Tag (again)

This one is just a little different than the one I did last time...
What was I doing 10 years ago?

Getting ready for our delayed honeymoon to France...dreamy.


What is on my to-do list for today?

It's the end of the day, so I'll tell you how I did. Shower. Check.

What are 3 bad habits of mine?

1. Lack of productivity. I really don't understand how I can be doing stuff ALL DAY LONG, and yet never accomplish anything.

2. I tend to neglect my children when I get into a REALLY good book....hello Twilight Series! :) Frankly, it doesn't even have to be that good.

3. Not having enough patience. That is an understatement.


3 Things you might not know about me?

1. I currently have the best calling on the face of the earth, Laurel Adviser. I get all the fun of hanging out with the 16-18 year old girls, and none of the responsibility of being in a presidency.

2. I am back to being a workout junkie. Gym 3 times a week for weights and an easy bike, 3 times a week running. Loving every minute of it. Although it seems that weight is harder to lose after age 30 and 5 kids!

3. I am a complete political junkie. I love knowing what's going on and being involved. I always go to my caucuses and become a delegate. You have no idea how fun it is for me to to have the RNC Convention here this year!


4 movies/t.v. shows I love:

1. The Office, although it just wasn't the same caliber post writer's strike. Let's hope that gets corrected next season.
2. Lost
3. Amazing Race
4. Bachelor/Bachelorette...I know, totally guilty pleasure. Although, minus the Andrew Firestone season, it usually doesn't get overly racey (how do you spell that?).


4 Books I love:

(These are what I consider must reads)
1. The Hiding Place
2. 50 Things Your Kids Won't Learn in School
3. Night
4.Papa Married a Mormon


4 Jobs I've had:

1. Hardees
2. Kitchen Aide in nursing home
3. Nursing Assistant
4. Helped start Family Focus, now the Family Life Education Institute...you can probably google it. I haven't looked into it for a while now.


4 Places I've lived:

1. Roseville, MN
2. Boulder, CO
3. Provo, UT
4. Red Bank, NJ


5 of my favorite foods:

1. Sugar
2. Chocolate
3. Cake
4. Brownies
5. Cinnamon Rolls
(OK, there are a lot of other things I like, but I do a have a wicked sweet tooth...hence the need for the working out!)

Bloggers I'm tagging:

1. Sharon
2. Tammy
3. Katie
4. Jenni

Tag, your it!

A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning. B. Each player answers the questions about themselves. C. At the end of the game the player tags 5 people, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment letting them know they've been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

10 years ago: I was a newly-wed thinking I'd made the biggest mistake of my life. Don't worry, that is no revelation to Jon...he felt the same way. Funny, I think we are happier than the average couple now! Oh, some contributing factors may be that Jon was in his first (and worst) semester of nursing school, I was also going to school full time, Jon was working 3-11 shifts at the hospital several days a week, I was working with hospice patients, etc... And just to add to my depression, all but one of my roommates and closest friends had either graduated or moved on. Again...we're happy now!

5 things on my to-do list today: 1) Make Pot stickers (Thanks Lindsey!!) 2) do schoolwork with my kids (shouldn't have to be a goal, but I struggle every day!) 3) fold laundry ( I think I have about 5 loads clean and waiting), 4) Play games with friends tonight, 5) get my kids to piano on time.

Snacks I enjoy: Boursin and good bread, Nachos with black beans, chocolate chip cookies, I could go on...and on...and on...I really like to eat.

I would do if I were suddenly a billionaire: Build my dream house (good one, Sharon). Buy a new car, and by car I mean a great big, gigantic van...oh, so sad. Fill my new house with all the books I dream about. Pay off debts for all my friends. Send some people on missions. Flood the micro-credit banking world with all the funds they could ever need. Stock the Perpetual Education fund. Hmmm.

3 of my bad habits: 1) Biting my nails. I don't do it all the time anymore, but it is still a problem. 2) I don't watch T.V. very often, but when I do I get completely sucked in. 3) I am a compulsive piler. I have piles all over my house. Piles of paper in the kitchen, piles of toys in the store room, piles of clothes on my floor. It is a miracle my house ever actually feels clean.

5 places I have lived: Red Bank, NJ; Provo, UT; East Bethel, MN; Boulder, CO; Portsmouth, VA (so I was a tiny little baby...it still counts!)

5 jobs that I have had: Wife, Mother, Family Life Educator, Nursing Assistant, Hardees (Oh yeah!)

5 things people don't know about me: Wow, I don't think I hide much, but... 1) People always seem surprised when I confess my problem with laziness. I waste a huge amount of time everyday, doing nothing. It is a childish attribute really...not being able to figure out what to do with myself. I often think to myself, "Wow, I wonder just how much I could accomplish if I actually used all this time that I waste?!" 2) My post partum depression manifests itself as rage. I know, yikes! I confess this for two reasons. Number one, I have NEVER acted on my rage. Number two, I think a lot of women know exactly what I'm talking about. We just don't usually say it out loud. 3) If I could justify it it, I would spend all of my time reading. I can't get enough, but I have to stop myself. Perhaps this goes along with my laziness issue...I know what I WANT to be doing, but also know that I shouldn't do it all day long. 4) I LOVE gardening, canning, freezing etc... But really don't like to cook. Although, I do really like to bake. It's a good thing my kids have Jon, who does enjoy cooking. 5) Ok, here is a good one...I have a wonderfully distorted body image. Most women look in the mirror and think they look twice as big as they really do. I look in the mirror and think, "Wow, I look good!" Then I look at the size of my pants and think, "That can't be right. I am hot!" If only I thought that way when I was a teenager.

5 people I tag are: Tammy, Jenni, Jennifer...anyone else?