1. When it comes to good manners, what two top your list of most important?
Saying "thank you" is very important.  I hate ingratitude.  The second most important is not interrupting when someone else is speaking.  I find that extremely rude. Everyone deserves to be heard.

2. Let's open a proverbial can of worms...Common Core.  Are you familiar with the term (talking education reform in the USA)? If so, care to share your thoughts? In your opinion, what is one of the biggest issues schools (in your home country) face today?
Honestly I don't know enough about it to form an educated opinion. The public school system doesn't interest me anymore.  I gave up on it a long time ago- that is why I homeschool my children.  There are so many issues, I can't pick just one. The system is broken.  It simply doesn't work.

3. Name a celebrity whose fashion sense you admire and share why.
I  don't really pay attention to fashion or celebrities very much.  However, I do love Jennifer Love Hewitt's wardrobe in Ghost Whisperer.  I wish I had her wardrobe.

4. How are you affected by the changing seasons?
In Louisiana we don't really have seasons.  It's just hot, hotter, not-so-hot, and chilly.   Ha ha!   I hate summer because it's just too hot and the heat makes things more stressful and difficult (in my opinion).   I love autumn.  It's such sweet, sweet relief!  I love the weather in winter too, but it gets boring after awhile.  I don't like staying in the house so much.

5. Scariest book you've ever read?
I'm not sure.  I like scary stories, but I don't like gore and being truly frightened. I don't read things if I know they're going to be really scary.  The only thing that comes to mind is a book of short stories by Stephen King- I don't even remember the name.  Graveyard Shift, maybe?  Anyway, there was one story in it about a finger coming up out of a bathroom sink.  That's all I remember about it,  and thinking about it now- it's not that scary. lol  But it freaked me out at the time and I had a hard time with bathrooms for awhile.

6. What time of day are you most hungry?  What's your go-to snack?
I graze most of the day, so I'm usually not hungry.   My favorite snack at the moment is Tom's Hot Fries.

7. Do you lean more towards being too needy or too independent? Which do you find harder to deal with in others?
I can be both at times, but in my usual daily routines, and for the most part  I am more independent.  I find it very hard to deal with needy people.  

8. Insert your own random thought here.

Edit:  I don't know why the fonts on this post are so varied.  I tried to fix it, but it keeps coming out like this no matter what I do.  Sorry.