Firsts

 I'm trying to come with some content to write about here but I keep coming up blank.


This is going around on FB so I though I would play along here instead.

1. Who was your FIRST prom date?

 I didn't go to Prom.  And no, I don't regret it.

2. Do you still talk to your FIRST love? 

              Every day

3. What was your FIRST job? Preschool Aide

4. What was your FIRST car?   Honda Civic

5. Who was the FIRST person to text you today? 

             Twitter

6. Who is the FIRST person you thought of this morning?  Joe

7. Who was your FIRST grade teacher? 

Mrs. Stewart.  I loved her. 

8. Where did you go on your FIRST ride on an airplane? I think to Hawaii as a kid.

  

9. Who was your FIRST best friend & do you still talk? Hmmmmm.....I don't remember much about my friends before 4th grade or so, but Kelly E. and Debbie L. were my good friends then. I am friends with both on FB and we "talk" occasionally through that, so yes.

10. Where was your FIRST sleep over? 

Well it was either at Kelly or Debbie's house.

11. Who was the first person you talked to today? 

My dog.  I know she isn't a person.  But we have conversations.  O.K.?

12. Whose wedding were you in the FIRST time? 

               My cousin Joyce.

13. What was the FIRST thing you did this morning?  

              Go to the bathroom.

14. What was the FIRST concert you ever went to? 
              Oingo Boingo Halloween concert

15. FIRST tattoo? No Tattoos

16. FIRST piercing? Ears 

17. FIRST foreign country you went to? China.  

18. FIRST movie you remember seeing? Annie. My mom used to drop us off at the bargain theater and we saw it over and over.  It's still one of my favorite plays. Also,  E.T.

19. When was your FIRST detention? In high school.  I forgot to put a book cover on my history book and the teacher gave me a detention.  How lame is that?? 
 She was not my favorite teacher.  :)

20. Who was your FIRST roommate? My sister

21. If you had one wish, what would it be?  For my husband to find a good paying job so we wouldn't have to drop out of the China program.  I guess that was 2 wishes.

 22. What is something you would learn if you had the chance? 
             To play an instrument 

23. Did you marry the FIRST person to ask for your hand in marriage? Yes

24. What was the first sport that you were involved in?  
          Showing  Horses.  I  Ranked #1 in the State of CA!

 25. What were the first lessons you ever took?  Accordian

 26. What is the first thing you do when you get home? 
                      Change my clothes

  

27. Who do you think will be the first person to post this? No idea 

28. When was your first kiss that you would count? 
           Senior in high school, to my now husband 

29. In what grade did you feel really confident?  
    College when I switched to the Early Childhood program 

30. When did you receive your first "F" in school? 

In college I forgot to drop my history class after I stopped attending.  I Re-took the class and got an A. 

31. First important event / activity from which you were cut? 
         I'm not sure I was ever cut from anything.

 32. When did you first realize that you no longer believed in what you once believed in? 

              Recently.  It saddens me.

 33. What is your most memorable family vacation? 
               Camping trips to Lake Shasta

 34. What would you do over if you could? 

I would get my Bachelor's degree instead of wasting 2 years getting an A.A. only to spend another 2 years getting another after I changed majors.  Two A.A.'s equals a B.A., right?

35. Besides raising your children and marrying your spouse, what accomplishment are you most proud of?  
How sad that I can't think of anything off the top of my head.  Maybe it hasn't happened yet.

 36. What's at the top of your "bucket list"?  To be a Mom. 

Five Faves

I was inspired by WZ girl over at Buttercup to play along with her Meme.  Here are five things that are my favorites  right now.

1.  Fave Thing to do on my Day off:

Sit out on our balcony and swing it the hammock chair I got while in Mexico.  We have never lived upstairs before, so we've never had a balcony.  I love being above the world and looking down, with the trees and the sky so much more visible than our downstairs patio.  And nothing beats swinging gently, soaking up the sun while reading a book or taking a short nap.

2.  Fave new place to hike
The canyon near my work.  Beautiful and a great workout with the trail leading down to the arroyo.

3. Fave new item of clothing

These workout pants.  I finally got around to using a Target gift card I got for my birthday and I bought some much needed workout clothes.  I bought two different types of workout pants.  I don't care for the others at all, but these are perfect.  The fit is right, they hide a multitude of sins, and they are cool enough for me to walk in the warm weather we have been having(80 degrees here today!), without wearing shorts(no one wants to see me in shorts).

4.  Fave walking route

I have remained dedicated to the walking.  I am up to 3 and a half miles.  I've shown pictures of it before, but about a mile from our house is a lovely walking trail.  We are so lucky to live so close to some wonderful nature areas amid our suburban town. 

5.  My fave  new church I went to last night.

I think it could become my new church home, and I am thankful for the friend who brought me to it.  Thanks Joannah.

What are your five favs?

Let me know if you play along!

Meme

Stole this from Journeywoman

FOODOLOGY:

What is your salad dressing of choice? Ranch

What is your favorite sit-down restuarant? Macaroni Grill and Wood Ranch BBQ

What is your favorite fast food restaurant? Carl's Jr.

What food could you eat every day for two weeks and not get sick of? Tacos

What are your pizza toppings of choice? Veggie with white sauce

How many televisions are in your house? 1

What color cell phone do you have? Black.  But it has a purple and pink case

BIOLOGY:

Are you right-handed or left-handed? Right

Have you ever had anything removed from your body? Teeth, ovaries and uterus

What is the last heavy item you lifted? I'm not supposed to lift heavy items.

Have you ever been knocked unconscious? No

Have you ever fainted? Yes.  When a cyst on my ovary burst.  I was trying to get out of the shower and I fell on the bathroom floor and woke up about ten minutes later.

BULLCRAPOLOGY:

If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die? Nope.

If you could change your name, what would you change it to? I have no idea

How many pairs of flip flops do you own? 4

Last person you talked to? My dog.  Oops.  Not a person.  Joe.

FAVORITOLOGY:

Season? Autumn

Holiday? Mother's Day.  Just seeing if you were paying attention.  

Valentine's Day, but only because it's our anniversary.

Day of the week? Friday

Month? September

Colour? Don't really have one

Drink? Iced Tea

Alcoholic? Margarita

CURRENTOLOGY:

Missing someone? Yes

What are you listening to? Rain

What are you watching? Olympics

Worrying about? Money

What’s the last movie you saw?  In theaters--Avatar.  On DVD--The Time Traveler's Wife

Do you smile often? Yes

If you could change your eye color what would it be? My eye color is fine

What’s on your wish list for your birthday?  A job for my husband.

Can you do a chin-up? Nope.

Does the future make you more nervous or excited? I'm not that excited about my future right now, so I guess nervous

Have you been in a car wreck? Yes

Have you caused a car wreck? Yes

Do you have an accent? Nope.

Last time you cried? An hour ago

Plans tonight? Sleep

Have you ever felt like you hit rock bottom? Yes.

Name three things you bought yesterday? I spent not one dime yesterday

Have you met someone who changed your life? Yes

For the better or worse? Both

How did you bring in the New Year? Babysitting someone else's kid.  It's how I spend all of my New Year's

Would you go back in time if you were given the chance? No

What songs do you sing in the shower? I don't sing in the shower.  I sing in the car. To pretty much anything that is on the radio.

Have you held hands with someone today? Yes

Who was the last person you took a picture of? Joe

Are most of the friends in your life new or old? Old

Do you like pulpy orange juice? No

Last time you ate peanut butter and jelly? A long time

What were you doing at 12 a.m. last night?    Feeling nauseous and hoping I didn't throw up again.

What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? I hope I feel better today

Tag, you're it.

Tagged

I've been tagged by Kylie's mom over at The Munsinger Three
to do this "Meme", so here goes.  I am supposed to describe in five words how I am feeling right now:

1.  Hungry-I just got up and haven't had any breakfast yet.

2.  Apprehensive-I'm on my way to the doctor and I always feel a bit nervous going there. I don't know why. You'd think with all the time I spend at the doctor I would feel right at home, but I don't.

3. Tired-I haven't slept very well for the last two nights.

4.  Annoyed-I am waiting for my husband to get ready to take me to the doctor(he always goes with me-isn't that sweet?).  I hate to be late and he is not hurrying!

5.  Happy-today is my day off. How can that not make me happy?

MeMe

Journeywoman posted this great MeMe, so I'm playing along.

Here's the deal: Go to this site and keep refreshing the page until you find five quotes that speak to you and post them here. I'll admit that I had to refresh the page about twenty times, but I found way more than five that spoke to me. Here are the five that I liked the most:

Never think that God's delays are God's denials. Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius.
Comte de Buffon (1707 - 1788)

This one is my favorite!

Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962)

Learn to value yourself, which means: to fight for your happiness.

Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982)

Giving is a necessity sometimes... more urgent, indeed, than having.
Margaret Lee Runbeck

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy: They are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922)

Let me know if you play along!

Tagged

Well, I wasn't actually tagged, but I'm bored and this one's been going around and Dannye told anyone who hadn't done it yet to consider themselves tagged, so here goes......

Four jobs I've had:
1. Preschool Teacher
2. After school care director
3. Front office for an orthodontist.
4. I’ve only had three types of jobs in my entire life!

Four shows I watch:
1. Dancing with the Stars
2. American Idol
3. Medium
4. Eli Stone

Four Places I have been:
1. China-Can. Not. Wait. to go back!
2. Mexico
3. Over half of the states in the US
4. San Francisco-many, many(many) times

Four favorite foods:
1. Mexican-I could eat it every night
2. Bagels-I actually do eat one everyday
3. Smoothies
4. Pizza

Four Cd's I've recently listened to:
1. Rent Soundtrack-Original Broadway version. I can recite the entire thing word for word.
2. James Taylor
3. Dixie Chicks
4. Tracy Chapman



Four things you can do to make my day:
1. tell us when we are getting our referral(-totally stole this one from Dannye)
2. Bring me Flowers
3. Tell me I look like I’ve lost weight(even though I soooooo have not. )LOL!
4. Offer to do my laundry! (My husband does this for me all the time)

Since most people I know have already been tagged with this, if you'd like to play along, consider yourself tagged...


P.S. Sometimes I like to look back through the archives and see what was going on in my life a year ago. This is what I was doing a year ago this weekend. Gosh that was fun. We should plan on getting together again. Some of those girls are getting(slightly) closer to a referral and I am so excited for them! Who would have thought a year later they still would not have their babies. Not me. And not them either!

Eleven Things

Mrs. Figby has asked people to post eleven things in their everyday lives that make them happy. I'm trying to spend more time being thankful, so I jumped all over this one. Here are eleven things in my everyday life that make me happy:

My Laptop. I heart my Mac. I use it every day.





My picture wall. I took some pictures down to update them. There are usually more pics in the upper left hand corner. Just looking at this wall is enough to make me smile.


















My dog. She can be a pain and her nickname is "Cujo" because she becomes vicious around people she doesn't know, but she is so very happy to see me when I come home at the end of the day.













My craft area. Often referred to as my "crap" area. Since it has been cleaned up I feel inspired to go there and create more. Yes, this is clean. You should have seen it before.















I can't very well mention the dog without mentioning the cat. We've had her for fifteen years. I don't know why she looks so pissed off in this picture. I assure you she was not.












My Blog friends. I visit them every day.












The Baby's room. Usually the door to this room remains shut and neither of us go in there very often. I have been spending a lot of time in there lately and sometimes I just sit on the floor amongst the toys and the books and the baby stuff and I imagine an actual baby in there someday.



















This Lavender Rosemary lotion. It smells heavenly. I use it every day.


















Our granite counter tops. They did a lot of upgrades when we moved into our new apartment, and this was one of them. They are soooooo nice. Sometimes I am still surprised to see them when I go in there and I'm like Dude. Granite counter tops. Sweet.











My bathroom. This is my girly bathroom. No one goes in there but me. That means there isn't any crap all over the counters, and the toilet is always clean and there are never any spots on the mirror. I will have to share this room when Sophie comes home, but for now it is mine. All mine.














My bed. This is not my bed. I wish it was. My own bed is currently unmade and covered in a pile of laundry that needs folding. My bed is however, extremely comfortable. Especially after spending several nights on an inflatable air mattress.








I could go on. But I won't. So, what things in your everyday life make you happy?