Thanks to Ali from Anything You Want for nominating me for the Sunshine Blogger Award! She gave me five questions, so you can learn more about Norm Gunderson, your friendly neighborhood blogger.
What is the last place you visited that took your breath away?
This is how bad my memory is. I’m scrolling back through my most recent photos on my iPod to figure this out.
“Took your breath away” is a tall order. I probably have to go back to our trip to Peru in April. CAUTION: CLICHED ANSWER APPROACHING. I think it has to be Machu Picchu, and more specifically, hanging out with the llamas at Machu Picchu. We got there very early and visited with these llamas during the morning mist. Something about being around these llamas with no other people around, and looking out over the valley was even better than the Machu Picchu “money shot.”
What is your favorite thing to cook (or order in if you don’t like to cook)?
We’ve been watching the entire run of the Great British Baking Show starting from season 1. So I’ve been enjoying imitating the bakers on that show. My favorite thing to make recently is this chocolate babka. It’s a little time intensive to just make one, so I’ll make three at a time and freeze them.
Would you rather wake up with the birds or sleep in?
Marge was just talking about this the other day and came up with a happy medium. She likes to wake up early, get something done, then immediately go back to bed for a nap. I honestly could go either way. Left to my own devices, I sleep really late. But I love to get a bunch of chores done really early, as soon as stores open, then have the rest of the day for myself. It just takes the wherewithal to actually wake up.
What was the last frugal choice you made?
There’s been a few recently, like cancelling our cable, but deciding to cancel my newspaper was probably the toughest. On the bright side, it’s been impossible to get them to cancel it, so even though I haven’t paid them in two months, they keep delivering it every day. Take a hint much, newspaper? It don’t sound like you do.
What is your biggest Netflix weakness?
That’s a good one. If I don’t feel like a movie, I’ll go for a tv show. Recently it’s been No Reservations and Ace of Cakes. I also add lots of bad b-movie horror and exploitation flicks and sometimes regret it. You would’ve caught me watching part of Ghoulies 3: Ghoulies Go To College the other day. (You remember Ghoulies, right? The monster that comes out of the toilet on that VHS cover that scared me as a kid?)
But what show do I really binge watch right now? The Americans, which is not on Netflix. I’m just finishing the first three seasons. It’s a show you probably don’t watch, but really should.