Getting to know you Sunday

1. How often do you wash/change your sheets? I try to do it once a week.  I love, love, love the feel of clean sheets :)


2. When is your birthday?  April 2, 1977

3. Have you ever met a bloggy friend in real life?  No.

4. Brad Pitt or George Clooney?  Brad Pitt before Angelina Jolie.  She made him less attractive to me!

5. If you could change one thing about your body what would it be?  My tummy - no matter what size I've been, I've always had a "pooch".

6. How often do you wash your hair?  Every day.  Sometimes twice a day now that I'm working out.

7. Do you have pets?  Yes, two dogs - Dixie, a yellow Lab & Gunner, a weimeraner - and a Goldfish named Boompaw.

8. How many social networks do you belong to..if you had to give up one, what would it be?  3...Blogger, Facebook and Myspace.  I could easily give up Myspace since I don't use it much any more. 

Ramsey Look-alike Meter

Is anyone really buying this??? Meg is equally like mother and father?

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In my daughter's eyes

This is priceless. Here is a Q&A session with Meg at four and a half years old.

1. What is something I always say to you? don't go out with a wet head

2. What makes me happy? when I be good

3. What makes me sad? That I don't listen

4. How do I make you laugh? tickle time

5. What do you think I was like as a child? had strep throat

6. How old am I? 21

7. How tall am I? Like this tall (open arms all the way up)

8. What is my favorite thing to do? love

9. What do I do when you're not around? read and watch TV

10. If I become famous, what will it be for? because

11. What am I really good at? exercising

12. What am I not really good at? the power bowling

13. What is my job? working at home

14. What is my favorite food? vegetables

15. What makes you proud of me? being good

16. If I were a cartoon character, who would I be? all the Disney princesses

17. What do you and I do together? go to the movies, and have popcorn and candy

18. How are we the same? brown eyes

19. How are you and I different? short hair (points to her hair), long hair (pulls my pony tail)

20. How do you know that I love you? hearts and cuddles

21. Where is my favorite place to go? shopping

22. What is one thing you wish you could change about your mom? that you don't tickle me so much

23. What would your mom do with a million dollars? get a lot of cash

24. What do you wish you could go and do with your mom? go to the movies every day

In keeping with the Christmas theme...

You Are a Traditional Christmas Tree

For a good Christmas, you don't have to re-invent the wheel. You already have traditions, foods, and special things you bring out every year.

what Christmas tree are you?

I know it's only November...

Meg and I have been setting up for Christmas since Sunday. I know, I know - it's early...but, we'll be gone for a three weeks (possibly four) between now and Christmas. So, I put it up early this year so I could enjoy it. Of course, it's not too early for me, I usually set it up two weekends before Thanksgiving anyway. This year I just got a jump start on it. Maybe I was excited about putting it up because I got a new tree this year - it's so beautiful!!! And, yes, I've already wrapped up a few gifts and put them under the tree. I'm really on top of my game this season.

In keeping with the Christmas spirit, I gave myself a bloggy make over. What do you think?

A twist on a fairy tale...

I received this from a girlfriend!!! I love it. Click on the picture below to enlarge.

The Story of Little Suzy...

As I was flipping through my Parent's Magazine last week, I came across this advertisement. I couldn't help by laugh as I glanced over it.

A Riddle For You

This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to just how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary and plain that you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is highly unusual though. Study it and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching.

Leave you guess as to why the above paragraph is so unusual. I'll post the answer later this week.

How Evil Am I?

You Are 54% Evil

You are evil, but you haven't yet mastered the dark side. Fear not though - you are on your way to world domination.

http://www.blogthings.com/howevilareyouquiz/">How Evil Are You?

My Real Life...part 2

Jessica at Farm Fresh Iowa is hosting another Real Life today. Of course, I'm joining in. Today, on her list is curb appeal, junk drawer, favorite jewelry, blogging space, best feature.

CURB APPEAL

I love our house. We moved here two years ago and couldn't be happier.

JUNK DRAWER

Just opening my junk drawer gives me anxiety. It's always such a mess. When we moved in, I bought a handful of small drawer baskets, but it didn't seem to help keep it organized. O'well, that's why it's called a JUNK DRAWER!

FAVORITE JEWELRY

My engagement ring and wedding band have to be my favorite. I'm not much of a jewelry girl, but I always wear these rings.

FROM WHENCE I BLOG

My home office/scrapbook room. Although, I've been known to blog from the living room, the bedroom, the back patio, the driveway, etc. Thanks to a laptop with wireless capabilities, I can blog from anywhere I want :) Life's good.

MY BEST FEATURE

OK, so I know my feet aren't that pretty, but I like them. I know I already have a flip flop tan, but I usually have my flip flops on, so you normally wouldn't be able to tell. my feet have to be the only part of my body that wasn't affected by my pregnancy (you won't find any stretch marks here).

My Real Life...

OK, I know I'm supposed to be working, but I couldn't help but want to join in on all the fun :) Here is a peek into my "real life".

• Below you'll find picture from around my house of the following:
• Fridge
• Closet
• Kitchen
• Toilet
• Favorite Shoes
• Favorite Room
• Laundry Room
• Self Portrait

FRIDGE

From the outside, it appears to be a normal fridge...the streaks prove it. I'd clean it more often, but it's a wasted effort, after all my daughter or husband will just get it dirty again. Meg loves to put her hands all over it and Jarrad always drips water from the dispenser when he's getting a drink. OK, not always, but more than I do :)

Inside isn't too bad...I mean, it's been a lot worse. I try to clean my fridge out every two weeks. I'm the queen of throwing stuff away. Jarrad gives me hell for throwing stuff away that has just expired..."Sorry Honey - I just can't make myself eat it if I know it's expired".

MY CLOSET

Please show me what's behind door number ONE.

Not too bad...
Getting worse...
It's rock bottom...
I'd like to pretend that my closet doesn't always look like this, but the truth is I don't like cleaning it because it will look like this in two days anyway...so, I just leave it messy. Of course, I will get to my breaking point, cave in, and clean it up...but, it won't last.

KITCHEN SINK
Yes, my kitchen sink is for the most part always clean. I cook in the kitchen almost every night, so I don't want to have to do dishes, then cook, then do more dishes...so, I just try to keep it clean. I think there is a wooden spoon, a cup, and sponge in there right now.

HIS THRONE

Well, at least that is what my husband thinks it is ;) I'm just excited that this toilet closet has a door. I'd open the lid, but I'm not sure what's in there and to be honest, I don't want to know. I don't clean toilets - just the thought of it makes me gag!!!

MY FAVORITE SHOES (right now)
These are my fave shoes right now. Actually, any pair of my TEVA flip flops would be classified as my faves. I wear flip flops year round. I love them. It also makes me get pedicures more often since people will be able to see my toes.

MY FAVORITE ROOM

My absolute most favorite place in my house has to be my scrapbook room. I love love love this room. It allows me to leave my work out if I want. Sometimes I just don't know exactly what I want to do with a lay out, so this allows me to leave it out and play around with it before sticking anything to the page. At times, it's horribly messy, but I like to refer to it as creative chaos. I actually sit in this office all day every day because it also doubles as my home office. I work as an EA from home, so I had to find a place to set up home office. I have two desks. One is my creative table top for bow making, scrapbooking, card creating, writing letters (yes, I still write letters - my grandparents don't have e-mail), etc. The other desk hold my work laptop, my personal laptop, and all my printers (all in all, I have three printers...one is for pictures only, the other for my personal computer, and the third is a scanner/copier/fax combo for work).

Even thought I'm in here at least 8 hours a day, I could spend 8 hours a night in here working on my creative arts. It sure beats the kitchen table ;)

LAUNDRY ROOM

Here is my laundry room. I'm in the middle of doing some laundry, so there are towels on the top (and in the basket) and, my sheets are on the floor. I have a door to the outside world in my laundry room - how easy it would be to skip out on my wifely/motherly duties...but, I know the laundry won't do it's self (bummer).

SELF PORTRAIT

UGH - I hate taking pictures...that didn't come out right. I LOVE to take pictures, just not of myself. I should say - I hate being in pictures :)