CPQ #113

If any one of the national holidays had to be celebrated twice a year, six months apart, which one would you want it to be?

Veterans Day.  Men and women in our nation's armed forces work 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.  Why celebrate them only once a year?  This holiday is less selfish and more about commemorating others and their sacrifices.

CPQ #112

If you had to choose your own epitaph of eight words or fewer (besides name and dates), what would it say?

It would say something along the lines of:  'Families are Forever'.  I know that's super unoriginal and boring but that's what you get.

CPQ #111

If you could open your own retail store, what type of merchandise would you sell?
What a perfect question!  I complain about this all the time to my husband...I would sell cute MODEST clothes at a reasonable price!  Anyone else find it extremely difficult to find dresses/skirts that are fashionable but don't show half of your butt??  That is a big gripe of mine and if I had the money to open a store like this, I would in a heartbeat.

CPQ #110

If ten people who know you were asked to write down on a piece of paper on adjective that each of them thinks best describes you, what do you think would be the most common word written down?  (Consider the answer from their viewpoint, not yours!)

These questions are hard.  I'm not the type of person to toot my own horn.  I'll take a shot in the dark here and guess the word would be 'Nice'.

CPQ #109

If the daytime high temperature had to be exactly the same every day of the year, what would you want the temperature to be?

75.  My hometown is a place where we do experience all four seasons but I definetely prefer the heat over anything else.  75 is a perfect middle ground :)

CPQ #108

You've no doubt heard the expression, "They couldn't pay me enough to do that job."  What job would that be for you?

A nurse!  Or doctor!  Or any person who comes in contact with blood!  I'm thankful to have nurses and doctors but I could never ever be one.  When a person even says the word 'blood', I start getting light headed.  Typing it right now is making me a little nauseated.  Very pathetic...

CPQ #107

What is one item you own that you really should throw away...but probably never will?

Um, I'd have to say old baby blankets.  Some are discolored and pretty tattered but they're special.  Even though I don't remember using them as a baby, I feel like throwing them away would be a heartless thing to do.

CPQ #106

What is the longest line you have ever stood in?

I can't pin point just one specific time but I'll just say generally that it is at amusement parks.  They haven't been extremely bad but some have lasted longer than an hour and a half.  Patience is a virtue, right?

CPQ #105

What is something you forgot once that you will more than likely never forget again?

I'm generally not a forgetful person...I remember all of Jesse's family's birthdays and I have to remind him to say something.  But more often than not, the thing I forget most is to eat.  I'm usually too rushed in the mornings to eat breakfast and on days when it's busy at work, I don't always take a lunch.  Those days suck...I feel nauseous and I get headaches.  I shouldn't ever forget to eat but it does happen on occasion :(

CPQ #104

Which particular historical document (or portion thereof) do you think every American should know by heart?

Definitely the Pledge of Alligance.  (Is that written in a historical document?  I don't even know)  It makes me mad that some schools go without saying the Pledge of Alligance.  Yes, I know that in America people are free to worship how they wish.  But how do you think they got that freedom?  It's because of our forefathers who risked their lives to establish it and it's because of the millions of soliders that continue to risk their lives so we can maintain it.

CPQ #103

If you could stand at the pinnacle of any natural object or man-made structure, what would it be?

I'd want to stand on top of one of the pyramids in Egypt.  It would be so incredible to see those massive structures that were man-made without construction equipment!  On the other hand, it's a little disheartening to know how slaves were treating when they were built.  I still tear up when I watch The Prince of Egypt while they're whipping the slaves.  So sad, but the pyramids would be incredible to see.

CPQ #102

What do you think is the best conversation piece in your home?

Since we're still a young freshly-married couple, we don't have a lot of fancy possessions.  We just have the basics!  But I'd say the things we get comments about the most are our wedding pictures that are hung in the living room and dining room.  Even if the person has been to our house before and seen them, they still make comments everytime they visit.  It can be kind of flattering but at the same time, it makes me uncomfortable.  Am I the only one who thinks plastering your own face all over your walls is a little conceited?  Maybe I'm just weird...nope, I definitely am weird.  No question.

CPQ #101

What would your dream house look like?  Be as descriptive as possible.

I want a newer house but not necessarily a cookie-cutter model.  I only want 5 or 6 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.  Any bigger than that is a nightmare to clean (who am I kidding, cleaning any house can be a nightmare!)  I prefer for it to only be that size because any bigger, it's like you're inviting people to come see your museum.  It's a home where family should feel comfortable, not uptight like a museum.  I'd want a big kitchen with fancy stainless steel appliances.  There would be an office/den/"man cave" downstairs where Jesse can hang all his trophy bucks.  I don't want them spread throughout the whole house; we'll keep it to one room :)  The house would be on a cul-de-sac or on a less populated road.  I want some neighbors but not too many.  I'm leaving out lots of other details because this could take days to list out what I dream of in a house!

CPQ #100

If you were writing an autobiography, what would be the book's title (besides your name)?

Um...it would be "A Life of Service" or something to that affect.  I don't do it as much as I should but I like serving people and being someone they can count on.  Hopefully by the time I've lived enough life to even write an autobiography, I'll live up to that!

CPQ #99

If you could see the front page of a national newspaper dated January 1, 2100, what do you imagine that the main headline might say?

I'm usually not one who is paranoid or superstitious but I think the world will have ended by then.  I'll rephrase that:  the Second Coming will have happened by then and I'm sure we won't have newspapers anymore.

CPQ #98

If your name were given as the decription for any one word in the dictionary, behind what word would people find your name?  (Example:  HILARIOUS:  John Smith).

AWESOME:  Ashlyn Mellor :)

CPQ #97

In your opinion, what is the best piece of music ever written?

Here we are again assuming that I'm in touch with the finer things in art and culture.  Ha!  I'd have to say Beethoven's Fur Elise.  I taught myself how to play the first part of that song...no piano lessons or anything.  Just learned it by ear :)

CPQ #96

If you could walk into any painting and actually experience the moment or scene that it depicts, which painting would you choose to enter?

I'm not really cultured when it comes to paintings and art.  I wish I was but it probably won't happen.  The only famous painting that comes to mind (besides Mona Lisa) is called Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.  I remember in two of my elementary classes, they used this painting as a reference so we could learn how to draw things in the distance.  I obviously cannot remember the right term for that but it's a pretty well known piece of art.  It's the one with all the people milling around the park and just enjoying themselves.

CPQ #95

In your opinion, what is the most beautiful man-made object in the world?

I'd have to say...temples.  And if I had to choose just one, it would be the Saint George Temple.