Saturday 9: One Less Set of Footsteps

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

You can play along here.

1) Jim Croce sings that "tomorrow is a dream away." What are you dreaming about today?  Getting rid of this stinking cold I caught at work and having a good day of sales at the craft show we're going to.

2) He promises that his lover will soon hear one less voice a-talking. Who is the most recent person you spoke to? (Texts, e-mails and IMs don't count.)  My husband. We had to discuss the water I found running out of the space where the hot water tank sits. It has apparently chosen today to die.

3) He admits that he and his lover have run out of things to say to one another anyway. Let's turn that around: Is there someone in your life with whom the conversation always flows freely?  My husband, my daughter, my grandchildren, and my work bestie.

4) He mentions the jeans hanging upon her door. Do you often wear blue jeans?  I don't usually wear regular jeans, but I wear a lot of denim leggings.

5) As a high school student, Jim Croce was not especially interested in music. During those years he concentrated on foreign languages, especially German. Say something to us in German.  Danke...thanks.

6) His focus changed when he got to college. That's when he joined a choral group that was chosen for a foreign exchange tour of Africa and the Middle East. When did you first travel far from home? Where did you go?  I went to Washington D.C. and to Wright Patterson Air Force Base with Civil Air Patrol when I was in 9th grade.

7) In 1973, when this song was popular, Norman Mailer was atop the best seller lists with his controversial biography of Marilyn Monroe. When you curl up with a book, is it more likely to be fiction or non-fiction?  I usually choose fiction. I like to read to escape.

8) Home calculators were innovative in 1973. You could choose a large desktop calculator that featured big keys and plugs into the wall, or a hand-held, battery-operated model. Today every cellphone and laptop has a calculator built in, so do you ever still reach for a stand-alone calculator?  No. I don't think I even own one.

9) Random question: Here's $100. What will you spend it on?  I'm afraid that today it will have to go toward the new hot water heater.