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A flower you would like to grow in your garden:
A hobby that occupies your time:
A plant that you baby to grow in your zone even though it is not normally found there.

Antiques or modern?

Are gardens enhanced by putting an inanimate object with the animate?
Are pillows or your mattress more important?
Are the clocks in your house accurate?
Are you a neat freak?
Are you a packrat?
Are you good at organizing parties?
Are you prone to impulse plant buying?
Are your dishes printed with flowers?

Best tips for packing and moving.

Biggest laundry disaster?

Can two people run water in your house without loss of water pressure?
Can you park your car in your garage?

Chrome, almond, white or another color appliances are in your home?

Curtains or mini blinds in your house?

Describe your mattress.

Did you buy anything at the home show?
Did you get anything fun in the mail today?
Did you hang the curtains yourself?
Did your mother have a special scent that she used in her house that made it smell like home? Was it the same thing all the time or was it seasonal?

Do hangers breed at your house or do you not have enough?
Do rooms in your home have a theme?
Do those run remover products work?
Do you allow other people to help with weeding or gardening?
Do you belong to any garden societies?
Do you burn your leaves?
Do you change your sheets weekly?
Do you clean house before you go on vacation?
Do you collect anything?
Do you compost your leaves?
Do you cross stitch?
Do you do your own laundry or take it to the cleaners?
Do you embroider?
Do you enjoy having people over to your house?
Do you enjoy yardwork?
Do you ever buy something for your home and then hate it?
Do you ever look for decorating ideas in the restaurants you eat at?
Do you ever think about building your own home?
Do you ever think about buying a house in the country?
Do you feed birds in your yard?
Do you finish your projects?
Do you fold your underwear?
Do you forget what food is in your freezer?
Do you get out of bed immediately when your alarm clock rings?
Do you get telemarketing calls?
Do you go to flower shows?
Do you go to garden expos?
Do you go to your friends for decorating advice?
Do you grow any unusual varieties of plants?
Do you have a bird bath?
Do you have a chest freezer or upright freezer?
Do you have a cleaning lady?
Do you have a cleaning product that always works great for you?
Do you have a communal sock drawer for everyone in the family?
Do you have a compost bin or pile?
Do you have a craft room?
Do you have a favorite small appliance that you use every day?
Do you have a fireplace?
When was the last time you had a fire in it?
Do you have a flower or bush in the yard you wish you knew the name of?
Do you have a garage?
Do you have a green thumb?
Do you have a guest room?
Do you have a home theater?
Do you have a pest control service?
Do you have a pond?
Does it have fish?
Plants?
A waterfall?
Do you have a porch swing?
Do you have a sewing box?
Do you have a toolbelt?
Do you have a weedeater?
Do you have a/c and if so what temp to you keep it at?
Do you have an inground sprinkler system?
Do you have and use a meat thermometer?
Do you have any houseplants?
Do you have any lawn ornaments?
Do you have any teapots that you use just for decoration?
Do you have any toys of your own that you would not let children.
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your own or visiting children play with?
Do you have anything with Winnie The Pooh on it in your house?
Do you have furniture protectors on any furniture?
Do you have houseplants?
Do you have outdoor living space?
Do you have recyclable materials picked up curbside or do you take them the recycling center or do you not recycle at all?
How does recycling work in your town?
Do you have teddy bears in your house now?
Do you have to have covers (blankets and/or sheets) at all costs, no matter the weather?
Do you have trouble telling weeds from what you have planted?
How do you tell the difference?
Do you have trouble thinning seedlings?
Do you iron your jeans?
Do you iron your partner's clothes?
Do you iron your sheets?
Do you iron?
Do you keep a lot of candles around, scented?
Do you keep stained tableclothes?
Do you keep your trees trimmed yourself or use a service?
Do you know how to change your furnace filter?
How often do you change it?
Do you know the names of the plants in your yard?
Do you know the names of your houseplants?
Do you let your children decorate their own spaces?
Do you let your partner have input into household décor?
Do you like shopping for your home?
Do you like to have parties at your home?
Do you like your walls painted a clean crisp white or another color?
Do you live in a house, an apartment or a condo?
Do you lock your doors when you are home?
Do you lock your doors when you run errands?
Do you make your bed every day?
Do you match socks?
Do you mow the lawn in your bikini?
Do you mulch your lawn clippings?
Do you often have people over to your house?
Do you pay for a seasonal maintenance plan on your heating and cooling system or wait until it breaks?
Do you prefer a clean house?
Do you prefer gas or electric stoves?
Do you rake leaves to the road for city collection?
Do you rake your lawn clippings?
Do you recycle small batteries?
Do you replace the toilet paper roll immediately?
Do you rinse before putting dishes in?
Do you roll your socks?
Do you set your alarm clock a few minutes ahead and do math when you wake up?
Do you sew?
Do you sort clothes before washing?
Do you sort socks?
Do you subscribe to gardening magazines?
Do you try foods that come out in new or unnatural colors?
Do you try new food products at the grocery store?
Do you use a dishwasher?
Do you use a lawn service?
Do you use a scheduling system for cleaning your home?
Do you use a shopping list?
Do you use any special floor cleaners?
Do you use bleach?
Do you use compost pile activator?
Do you use dryer sheets?
Do you use fabric softener in the rinse cycle?
Do you use long weekends to get projects done around the house?
Do you use your living room?
Do you watch Trading Spaces?
What friend would you trade spaces with?
Do you wish your yard was bigger or smaller?
Do your friends come to you for decorating advice?
Do your houseplants thrive?

Does anyone wash dishes as soon as you get in the shower?
Does your dish liquid entice you to do dishes?
Does your house have a name?
Does your house have personality?
Given the choice, would you rather live in the mountains or near the beach?

Has anyone ever shrunk a favorite outfit of YOURS in the dryer?
Has anyone ever thrown a surprise party for you?

Have you considered laminate flooring or do you have it?
Why?
Have you ever been to a home show?
Have you ever burned a piece of clothing with an iron?
Have you ever considered making a living selling your crafts?
Have you ever costumed yourself like a book character?
Have you ever done your own wallpaper?
Have you ever gotten in over your head on a project?
Have you ever planted a tree?
If so what and where?
Have you ever received a household appliance as a gift?
Have you ever redecorated and your partner has failed to notice?
Have you ever shrunk a sweater in the dryer?
Have you ever sold your crafts?
Have you ever tried to make a quilt?
Have you ever wanted a secret passage in your home?
Have you tried feng shui?

Heirloom or hybrid?

How do you choose a brand of interior paint?
How do you clean pantyhose?
How do you feel about grocery store sample ladies?
How do you feel about housing areas where the houses all look alike?
How do you feel about vaulted ceilings?
How do you get rid of ants when they come into your home?
How do you get rid of fire ants?
How do you harvest lettuce?
How do you keep paper towels in your house?
How do you make sure something fits your decorating scheme or colors before purchase?
How do you manage mosquito problems in your yard?
How do you organize your closet?
How do you organize your junk drawer?
How do you weed?
How high do you clip your grass?
How is the water pressure in your house?
How is your pantry/cupboard laid out?
Alphabetical, category or just tossed in there?
How long does it take for you to get completely unpacked after you move?
(discounting items you keep in boxes for storage) How many changes of sheets do you have?
How many gifts this year will be homemade?
How many homes/apartments have you lived in during your life?
How many loads of laundry do you do a week?
How many potholders do you have?
Any homemade ones?
How many seed catalogs do you get?
How many table cloths do you own?
How many things sit on your bathroom sink?
How many times have you moved?
How many tv's do you own in your home?
How many unfinished craft projects do you have right now?
How much money do you spend on your hobby?
How much of your decorating is just for beauty not for function?
How much raking does your yard require in the fall?
How often do you buy new sheets?
How often do you clean behind your fridge?
Behind your stove?
How often do you clean your fridge?
How often do you do major cleaning?
How often do you dust?
How often do you mop your floors?
Do any of you have tips for dealing with wood floors?
How often do you mow your lawn?
How often do you organize a room in your home?
How often do you replace your kitchen sponge?
How often do you sweep your floors?
How often do you vacuum your floors?
How often do you wash your sheets?
How often do you water your garden?
How often do you water your grass?
How often do you wax your floors?
How often do you wax your furniture?
How would you describe your yard?

If you could add any one room to your house, what would it be?
If you could change one thing about your kitchen what would it be?
If you could have a clear plastic box to protect anything of yours, what would it be?
If you could have someone do one chore for you today what would it be?
(A single chore.Cleaning the house is not one chore. As tempting as that is) If you could rename the street you live on, what would you rename it?
If you could tour any famous person's home, whose home would you choose?
If you were a flower, what flower would you be?
If you were a household appliance, what appliance would you be?
If you were a plant, what plant would you be?

Is a garden "a place where hopes give promise to coming true"?
Is clutter necessary to prevent a home from looking like a museum?
Is it important to you that the style of your appliances match?
Is there a food you absolutely won't try, no matter how much other people try to get you to taste it?
Is your house in a subdivision?
Is your lawnmower gas or electric?
Is your partner handy with tools?

Material possessions are___________.

Messiest room of your house.
Most precious item in your home.(not family members or pets, an item)

Name five things in your freezer.
Name five things in your refrigerator.
Name five things under your kitchen sink.

Seeds or transplants?

Share a recipe with exactly 5 ingredients that you have made.

Should kids be encouraged to garden?

Style of furniture you like

The possession you would like to unload on someone

Were you happy with your new mattress once you got it home?

What are important factors to you in choosing a broom, dustpan and a mop?
What book character would you like to be?
What book character would you like to meet?
What chore always makes you feel good when it is done?
What chore do you like least?
What chore do you secretly enjoy?
What cleaning chore do you find relaxing?
What cleaning products do you avoid?
What color is your house?
What colors are you drawn to in plant choices?
What considerations do you keep in mind when choosing new carpet?
What craft would you take up if you had more money?
What craft would you take up if you had more patience?
What craft would you take up if you had more time?
What do you collect?
What do you do when you oversalt something?
What do you do when you see a spider in your house?
What do you do when you spill salt?
What do you hate to clean?
What do you like least about doing laundry?
What do you look for in a refrigerator?
What do you look for in a washer and dryer?
What do you look for when buying a stove?
What do you make for dinner when you aren't in the mood to cook?
What do you make for dinner when you have nothing in the house to eat?
What does your dream house look like?
What essential tools should everyone have?
What ethnic dishes do you cook?
What ethnic dishes do you wish you knew how to cook?
What ethnic dishes will you not try?
What features does your dream home have?
What food did you used to buy at the store but can't find anymore?
What food fads do you enjoy?
What food fads do you miss?
What four things do you need to do this weekend?
What gardening zone are you in and what special challenges does that present?
What has been your worst gardening experience?
What has been your worst household purchase?
What home do you have the best memories of?
What home do you wish you still could live in?
What home improvement project do you think will never get done in your home?
What home improvement tv shows do you watch?
What is floral in the room where you are right now?
What is hanging in your coat closet that is NOT a coat?
What is on your DIY/Home Improvement project list?
What is the biggest purchase you have made so far for your hobby?
What is the most unusual thing in your house?
What is the most used room in your house?
What is the most useless tool in your tool box?
What is the quirkiest art in your house?
What is worse: a small kitchen or a really big kitchen where you have to walk a lot?
What is your best stain removal tip?
What is your biggest complaint about your house?
What is your biggest home improvement disaster?
What is your decorating style/taste?
What is your dream home improvement?
What item that you don't currently possess would you most like to have in your home?
What kind of bbq grill do you have?
What kind of detergent do you use?
What kind of dish detergent do you use?
What kind of heat do you have in your home?
What kind of hose do you have?
What kind of mattress do you have on your bed?
soft?
firm?
water?
What kind of sheets do you buy?
What kind of soil amendments do you use in your gardening?
What kinds of flowers can you never grow?
What kinds of plantings are overused in your area?
What kinds of plants do you hate?
What labor saving appliance do you wish would be invented?
What lawn furniture would you like?
What makes home "home" for you?
What makes you homesick?
What one "toy" would you love to own to help you in your hobby?
What one thing would you change about your bedroom?
What piece of furniture in your home always sparks conversation?
What piece of furniture would you love to get rid of?
What piece of furniture would you love to own?
What room of your home do YOU spend the most time in?
What room of your house most needs redecorating?
What room of your house most needs renovation?
What side of the bed do you sleep on?
What size bed do you sleep in?
For how many people?
What stain removal product do you use on laundry?
What style is your house?
What theme would you like to decorate your house in?
What three material things would you rescue if your house was burning?
What three things do you want to change about your home?
What unusual feature do you wish you could add to your home?
What would help keep your house more organized?
What would you do with your yard given time, money and the skilled labor to do it?
What would you prepare someone who was coming to your home for the first time for dinner?
What would you prepare someone who you needed to impress?
What's on the front of your fridge?
Is it covered with notes held with magnets?
What kind of magnets?
Do you keep photographs there?
Or is your fridge door unadorned?
What's on top of your refrigerator?
What's the color in your house that says "you"?
What's the floweres blooming in your yard right now?
What's the main color in your kitchen?
What's under your bed?

When do you call in the professionals to help with a home improvement project?
When do you plan your garden?
When is the last time you bought a new mattress?
How did you make a mattress buying decision?
When looking for a new place to live, what factors are/would be most important to you other than number of bedrooms and bathrooms?
When was the last time you got new curtains?

Where do lost socks go in the laundry?
Where do you get your nursery plants?
Where do you hide things in your house?
Where do you stash mess in your house?
Where does everyone gather in your house?

Who changes the toilet paper in your home?
Who cleans the bathroom?
Who cleans the gutters?
Who defrosts the fridge?
Who does the dishes?
Who does the laundry?
Who does the most housework?
Who fixes the dripping tap?
Who folds the clothes?
Who has the messiest hobby in your home?
Who is most likely to have a laundry disaster like turning the clothes pink or bleaching colors?
Who is the house slob?
Who is the neatnik in your home?
Who is the official "dishwasher" in your home?
Who knows where everything is kept in your home?
Who leaves wet towels on the floor?
Who mows the lawn in your home?
Who organizes at your house?
Who takes out the garbage?

Whose yard in your neighborhood is immaculately kept?

Would you buy a model home?
Would you describe your house as spotless, lived-in, or dirty?
Would you ever go to a camp for your craft?
Would you like a secret garden?
Would you like to change the color of your kitchen or are you happy with it as it is?
Would you move tomorrow if someone offered you a million dollars?
Would you rather re-do a room or get a few pieces for each room of your house?

You don't have a lot of:

Your most expensive possession
Your prized possession
Your strangest possession

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