bladder this AM, so I’m waiting to take him home. Everything went well!
I’m happy to hear the surgery went well. I hope he has a fast and easy recovery.
1. Last person you held hands with? The husband
2. Yoga or Baby Yoda? Baby Yoda
3. Do you ever get scared in the middle of the night? Not really but every once in a while there is a cat fight on top of me and then all bets are off
4. Did you grow up playing video games? Little bit
5. How do you feel about your first name? I like it – it’s not super common
6. Can you do the splits? Not anymore
7. How good are you about wearing sunscreen during the winter months? Pretty good on my face – it’s part of the am routine
8. A red lipstick you like? Don’t wear red lipstick
9. What’s easier for you to use — gel liner or liquid liner? Pencil – I’m make up challenged
Oh boy, a cat fight in the middle of the night sounds pretty darn scary to me!
Last week was the squeaking mouse & the cats running around like idiots at 3 am followed by the barfing and me making my husband clean up the carnage! ?
1. Last person you held hands with?
My baby girl as we were walking into lunch yesterday to meet my bro’s new girlfriend.
2. Yoga or Baby Yoda?
Baby Yoda! We’re going to be starting season 2 of the Mandalorian this week with my BIL’s fam and we’re excited!
3. Do you ever get scared in the middle of the night?
Not really but every once in awhile when I have to use the bathroom in the middle of the night I’ll wonder if something will jump out from behind the shower curtain while I’m on the toilet. smh…gotta love those early horror movies and Filipino folklore!
4. Did you grow up playing video games?
Yes. My uncle worked in silicon valley in the early 80s and he bought the first Atari where the game was this microchip that had to be clicked in. From there, between our family and my cousin’s, we had just about every gaming system that came out. I would play with them but so we’d be doing something “together” but preferred to do other things.
5. How do you feel about your first name?
I feel like my name is very plain. It’s definitely not one that people go, “oooh, let’s name our daughter…Janice!” yeah, no.
6. Can you do the splits?
When I was a flexible child, yes. Now, I’d feel like I’d break something. No, I’m sure I’d break something.
7. How good are you about wearing sunscreen during the winter months?
Very good. My WFH office sits next to our bedroom French doors so its a habit for me to slather on some sunblock all year round.
8. A red lipstick you like?
Loreal La Lacque in Lacquerized
9. What’s easier for you to use — gel liner or liquid liner?
Liquid liner
Hope you and the fam are staying warm! It dropped to a cool 33 degrees in the East Bay valley! Finally happy to pull out all.the.sweaters!!
It was so cold here this morning, 34 degrees! I’m wearing so many layers. You’d think I was heading into a blizzard!
1. Last person you held hands with?
Paws. Myrtle The Wonder Cat.
2. Yoga or Baby Yoda?
https://www.facebook.com/scandal.jmusic.mania/videos/433990520810457
3. Do you ever get scared in the middle of the night?
Better not. I work third shift.
4. Did you grow up playing video games?
No.
5. How do you feel about your first name?
勝美. Victorious Beauty. Katsumi in romaji. Pronounced kah as in the sound the crow makes, tsu as in tsunami and me a name I call myself. Not crazy about my “American” name. Veronica.
6. Can you do the splits?
Yes.
7. How good are you about wearing sunscreen during the winter months?
Northern girl. Snow is very reflective.
8. A red lipstick you like?
Shiseido.
9. What’s easier for you to use — gel liner or liquid liner?
‘Quid.
Aww, so sweet that you get to hold paws with Myrtle! I would get my eyes clawed out by Rosie Posie. LOL
Happy Monday to you!
1 – Last person you held hands with? My husband.
2 – Yoga or baby yoda? Yoga – been doing yoga for 39 years now.
3 – Do you ever get scared in the middle of the night? Yes
4 – Did you grow up playing video games? No, but I bought them for my kids.
5 – How do you feel about your first name? Eh!
6 – Can you do the splits? Absolutely not.
7 – How good are you about wearing sunscreen during winter months? I live in south Florida – so it’s always summer here! And I’m not good at sunscreen, but I rarely go in the sun.
8 – A red lipstick you like? None
9 – What’s easier for you, gel liner or liquid liner? Neither, I like pencil or crayon liners. So much less harsh.
34 degrees there? Wowza, we hardly ever get that cold. It’s 85 here today.
1. Last person you held hands with? My husband, I don’t remember! Lol!
2. Yoga or Baby Yoda? Yoga. Baby Yoda is super cute, but I’m not a fandom person, so it’s almost a turn off the people that go nuts over him.
3. Do you ever get scared in the middle of the night? Occasionally, but I’m a heavy sleeper and sleep all night.
4. Did you grow up playing video games? Donkey Kong on my Dad’s Commodore 64. And the original Super Mario on the Nintendo NES.
5. How do you feel about your first name? Stephanie, I love it. I feel like it suits me. I like Steffie and Stef as nicknames, it’s me.
6. Can you do the splits? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! No. No I can’t.
7. How good are you about wearing sunscreen during the winter months? Really good. I wear it every day. It’s part of my morning routine, I wake up and put it on.
8. A red lipstick you like? Urban Decay Gash.
9. What’s easier for you to use — gel liner or liquid liner? Neither, I am not good with either. I’m equally bad at both? I love the look, but am bad bad bad at both of them.
Happy Monday! That picture of The Girls Club is adorable!
1. Last person you held hands with?
The husband! (insert heart face emoji here)
2. Yoga or Baby Yoda?
Baby Yoda – not super into either fandom, so I’m bandwagoning here.
3. Do you ever get scared in the middle of the night?
Yup. Especially when the otherhalf isn’t home and every noise is clearly something coming to get me. (I LOL’d at Bloody Mary…mostly in commiseration; I went to a Catholic grade school and oh man the fear of Bloody Mary was REAL at sleepovers and on the playground).
4. Did you grow up playing video games?
I did! And a lot of watching the older brother play videogames.
5. How do you feel about your first name?
It’s mine! I’ve also never had a nickname version of it.
6. Can you do the splits?
HA nope. I was very close in HS (was very bendy) but several back injuries and a surgery later and it’s really not in the cards, nor necessary?
7. How good are you about wearing sunscreen during the winter months?
Not the best, and I should be better because of the whole sun-reflecting-off-of-snow thing.
8. A red lipstick you like?
Colourpop Know It All
9. What’s easier for you to use — gel liner or liquid liner?
Gel, I have a much better hand with a brush than a pen.
1. Last person you held hands with? Dear Husband
2. Yoga or Baby Yoda? Baby Yoda!
3. Do you ever get scared in the middle of the night? Yeah, sometimes. I still get those “I forgot there was a chemistry midterm and didn’t study for it and can’t find the exam room” dreams. Or are they nightmares?
4. Did you grow up playing video games? No. They didn’t have video games when I was a kid.
5. How do you feel about your first name? I like it. I’m named after my grandmother.
6. Can you do the splits? Nope
7. How good are you about wearing sunscreen during the winter months? I wear it every day.
8. A red lipstick you like? Chanel Rouge Allure in No. 5, it was a limited edition and Lisa Eldridge Velvet Ribbon.
9. What’s easier for you to use — gel liner or liquid liner? As long as I have the right brush, gel liner. Although I really prefer a pencil any day.
Ok, there is something wrong with my body thermostat. I turned off the heat before I went to bed last night and it dipped down to 34 degrees outside overnight. And I still woke up at least three times to toss the covers off because I was too hot. The house was 59 degrees when I got up this morning. Then again, I did switch from the cotton to the down comforter this weekend.
I love the photo of you and Connor on the sofa together. Hope you guys have a great week.
1. Last person you held hands with?
Thing 2. She may be 14, but she’s still my cuddle-bug.
2. Yoga or Baby Yoda?
Yoga. Or can I vote Adult Yoda?
3. Do you ever get scared in the middle of the night?
Too often these days.
4. Did you grow up playing video games?
I wasn’t a hardcore gamer, either, but I could throwdown with some Ms. Pacman.
5. How do you feel about your first name?
It’s okay. I do get tired of people mispronouncing and misspelling it. It’s basically phonetic; what’s the problem?
6. Can you do the splits?
Hahaha, good one.
7. How good are you about wearing sunscreen during the winter months?
Actually, better than summer, since the weather is better and I’m out more.
8. A red lipstick you like?
NARS’ Cruella Lipstick Pencil.
9. What’s easier for you to use — gel liner or liquid liner?
I’m not good with either, but slightly better with liquid liner.
And hugs right back from my #girlsquad to your Girls Club!!
Happy Monday everybody,
1. Last person you held hands with?
Actually I’m unsure, because I don’t held hands often with my family.
2. Yoga or Baby Yoda?
Yoga, I need it to feel good.
3. Do you ever get scared in the middle of the night?
Oh yes, like you it goes from thinking about ghost to adult fears.
4. Did you grow up playing video games?
Not really, I had a Nintendo64 and a Gameboy, but games were expensive and I wasn’t a big player so I simply didn’t buy a lot of them.
5. How do you feel about your first name?
It’s my only name and I’m okay with it, but I’d love to have two names so there’s a bigger difference when someone calls me or my father. Both of us are Efrain Gomez, the difference comes with the second last name; I’ve even thought of being Efrain the Second.
About Karen and its meaning, do you know that in Spanish-speaking countries we say that cats name all women Karen and all men as male Karen? It’s funny because you see all this cat videos where the cat “talks” and he/she starts saying stuff like “Karen wants me to die from hunger, she hasn’t filled my plate in an hour”
6. Can you do the splits?
I still try to go there, but no.
7. How good are you about wearing sunscreen during the winter months?
I wear sunscreen daily no matter the weather, and actually winter is sunny here so it’s not a good idea to skip it.
8. A red lipstick you like?
MAC Viva Glam I
9. What’s easier for you to use — gel liner or liquid liner?
Gel because of the brush.
1. Last person you held hands with?
My fiancé, on the ride home from my parents last night.
2. Yoga or Baby Yoda?
Baby Yoda!
3. Do you ever get scared in the middle of the night?
Of course. Most of the time it’s stupid stuff or some piece of a bad dream I had.
4. Did you grow up playing video games?
Nope.
5. How do you feel about your first name?
I like it now. As a child I used to hate it. It’s unique and I don’t often run into another girl with the same name.
6. Can you do the splits?
Nope.
7. How good are you about wearing sunscreen during the winter months?
Not. I don’t wear it period. It’s just breaks me out. And these days I get zero sun exposure.
8. A red lipstick you like?
I used to love Russian Red or Dubonnet from MAC, but I can’t wear lipstick anymore.
9. What’s easier for you to use — gel liner or liquid liner?
Gel liner.
1. Last person you held hands with? My friend. (Non-Romantic. He was trying to make me smile and laugh because I was nervous about my family traveling during the summer with everything going on..)
2. Yoga or Baby Yoda? Baby Yoda is too cute!!
3. Do you ever get scared in the middle of the night? Yes- I have to have the tv or music on when I fall asleep. The base of my lamp lights up, so I leave it on too. I still need a nightlight, lol.
4. Did you grow up playing video games? Nintendo, game boy, and N64
5. How do you feel about your first name? I’ve come to like it as I’ve gotten older.
6. Can you do the splits? I wish!
7. How good are you about wearing sunscreen during the winter months? My foundation and face products have SPF in them. (Does that count?)
8. A red lipstick you like? Not a lipstick fan, but MAC Ruby Woo comes to mind…
9. What’s easier for you to use — gel liner or liquid liner? Gel! Liquid is so intense and you have to be perfect!
1. Last person you held hands with?
My mom, when I was helping her keep her balance. That was months ago.
2. Yoga or Baby Yoda?
Yoga — I’m a ball of stress.
3. Do you ever get scared in the middle of the night?
All the time.
4. Did you grow up playing video games?
Not frequently. Home video games had just started out and our neighbors had Pong and then Tetris. There was a cool video arcade that had lots of games (Frogger was a fave) but it wasn’t near home. The local pizza parlor had Ms. Pac-Man.
5. How do you feel about your first name?
It’s booooooring. My parents nearly named me after a relative but decided that the name might be difficult to spell. Eventually a cousin ended up with that name and a cute nickname to go with it. Grrrr.
6. Can you do the splits?
Used to (in my 20s) but it was never easy.
7. How good are you about wearing sunscreen during the winter months?
Diligent on my face, sporadic on my neck. As for hands, I just tend to wear gloves before it’s quite cold enough out to justify them.
8. A red lipstick you like?
L’Oreal x Balmain LE Domination is the perfect red for me.
9. What’s easier for you to use — gel liner or liquid liner?
Gel liner.
1. Last person you held hands with?
My nephew
2. Yoga or Baby Yoda?
Baby Yoda. Always.
3. Do you ever get scared in the middle of the night?
Yes, especially when there are no night lights or lights on to guide the way. I’m terribly afraid of the dark.
4. Did you grow up playing video games?
Yes!
5. How do you feel about your first name?
It’s a good, strong name (Kathryn) that is both a family name and an empress’ name, but I wish it was spelled more “traditionally” so it would stop being misspelled all the time!
6. Can you do the splits?
No. Not in a million years.
7. How good are you about wearing sunscreen during the winter months?
Ehhhhhh…you’re supposed to wear sunscreen???? (Lives in Wisconsin, land of perpetual darkness for 6 months.)
8. A red lipstick you like?
I really don’t wear red, so I can’t say!
9. What’s easier for you to use — gel liner or liquid liner?
GEL. Give me a gel and I’m good. Liquid is a horror story.
1. Last person you held hands with? Probably a technician helping me get down from the scanning machine (PET scan).
2. Yoga or Baby Yoda? Haven’t seen “The Mandalorian,” so I can’t say.
3. Do you ever get scared in the middle of the night? All the time. Existential fears, mostly. Nightmares. The comic “Phoebe and Her Unicorn” did a good Sunday strip about a year or so ago about those weird nightmares you can’t quite recall but make you wake up with a very upset state of mind. Mark Twain once said that “no one is quite sane in the night time.”
4. Did you grow up playing video games? Sort of. Pong came out when I was a young teenager, and I moved up to the original Atari at 18. Yes, I am ancient compared to you.
5. How do you feel about your first name? Never been happy about it. It has been mispronounced and misspelled my whole life. I had three siblings, but I’m the only one who got a weird name.
6. Can you do the splits? Never could.
7. How good are you about wearing sunscreen during the winter months? Not very, but I never really spend much time in the sun, as the climate I live in stinks most of the time.
8. A red lipstick you like? MAC Russian Red.
9. What’s easier for you to use — gel liner or liquid liner? Gel.
Here’s the correct wording for the Twain quote I gave above. (I shouldn’t trust my memory when doing quotes.) “In my age, as in my youth, night brings me many a deep remorse. I realize that from the cradle up I have been like the rest of the race–never quite sane in the night.”
Hi ??♀️ Karen ,
Coy wolf is too precious !
My granddaughter holds my hand to help me in the pool .
I got scared the other night because I heard a noise that sounded like a knock ✊! It was a picture that hit the ground .
I’m of the age where we played pinball .
I’m named after my father. It could have been Josephine .
Last time I did a split I was 50 and tap dancing .
I have at least 50 red lipsticks . My favorite is YSL .
I can do well w any eyeliner but
gel is easy !
Your Girls Club looks awesome! <3
1. Last person you held hands with? Probably one of the boys but only because I was fighting him off. HAHA! I still ask them regularly if they want to hold hands or sit with me or cuddle. So far, no luck.
2. Yoga or Baby Yoda? Totally Baby Yoda. SO adorable. Disney knows cute characters.
3. Do you ever get scared in the middle of the night? For about a month, a couple of years ago, I'd wake up a few times each night in a panic that I'd fail at a big project I was managing (and our company would go out of business and everyone would lose their jobs and it would be all my fault). Fortunately it was short-lived, the project was a success and, even if it hadn't been, it wouldn't have resulted in what I feared.
4. Did you grow up playing video games? We never had them but a couple of my friends did and we'd play arcade games. I always hated them and thought they were a waste of time (why on earth stay inside and do that when you could be outside playing a sport?!)
5. How do you feel about your first name? Meh.
6. Can you do the splits? Sadly, no.
7. How good are you about wearing sunscreen during the winter months? I wear it everyday, year round. Did you tell me about Elta MD? I love it. You most likely did. HAHA!
8. A red lipstick you like? Any kind that looks like a very sheer black honey….
9. What’s easier for you to use — gel liner or liquid liner? I'm going to go with powder. Don't you love that I'm such a rule follower?