Photo Phrenzy

I think that my biggest problem with vacations is the picture taking.  Not that I don't want to take the pictures, 'cause I do, but it is the amount of pictures that I take.  For example, I was out of town for 3 week, exactly, and I took 488 pictures.  FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-EIGHT!!  The math on that is 23.238 pictures a day (488/21=23.238).  Does anyone else take 23 pictures a day?  I might have a problem.

But every shot was priceless.  Well, almost every shot because I am far from perfect and had to trash too many -- some while I was there and others after I dumped them from my camera.  But seriously, could you imagine if I hadn't deleted any pictures while I was there?!  Definitely over 500 shots in those three weeks, but I digress...

I have every intention of writing a post about the pictures and the accompanying activity, but I have barely started the editing process.  And editing is necessary because my sensor is d.i.r.t.y and I have not yet taken the time to figure out if it is self cleaning or if I have to deal with it ($100.00 to clean it is more that I am willing to pay, especially when photo shop does such a good job for me).  In case you were wondering, a dirty sensor leaves pretty black dots on your nicest pictures.

So, for dealing with my ramblings, I will treat you to one of my favorite pictures of the boys at the Oregon Coast.  This vacation offered their first experience with the ocean.

joy ~ lincoln city 2011

I will be back soon with more.

"Crack"

Tuesday's conversation

Eric:  "Mom, can you make some "crack" for my class party on Friday."

Me:  "Don't call it "crack".  Do you want me to make some of those chocolate cookies for your party on Friday?"

Eric:  "Yes, the "crack" cookies."

Okay, it's true.  In my house we have cookies that are called "crack".  I try to get my kids to call it by some other name, but they don't.  They are the "crack" cookies.

It all started last Christmas.  I wanted to make a new cookie to add to the plates of goodies I was giving away.  I found one on a blog called Chocolate on my Cranium and thought that I would try it. 

I gave a plate to my friend Steph and she LOVED them.  Since my family had not really gotten any I made more a few weeks after Christmas.  That was the beginning of the end, we were hooked.

Because Steph was pregnant I always gave her some when I made them (what pregnant women does not WANT chocolate) and I made them A LOT so she had them A LOT.  It was Steph that started to call them "crack" because they were so addicting.  She would eat the entire plate without giving any to her husband or kiddos.  And it is true, they are that good. 

Since I like making something really good I always give these cookies to people when I want to say "thank you" or offer them a special treat.  They also go to school a lot for class parties.  I have had people ask for the recipe and I give it freely, after all, it is not MY recipe but Cocoa's from Chocolate on my Cranium.  Who am I to NOT share the joy of "crack?"

What I find interesting is that these friends have made this addictive cookie and offered them to others and they too call it "crack."  I know this because I stalk your blogs (but lets admit it, you stalk mine too).  I find it fun to see how the recipe has travelled in my ward and among my friends with Steph's pet name attached.

But I have a dilemma.  The name concerns me.  What if a teacher overheard my son calling them "crack and does not understand the reference.  I mean really, who would?  I don't that I could deal with the investigation that would ensue.  Would we become the "crack" house?

So I need a new name.  The one that Cocoa gave them was "Chocolate Quickies."  While they are easy and fast to make the name "chocolate quickie" does not give the cookie justice.  I was thinking that you could help me by suggestion a new name for these divine cookies.  One that is a lot nicer then "crack."

To do this you need to have this cookie.  If you live near me and read this today call or e-mail quickly!  I made a batch and they might last a few more hours.  If you get me in time I will give you some.  If not, or you live far away, try and make a batch.  After you eat a few dozen (I promise that 12 would be a restraint) leave me a comment here about what you think that they should be called.  Don't you love this kind of challenge?!

To get the recipe go to Chocolate on my Cranium.  Just so you know, I don't use butter in my baking.  I use Crisco.  I think that it makes a BIG difference.  Happy baking! 

P.S.  Stock up on milk before you eat these.  You WILL need it.

Oregon (August 2010): Day 1~ the travel

Kate and I went to Oregon for a few days this month. We went because my Dad was turning 60.  Yup, that's right, the big SIX-O.  Kate was his birthday present and I was her method of transportation.

Kate had never flown before and I was a bit nervous, but she did really well.  She did have some complaints at the end of the longest flights (we had several transfers and layovers) but I was very happy with her attitude.  She even endured the layovers really REALLY well.

Getting ready to take off.

So ready to land, get out, and run around!

So happy to be out of the plane and in Denver...

but it did not take long before she wanted to get our of the airport and to someplace more fun.

The sun was streaming right in on while waiting in the Phoenix airport.  She got creative to keep the sun out of her face.

She was really excited when we saw the above sight from her window and I explained that this mountain (Mt. Hood) meant that we were there (essentially) and that we would be seeing Grandma and Grandpa soon.

Grandma and Grandpa were flying in the same day as we were from a visit they made to Des Moines.  They were visiting their mothers (my grandmothers).  We were actually in Denver at the same, but we had different airlines and therefore different terminals.  We were scheduled to land in Portland about the same time (kate and I 20 minutes later than them), but my parents flight was delayed by an hour and so I was able to meet them at their gate since I was still on the right side of security.  That was a fun experience that is rarely had anymore.

After that we picked up my parents car and headed down south to Eugene.  They have been living there the last few years.  It is nice to go to any part of the WIlliamette Valley, it all feels a bit like home, but Portland is my home.  I grew up there and I miss it.  I wish that there had been more time for me to spend in Portland, but there was not.  As you will see in later posts we were quite busy.

busy busy me

I had exactly 11 days off between my last final and my first day of the summer term, which is tomorrow (if you don't count my internet class that started today). What did I do for those 11 days? Here is a little bit of it:

I went to the Zoo with Josh's class.  The Polar Bear (I guess that there is only one these days) was pacing back and forth forEVER.  Not sure what that was about, but the kids loved it.

This is Josh's friend that we spend the day with.  They had a lot of fun playing around.

On a different day I went to Josh's class for his ice cream sundae party.  All of the kids who learned their math facts got an ice cream sundae.  Josh, and the little cutie above, finished first in the class and received a book for their reward.  Way to go!

Today I went to Eric's class to have lunch with him. 

I made a blanket for my fabulous friend who is due VERY soon with her third baby (second son).  I picture him as a monkey boy, hopefully he will be a good monkey to his Momma!

I fixed some jeans that Kate had wore holes in.  They came out quite cute, but I don't have a picture and they are currently in the wash.  Leading to the assumtion that I did some laundry over my break; LOTS OF LAUNDRY.

I also spend a lot of quality time with this little imp.

I also did ~ a large amount of cleaning.  Putting in the floors from this post made a big mess

               ~ painted a wall

               ~ repaired some of the trim damaged in the removal of my baseboards (still have plenty more to go)

              ~ attended 5 baseball games

              ~ made a second pair of shorts for Kate out of another pair of torn jeans

AND...

Okay, I think that's it.  Now, on to school tomorrow.  Maybe that will slow things down a bit.  YOU THINK?

Yes, I am cRAzy!

This is the last weekend that I will have "free."

What I mean by that, is that on Tuesday, I start my spring semester at UNM.  This is the last weekend that I will have not have the constant thought of homewook, papers, and/or tests on my mind until mid-May.

To add to it all, I am taking 18 credits this term.  Yup, you read that right 18 credit hours.  And I do know that I am absolutly insane.  Check me into Dammasch now!

I think that I can do it.  More importantly, I have to do it.  I have to carry two semesters of 18 credits to enter the teaching program fall of 2011.  I can get out of the other semster of 18 credits is I can get permission to take 9 credits this summer. 

On the positive end of all this I am taking some really interesting classes.  I am taking US Colonial History and US Political History.  I am especially excited about the Political History class.  So fascinating!  I am also taking Statistics, Economics, Educational Psychology, and Music Appreciation.  The music is my (hopefully) my "cake" class.  At least that is what every says about it. 

So, here's to my last "free" weekend. 

Despite the statements that will follow...  I STILL DESTEST WALMART.

Today I went to Walmart for some groceries.  Me and Kate.  I had told her that if she was very good then I would let her pick out a piece of candy.  But let's be realistic, she is only two and well...

But she was good, very good.  And sweet too.  So, I was able to get everything on my list.  So nice!

Then I went to checkout and I actually got a nice cashier!  WOW! 

And when a gallon of milk fell off the bottom of the basket (without my knowing) a kind gentleman returned it to me!

A great experience shopping today... at Walmart, no less.  Amazing.

something for me

I need to do more for me. Not the kids, or Brandon, but sloppy, tired, disorganized me.  But, the kids, Brandon, work, school, and life keep me busy.  So I need to find a fun, simple, and easy way to take better care of myself. 

I follow this great websire called "somewhat simple."  I love the craf ideas that she posts.  This month she is running a "feeling fabulous challenge."  So, I thought, why not try it?  It can't hurt, but only help me.  Simple, easy things to for me to do, for, with the potential to win a prize.  Does it get any better than this?

I will let you know how I am doing.  And please feel free to participate yourself.  It can be fun!

a quick note on finals week

I am in the middle of finals week and am procrastinating studying for my ANTH 101 exam by blogging about my finals thus far.

I got the best e-mails on Friday and Saturday. The first one was from Dr. Pressel, my Communication for the Classroom Teacher. The test in that class was last Monday (Dec. 7), which I took in the dark.  It read:

"Hi Becca -

Your grade on the test was 75 (perfect score). Your grade for the course is "A". Have a good holiday.

Dr. Pressel"

Yay!  I love "A's"  But I was expecting that one to show up in my inbox. The next one was a complete surprise. It was from my Geology professor who we called Tim because his last name is soo hard to say! This is what it said.

"Greetings,

This note was sent to you to inform you of your final grade. You have earned an A in the above referenced class and the final is optional for you. If you choose to take the final, you may potentially earn an A+. Your grade will be assigned in loboweb after all of the grading of the final has been completed.

Thanks for being part of the class and good luck during finals week.

Cheers
Tim"

This was an awesome e-mail to receive! No final in Geology! HOORAY!!!

Not having that final makes my life so much easier. His tests are intense to study for. By not having to do that I can focus my efforts in another class where I am teetering on the "A" or "B" fence.

I took another final this morning in poly sci. I loved that class and am sad that it is ending. I was really frustrated with the final because I completely for the methods used by pollsters to ensure that the polling results are accurate. I am so bugged that I won’t even look up the answers because I don't want to dwell on it. I will just wait until I get my grade and then see how bad I biffed it. All I need to do is maintain my "A." So send 90% thought my way!

my new adventure

About six weeks ago I received a very pretty cherry red legal sized envelope in the mail. It stated that the University of New Mexico was happy to re-admit me as a student for the Fall 2009 semester.

Since then I have been spending a lot of time getting the financial aid ready, talking with an advisor on campus, finding someone to watch Katie (thanks Stephanie), convincing work that I would not be available to work very much, and figuring out where to park (thanks Bishop Schaap!!). And I must not forget to mention all the time I spent registering, buying books, and my school supplies (that part was fun).

My new adventure starts Monday.

I am excited. I have always wanted to finish school, but often our circumstances made it very difficult. This time we are not going to let circumstances stop us. I. am. going. to. school. I. will. finish.

Financial aid will be my friend. Pell grants will be my best friend. It might have to pay our bills. We will make it work.

It will take me three years. Sadly they are not accepting to many of my Ricks credits. But it is only three years. It could be four, or five. It could be worse.

After all the struggles and stress I will become a high school teacher. I will be home with my kids during the summer and winter breaks. Home after school and available weekends to participate in their soccer, golf, baseball activities. Brandon won't have to work two jobs to make ends meet. Our family life will be better.

Only three years. I can do it. I am looking forward to it. Go LOBOS!

Five days. I have lost 5 days.

I hate getting sick. My clean house and other projects have gone to pot over five little days. I have goals and a date to achieve them by. And now, that may not happen.

And the thing is... I don't really feel that much better. I have to medicate myself to sleep and medicate myself to get out of of bed in the morning. I even called into work. That never happens.

Today I went for my walk with Renee. She had to take it easy on me because my lungs are gunked up from my sinuses draining and this nasty cough I've had. yuck yuck yuck

On a positive note. I am getting better. Just more slowly then I would like. I prefer the illness where you feel crappy for one day and then wake up feeling 100%. But not this one. I am hanging in there. And maybe, maybe by the end of the week, I will be feeling 100%.

A retail employees' thoughts on BLACK FRIDAY...

As I sit at my computer in a stupor from the harried day that I just experienced, I thought that I should note some of the thoughts that I had on this busy day (not to mention I am procrastinating the housework that still has to be done).

For the second Thanksgiving in a row my sweet daughter went to bed after midnight. Last year I was not working and so the lack of sleep did not bother me. This year I had to be at work at 5 am. Yes, 5 am. I needed to be up by 3:45 am to be on time. Kate stayed up until 12:30. Thank goodness for spell check because I am typing this on 3 1/2 hours of sleep.

Traffic was surprisingly heavy at 4:50 this morning. Apparently my stores 6 am opening was late according to this years BLACK Friday standards. People HAD to be places this morning! Wouldn't it be a great world if they were so diligent about their jobs?

Shortly after I got to my store and started to get the registers ready to open we noticed that we had an audience. The dozen people who had come at 5:30 to make sure that they did not miss one sale item, were watching me and a co-worker go about our business. I could feel their thoughts about me and I already resented these people.

Now, you are probably wondering why I would resent these people who help support my paycheck. Let me explain. At Burlington we run very few actual sales. Not what you would find at other retailers. In the Thanksgivings ad we published our current prices. We did have a couple of items that had some Point of Sale reductions, not anything that I would have come running into the store at 6 am for. Could they not shop on another day?

So here I am resenting these people who got me out of bed at 3:45, hoping that the day will be slow. Isn't that what those smart money/econ people on CNN have said? That sales will be down, not so black?

At 6 am we have approx. 50 people who are very anxious to get out of the cold and into our bathrooms. After they had satisfied their needs they come to get our "sales." By 6:20 we had lines, long ones. We had our three best cashiers there and they were struggling to keep up. So I open up, my other CSM co-worker opens up and we were able to relieve the lies. After the rush we thought for sure it must be at least 8am, but sadly we were wrong.

I have to say that the day went remarkably well. We had enough coverage and were certainly selling. But it dragged by, tick tock. 1 o'clock took forever to arrive and that is when I made my escape. But I fail to understand the need that consumers have to loose sleep and torture retail employees all for a good deal. I looked at the paper. There were some good sales, but literally, nothing to loose sleep over.

So please if you can help this tired retail manager understand the reason why she must loose sleep on this day, let me know. I would like to understand. And, if you are one of those who must go out each and every year, do not take offense. I mean nothing by it, and I am too tired to be nicer about it.

For those who maybe interested, when I left we were on track to not only make our goal for the day, but if our current pace kept up we would exceed it by about $30,000. BLACK FRIDAY indeed.

ramblings of an overworked mommy

This is what I should be doing.

Obviously, this is what I AM doing.

It has been a very busy week. There are many reasons. I am not complaining. I am just trying to relax and let it out. But I am a little frustrated. Being busy makes me cranky. I always try to fit in a little personal time during the week. This week I had a hard time doing that. So this is my personal time. Time to do some thing that I enjoy, something that I have not had much time to do. Here is just a little bit of my week.

• I work 5 days in this pay period (sat- fri). It has been a long time since I have done that. Result... no personal time, a trashed out house, and one CRANKY and TIRED Mom.


• No hubby to help. I would love to have him home more. But he works sooo hard. He leaves each morning at 7:30ish and comes home around 6. He leaves again at 7:30pm and does not come home until midnight. On his night off I work. He offers to help when he is here, but I can't let him. He needs the break.


• District manager and the guy who monitors compliance were in town. I have an issue with the compliance guy. His job it to look at the day-to-day ops of our store and complain that we did not get up to 90% on this, or that. Seriously, get a life. Have you ever worked a real store?


• J (he WAS trying to be helpful) took his shoes upstairs to his bedroom, while leaving a large trail of sand on the stairs. I get to vacuum the stairs.


• Pack meeting tonight.


• I won an auction on eBay. Normally this would be good. Only I thought that I would be outbid and so when I came across the same item at Walmart I bought it. It is for Eric's birthday and so I needed to be prepared. Oh well. I will return the Walmart one.


• I received a recognition today at work for 10 years of faithful service. It will be 11 years in November, but better late then never. But still, a pretty cool thing to get. How many people can say that they have been in a job for 11 years. Never mind that those 11 years equal 1/3 of my life.


• New schedule for me and the kids. Leave work @ 3. Young kids meet me there at work, go pick up the Brown kids (thank goodness for the mini-van), drop off Young's, get Katie, drop off Browns, park a mile from the school, walk to get J with Kate in tow, go home, give snacks, return the million phone calls that I got during the day, start dinner, go get Eric, come home, finish dinner, homework, eat dinner, baths, books, tv, milk, prayer, BED!

Okay, enough rambling. Thank you for listening. I am OFF tomorrow, but I have to get a cavity filled. What a bummer. I am excited for the weekend. The kids and I are going to decorate for Halloween. I love the fall! I will share pictures. Then Saturday night, DATE night with Brandon and some great friends. Hooray for the weekend!

a dozen

years, that is. Years that Brandon and I have been married. Today is our anniversary.

Not all of the years that we have been married have been perfect, we have had our trials. I know that we are closer today because of them. We know that we can get through anything together.

We have three beautiful children. They have brought us joy and they created the family that we were only dreaming about 12 years ago.

We are amazed that 12 years have gone by. We are looking forward to what the next 12 years bring us.

I love you, Brandon.

Frustrating

I am up. I can' t sleep and I am frustrated by it. I have this awful heartburn. YUCK I haven't had heartburn like this since I was pregnant with Katie. And of course, since I am not pregnant, there are no tums in the house. I will have to remember to fix that on my next trip to Walmart.

I had the most frustrating day. Eric kept acting up. He was mean to his brother, me, and even his sister. He had the most nasty attitude to everyone. It made the whole day long and depressing. I am sure that he just needs some more sleep and more entertainment than I could provide him each day. I kept giving him chances to improve, but within an hour or two he would repeat his behavior. I love Eric so much, but it certainly hard to like someone who acts the way that he did. We did go to the school to find out who his teacher would be this year. He was placed with a new teacher who has had nothing but great things said about her. We also learned that he was placed in a class with his best friend and another good friend from Kindergarten and 1st grade. He was very excited about that while Brandon and I rolled our eyes. Let's hope that he can concentrate on learning with them in there.

I am definitely excited for school to start. I am positive that my boys attitude will improve with the constant stimulus that they provide. But I am also anxious to get into a routine. My work schedule has been very random over the past two weeks and because of the changes in Brandon's job we have had to have babysitters in the house for me to work. I am working for so much less and do so much more at work. The CSM quit at the end of July (7/25 to be exact) and since I have that background I have been filling in while they look for someone else. They did want me to resume that position (I was the CSM until 11/06 but stepped down because of a job that Brandon got) but I didn't want to. Brandon was interested in me taking up the job again if the pay would be right, but I knew that it never would be. Retail doesn't pay what you want! Although we can't complain about what I make as a CSS. I do quite well, but the bump in pay would have been for minuscule for what the job requires. I was happy that this was the out come of this event because I was very unhappy about the idea of working 45-60 hours a week again. I didn't want to be gone from the kids that much and deal with all of the stress that comes with that job, from both work and home. Even without resuming the title I have gotten a lot of phone calls at home about various work related stuff. One was even a cashier to call and complaint about something that another manager had done. Boy, was I bugged about that one! Like I could or would change it.

But when school starts I will be in a locked schedule and I am very excited about it. I am hoping that a routine will help me get out of the funk that I have been in the last few weeks. One reason why I am excited is because I will have some one-on-one time with Katie, be here after-school for the boys (this is a big one for Eric) and even have some time in the evening for myself to participate the activities that I love to do but have so little time. Oh, the possibilities!

On a less depressing note, We went to !Explora! today. It was free because a local radio station did their broadcast there. That post will come after I get new camera batteries. Josh is really excited about school starting. He has absolutely no concept of time even though I have tried to explain it to him (I have given up at this point). He thinks that he still has to wait weeks before he goes. He should have Miss Ellen who was wonderful with Eric. I am excited for J because I am wanting him to create an identity away from his brother. He needs his own thing and his own friends. And Katie is not my daughter, but my monkey. I had to take the table out of the office because she will climb up on the chairs and the the table its self. It make the babysitters really nervous. Okay, and me too. I am really thankful that our kitchen table is one of those really high bar-like sets and she can't climb that, yet. There is a lot of other things that she likes to climb that I can't spare and so I have to keep hawk like eyes on her. Isn't she to young to be climbing like this?

I suppose since the clock in the computer reads 2:23 I should make an attempt to sleep. I, unfortunately have to be at work at 8am. yuck.

Coming Soon!

I was talking with my wonderful sister-in-law this morning and she pointed out that I have been a slacker in my updates on my blog recently. This is a very true fact. I have been quite busy and have a lot to post, but, I have been quite busy. The result of my "bee" like activity is a clean house, clean beds, and my laundry is caught up. Healthy and happy kids, a good sized paycheck from my other home, which I might add is also quite clean, and I made a blanket for a friend who just had the cutest baby boy. I also fit in over the last week a trip to Hobby Lobby (so so so FUN for me!), 1st year pictures of my princess, a trip to the temple and dinner with my husband! Wow! I am impressed, aren't you?

Photo updates are coming soon!

happy happy joy joy

Here are Brandon and I on our family outing to the out-put. The pictures of him came out great, but not so much of me. But I love these pictures because it is of the two of us. The one on top Marissa took, but we took the other two. You can see that I had the zoom into close on one, but it my favorite. I LOVE MY MAN!

Surprising myself

I had to run what I consider a stressful errand this morning. I had to go the Hyundai dealership to get my oil changed. It always takes them a while and I had the kids with me. So I ran out the door as soon as I got everyone ready and come back about an hour and half later. I go in to the kitchen to start cleaning the breakfast dishes and I find it already done! WOW! I was so surprised until it dawned on me that I had them while Katie was eating her breakfast. Talk about a blonde moment on my part! But being forgetful aside, the dishes were still done and I was happy.

Tomorrow... "D"-day

In this case the "d" stands for D-O-N-E with school. I have mixed feeling about this event. Gone is the hope for ANY alone time. Gone is the morning rush (thank goodness!). No more fighting over homework, but I might have to listen to kids fight because they are bored or stir-crazy. I think that I will have less laundry! And I might get some more sleep either by sleeping in or because I was able to sneak in a nap. These things were hard to do when I have to get and pickup kids over the time I desire to sleep. SO... I suppose that there are more positives to school being out , then keeping them in. But I am a little nervous.

I am nervous about how I am going to entertain them all summer. Gas prices are soooo high and I am really reluctant to drive too far for entertainment that will just cost MORE money. Does anyone have any ideas of things that I could do from home? Please, I need help! We are already doing swimming lessons in July, Grandma is coming in June, and Eric has Scout camp in early June. We go to the park every Wednesday with all the Mom's. And we plan on going to the library. Are there any ideas out there for at home things to do? I know that there are some awesome Mom's out there that can help me!

Random

I was tagged by both Windy and Trish. Sorry I took so long to get to this!

7 weird or random facts about myself.

1. When I get tired I get cold. Even when we lived in Havasu I would bundle up. Only then will I fall asleep.

2. I HATE putting gas in the car. This spoiled little Oregon girl think that someone should do it for her! (In case you didn't know... in Oregon every gas station has attendants that fill your gas tank. It is GREAT!)

3. Noise in the car bugs me. My kids always want to talk non-stop and it drives me nuts!
4. I have never had a Piñon nut. Go figure.
5. I love baby smells. ALL baby smells.

6. I still have clothes that are older than Eric, and I will wear them (around the house).
7. I didn't like green chili until after Josh was born. Here in New Mexico it is a crime to not like green chili. It took over 6 years for me to acquire a taste for it. Now I love it!

Yeah, random and weird. So now I tag you! Amie, Angel, Dana, Katie, Holli, and Marissa.

1. On your post, link back to the person who tagged you - that would be me, in this case.

2. Post your assignment on your blog - seven weird or random facts.

3. Post these rules on your blog.

4. Post links to the bloggers that you will be tagging.

5. Go to those blogs and give them a comment on their blog to let them know that you have tagged them.

Getting to know... ME!

Just a fun quiz that a friend sent to me. I thought that it was fun and good for my blog. I am tagging the following people to respond: Steph, Windy, Jennifer, and Kristi. Have fun!

1. What is your occupation? Mom/Customer Service Supervisor
2. What color are your socks right now? To hot to wear socks
3. What are you listening to right now? Josh making Katie laugh
4. What was the last thing that you ate? homemade meatballs
5. Can you drive a stick shift? Yes
6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? red
7. Last person you spoke to on the phone? Jeanne
8.Do you like the person who sent this to you? ABSOULTELY!!!
9. How old are you today? 32
10. Favorite drink? Milkshakes
11. What is your favorite sport to watch? My boys baseball
12. Have you ever dyed your hair? Yes
13. Pets? One dog, Jazmin
14. Favorite food? Homemade spaghetti and meatballs
15. Last movie you watched? Alvin and the Chipmuncks
16. Your Favorite day of the year? My kids birthdays.
17. What do you do to vent anger? Take a time out!
18. What was your favorite toy as a child? Craft activities
19. What is your favorite season? Fall
20. Hugs or kisses? Hugs
21. Cherry or Blueberry? Cherry
22. Do you want your friends to email you back? Yes!
23. Who is most likely to respond? Joslin
24. Who is least likely to respond? Elissa
26. When was the last time you cried? Not sure
27. What is on the floor of your closet? Scrapbook and sewing stuff
28. Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending this to? A tie between Emily, Elissa, Lisa, Libbi, Kris, & Janell
29. Who is the friend you have had the shortest that you are sending this to? Jennifer
30. Favorite smells? Any new baby smell
31. Who inspires you? My kids, my husband
32. What are you afraid of? Something happening to those I love
33. Plain, cheese or spicy hamburgers? cheese
34. Favorite car? Hyundai Entourage
35. Favorite cat breed? none
36. Number of keys on your key ring? 2
37. How many years at your current job? I was hired in Nov 1997, but since I came back from having Katie, 4 months
38. Favorite day of the week? Sunday
39. How many states have you lived in? 8 states, I think.
40. Do you think you're funny? I think that I might be funny looking!