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Welcome, everyone, to my first Friday Five, Three, One. This is a chance for guest bloggers to share a bit about themselves in a fun format of Five Facts, Three Questions and One Sentence. If you'd like to be a guest on Friday Five, Three, One drop me an email.


And now...


My debut guest for the Friday Five, Three, One is LK Hunsaker, whose new book, Moondrops & Thistles, is out today. LK, thanks for being my test subject...er guest.


FIVE FUN FACTS

1. Favorite word: This week? Absolutely! (It changes often.)
2. First thing you do in the morning: Get dressed; writer-dressed, not going out dressed. Sweats, tee, slippers. I get up and go right to work so I dress for it first thing.
3. Favorite song to dance to: That changes often, too. Recently, I Like It by Enrique Inglesia and Dynamite by Taio Cruz. I know, you asked for one, but these two are current obsessions.
4. What constitutes a crime against nature: Wow, hard question. I’d say it’s when we thumb what we know is right and decent in favor of temporary satisfaction and fleeting pleasure, resulting in unnecessary pain and destruction.
5. Favorite destination: Water! Beach, ocean, lake ... a nice swimming pool. I adore Italy and Scotland and would gladly go back any time. But, I also like being home and am always glad to return.

 THREE QUESTIONS

1. What book is on your nightstand? Evergreen by Belva Plain, a recommendation from a friend
2. What would your mother say about today’s underwear choice? Ha! She’d probably say I should find something cuter.
3. What scares you most? The possibility of losing a child. I can’t imagine anything worse. My kids are my center.

ONE SENTENCE

Using these four words, write a sentence: Scream. Hangover. Sweat. Blog.

No need to scream at me; I’ll sweat it out and get my blog post written despite the nasty word hangover I already have from the twenty-thousand I wrote yesterday.

YOUR TURN

Feel free to give us a teaser about your new book and information where to find you online.

Daws is a stalwart soldier entrenched in his work.
Deanna is a fiery spirit on a mission.

Love. Honor.
Trust.

Sacrifice.

Moondrops & Thistles


Website: http://www.lkhunsaker.com
Blog: http://lkhunsaker.blogspot.com
Moondrops on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MoondropsAndThistles

LK, I love the name of your book. What inspired it?

If no one sees the lights, do they still twinkle?

I've started a morning exercise where I pull four words out of a jar and then write a sentence using those words. It's almost 4 p.m. and my four words are still staring at me...the sentence remains unwritten.

Instead, I find myself staring at my Christmas tree and wondering about the naked backside.

Yep, I said naked.

The faux fir is only half-gussied up for the holidays because I don't decorate the side of the tree that goes against the wall. I'm not sure why. It's not that I think it's too difficult--if I can clean the top of  my cabinets and scrub basements, hanging lights and a few ornaments can't be tough--nor do I lack enough decorations. I just don't see the point.

To me, Christmas decorations are for the viewers' pleasure, and no one is going to see the "other" side of my tree. But I sense I am alone in this philosophy. Of my friends who answered the quick question on FB, the majority decorate all sides of the trees.

What about you? Do you decorate the side of the tree no one sees? Why or why not?

Where do I live?

One of the great things about being self-employed and working from is that you can live wherever you want--within budget, of course. The queen isn't going to have me for a neighbor anytime soon. But the trouble with being able to live anywhere I want is...I want to live everywhere.


So I found a website to help me find a spot. It makes you think about what you dislike in a hometown vs. what you cannot live without. I cannot live without sunshine and places to walk. I could go the rest of my life without seeing snow.


After walking me thought my thoughts on crime, traffic, education, geography, religion, etc., the site did its magic and spit out the top places for me to live.



And the number one place?


Little Rock, Ark!


Surprised? So was I. In a million years, I'm not sure Little Rock would've shown up on my radar.


I'm not packing to move. Florida offers more beaches, Ohio has family and South Carolina is just God's country, but the site has given me a list of places to visit over the next few years.