June 9, 2008
Musical Monday
Moi. May 22, 2008
Rules:
1. Post these rules at the beginning of the meme
2. Each player answers the questions about themselves
3. At the end of the post, the player tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment to let them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog
What were you doing 10 years ago?
~ I was probably taking my finals for my senior year of high school. Seniors always got their finals a week before the underclassmen because we had the last official week from school off for graduation rehearsal and various other senior events. I was sorta kinda dating the guy I took to prom but spent most of my time hanging out with DC, ED, RN, TS and SH. I was also getting ready for my freshman year at SRU.
Five snacks I enjoy:
~ Kettle corn, ice cream (I prefer Ben & Jerry’s Neopolitan Dynamite), Wheat Thins & spinach dip, cookies, and Cheetos
Five things I would do if I were a billionaire:
~ Pay off all of our debt, give money to our parents, buy new cars, buy a huge property somewhere in the midwest or maybe in one of the Carolinas, build our own house (and furnish it, of course), and then invest in a shop for Rob. It’s always been his dream to own his own shop, and since I don’t really have a dream except to own nice things, I figure we’ll go with his and mine will be a residual effect!
Five jobs I have had:
~ I’ve been a cashier at Country Fair and Giant Eagle, a prep cook at Hoss’s and Ponderosa, and a receptionist for a plumbing supply company.
Three bad habits:
~ I’m a chronic interrupter, I’m a Negative Nelly, and I have a tendency to forget debit card transactions.
Five places I have lived:
~ Conneautville, PA…Slippery Rock, PA…Fremont, CA…Brentwood, CA…and Hayward, CA
People I would like to get to know
~ I don’t know if all these people ever visit my blog, but I tag: Mr. Lady, AJ, Amanda, Heather, and Diana. Those last three can blog it on MySpace!
May 19, 2008
Musical Monday!
My new thing, folks, will be Musical Monday. I love music, always have, and I want to share it with you. Every Monday, I’ll have a video of a song I love. Today, I’ll be serving Blind Melon’s “No Rain.”
May 15, 2008
American Idol 7 - Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love 04/23/08
I’m simply enamored of this song. Had to share. Please excuse the AI introduction.
Gonna take a sentimental journey… April 21, 2008
What is it with me lately? I’m just awestruck with my kids. Beth just turned three at the end of January and since then, it’s like Little Beth left and Big Girl Beth moved in. She’s developing manners (polite thing she is too: at a friends birthday party, she was wandering around with a napkin desperately seeking a garbage can!), she potty trained in three or four days, she’s trying to dress herself, her language has really turned a corner and she wants to pronounce things correctly, she’s being helpful not just with Robby but with my chores, and with everything she does, it’s, “I do it,” or “I help.” No more miss Dependent-on-Mommy-or-Daddy.
Robby will be six months old this week. Didn’t I just rush to the hospital with four-minutes-apart contractions last week?? He’s babbling, trying to self-feed, rolling all over the house, sitting up and trying to crawl, and giving mommy kisses! Before I know it, he’ll be toddling around here like it’s the thing to do.
And all I want to do is cry. He’s my last baby. At least, that’s the plan. The way I’m feeling, I may very well change my mind about that! My babies are growing up at a whirlwind pace and I’m afraid that all that innocence, all that wonder of watching your children become more and more independent is going to slip away far too quickly. I love those kids SO MUCH. I want them to be my babies forever and to need me for the rest of their lives - the way they need me now.
If I have any readers who have older children or grown children, please tell me that everything’s going to be okay! Tell me that they will always be my babies, no matter how old they get, and that they’ll always need me. Maybe not to change their diaper or help them reach something…but to give them a hug or $20 if they need it.
No one can truly understand the power your kids have on your heart until you have one yourself. I highly recommend it - never in your life will you feel as much, as strongly, as you do when you look at your child.
