5 Questions

I got on the interview band wagon from Will at Be the Boy; he asks the questions, I answer, that's how it works.

1 – What inspired you to start The House of Suz blog and what inspires you to continue?

I started reading Miss Doxie a few years ago and really enjoyed her writing. Then I came across Out Of Character, which is probably my favorite blog (sorry Will) and notice a “start your own blog” button on Blogspot and the rest is history.

What inspires me to continue blogging is an equal portion of desire to write, guilt when I fail to regularly and my friends that nag me if I even miss one day. But mostly the last one.

2 - In your writing you frequently mention your dog and your roommate, how did you meet them both?

I met the roommate through work, he was in the indirect sales division of the company I worked for and I was in customer service. There were problems with service for one of his customers, a very high profile customer that was spending a lot of money with us, so I was asked to help out. He used goofy terms like “If it’s teamwork, it doesn’t seem work” in e-mails so at first I thought he was a little on the goofy side. Then one day he joined our sales team for drinks after work and he was the only one to laugh at my Jesus joke. We became fast friends immediately and he is the person I am closest to in my entire life.

One day about 3 years ago the Roommate, Boytek and I went to the mall to watch a movie. We got there a little too early so decided to do some shopping, I by myself, The Roommate and Boytek together. I noticed this cute German Shepard puppy at the front of the pet store and when I ran into the Roommate he commented on the cute dog in the pet store I asked “The German Shepard puppy” and he said no, another one. He brought me deep into the pet store to put where all the kennels were and there was this average looking puppy. I didn’t think he was that cute---until he rolled over on his back and put his paws over his ears. The pet store employee notice me looking at him and took us all to a private room, during the movie I decided I wanted the dog and was going to name him Rufus. The Roommate had been suggesting I needed a dog so he bought him for me as a Christmas gift. The rest is history.

3- Do you want to know who reads your stuff?

I am more interested in where the reader is from (what city, country) than who it is, unless they leave clever comments. Then I check them out.

4 – Has there been anything you have written that you wished you could have back once it was posted?

Nope. I haven’t written anything that controversial, but sometimes I cringe at my spelling.

5 – What can House of Suz readers expect in the future?

A big announcement and then more of the usual.

If you want to be interviewed by House of Suz, leave me your e-mail address in the comments.