All right ladies, it's that time of year again!!! I think we all need to be reminded of a few things...
So my sisters, PLEASE, raise your big toes and repeat after me below...
This was on Melinda's blog.
1. What time did you get up this morning? which time?
2. Diamonds or pearls? You mean I can't have both?
3. What was the last film you saw at the movies? can't remember the name. It was the one about the Fairytale princess who comes into real life.
4. What is your favorite TV show? It's a tie! CSI:Miami or LOST!
5. What do you eat for breakfast? my favorite is Wheaties with craisins and vanilla soymilk
6. What is your middle name? Porter
7. What food do you dislike? seafood
8. What is your favorite CD at the moment? an MP3 mix my hubby made
9. What kind of car do you drive? Subaru Legacy sedan
10. Favorite sandwich? roast beef on whole wheat
11. Favorite item of clothing? blue pajama pants
12. Person dead or alive that you would like to have a conversation with? Jesus
13. If you could go anywhere in the world for a vacation, where would you go? Chicago (I miss my Momma & Dad), New York City, Washington DC or England
14. What color is your bathroom? green walls, yellow rugs, red dresser... I really need to get it coordinated. I want to do brown and blue and as soon as it is warm enough to spray paint, the dresser is getting a new coat of paint.
18. Favorite Sport to watch? football
--- don't apply as I am blogging this...
22. Favorite saying? I only have two arms.
24. Are you a morning person or a night person? Night
25. What is your shoe size? 8
26. Favorite food for Dinner? Tacos.
27. What did you want to be when you were little? A teacher
28. What are you doing today? Scrapbooking for a client
29. What is your favorite candy? chocolate
30. What is your favorite flower? hyacinth
31. What day are you looking forward to most on your calendar? when do I get to go on vacation again? the girls are cranky today.
32. What are you listening to right now? besides the screaming kids? CSI: Miami has a marathon on A&E on Friday nights.
33. What was the last thing you ate? a Chips-Ahoy cookie with soy butter
34. Do you wish on stars? No
35. Do you believe in Angels? Yes
36. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? red
37. What is your pet peeve? hannah crying at the top of her lungs that she is "starving" when she just ate less than 1/2 an hour ago. oh, and coughing. i hate coughing.
38. Last person you spoke to on the phone? my daddy! i love him!
39. Do you like the person who sent this to you? yep!
40. Favorite soft drink? COKE (tonight it's mixed with Dr. Pepper)
41. Favorite restaurant? Ruth's Chris... or Woody's BBQ
42. Siblings? 4
43. Favorite day of the year? Christmas
44. Favorite day of the Week? Friday
45. Spring or Fall: Spring
46. Hugs or kisses? hugs
47. Chocolate or vanilla? chocolate candy, vanillla ice cream
48. Do you want your friends to e-mail you back? n/a
49. What is under your bed? toys that hannah and ainsley shoved under there and the case for Ainsley's pack & play
50. Who is the friend you've had longest? Mary
51. What did you do last night? scrapped for a client
52. Favorite smell? the pine smell at the cabin
53. What are you afraid of? spiders and roaches
54. How many keys on your key ring? about a billion. there are FIVE just to get in my house! gotta love living downtown in an old house.
55. How many years at your current job? well, hannah is 3 1/2! :)
56. Favorite city to visit? Chicago
57. How many towns have you lived in? at least 14 that I can remember
58. Do you make friends easily? nope.
That's it! ainsley is crying, so I am going to go get her ready for bed.
20 years ago:
I was a little over 8 years old, and had just moved to Florida for the first time. We were living with my grandparents and waiting to move into our new house. I spent hours following my uncle Chris and Aunt Sara around, completely driving them crazy! Sara and I used to bake together and Chris would occasionally humor us and play Hide & Seek with us. I was a big brat and wouldn't take my turn being "It". So, I would say I was done playing when it was my turn. One day Chris got mad at me (he is only 2 years older than me) and pushed me and I hit my head on the bathroom wall. I think I told everyone that he bashed my head into the wall. At the time, I thought he meant to. Sorry for getting you in trouble, Chris! :) But do you remember this, "Twizzlers candy..." "Makes mouths happy!"
15 years ago:
I was thirteen years old and a smart-mouthed little snot. I can't believe that I survived my childhood. I would have beaten me senseless. I was in 8th grade at Fletcher Middle School and thought I was on top of the world. I had my very first boyfriend, an "older man" who was in high school. I was one of two girls in our middle school who had a high school boyfriend. I thought I was so cool and now I realize how dumb I was! I was WAY TOO YOUNG to have a boyfriend at all, especially an older boyfriend. But, I was such a prude. I never even kissed the poor guy. He put up with me for six months and never even got a kiss. Honestly, I don't regret that even a little bit! I was completely insecure and knew that I was a NERD. I had friends. But I was never invited to go anywhere or do anything by the cool kids. Which looking back, I am extremely grateful for. But at the time, it was hard because those were the kids I was friends with in elementary school, but they were too cool for me now.
10 years ago:
I was 18 and I was a freshman in college at BYU. That is when I met Thomas, my sweet hubby! At this point ten years ago, we weren't speaking to each other. We were just friends but one of my crazy roommates decided to call him and lecture him for not calling me more often. Thomas got mad and didn't call for quite a while. But that's okay, by this point I had moved on to another guy... I was a complete dork. I was living in a ghetto apartment with 4 CRAZY girls, trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life and I was completely homesick and hating everything to do with BYU and Utah. I wanted my mommy & daddy!
5 years ago:
I was 23 years old and married and desperately wanted to get pregnant. Thomas and I had just decided that we were going to start our family. I was working as a temp for a law firm as a runner, walking all over downtown Jacksonville by myself. Were Thomas and I complete idiots? We wouldn't drive down there without our doors locked, but I walked around the deserted streets without a second thought. I lost my first two pregnancies that year. It was a really hard year for us.
3 years ago:
I was a new mom with a six month old who I was totally and helplessly in love with. I would just sit and hold her for hours! Gee, I wonder why she is spoiled. I was just adjusting to staying at home and not having any adult interaction. Thomas was working selling cars. It was another difficult year for us, full of lots of adjustments, but it was a lot of fun, too. I also started digital scrapbooking this year! So, I got a new hobby/talent.
1 year ago:
I was getting ready to give birth to my second child, another girl. I was sick and tired all the time. It was about this time that Thomas and I decided that if we were ever going to move back to Utah, it should probably be soon.
Yesterday:
Uhhh. I can't remember. Probably the same thing as every other day... dishes, diapers, check the mail, clean the toilet...
Today:
Fed the kids, bathed & dressed the kids, blogged, scrapbooked, cleaned, organized a bit, WATCHED AINSLEY TAKE HER FIRST STEPS!
Tomorrow:
I am hoping to convince Thomas to go to IKEA with me to get some organizational stuff for the house. We got a gift certificate for Christmas and need to use it. AND we need to get Hannah's room and the family room organized. I am embarrassed to admit this, but our house is still in boxes!
Thanks, Sarah, for posting this on your blog! I didn't think I would have much to say, but I was wrong! :)
My friend, Jenna, is an amazing photographer who is working/planning to work with this organization. They help families cope with the loss of their babies through photography. This video will probably make you cry, so consider yourself warned. What a great organization!
She did it! My baby started walking today! And yes, I cried. I was putting on my makeup to get ready to run some errands, Thomas called me out to the family room and informed me that Ainsley had taken two whole steps all by herself! I MISSED IT! And our camera battery was charging. So, I grabbed the half-charged battery, threw it in the camera and made Thomas get her to walk again. She did it!!!!! Four more steps! We made her walk to us over and over again. She loved walking to Hannah and Hannah thought it was the coolest thing in the world! Ainsley loved having us clap and cheer for her. Tonight, Ainsley stood up in the middle of the floor and took a couple of steps just to get to her toys. She really is growing up. She is such a sweet little baby and I just love her so much. At least she still lets me snuggle her and kiss her little stinky feet. Love you, Baby!!!
these pictures are so sad. but they are so cute! my poor little baby girl! they were taken in december 2007.
these photos are from chicago last summer.Melissa Bennett Designs just opened its doors and (almost) everything is 50% off! I'm going to have to go take a look around... I love Melissa's designs!
UNTIL I LEAVE FOR GIRLS' WEEKEND!!!!! WOOHOO!
I am coming home at night to feed Ainsley and sleep, so it isn't a complete vacation, but it will be nice to get out for a bit. I am already missing my kiddos! :) I am so grateful that my wonderful hubby is willing to let me go do this. I'm very scared what the house will look like when I get back. I am expecting it to either be completely trashed or for him to have thrown everything IN the trash! :) We'll see!
Thanks, Tommy!!!!
Nest Egg Alpha & her
Vintage Hymnal Numbers & her
Scrapper's Remedy Kit & her
thermometers!Have you seen the Juicy Juice commercial with the kids in a play and the kids are all fruits and talk about growing on trees and then there's the kid who says "I'm high fructose corn syrup. And I've been chemically altered...."
I opened my kitchen cabinets on Monday and this is what I found... Lovely.
You should now be able to click on sidebar links on my blog and have them open in a new window... haven't figured out how to do this with links actually in posts yet! Well, unless I want to code each link individually. I have mentioned this site before, but I am going to plug it again...
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