5QF Post

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1. What is one thing you have too many of in your house?
 
I really seem to have too much of everything!! Although currently I would have to say towels.  

I know, your thinking "Towels?"

It seems my towels have procreating lately, because I tell you....I can not go into ANY room of my house and find any less then 3 towels....usually balled up and wet on the floor!!! GRRRR!!!

The really funny thing about this is.......there NEVER seems to be a towel when I need to take a shower!!!!


2. Did anything go not quite as planned on your wedding day?

Yes, but only I and one of my bridesmaid knew of the issue.  

I had requested a particular DJ for my wedding, the same DJ that had been at said bridesmaids wedding just two months before.

When my new hubby and I arrived for our reception we were greeted by a DJ I had not requested, and who I did not particularly care for!!  

However, I did not allow the DJ debacle to ruin my day, I was waaaaayy to happy!!!

3. What is your favorite summer smoothie recipe?

I'm not really a fan of smoothies...................brain freeze people!!

But, on the rare occasion I do have one it usually strawberry.

4. What is the weather like where you are?

Well, we have been having not so pleasant heat waves on and off for weeks now. Today it's expected to reach high 80's, which is about 20 degrees cooler than it has been.

5. What is your favorite book to read to your kids?

I love reading them the Magic Tree House books. We love the adventures and I love the history they teach the kids.

Another 5QF

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1. Have you ever had surgery?
Yes, a few..................3 c-sections, a hernia repair and a tummy tuck.  The tummy tuck was by far THE WORST!!! 

2. Ever ride in an ambulance?
Yes, twice.....once as a passenger and once as a patient. 
The first time was when I was 4yrs old and was hit by a car.  I don't remember the ambulance ride as I had gone into shock from my injuries........Remember kiddies ALWAYS look both ways before riding a bike into the street!!
The second was last Mother's Day when The Princess was taken by ambulance to the hospital and admitted for severe bacterial phnuemonia.

3. How are you in a medical emergency? Panicked? Calm?
Well, I've only been in to medical emergencies and I was calm both times, well if you call laughing uncontrollably "calm".  Hubby fell down our back steps while taking out the trash one night and severly tore tendions in his ankle...I couldn't stop laughing, even though I was calm and helping him and taking him to the ER, I just couldn't stop laughing at the image of him covered in trash....still makes me laugh.
The other was again last Mother's Day.  I was totally calm through everything, but once The Princess was settled in her hospital room and she was sleeping peacfully...I fell apart!!

4. Do you have a garden? Flowers or veggies?
That would be a big fat NOPE!!  I loath gardening!!  I have a thing about my hands getting dirty....and gloves just make it worse!!  Although we attended open house at school the other night and my kids each brought home a sunflower and a sugar pea plant they had started and Hubby helped them plant them in the back yard...does that count??

5. When did you move out of your parents house?
Well I moved out twice............the first was when I was 19, Hubby and I rented a small house together, then I lost my job and couldn't afford my portion of the rent anymore, so we both moved back home to our parents.  The second time I was 23 and Hubby and I had bought our first house.



5QF

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1. Have you ever forgotten your child in a store or at school?


Store-NO, School-YES........three times!!!!!!  The Countess will never let me live it down!
2. Where did you go on your very first date? (Like...first first, not first with your spouse or current significant other!)

I was in the 4th grade and my mom took me and my "boyfriend" to the mall.....we held hands.. :-)
3. What's your "silly" fear? (We're not talking water and heights.)

I fear being poked with a pin, like a thumb tack..........I actually start to panick.  Hubby thinks it's hysterical to chase me with a thumb tack.
4. Confrontation: do you cause it, deal with is as it comes, or run far far away?

Depends.............I'm not one to back down when I think I've been wronged in someway, but I also don't go out of my way to cause a confrontation,
5. Wood floors or carpet?

Wood floors!!!  My last house had wall-to-wall carpet, my house now has wall-to-wall hardwood.........I'll never go back!!

Five Question Friday

I've been MIA for almost a month, no real reason other then LIFE!!  I started my second semester atschool and have just been swamped with the daily goings on around here.

How about a 5QFriday for fun............


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1. Would you rather be on ABC's Extreme Home MakeOver or TLC's What not to Wear?


WOW!!!  REALLY...I have to CHOOSE!!!  Uhgg!

Ok, let's talk this through a minute.....I would love, love,LOVE a new wardrobe...who wouldn't!!  But if I'm being practical I would have to (reluctantly) chose Extreme Home MakeOver.
Reason being, I HATE my house.....specifically I hate, hate, HATE my kitchen!!!  It is completely disfunctional!  My house was built in 1962 when, apparently, people were VERY thin and families were the typicallly mom,dad and two kids.  This house was certainly not built for a family of six...and a dog!!

Plus, I beleive builders back then felt waisted space was a GOOD THING.......today it equalls DYSFUNCTION!!!
2. Do you have any tattoos?

Nope.  Thought about it a time or two, but .....no.


3. Do you tell your kids about things you did growing up?

I do.  I think it's important.   Let me explain why I feel that way........My mom was nearly killed in a car accident at age 14.  She had lied to my grandparents about where she was and who she was with at the time.  Imagine their surprise when the police showed up at their door to inform them their daughter had been in an accident and wasn't beleived to live long due to her injuries.  Next, My mom had a baby at 16 (got pregnant at 15)  She then had 4 children by the time she was 20.  (My Dad was 18 whe baby #1 was born).
I knew ALL this growing up plus much more and it made me think twice about lying to my mom and about having sex.  I basically learned from her mistakes.

I have told all my kids about me being hit by a car at age 4 because I didn't look both ways before riding my bike out into the street.  Result..........my kids ALWAYS look both ways beofre going in the street.  They have learned from my mistake.

As my kids get older I have no problem telling them things I did that are age appropriate to them.  I would NEVER tell my 9yr olds now about my drunken high school escapades, but when they are in high school...absolutly.

I want them to know I am not perfectandhave made mistakes in my life and I want them to know it's OKto make mistakes, just try not to repeat my mistakes.

4. If the traffic signal turns yellow, do you stop or speed up?

I speed up.  (hangs head)
If my kids are in the car they are very quick to point this out to me!
5. What's your preference: chocolate or chips?

Well that depends.  If it's near that time of month......chips for sure.  I crave salt like nothing else.  But an just a regular day I'd prefer chocolate over chips.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

This week has just flown by for me.....I can't believe it's friday ALREADY!!!  I have a very busy weekend ahead, which I'll share with ya'll next week.

For today how about a little 5QFriday


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1. What is your current favorite book, and why? I haven't been doing much reading latley, but my Fav is the Outlander series.















2. Do you go to the dentist regularly? YIKES!!  Ok, seriously..........I have NEVER been to the dentist.  (bow's head is shame)
There are a number of reasons for this......I grew-up in a very poor family and we couldn't pay the cost.  Then when I was older, I was barley making ends meet and there was no $$ left for dental or even medical care.  Then I had kids and I make sure to take them every 6 months.....which in turns leaves no $$ left for me or hubby.    Excuses I know, but it's the truth.  (walks away in shame)

3. What is your worst memory from High School? I would have to say my worst memory was finding out my boyfriend asked my best friend on a date.....she declined and immediatley called me.....but the impact was the same as if she had accepted.  It sent me into such a tail spin......resulting in an eating disorder that took me years to recover from.  I was a sophmore in High School.  Although because of that event, I met my Hubby the follow year...almost exactly to the date, and have been madly in love with him for the past 21years!!  So I guess you could say the worst was for the best.

4. What do you hope to be remembered for in your life?  I hope to be remembered period!  So many people pass away and are forgotten.  We had inscribed on my step fathers tombstone the following phrase.........."Move on, be brave,  dont' weep at my grave, just please don't ever let your memories of me fade"  That pretty much how I feel.

5. Are you superstitious or do you have any superstitions? Yes and No.  I don't fear I will break my mothers back if I step on a crack and the number 13 is one of my favorites.  I'm not afraid of black cats crossing my path or of open an umbrella inside.  However, I will not break a mirror, walk under a ladder and if I spill salt I toss it over my shoulder.  I ALWAYS say "God Bless You" when someone sneezes and I say "God Bless Me" when I sneeze.

5QFriday........on Saturday. LOL!

I haven't participated in Five Question Fridays over at My Little Life in awhile, but decided to join in today............Here are the questions.......join in too!!!

1. If you could have any talent and turn it into an occupation, what would it be?
I would have to say scrapbooking.  I have scrapbooked for years and truly love it.  It would be great to make a little money doing it!!

2. Would you rather have a house at the beach or a cabin in the woods?
Cabin in the woods!!  I love the smell of trees.  The ocean scares me!


3. Is there any meaning or reasoning for the names you chose for your child/children?
My Boy shares a middle name with my Hubby, which is my hubby's grandfathers name.  As for his first name we just liked it.

The Countessa's name, both first and middle are uniquely hers.

The Duchess...now don't laugh......her first name came from a Disney movie....When I was pregnant Hubby was SOOOO confident we were having a boy, he wouldn't discuss girl names.  When she was born Hubby was STUNNED!!  He said "What are we going to name her?"  I told him he had two choices...both from the Disney movie Aristocats, and he choose which he liked better.  Her middle name is uniquely hers.

The Princess had one name for two hours after her birth, then we changed it.  We changed it to a name Hubby liked much more, which also happens to be my Great-Great Grandmothers name.  Her middle name is my stepfathers last name.  He had passed away a year before she was born.  

4. What is your guilty pleasure? (I know we've done this one before, but I'm guessing people's "guilty pleasures" change frequently. At least, mine do!)
Currently that would be Halloween candy!  Namely Milk Duds!

5. Do you live in a house that is deep cleaned or straightened?
Staightened daily, deep cleaned once a month.  I just don't have time to REALLY clean everyday.  I always do a deep clean the last weekend of the month.

Friday Fun...........

  

1. Is there something you've always wanted to try but just can't muster up the courage to actually do yet?

I've often thought of getting an anklet tatoo.  I'm just not totally sure I want to permanently mark myself.

2. If you had $100 handed to you in cash without your significant other knowing about it, what would you spend it on? Most likely something at Target!!  Not sure what, but I know I'd find something fun!!

3. What was your favorite piece of playground equipment as a child? I ALWAYS played on the bars and rings.  My hands were a blistered callus mess.  The Duchesses hands look like mine always did, she loves them too!!

4. Do you prefer a sweet or hearty breakfast? I'm not a big breakfast eater, but I lOVE bacon and eggs (over-easy) with country potatoes and sour dough toast with lots of butter!!! YUMMMMMM.

5. Are you a Neat Freak or a Messy Bessy? I'm my goodness, total Messy Bessy!!!  I can't keep my room or my house clean for more then a day!!  It's awful!  I'd like to be a Neat Freak, but it requires time and dedication I just came seem to muster on a daily basis!!
 
Join in at Friday Fill-Ins

1. Bisquick Oven Baked Chicken -- the best food to take on a picnic.


2. Summer is my least favorite season.

3. I own atleast 2o pairs flip flops.

4. To love someone is to be alive.

5. I hate going on a long hike.

6. When I crave food, it's usually something salty....chips, sunflower seeds, nuts....

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to my daughters dance rehearsal, tomorrow my plans include attending my daughters dance recital and Sunday, I want to sleep in!!!!!!!!

5QFriday!

Join in the fun at My Little Life.

1. What is your worst memory of your siblings? Oh My, I was the youngest of 5 kids, I was picked on quite a bit...............If I have to choose just one it would be my sister T smacking me in front of her friend.  I really hated T as a kid!



2. What was YOUR naughtiest childhood memory? (Must be something YOU did, no pawning it off on someone else!)  I cut a freinds hair!!  I got in HUGE trouble!  HUGE!!  I was 7yrs old.

3. Where do you like to go to relax? I love to take a looooong hot shower to relax.

4. What was the last thing you won?  hmmmmm, I really can't remember.

5. If you could be on a game show, which would you choose A Minute To Win It

How about a Five Question Friday post............

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Today's 5 Questions:

1. Who would you want to play you in a movie of your life?

   Without a doubt Reese Witherspoon.  I think she is just the cutiest thing, and I love all her movies!

2. Did you ever go to summer camp?
   Nope.  #1 because I never had any desire too and #2 my family could not afford it.
3. What sends you running and screaming in the other direction?
  Spiders, creepy crawlies, snakes, mice, kids with dirty hands or runny noises....that sort of thing.

4. What is something you do that drives your spouse nuts?
  Oh gosh there are many........tunning out the kids, eating sunflower seeds, spending hours, yes HOURS, reading a good book.  I'm sure there are other's, but these are what have come up this week. LOL!

5. What is currently your favorite song?
  Name the song....gosh I have no idea!  I am currently liking the Carrie Underwood song, I think it's called Temporary Home.  It makes me thinkn about my Grandpa and the day he died surrounded by family.  It makes me cry everytime I hear it, but I love it!

5QFriday....

I've been reading this blog for awhile and decided to join the 5 Questions Friday. 



Here are the questions for today...

1. How much time do you spend on the computer a day?  Maybe an hour, sometimes alittle more.  It really depends on wat's going on in my real life that day.


2. Will you pay for your children's college or raise them to pay for their own way? Just this last fall Hubby and I opened 529 College Funds for each of our kids. 

3. Have you ever been in a car accident? Yes, Three.  My mom and I were hit at low speed when a car was backing out of there driveway and didn't see us; no one was hurt.  Another one when I was 7 or 8 we were in an accident on the freeway.  The car infront of us ran out of gas and we hit it an da car hit us from behind.  No one was seriously hurt, aside from my aunt splitting her lip open. And the last was when I was in my early 20's I was rearended at a high rate of speed when I was at a dead stop at a red light.  I ended up with severe whip-lash.

4. What is your favorite book?  I LOVE the Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon

5. Do you make your bed everyday? I attempt to.  I'd say it actaully gets done 4 out of 7 days.

Feeling "Yuck!"

I have been feeling icky all week.....no energy, headaches frequently, sore throat, plugged ears.....just plain "Yuck." 
I didn't want another day to go by without some sort of blog post, even if I'm not feeling 100%. 

Yesterday while reading my usual blog stops for the day I read about this and decided to join, even if I'm a day late...



1. Worst trouble you ever got into as a teenager? Gosh, i was a pretty boring teenager and didn't really get into trouble.  The worst thing I think I ever did was go to a friends house at lunch and get into the licquor cabinet.  We  took several shots of some horrible liquid and then returned to school.  I had english right after math and I had to take a test.  I wasn't drunk, but very buzzed.  My teacher came by my desk and leaned over my shoulder and whispered "You should really start the test on the first page." and walked away.  I KNOW he knew I had been drinking but never said a word to me or anyone else.  I could have gotten in a lot of trouble!!  Thanks Mr. B!!!


2. Are you a morning person or a night person? Definetly a night person.  I dread the mornings and have my entire life.  Of my 4 children only one is a morning kid.  The other 3 sleep in!!


3. Are you a one-handed or a two-handed Texter? Due to my phone being from the stone-age I'm a one handed texture.


4. Democrat, Republican, or Independent..or maybe even Green Party (whatever that is).  Well let me see, I'm the daughter of a very liberal Democrate and I'm married to a very strict Republican.  To keep the waters calm I prefer to remain Independant!

5. Are you a pet person? If that pet is a dog, yes.  I don't care for cats and rodents should not be pets along with creepy-crawly-slithery creatures.