Another oldie but goodie: 20 random things about you!

[IrishBaby]

The goal is to list 20 things about yourself off the top of your head. Try to do it without thinking too much.

These are fun to read!

[IrishBaby]

1. I have a pink leather wallet.

2. I have sensitive eyes and can't go outside without sunglasses. I panic if I can't find them.

3. I hate reading things that are written in pencil.

4. I have 5000 labels coming today from the printer and I am SO excited. Way more excited than anyone should be about labels.

5. We just had a tree cut down in our yard, and the dummy who did it brought too small of a chainsaw, so he couldn't cut it to the ground. So there is now a 3-1/2 foot stump sticking up. It looks ridiculous.

6. I love to shop for my DD, but I only do two major shopping trips a year for my DS. One in the spring and one in the fall. Boys clothes are not as fun.

7. I would love to have 4 or 5 kids, but that will never happen.

8. My mom broke her foot this weekend by tripping over the dog and falling down two steps.

9. I swear I have some kind of magnetic force that attracts weirdos. If there is someone who is mentally off within a six block radius, they will find me and want to interact with me. How do I turn that off?

10. I love baby names, even though I will probably never have another child. I've loved them since I was a child -- I would check out baby name books from the library at like age 11.

11. My first car was a gold Toyota Tercel hatchback. With no radio and doors that didn't lock. It had like 150,000 miles on it when I bought it for $500. But that thing ran like nobody's business. It ALWAYS started, even when it was 40 degrees below zero. Too bad there were holes in the floor.

12. I am a coffee snob. It has to be the good stuff with real cream or nothing at all.

13. I love iced tea, unsweetened, and drink it all summer long.

14. My DH is gone most of the summer.

15. I was a very picky eater as a child and am learning to like foods I never thought I would. Like cucumbers. And stuff.

16. I became a vegetarian at age 16 and didn't eat meat for four years, and didn't eat any red meat for eight. I also discovered it is possible to be a veg and live on breakfast cereal, ice cream, and french fries. Vegetables are not really necessary!

17. My neighbors across the street (we live on a cul-de-sac) just bought a HUUUUUUGE RV. It's almost hard to get by on the street, it's so big.

18. My next door neighbor is a fireman and has a dalmation. His buddies from the fire station come pick him up for work in a huge ladder truck. They all pile in, kind of like, "Let's take this baby out for a spin!" When they get here, they honk the horn repeatedly until he comes out and joins them.

19. My DS is just now getting to the age where every other mommy is the nice mommy. They all let their kids eat cookies and junk and watch TV all day long, and I do not. (According to him.) Therefore, I am not the nice mommy.

20. My DS knows about 20 words of Spanish and thinks he speaks it fluently. He'll say, "Mommy, do you want me to teach you Spanish? OK, grande means big and pequeno means small. Rojo is red and Verde is green... there, now you know Spanish too."

[twouglyducks]

1. I have a brown spot in my bluegreen eyes.
2. My thumbs don't match.
3. I bite my nails, they hurt, I hate it, can't seem to stop.
4. Today is my 6th wedding anniversary.
5. I have no real idea how to play with kids over age 3... they baffle me.
6. I love donuts.
7. I want donuts.
8. I love Dr. Pepper.
9. I don't like wearing shoes and go outside barefoot all the time.
10. I have ugly feet.
11. I can't stand whining.
12. My MIL has bad tastes in clothes and buys ugly, uncomfortable stuff for
my kids all the time.
13. I am a terrible housekeeper.
14. I have curly hair.
15. I am really reaching here, and must be really boring.
16. I have put off buying new glasses for 2yrs now b/c I can't seem to spend
the money on myself... at least with yarn or fabric, I make the stuff for
other people, so it's not quite the same.
17. I am addicted to sugar.
18. I look disgusting right now and would love a shower, but have to manage
keeping 3 kids safe and happy for 6 whole minutes before I can get one.
19. I want a Mix, choc. soft serve custard style frozen yogurt w/ heath bar
mixed in.
20. My camera needs to be cleaned.

I *am* boring. And it's morning... Sharon's were way more interesting than mine. I'll try again later.

[IrishBaby]

Happy anniversary, Davina! It will be six years for me in August.

Doing anything special?

[twouglyducks]

Special? Ummm... hah!

Next Friday, the boys are going to Parents' Night Out and we will probably go eat or something. Yup, we are so exciting.

[cozystitches]

Davina....I'm probably just boring too, but this looked like fun...

1. I was born in Germany
2. I am not German, I'm proud to be an American! (insert flag smilie, which we don't have)...
3. I'm an Army Brat. Yes, my mama wore combat boots.
4. I've gone to 6 different schools (2 different high schools).
5. One of my legs is shorter than the other.
6. I'm self-taught knit and crochet. Self Taught crochet when I was in High School. Can ya tell I was the "popular" one??
7. I'm the oldest of 6 girls. Well, actually if you count the entire blended family I'm #3 out of 8 GIRLS.
8. I'm half Yankee, half Redneck. But consider myself Westerner.
9. I am NOT a morning person, however, since having children sleeping past 8am is a HUGE luxury (and VERY infrequent, like maybe once a year)..
10. I was the girl who loved picking out kids' names when I was younger. Now I'm so picky when it comes to names for my children. I have a list of requirements...
11. I love to be in the water. I always have.
12. I was a GOOD swimmer in High School. I joined the swimming team because my friend did (and asked me to join her). I loved it and swam all 4 years (longer than her, btw). I was a backstroker.
13. I did backstroke because I could breathe when I wanted to.
14. I've driven the ALCAN Highway once, was the passenger the other time.
15. I hate summer in AZ. I wish I could move somewhere cooler. I'd love to be a bird, live someplace cool in the summer (like Alaska) and AZ in the winter.
16. I don't care for the birds here, as they don't know how to drive..
17. I didn't get my driver's license until I was 18, and had graduated high school.
18. I am not a good housekeeper. There are so many things I'd rather do. My dh is a much better housekeeper than I am. I don't cook all that well either.
19. I was a Latch-Key kid for several years.
20. I love new projects. I've got the "shiney new penny" syndrome.

Hugs,
tammy

[memiles]

Hmmmm.........

1)My dark brown hair has god-awful red patches in it right now. Always leave color to the professionals.
2) I am my husband's third wife.
3)My husband bought a giant hdtv last year.
4) I was in the top 50 Tupperware managers in the US for several years. I made tons of money, and lost all motivation after E was born.
5)After my homebirth, I decided someday I will be a LM
6)Housekeeping is not my strong suit, especially laundry.
7)I am the procrastination champion of the world.
My kids are playing sit and spin in the stair landing right now.
9)My skin has gotten mysteriously itchy lately. It's making me crazy.
10)I love my lap top. LOVE it.
11)My dining room chairs have been used as a giant tent for the last 3 days. I can't get into my living room.
12)I would wear track pants and hoodies every day if it wasn't completely dorky.
13) I don't seem to have many irl friends lately.
14) I'm a soccer coach, even though I have a knee that needs replacing. We will see how that goes as the girls get faster and better.
15) I accidentally became a brownie leader too. What the hell was I thinking?
16) I used to be an aerobics instructor and personal trainer, but have always struggled with my weight.
17) I spend too much time online.
1 I drink way too much coffee
19) I love TV-csi, ER, Grays Anatomy, American Idol.............
20) Speaking of AI, Ace is my new lover.

[twouglyducks]

7)I am the procrastination champion of the world.

I beg to differ... I can hold my own when it comes to procrastination. I always say, the only thing I seem to do on time lately, is put things off.

[Perogi]

Alright, here goes (if dd gives me long enough to finish this!)

1 - My husband is a pastor
2 - I'm not a big fan of being the pastor's family
3 - I'm skipping our Good Friday service right now - um, the baby had to sleep
4 - Lately, Talia-Rae is driving my absolutely batty
5 - I find mothering much more difficult than I thought I would
6 - I am desperately trying to lose weight for a wedding I'm in this summer
7 - My house is always messy and I hate it
8 - My dh does virtually all of the cooking
9 - I have a package of Addi needles being held hostage by the PO
10 - I've never had a "real" job because I went straight from student to SAHM
11 - I looked at homeschool curriculum with a friend last night and got really pumped about hs'ing
12 - I want to adopt our next child
13 - Dh is likely going for the big "V" pretty soon
14 - We just bought a van and I love it
15 - I wish I lived somewhere that it didn't
16 - I have had a knitting machine since Christmas and it sat in the box until dh put together last week
17 - I always panic if the doorbell rings because I usually have a messy house and am in scuzzy clothes with no makeup and likely not showered
18 - I am totally fed up with and depressed by excess lately
19 - I'm the worst procrastinator - my girls are having their Easter photo done NEXT week
AND
20 - I want to be Davina

[botannie]

1- I am obsessed with Cadbury eggs
2 -And cordial cherries
3 -I collect mooses. Or meese?
4 -My daughter has the worst case of thrush the doctor has seen in a while. It's totally gross.
5 -Our house is a mess. I live in fear that someone will come over and see it.
6 -But, to my defense I clean all the time -there are just too many people living here.
7 -I just got all new living room furniture. Whoohoo!
8 -When I was in fourth grade, I won the regional spelling bee championship.
9 -My husband is from Japan
10 -His name is Hiroshi Ogoshi What were his parents thinking?
11 -I am terrified of driving in the . Thankfully I live in Hawaii so that's probably not going to be much of a problem.
12 -I often dream of moving to cold and dreary places, just so I could knit a sweater.
13 -My mom lives with us.
14 -I was a ballerina for 12+ years
15 -But now I am the most unathletic person you could ever meet.
16 -When I was a kid, I loved horses. I even had a red hoody with a picture of an airbrushed horse on the front, mane blowing in the wind and all. Was I cool or what?
17 -This was when I was in middle school
18 -I really really wish I could play the piano
19 -and I'm a total coffee whore. can't. live. without. starbucks...
20 -The fact that my husband works for sbucks really doesn't help my addiction.

[clothusingmama]

1 - I cut my finger today grooming the dog, I bled on everything inclucing the door handle to the suburban when I took the dog to the grooming place out of frustration...they gave me a bandaid.

2 - I have 3 kids, 2 adults, and 3 dogs smooshed into an 1143 sq foot house. . .we are all very cozy in here

3 - My car payment is bigger than our house payment

4 - My husbands car payment is bigger than our house payment. . .what were we thinking?

5 - My 2 year old likes to wear panties over her diaper and woolie pants or soaker.

6 - I have a lot of weight to loose and go to the gym regurlarly. . .not that I can spell it

7 - I need a new haircut, this one is driving me batty. Dh wants me to dye it red like I did when I was a teenager (we have been together for a VERY long time), but I think not.

8 - I love chocolate. Good, rich, dark chocolate. . .I am picky about it.

9 - I drink tea every night in a gigantiac mug, yum!

10 - Hubby is a Linux guy and I use it too

11- I am a big proponet of E85

12 - I have played D&D, it was acutally kinda fun

13 - I didn't name any of my kids, that is mans work

14 - I autocrossed my hubbies car a couple times. Once I even got a trophy with a pic of me in the vette going around a corner. . .it was the first trophy for the car

15 - I make all the network cables around here.

16 - I married a witch

17 - I used to be a bellydancer

18 - I am sexist. . .there is boy work and girl work in my house and we very rarely cross over

19 - I took a pic of my first dd every single day for the first year of her life

20 - I have stayed up late every night this week to watch fear factor couples with my hubby. It starts in 20 min!!

[meritodd1221]

1. I have brown eyes.
2. I'm obsessed with yarn and cannot stay on a yarn diet if my life depended on it.
3. I have two gorgeous kids that are 16 months apart in age.
4. I'm pregnant (was a total surprise baby!)
5. My daughter and new baby will be 21 months apart in age.
6. I have more knitting projects planned than I have weeks in a year.
7. I have yet to complete a knitting project for myself.
8. I hate doing dishes.
9. I have a dishwasher, and I STILL hate doing dishes.
10. I have two cases of Dagoba organic chocolate that are slowly emptying.
11. Some days, the chocolate disappears in a not-so-slow manner.
12. We drive a Honda Odyssey.
13. In our first month of having the Odyssey, I put a LOT of miles on it by just driving around. Love that car.
14. I have late, fast babies... Jonathan was 3 days late with a 3 hour labor/delivery; Emma was 4 days late with a 1hr. 45 minute labor/delivery.
15. I will not be traveling farther than 20 minutes from my hospital when this baby is due.
16. We want six kids, and have all of our children's names picked out.
17. I sing soprano in our church choir. I am also our church pianist.
18. I went to a small Christian school at our church for all 13 years of school, kindergarten through high school. I was the first student to start at K5 and go straight through.
19. I have a bachelor's in elementary education from Pensacola Christian College.
20. I taught 5th/6th grade for one year at the school that I grew up in before I stopped teaching to have children.

[baby baattoms]

Okay, I'll play. I'm way boring, so be warned

1. My dh went to cooking school and never cooks. He's a mailman.
2. 11 years later, I'm still paying off the student loans for it.
3. I think E85 is not the answer as you still need fuel to refine the corn into ethanol.
4. I can't stand the sound of listening to people type who hunt and peck.
5. I secretly think my oldest son is a high functioning autistic. He drives me nuts.
6. I'd rather be doing anything else but cleaning this house, but I force myself to do it anyway.
7. I make my kids put their own laundry away, make their own beds, and load their own dishes into the dishwasher. They're 7, 5, and 3.
8. I never think I"m a good mom.
9. My husband is the only person I ever dated.
10. My in laws hate me.
11. I wanted to be a figure skater when I was little.
12. My mom told me I couldn't take skating lessons because I was too fat. This was easier for her to admit than that she didn't have the money for it.
13. My mom is mean.
14. Because my dh has a one hour commute and uses his own car to deliver the mail, we use like 225 gallons of gas a month.
15. I feel guilty about it because I feel like I'm giving money to terrorists and corrupt governments. I panic when the price of gas goes up. It's $2.59 a gallon in NJ and I'm scared.
16. I wouldn't be scared if we didn't have a car payment ($445) that was almost as much as our mortgage. I hate that car payment. I'm not crazy about the car either. It has two steering wheels so dh can deliver the mail. The one I sit in front of (passenger side) has no airbag. I'm terrified of dying in a car crash and leaving my kids behind.
17. I use the money I make knitting to try to pay off the car faster.
18. I can't drive. I am blind in my left eye and have no depth perception. I took behind the wheel in high school and failed it. Twice. I get jealous when I see people with out arms or legs or who are paralyzed driving. This makes me feel like a horrible person. I feel bad for my kids that their mom can't drive and they can't go all the places and do all the things they'd like to.
19. I love Scrabble and all word games. All games really. We have too many of them and when I buy them, I feel guilty like I should have put that money toward the car.
20. I yell at my kids too much.

[Dawn]

ok, but I think I'm boring too

1. I was born in Hawaii.

2. I'm an army brat too.

3. I have 7 brothers, I am the only girl.

4. My oldest two children are from a previous marriage. I was married and divorced with two kids before I was 21.

5. I met my husband online, playing a video game called Everquest.

6. After we got married, he legally adopted my oldest kids.

7. I haven't been knitting very long, like less than 2 years

8. I have PCOS and Insulin resistance and I can't seem to lose any weight because of it.

9. I just discovered Jello pudding pops are back and it makes me giddy.

10. My 23mo old talks more than my other two kids did at 3-4 yrs old, its crazy that I can have a complete conversation with her, in complete sentences

11. My mother thinks her only goal as a grandmother is to "bake cookies" with my kids and feed them junk food even when I ask her to stop, its funny to her, to see how pissed off I can get.

12. I won't allow my kids to have overnights at her house anymore, and she thinks I am evil because of it.

13. She put NAIR on my 11yr olds legs, with out talking to me first, and now my 11yr old wants to shave her legs (she never even considered it until my mother told her that there was something wrong with them) because she thinks the hair is now "gross" like grammy said

14. I have issues with my mom, can you tell?

15. My husband is a D&D nerd, and has games here every other weekend, we also play the new D&D online game together every evening. Guess that makes me a nerd too?

16. I love my mother in law, I think she is an amazing woman, and I respect her so much, she raised 3 wonderful kids who are just great to be around.

17. My husbands entire family lives in a 5 mile radius of us, parents, grandparents (both sets) aunt, uncle, cousins, brother and sister.

18. I am glad my house is the smallest, I don't have to host anything, ever

19. I too, am a very bad housekeeper and it never fails that I can spend hours and hours cleaning this house and NO one stops by but the moment its a wreck, everyone seems to appear on my doorstep.

20. My period is late. And I am scared.

[IrishBaby]

Originally Posted by Dawn

20. My period is late. And I am scared.

How late are we talking, here?

[Dawn]

umm, almost a week. In fact if nothing arrives by tonight, then yep a week.

[IrishBaby]

Mmmm... thought about testing?

[twouglyducks]

Yeah... that.

[mhurst]

This is the first time I have been able to sit at the computer w/o a nak kid, so here it goes:

1. I am a chemist by schooling and I really miss it.

2. I am a scientist for a pharmaceutical company.

3. I want more kids (at least one) but I don't think DH does...at least not for awhile.

4. I am knitting my first adult sweater right now, of course who starts a wool (PF) sweater in the beginning of spring! It does get cold at work and it is a cardigan, so I think I will be able to wear it before winter...

5. I knit more for my friend Lynda's family than I do my own (and it isn't diapering stuff).

6. I kinda enjoy housecleaning, I just don't do it very often.

7. DH and I have been together for almost 11 years.

8. I am going to be 35 in July and I am not too happy about it.

9. I need to lose weight...at least 30 pounds and I refuse to diet. That does make weight loss more difficult.

10. I am so very tired of tandem nursing. My daughter is over 1 now and DS is almost 3.5 yrs. old. I would like to go more than 2 hours on the weekends w/o nursing someone. Add that to working 50+ hours a week outside the home, that makes for one TIRED mama!

11. I am glad Lent is over tomorrow, I so NEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDDD chocolate.

12. I buy too much yarn.

13. I have my college crest tatooed on my ankle

14. I like really strong hoppy beer (IPAs) and am drinking one now

15. We homebrew beer, but I've only liked one batch so far.

16. I work with DH. We see each other all the time, and I actually really like it. He is funniest during the day at work. Sometimes he comes over to my desk and we alugh so hard I cry...my coworkers think we are cute/strange.

17. I taught my mom to knit last year and she loves it.

18. I go scrapbooking once a week and I don't really like it, but it is time out of the house. (I am almost caught up though!)

19. DH hates cloth diapers.

20. My newest hobby is jewelry making and I love it.

[knittingnana]

OK, I will play!

1. I was born in Germany and came to the US when I was 2 in 1951.

2. I got my US citizenship when I was 14.

3. We have a Dalmatian-Molly-12 years old.

4. We have a Boston terrier-Mugsy-2 years old.

5. We have a Maine Coon cat-Calvin-6 years old.

6. We are living in our motorhome in Florida with our pets!

7. I am 56 years old!

8. We have been married for 34.5 years,but have known each other for 40.

9. I miss my grand children in Ct.

10. My DD and I are very close.

11. I knit everyday and fast!

12. I have alot of yarn.

13. I am on a yarn and food diet!

14. I have my blonde hair highlighted-needs to be done!

15. I have blue eyes.

16. I drive a 2000 Honda accord

17. DH would like me to drive the motorhome-40 ft Endeaver diesel

18. I LOVE chocolate and coffee!!

19. I stay up until after midnight everynight

20. I sleep in every morning-~8.30