8 things

Tagged by Melody!

8 Things About Me

Rules:

1) Post rules on your blog

2) Answer the 6 categories

3) Tag others

8 Favorite T.V. Shows:

1. smallville
2. lost
3. scrubs
4. malcom
5. divine design
6. psych
7. chuck
8. designed to sell

8 Things I did Yesterday/what a wonderful life I lead

1. made 2 sack lunches
2. made 5 different breakfasts
3. threw a bday party
4. taught piano
5. cleaned 2 bathrooms
6. did the dishes
7. grocery shopping
8. went to mutual/pinewood derby

8 Things I look Forward To

1. blogging
2. all the kids in school
3. date night
4. shaver
5. pismo
6. disneyland
7. having a maid
8. going back to school

8 Favorite Restaurants

1. japanese kitchen
2. los charritos
3. me n eds
4. macaroni grill
5. fugazis - why did they have to close down???
6. mimi's
7. ruth's chris steakhouse
8. long john silver's

8 Things on My Wishlist

1. independent homework time
2. interior design degree
3. healthy kids/husband/family
4. going to hawaii
5. going back to NY and Boston
6. seeing oprah
7. a 6-slice waffle maker
8. more closets

8 People I Tag

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Tagged by Laura & Melody!

Laura & Melody both tagged me with this same tag within the space of a few days. This one must be flying through our little blogosphere like wildfire. I'm to give 7 random facts about myself. I don't know if there are 7, but I'll sure try! Here goes...

Factoid #1:
Most people might find this first claim strange, but here it is and it's the truth! I LOVED JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. It was a great 2 years. I had a great group of friends, mostly members of our church, and I loved feeling more independent. I don't know where that confidence came from... maybe from my Grandma DeeDee always calling me her "Miss America."

Factoid #2:
I've NEVER dyed my hair. EVER. While in my teen years there were the occasional lemon juice or peroxide attempts to get some natural looking blond highlights, but who knows if that ever actually worked. Besides that my hair has never been any other color. My reasons: I like my natural color just fine thank you very much, I'm afraid of choosing a bad color and making a mistake, and I'm cheap!

Factoid #3:
Coloring with a brand new box of Crayola markers is one of my most favorite things to do.

Factoid #4:
I've never mowed the yard. Although, I did use the edger. That was one of my jobs growing up, but never the mower.

Factoid #5:
I must be thinking a lot about my past because here's another one... When I was in high school or maybe it was junior high - can't remember - I got my brother Thomas in big trouble! He got home from school just a few minutes before me and thought it'd be fun to lock me out of the house. I was not amused and started banging on the window so he'd let me in already. I must have been pretty worked up because low and behold I hit the window a little to hard, my hand went right through it and shattered the glass into the kitchen sink and all over the porch! Mom and Dad came home, got the full story (my version of course) and Thomas was busted. He had to pay for the window and everything.

Factoid #6:
I can roll my tongue like a taco and a shamrock. (Oh yes I can Jeremy!)

Factoid #7:
I pop my knuckles, back, neck, shoulders, knees, toes, ankles, elbows, and wrists all the time. It's such a bad nervous habit, but I'm addicted! If I've been sitting or laying down too long all I have to do is move 2 inches and my back will pop all on it's own.

I TAG:
Stacy O.
Khristie
Sue A.
Janice

Survey tagged by Melody

Favorite Person (outside of family)? I must live life in a bubble because I really had to think about this one! I guess I'd have to say... right now my favorite person is my friend Heather from the ol' high school days. We're mostly blog friends right now, but I sure think about her a lot.

Favorite Food? anything I don't cook!

Quirks about you? I usually get the "jimmy legs" at night. I have to jiggle them until I get all the jiggles out and then I can go to sleep. Jeremy loves it.

Any regrets in life? YES! I regret not inviting my sister-in-laws Kari and Aimee to be my bridesmaids. I was young and thought it was not ok to invite married ladies to be part of a wedding party. SHAME ON ME! I've regretted it ever since.

Favorite Charity/Cause? My Church! Our tithes and fast offerings help people all over the world. I love it!

Favorite Blog recently? My friend Susie's. She is hilarious! I love all her long narratives - it sounds just like her when she talks.

Something you can't get enough of? Costco churros!, Pride and Prejudice A&E version, and computer time.

Worst Job you've ever had? file clerk

What job would you pay not to have? stunt person - i'm totally afraid of heights, injury and pain.

Guilty Pleasure? I am addicted to facebook, checking email and blogging. These things all take time away from my family (and housework) and I need to get it under control!

Got any confessions? I don't dust upstairs. Now you're going to check when you come over. Oh great.

If you had $1000 dollars to spend on yourself how would you spend it? Um... first a new outfit complete with a pair of jeans that actually fit and a cute pair of Dansko shoes. The rest I'd just spend on house stuff - new curtains for the living room, kitchen island countertop and another chair for the family room.

Favorite thing about your house? My new blue room and matching powder room.

Least favorite thing about your house? Need more storage!

One thing you are bad at? Remembering details.

One thing you are good at? Getting dinner on the table with all the food dishes hot at the same time.

If you could change one thing about your circumstances, what would it be? To have the house paid off. Do you know how much extra money that would put in our pockets every month???

Who would you like to meet someday? Oprah, but only on her "My Favorite Things" show.

What makes you feel sexy? Hello?! Sexy? Who made these questions? I'm going to say... getting dressed up to go on a date with my hubby - it's the only time of the week I get to primp for him.

Who is your real life hero? My husband.

What is the hardest part of your job? Finding enough motivation to get everything done that needs to be done. No part of my job is hard. Just tedious, repetitive and boring at times. It's hard to WANT to fold laundry and do the stinkin' dishes that never seem to end.

When are you most relaxed? When there is no school or work the next day.

What can you not live without? Can I say my husband again? I'm going first - we've already discussed this. I would not survive without him!

Do you agree or disagree with the recent article that reported that blogs are authored by narcissists?
Um. No. I know I keep a blog because it's like a journal for our family. I can permanently record special, fun and even mundane events that occurred in our lives.

Why do you blog? See above.

Who are you tagging? Kristie M., Buffy, and Maree.

Tagged by Kristie

This is an easy tag that didn't require me to answer 5,000 questions or show you pictures of my dirty kitchen. I like it. I was told to go into my picture file, pick the 4th file, then the 4th picture.

And there it is folks. A sweet picture of the scouts at scout camp this summer. They're just about to hop on the kayaks and go for a ride through some caves. Do they look like a happy bunch or what?!

Ok. Who should I tag?... Kelly H. , Melody and Amy D. Let's see those pictures ladies!

THE MOST AWFUL TAG OF ALL TIME

Special thanks to Khristie for this lovely (grrr...) opportunity!
(I will not be tagging anyone with this piece of work - who thought up this thing anyway? they should be ashamed of themselves!)

Here are the rules for this tag: grab your camera & take pictures of the following WITHOUT cleaning up!

1. KITCHEN SINK
Oh this is just an embarrassment! We were right in the middle of Joy School, the dishes needed to be unloaded from the dishwasher and it is Monday morning for heaven's sake. Excuses excuses, I know, but there they are none the less. That hand soap is my favorite Bath and Body Works fragrance - Wild Honeysuckle mmmm.... Thomas thinks it smells like my grandma, but I don't care - I'm the one washing my hands 50+ times a day and a little smell-good does wonders for the mama's psyche. (Anyone know what that red handled crank contraption is???)


2. TOILET
Here is the most used pot in the house. The downstairs powder room. It actually looks pretty good here - someone even shut the lid when they were done!


3. LAUNDRY ROOM
Thank heaven's it's not big enough to be a huge mess. Yes, it's laundry day. Time to go start a load...


4. FRIDGE
Notice Jeremy's Fat Free milk in the door and Jennifer's 1% on the bottom shelf. And the boy's lunches already made for school tomorrow - that's the best!


5. WHAT THE KIDS ARE DOING RIGHT NOW
Playing outside.

6. FAVORITE SHOES
No surprise here... Dansko sandals! These babies may not be the cutest, but they sure are the most comfy shoes I'll ever wear. Obviously they are well loved, scuffed and worn sooo many times.

7. FAVORITE ROOM IN THE HOUSE
Here's the family room where we spend so much of our time together. We just recently repainted and purchased that cute new chair, sectional and window treatments. Those bamboo blinds are my favorite!

8. DREAM VACATION
Now I want to know how I'm supposed to take a picture of this??? I've never been there, but have always wanted to go to Hawaii. Laying on a tropical beach with a book for several days sounds like heaven. And I've always wanted to visit the Polynesian Cultural Center...


9. CLOSET
I like to keep my shirts in rainbow order. It makes me happy.


10. SELF-PORTRAIT
Nice one.

There you go. Hope your sink looks better than mine. Happy day to all!

My first Tag

MAREE NICKEL I do read your blog!

This is what you do:
1. Pick up the nearest book (at least 123 pages).
2. Turn to page 123.
3. Find the 5th sentence
4. Post the 5th sentence on your blog.

Ok. So the nearest book did have a pg. 123, but it did not have a 5th sentence. I'll just post the last line:

"and ordinances of the Gos-pel."

Any guesses what book that came from??

Now I tag Caralee and Kelly Laing.