20 things about ME... day 10

So, my all time, FAVORITE FOOD is.... Fettuccine Alfredo. And not just any Fettuccine Alfredo... no, no, no my friend! It has to be The Olive Garden's Fettuccine Alfredo. It is DIVINE! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT! I go there, about, 2 or 3 times (on my birthday, on my Anniversary, and maybe on 1 date night) a year. And it is ALL I EVER GET! I have tried other things, but I am always disappointed with what I order. I am NEVER disappointed when I order THAT! Y-U-M-M-Y! And right now, I'm am wishing that I had the money to go and get some... maybe next month. I can't hardly wait! That's it for now...

20 things about ME... day 9

We are now on Day 9... so here goes. Some weird facts about me are that I love Mayo on corn on the cob... I slather it on really thick. It makes my husband gag and shudder when I do this. I also like a fried egg sandwich's (and the yolk has to be broken when it is cooked) with mayo and grape jelly on the bread... this is another thing that makes my husband shudder and my 10 year old son likes it too! (hehe) Again, I could also eat a whole box of KRAFT Mac and Cheese, not a very good thing to do, so I don't do it (very often, anyways)... but I could.

I know I eat other stuff that is weird, but I can't think of anything right now... maybe I'll think of something later...

20 things about ME... day 8

So, here we are on day 8... and what time is it? 11:44 p.m... yeah, that's another problem I have... I procrastinate like you wouldn't believe. I seem to wait until the very last minute to do things. And it (or rather 'I') wasn't always like this, either. It just happened over time... stuff happens, ya know? I put off doing a craft project... or 2, or 3, or 20. Yeah, you should see my craft box. Actually I think I have 2 or 3 of them floating around the house somewhere. All with bits of things in them, wood things mostly... but who has the TIME to finish all of them?! Not ME!! I tell ya, having 5 kids takes a lot of time and throw in some pets (1 bird, 2 {freaking} bunnies, and 3 dogs), a house and all of the cleaning (which I do, just not a lot of the time), dishes and laundry... sheesh! No wonder I don't have a lot of time. Add in 2 different schools to get 3 kids to, at different times, and I'm running around all morning. Then, when I pick them up, it's homework, homework, and even more homework! AARRGGHHH! I'd like a weekend (heck, even a Saturday) that I don't have to take care of anyone and just have a little craft time by myself. I actually get some time for myself, but I don't use it very often, 'cause I'm doing things for the 'other people' in the family, and I feel guilty if I have time for me, and not doing other things for the family... did ya get that or did that sound really, really odd? Yeah, I feel guilty for not being the best or the most... whatever. It's one of my faults. I don't know where it came from.. but I'm stuck with it. It's what I do and just who I am...

20 things about ME... day 7

Day #7... I have a confession... I am... a total... Pack-Rat. I save (literally) save everything. And it really pains me to throw stuff away. I have had bills in my file cabinet that were from 2002! (They have been {recently} dispatched by my husband) WHY?!... I don't know! You should really see my craft table... it has PILES OF PAPERS on it. My husband can attest to that! He HATES it! And when he try's to "fix it" or "move something", I feel like I'm going to have a 'conniption fit'. I really hate it when he moves something... because that means "I" can't find it! I know where everything is on the table, but when he gets near it... I start to hyperventilate (o.k., not really, but it feels like it sometimes). As I type this, I am starting to get 'antsy' just thinking about it. Yikes! I really should do something about it... but I'll leave that for another day.

20 things about ME... day 6

Something else to know about me is that I wear 5 clips in my hair. Why? Because I have 5 kids, of course! Doesn't everyone? And the clips that I wear... well, they reflect my children. Oh, and I also color-coordinate my kids too (it just saves on them fighting over something and my sanity). :)

Their favorite colors are as follows... The oldest (a girl) is red, the next (oldest) one in line (a boy) is blue, the middlest (another girl) is green, the next one (a boy) is yellow, and the youngest (a girl) is purple. Apparently I (or as my husband says) 'brainwashed' them into thinking that those were their favorite colors... well, I don't think so. That's just the color that looked best on them when they were baby's. And I just followed suit with keeping up the color scheme as they grew older. Well, that's it for now...

20 things about ME... day 5

Things to know about me day #5... As a kid, I remember my dad torturing me and giving me grilled onions to eat... I did NOT like them... but I did like onion rings. Go figure! So, now as an adult, I LOVE grilled onions and ONLY onion rings from Jack in the Box (but only as long as they are fresh). Why do you ask? Because they make them (at least most of the time) FRESH from the fryer. They are the most delicious when hot!!

Burger Kings has these little round rings and they don't taste all that great, Carl's Jr. makes them, but I don't care for those either... and McDonald's just doesn't even get into the game. So there you have it... torture your kids NOW with different tastes so that when they grow-up they can do the same thing to their own kids :)

20 things about ME... day 4

My favorite color is BLUE. Good ol' fashioned blue. 8 colors in a pack... crayon blue. And I remember when it was that I decided this... I was just a little girl, living in Pomona, Ca. and my Nana (my grandma) came out from Phoenix, Arizona to see me. She took me to see 'Sleeping Beauty' at the movie theater. This was in the late '70's to early '80's and it had been re-released to the movie theaters, so off we went.

The only thing that I remember about that day was the big, huge scary Dragon spitting out green fire, and the Fairy Godmother's turning Princess Aurora's dress first to Pink, and then to Blue. By the end of the movie, when Sleeping Beauty is dancing with her prince and the Fairy's are turning her dress from one color to the other, I realized, then and there, I was in love with the color BLUE. I have loved it ever since... and whenever I watch it with my kids, I remember, with fondness, my Nana...

20 things about ME... day 3 (sorry it's on the wrong day)

Day 3 (which is actually on day 4, but whose keeping track)... is that I could EAT an entire box of Macaroni and Cheese all by myself... it wouldn't be good or smart of me to do it... but I could. There is just something about that cheesy powder and milk, that when it mixes together with the cooked macaroni... HEAVEN! I remember as a little girl it being the only thing that I would eat other than chicken and cereal. Just thinking about it makes me hungry for some... and it HAS to be 'Kraft' macaroni and cheese. Not the fakey kind. It's gotta be the 'REAL DEAL' or nothing. And it has to be made with real milk and country crock butter. It just tastes better that way! :)

20 things about ME... day 2

Well, as I sit here and type (with only 1 hand, 'cause the other is holding little miss Holly baby) I'm trying to think of the second thing to know about me... and I guess that THING is that I love Halloween almost as much as I love Christmas! I love all the different decorations that are out there. Especially the handmade ones. Don't get me wrong... the store bought ones are cool too, but something that the regular person comes up with... I think that it sometimes is better or even more awesomer! (is that even a real word? my spell check says *NO*)

Oohhh, and another thing is that I love the sparkly-ness of some of the crafts too! Put some glitter on a project and I am THERE! I especially love the slogan 'if the Shoe fits!' It just cracks me up.

20 things about ME... day 1

Well, one thing to know about me is that I *LOVE* Christmas! I love the white lights that make it feel *classic*... I love the multi-colored lights that bring out the *kid* in me... and I really love watching the Charlie Brown Christmas Special (I have it on D.V.D.).

Whenever my husband and I pick out a tree for Christmas, I always have to have white lights on it... and my husband always HAS to have multi-colored lights on it (blinking, no less, but only 1 strand) so it works out great for both of us. And one of my all-time *FAVORITE* movies to watch during the holiday season is 'While You Were Sleeping' with Sandra Bullock and Bill Pullman. I absolutely ADORE this movie! I could watch it all year long, but I limit myself to only after Halloween and before Valentines Day. I know... it's weird... but that's just me.