Showing posts with label me. Show all posts
Showing posts with label me. Show all posts

Thursday, June 09, 2011

I'm a Million Different People from One Day to the Next

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I can change
I can change
I am here in my mode
And I'm a million different people from one day to the next
I can change my mode yeah yeah yeah
(idea borrowed from the gorgeous Ms. Ashley)

Seeing Ashley's post and her words "this time next year... I won't be this girl anymore - I create my existence through change" struck a powerful chord in me. I am constantly trying to get back to who I was - the girl in the pictures that I love. If I just stopped and realized what I love, I would realize what I love is that I constantly change. Such a fascinating exercise going through old pictures with the idea of finding how I changed and really taking this to heart. Doing so made the fact that I can change not only from one day to the next, but even from one moment to the next, glaringly obvious.
July 2008
July 2008
 August 2008
 August 2008
 August 2008
 November 2008
November 2008 
 January 2009
August 2009
December 2009

December 2009
April 2010
May 2010
July 2010
 October 2010
 January 2011
March 2011

I change. Every day. Another conversation that got me thinking on this was a text convo I had with Mar this morning. She was looking at our engagement photos on facebook and exclaiming how Brando looks fifteen (that happens to him without the sexy beard he has going on right now) and how I look exactly the same - that I haven't aged AT ALL. I told her those pictures were taken two years ago - I just labeled them engagement photos because we never actually had those done and they worked perfect. Then I told her she knows exactly how to make me feel good. I told her I should post ones of before we were married and just after. I was kind of fugly in a lot of them and that I look better now thank goodness. I also told her sometimes I ask Brando how he married me. He agrees I look better now. Then I told her, good thing it's not the other way around! And then I sat back and realized it really is a good thing it's not the other way around. Every change that happens is an absolutely amazing change. I am starting to embrace every single one.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Holy S*@# I Did It

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I did my first interval. Thanks to K's and KT's inspiration, I did it! After reading about K's running group my first thought was "I could do that. I could really, really do that." So I printed out this program and set it aside, thinking "I WILL do that. One day." This morning I texted KT and said, "I'm back. Just unpacking. Come by anytime." Five minutes later she is at my doorstep with coffee in both hands with her fabulous new dark hair that matches mine. It took me a few seconds to recognize her through the peephole but the second I did I threw open and welcomed her with the jumping up and down squeal we normally do when we see each other. An hour later after one our inspirational talks, she was off to work, and I was throwing on my tennis shoes as she walked out the door to take my first interval. Here is how it went down:

8:57am Walking 5 minutes. This is a pleasant way to start. I like walking.
8:59am Wow, this is boring as s*@#. How am I going to do this for twenty minutes?!
9:02am Time to start running. 60 seconds is SO long. How am I going to do this?
9:02am 45sec How can it have been 45 seconds already? I only have 15 seconds left. Wow, time flies.
9:03am Time to start walking again. This is awesome. I can run, heck I don't even have to run, jog for 60 seconds at a time.
9:03am 45sec This is taking forever. How much longer do I have to walk?
9:04am 30sec I'm running out of soft ground to run on. I don't want to jolt my back
9:05am 30 sec Time to start walking again. Sweet, I only have 20 minutes left.
9:07am Running time. Dang, the place I wanted to go is fenced off. I'll try and explore a path through on walking time.
9:08am Oh, sweet! I only have TEN minutes left, not 20 - the total time is supposed to be twenty. Time to turn around soon.
9:09am 30sec Dang, can't find a path through the fence. Got to head back any way.
9:12am Walking again. Shoot, am I going to make it back in time?
9:13am 30 sec Can't wait to blog about my random-arse thoughts on this run.
9:14am Looks like I'm going to make it back just in time.
9:16am Running time - by now it goes so fast I look forward to the running instead of the walking. Oh, look, there's Mar's old apartment and our old apartment. Such sweet memories. Means I'm close to home.
9:16am 30 sec Hell, yes. I am walking up the stairs to my apartment. Okay, running, but I love when I estimate time exactly to the second and I will make it to my door at 9:17am exactly.
9:17am At my door. Fist pump
9:18am Blogging time. Wow, my back is covered in sweat and I didn't even feel it on the run. In love.
9:27am Time to go shower and pick Justinbustin up for lunch.

Hahaha, okay I just realized I did this all in California time as I was using Justinbustin's watch still set to Cali time. Fast forward all those time two hours and it'll be accurate, but, really, who cares? Go me either way.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

To my In-Town Girls, and, now, my Blog Girls :)

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*random photos of the boys' Valentine's parties & my flowers from Brando for V Day to make the reading bearable*

Sent February 10, 2011


Hi girls,

Because I'm sick and tired about lamenting about my physical inabilities lately, I thought I'd send you an email rather than a phone conversation where I pretend nothing is wrong because I don't want to whine about myself again.
Monday morning I got up after a phone conversation and couldn't stand up straight due to lower back pain. I don't know why. The only things I can think of are my recent ventures into rock climbing and then shoving a dresser around by myself on Saturday, perhaps it could've been several phone conversations with stressful news where I absolutely didn't watch my posture. The only time I've ever had lower back pain is when I was pregnant with Shawnes, and I am not pregnant. No matter.
I went to the doctor on Tuesday to do what FINALLY healed my back after a month of pain when I injured it working out two years ago. So hopefully I am spearheading the pain this time and won't be out of commission for a month like last time. Regardless, I've definitely been out of commission this week and am SO PISSED because one of my very closest friends is going away in a few days for a while, and another friend is moving in a few months, so my time with them? Non-existent at this point. Not to mention even less time with other girlfriends.
Last week, I took a self-imposed need to make sure life is in order time. Since then, I feel like it's being forced upon me - first with the snow day, then Justinbustin being sick, and now my back, and I am none too happy about it.
I hope you all can forgive me for not being available this week like I so wanted to be. Promise this will be the only whine email you will hear - all from the comfiness of my bed (which, by the way, did you know comfiness can get annoying?). Feel free to send chocolate, flowers, and hugs my way :) . In the meantime, I hope you'll forgive me as I have nothing to give right now.

xo

Update sent February 16, 2011

Hi girls,

While I wrote this email to Jae last night after I neglected to get back to her when she offered to bring us dinner last Sunday and then sent another email to check up on me, and so it's written as if to her and may be a little confusing, but I thought you'd appreciate the update as well.
The weekend went well and I was on my way to recovery. Then, on Monday, the boys had Valentine's parties. I normally always go to their parties and help out if I can, and thought I was doing well enough to do so this time. Only I ended up helping out with Shawner's for two hours, bending over the whole time. Still, I convinced myself that I would be fine. Not so this morning. I realized today that Brandon took care of me over the weekend which was why I was on my way to recovering. I don't take very good care of myself I'm realizing, tending to overdo it way too soon.
I am definitely feeling cooped up. I had a few good sobs today, and am sure there will be more tomorrow. I really, really dislike feeling this way. On top of that, the meds continue to make me loopy and are starting to break me out worse than I've ever seen.
But! I am trying to keep my head up. KT brought me chocolate and flowers on Saturday - actually we ended up running into her at the massage place on total accident and she had them in her car, about to bring them over to me. Brando had set up the massage in the first place, so both of those were heartening, as well as your email, and Li had offered to bring me chocolate martinis on Friday (I skipped girls night last week, and will this week as well as we changed the day for Valentine's Day) - though I declined as I don't think alcohol and what I'm taking would do well). On Sunday, I was able to say goodbye in person to my friend who is leaving for a month, and am grateful to have seen her before she left. I've been on facebook a bit, and chatted with one other friend.
The thing about stress like this is it can make all other problems seem way bigger, and that is what is happening today. Difficulties with Justinbustin at school, Brando's work, careless things at home the kids forgot to do, even just managing dinner and groceries - which is why, I just realized, I definitely should've taken you up on your offer! Brando and I are at each other's throats again tonight, which doesn't help matters, but the matters don't help it either, so it's just more stress.
As an update to this email from last night, I am trying to be good about taking everything way easy and take care of myself as if Brando were taking care of me, even when he's not here. I took Advil a few hours ago, so I'm not really sure if I feel good or I just can't feel most of it. Any way, I will continue taking what I'm supposed to take until everything stops hurting. I haven't broke down in tears yet today, so that's a plus!

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Girlified

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All three boys are out of town and I had the first Saturday afternoon to myself in ten years. Wahoo!! My poor hubby and sister... to quote via text from Brando, "hellooooooo!!!!!????" and from my sister, "OMG you are SO unavailable today." I texted Brando back, "It's my first Saturday off in forever! I'm a little busy."

I slept in until 10:30am which is the first time I've done that in AGES. Then I leisurely got ready and headed over to see a friend's new apartment. We had a glass of wine and 2pm in the afternoon -hell yeah - then went to see Zack and Miri at the Ritz downtown. It was at the Alamo which is a dinner theatre so we ate artichoke heart and goat cheese pizza and drank a pitcher of sangria. Mmmm. We went to scope out the place she is getting married next spring and it is GORGEOUS. It's at the st*te cap*tol which apparently is a st*te park where you set up shop, get married, and go on your merry way. The location they picked inside is mind blowing. It's on the bottom level and it's an open atrium. It goes about two to three stories up and then it's open sky. There's a big Texas st*r in the middle where they are going to get married and have everybody around them. It brought tears to my eyes seeing it and imagining the scene. I'm so going to be a big baby when it happens.

I dropped her off then picked up my upstairs neighbor who also happens to be a substitute teacher at J's school. We headed to Pei Wei for some Thai Coconut Curry chicken, then to Main Event for a beer and conversation with Li and her boyfriend. We headed home and chatted til' the wee hours of the evening. Then I made myself a bubble bath and watched Ugly Betty until I crawled into bed halfway thru and fell asleep exhausted but happy.

This morning I woke up at 8am to meet K.T. for coffee and catch up with her since it seems like forEVER since I've seen her. I love her, she is the sweetest thing ever and so much like me with the energy I bubble over it's ridiculous. We talked for an hour and a half before she had to head off to work then  I came home and worked out for the first time since my surgery. Hell I needed it. I've gained 4 pounds because of all the loose jeans I've been wearing to make things comfortable! Not to mention the trips to Grandma's : ) and double stuffed oreos left over from Halloween : ) .

I am so perfectly content and satisfied, rather, girlified. I'm going to have to schedule myself a Saturday by myself at least once a month and ship the boys off to a guys night!

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Living on Advil

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The pain has been bearable with Advil. It's been like a sore muscle all up and down the inside of my right leg. With Advil it's still been sore but I've been able to walk on it. Without it I was limping hard and exhausted from the effort. Monday I decided to go without in the afternoon and ended up taking the boys to and from sports and grocery shopping in agony.

Also, because of my varicose veins every night for the past five years I slept with a pillow under my feet to allow the blood from my broken veins to drain back to my heart. The few times I chose to fall asleep without a pillow under my feet I would wake up with my legs in pain, heavy, and sore about 3am and not be able to go back to sleep until I put my legs up. I was hoping I could do without right after surgery, but it was more comfortable to sleep with a pillow still. I thought maybe I will just have to keep sleeping with my feet up that way. Night before last night was the first time I slept without a pillow under my feet in five years!! Double whoohoo! I woke up that morning with my leg feeling and looking better than it has all week. Yesterday was also the first day all week it hasn't been sore while taking Advil!

Last night I put a lot of laundry away involving a lot of getting up and down out of bed after I took off the compression stocking so my leg was pretty sore. I slept the first half of the night with a pillow and then the last half without. Yay! Maybe I will actually get to sleep without a pillow under my feet in the future. This morning I didn't feel the need to take Advil until I got to work and started carrying the baby girl around.

My two week checkup is next Thursday. The only thing weirding me out occasionally is I'll get a super numb, fallen asleep feeling up and down the inside of my right leg. It's not all the time. It could be it's more prone to "falling asleep" now. I can usually walk that feeling off. Or it could be my stocking can be irritatingly tight like it was Monday or could be that I'm more swollen than normal, both of which could be related. We'll see how it goes, but I'm so excited that I actually may somewhat be back to normal (and better than my regular normal) by then!

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

How to Be a Morning Person

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Whenever I've heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day I've always disregarded it. I've never been a breakfast person. Whenever we're on vacation or eating breakfast for another random reason, I would literally force myself to eat and whenever I'm home I never bother to attempt it. Morning time just does NOT bring hunger pangs for me.

Sometimes I feel like it's how I stay skinny. When I eat breakfast I'm always STARVING at lunchtime. When I don't I can wait until 3 or 4 to eat and my body burns off EVERYthing I've eaten the day before.

Then I discovered a cup of coffee gets me in the mood to be okay with having something else in my mouth. After a few mornings of having one cup of coffee and toast before the kids get up (I was actually using the coffee to motivate me to get up so I would have everything ready in time, and added the toast because coffee and toast just sounds right), I've realized having food in my stomach actually turns me into a morning person. The key being just one cup of coffee which is just enough to get me going before the food kicks in and not enough to send me into a downward spiral in the afternoon, and to get me in the mood to have food.

I've always looked forward to the time of day after lunch and dinner because those are the times I'm most energetic and enjoy life the most. Well, I discovered that having breakfast puts me in the same mood! Of course I don't want to drink coffee all the time so I limit it to the mornings I have to wake up early. But when I do, I'm energetic, I enjoy life, I get things done. Before noon!

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Chasing Happy

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At age 19 I moved to the rolling hill country of Texas absolutely sure I was going to end up deliriously happy as a result. My year and a half old son came with me and we were going to scratch out our life here. A life consumed by our own opinion, not the opinions of those who think their opinion is more important than ours. I was so SURE I would be happy if I would just pay the price then. A happy price at the time, but a damn broke price. A quiet, country, have one car, a little house, and a few pennies to rub together price.

A few months later I was married. Soon after, we had the quiet, country, one car, little house, and few pennies, paying the happy price. Four years later we moved back to Cali, sure that we were going to position ourselves to make the big bucks and be even more deliriously happy than we already were.

Three years later we are back here in Texas paying the price of chasing happy and I realize happy is never going to come because of what we do now. If we make wise choices now we may enjoy the outcome of those later but it's never going to bring happy. Happy is what we make it each moment, this moment and the next.

As I think about these thoughts overtaking my head like a spring shower that comes as quick as it goes I realize how many times I screwed up thinking it was wise. Point in case, Justinbustin's education. I was sure homeschooling him was going to bring me the perfect kid, and him the perfect opportunity. He is an AWESOME incredible child, and I have no doubt homeschooling has formed some of who he is. At the same time he is struggling through so many education issues that could've evened out along the way had I trusted the system that's been in place, at least enough trust to put him where a little education repetition wouldn't hurt him. Now he's in that system missing a few pieces of the puzzle he never got from missing it earlier. So we resort to cutting those pieces new and shaping them, at a cost, and hoping we catch up on all the missing pieces in part so that he can fill in the rest on his own with ease, and in part so that he doesn't have to miss anymore.

Tuesday, April 05, 2005

100 Things

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1. My favorite thing to wear is strapless or cami tank tops.
2. My favorite seasons are spring and summer.
3. In relation to the above, I love to wear summer dresses.
4. Or as little as possible.
5. I wasn't always a girly-girl.
6. I've learned to be a girly-girl over the earrings.
7. My favorite accessories are big earrings.
8. My other favorite accessory is any of the jewelry Brando has given me.
9. I've been married for eleven years.
10. I got married at 19 and haven't looked back.
11. My husband and I renewed our vows last year for our tenth anniversary.
12. Our vow renewal was bigger, way more beautiful, and way easier than our wedding.
13. My husband and I have been to Hawaii twice in the last three years.
14. My Aunt has a house there that we only recently realized we could use.
15. As soon as I realized we could use it I was on it.
16. My favorite part of a trip is planning an itinerary and then following it.
17. I am amazing at tying all the research I find together to find interesting things to do.
18. I also love finding secret spots to visit that only the locals know about.
19. My husband and I just started decorating our house for the first time ever.
20. In less than two months my house has come together more than it ever has before.
21. I used to be much more organized with my house than I am now.
22. I've let my house fall more by the wayside in lieu of having more adventures.
23. My husband and I would like to start a business together.
24. We don't know the first thing about working together.
25. We started a blog together to try and learn to work together.
26. Starting that blog together has been an adventure.
27. The blog still isn't ready to go live.
28. I look forward to the day it is.
29. I love my kids.
30. I have two boys.
31. They are now soon to be twelve and nine.
32. I wouldn’t trade my boys for the world.
33. They are turning into amazing men.
34. Especially the oldest.
35. The youngest is still growing in that area.
36. Together they have been to a total of five schools.
37. I'll admit, the school thing took me awhile to figure out.
38. The oldest one got the brunt of it, having been to all five of those schools.
39. The younger one is a handful.
40. He is very assertive with his personality.
41. On the other hand he is so sweet and thoughtful.
42. I never imagined myself as a mother at 19.
43. Much less a mother of an eleven year old at 29.
44. I thought I would go to college.
45. Become a teacher.
46. Possibly be an old maid.
47. Because I thought I wanted that.
48. How wrong was I.
49. I may’ve been happy doing that.
50. If that’s what was meant for my life.
51. It wasn’t.
52. I got pregnant at 17.
53. I had my first baby at 17.
54. I met my husband-to-be at 18.
55. I married at 19.
56. I grew up a lot between the ages of 16 and 19.
57. You might say I was a different person.
58. I’m glad.
59. Who knows where my life would’ve been had I not gotten pregnant.
60. I was in a bad relationship.
61. A relationship where the guy actually felt he could say to me have an abortion or I’ll leave you.
62. He did.
63. I’m so glad.
64. My husband is amazing.
65. I couldn’t have imagined a more wonderful man to spend the rest of my life with.
66. He is so strong at times.
67. And soft at others.
68. Sometimes I feel like I don’t deserve him.
69. Before I dated him I saw him with a friend playing video games at the Boardwalk.
70. I thought to myself, why can’t I get a cute boyfriend like that?
71. I tell him this now to stroke his ego.
72. He loves it.
73. Now I want to run a business with my husband.
74. A business that will allow us plenty of time as a family, vacationing together and working together.
75. In the past I've home-schooled my children.
76. It worked for the moment.
77. I wasn't really disciplined or organized enough to be effective.
78. I sometimes wish I had just kept them in one school so they would have more than a few people they've known for years.
79. I love to hike.
80. Three years ago you would not have known that.
81. I have a wonderful friend who taught me to "hike" by looking twelve seconds ahead so I wasn't always falling over my feet like I used to.
82. She opened my eyes to the beauty of nature via hiking.
83. Now people are amazed at all the places I find to hike.
84. I’m amazed at all the place I find to hike.
85. There is so much peace in nature.
86. I love it.
87. I love to hike in the places I vacation in.
88. I've hiked some of the most gorgeous places in Hawaii.
89. Including atop the beach where Sports Illustrated shoots their swimsuit edition.
90. My favorite hike so far has been down a cliff to tidal pools on the southeast side of Oahu.
91. Hiking anywhere brings me peace.
92. I love that I love it.
93. I love chocolate.
94. I don't eat chocolate as much anymore because the caffeine breaks me up and makes my chest tender.
95. I do still love my ice cream.
96. Occasionally, depending on my mood, I'll have a bowl every night.
97. The first time I did my 100 things I thought I'd have a hard time.
98. The second time (this time) I did my 100 things I thought I'd have a hard time.
99. I didn't.
100. Both took less than five minutes.
This has been updated as of April 12, 2011. See my original 100 Things here.

What are your 100 things?

Monday, March 14, 2005

I Am

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A mother
A friend
A wife
A sister
A daughter
A great grand-daughter
A aunt
A niece
A lover
A writer
A artist
A dreamer
A decorator
A thinker
A bleeding heart
A muser
A housekeeper
Out of my area
Cold blooded
Health nut
Flower lover
Against pets with kids (for me at the moment!)
Quiet
Encouraging
Easily depressed
A worrier
God fearing
God loving
God needing
A warrior
Living for Christ
Living for my family
A super woman
Able to do 10 things at once (I know, I know, that's all?! Yes I know sometimes there's more I have to do at once I just can't do it ALL you know!)
A listener
Transfixed by adoration
Grateful
Blessed

Originally posted here.

Who are you?

Monday, March 07, 2005

Oooh Fun Fun FUN

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1. How did you meet your husband? I love to tell this story. We met through a mutual friend at his going away to college good-bye party. I brought Big Guy who was about 3 months old and 4 or 5 guys were standing around me talking to me. One of them was crouched down next to the carseat with the sleeping baby, just staring at him. I wondered who this strange guy was that kept staring at my baby. We both ended up going to the same party later that night where he insulted some girl by telling her and everybody standing around how much cuter I was than her and later that night asked for my number. Unfortunently for him he wasn't the best at planning dates so when he called for a date the next day and kept saying he didn't know what we were going to do, he said he'd call me in a few hours around noon but when he finally called at 4pm I'd already made other plans. We ran into each other again through the same mutual friend and I asked him why he never called me back. He said he thought I had brushed him off, and I said no, I just wasn't going to be taken on a date that didn't even have a time set for him to pick me up. That night he got my number again and when he called he said he'd pick me up at 6pm on the day of. And as they say, the rest is history. Although there was another cute story that night, but I'll save that for another post.

2. If you owned your own restaurant, what kind of restaurant would it be? And, would you use your own recipes (as opposed to hiring an outside chef)? Do you know me or what? I LOVE this question. It would be a restaurant with a Mediterranean flair - olives, feta, red onion, balsamic vinegar, red wine vinegar, artichokes and artichoke hearts. Oh, sorry, you didn't ask me to describe the staple ingredients. I wouldn't stick to one cuisine in particular, although that would be my main flair, I would give myself freedom to experiment with different flavours. I would definently use my own recipes. Probably most of them modified from other recipes, but distinctively my own.

3. If you could live anywhere, where would you live? That's what I had wanted to post about - thanks for the reminder. This is a tough question right now because that very idea has been stirred up in our minds. It would be someplace VERY warm in the summers, but not over 95, not too freezing in the winter, though a little snow might be good :) . Away from family but not too far of a drive to go visit for a weekend and still with a completely different mindset than that of California's - one that actually nurtures and supports a family - and has a strong home-schooling support system. You wanted a specific place? I'm not sure it exists. Hawaii possibly? Moved only an hour boat trip away from Cali.

4. If you could hear what someone is thinking for a day, who would you choose? My husband. I would want to know exactly why it is that things roll so very easily off his back and how he comes up with the random but intelligent stuff he does when I ask him what he is thinking. And I would want to know exactly how he comes up with the perfect things he says exactly when I need it.

5. If you had a time machine, where would you go and why? I would go to the days of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the days of pretty dresses and carefree days. No cell phones, no TVs, no constant entertainment except the land and each other. The days where people actually worked during the day and were exhausted by the time nightfall came and would fall instantly asleep. No nearby hospitals, the closest town being 6 miles and a day's trip away, okay with two boys I'm rethinking this whole thought process. Let's just say I'd definitely want to be able to come back right away. In the meantime I'd love to have time to just appreciate the 'smell of the roses', what it takes to live in a time where there isn't the instant entertainment factor and where there wasn't all this junk and processed food available and the food you cooked you grew yourself, or raised.

Ok, now it's your turn, leave me a comment if you'd like your own personalized interview. Update: I won't interview you unless you request so don't be afraid to leave a comment if you're too busy to interview.

Tuesday, December 28, 2004

Nine Layers

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Before I could come up with 100 things I found this and posted it. Now, I've updated it just for you as of April 12, 2011.

LAYER ONE:

-- Name: Rose.
-- Birth date: Middle of summer
-- Birthplace: Hot as heck, California
-- Hometown: Santa Cruz, California
-- Current Location: Austin, Texas
-- Eye Color: Blue.
-- Hair Color: Brown.
-- Height: 5'2" almost 3"
-- Righty or Lefty: Righty.
-- Zodiac Sign: Cancer.

LAYER TWO:
-- Your heritage: American Heinz 57 - though I have some English and German in there somewhere.
-- The shoes you wore today: Roxy silver flip flops.
-- Your weakness: A good adventure.
-- Your fears: People not knowing Jesus when they die.
-- Your perfect pizza: Loaded with every veggie imaginable except mushrooms.
-- Goal you'd like to achieve: A family strong in character, close, and loving God with all their hearts, including mine, that runs a family business.

LAYER THREE:
-- Your most overused phrase on IM: Who exactly uses IM anymore? Suppose this should change to texting, and even then I don't do much these days.
-- Your first waking thoughts: "I'm so grateful for my family, and hope I can pretend I'm a morning person to show them that."
-- Your best physical feature: I love my blue eyes.
-- Your most missed memory: The carefreeness of childhood and going on adventures I didn't have to think about paying for.

LAYER FOUR:
-- Pepsi or Coke: Coke, if I had to choose, but really neither. If I drank one soda it would be any of Boylan's natural sodas.
-- McDonald's or Burger King: Burger King, if I had to choose, but really neither. I'm much more of a fan of fast food that actually uses real food, like P. Terry's.
-- Single or group dates: Single, definitely single. I don't feel like it's quality time when it's a group date.
-- Adidas or Nike: Nike if I had to choose, but I prefer Asics.
-- Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Lipton, if we're talking about fresh brewed, otherwise ick, and even then I prefer a good organic caffeine-free tea such as Trader Joe's organic mint.
-- Chocolate or vanilla: Depends on what it's on or in, but more often than not it's chocolate.
-- Cappuccino or coffee: Cappucino, and more specifically a cafe au lait.

LAYER FIVE:
-- Smoke: Are you trying to kill me?
-- Cuss: Try not to, but do when I'm really, really angry.
-- Sing: I've actually taken a voice lesson to try and learn how to stay on key. It worked for awhile, now I need to get back into practice.
-- Take a shower everyday: Oh, yes, sometimes twice - I love the shower and the shower loves me.
-- Do you think you've been in love: And always will be. In love isn't a state of mind it's a decision, some days you feel it, some days you don't.
-- Want to go to college: Did for several years with a 4.0 GPA. Lot of good that 4.0 does me now :) .
-- Liked high school: Home-schooled, sometimes wish I had gone, glad I didn't.
-- Want to get married: Am.
-- Believe in yourself: Yes! With God!
-- Get motion sickness: When I read in the car.
-- Think you're attractive: Yes, wish I was more sometimes especially when I wake up in the mornings, but my Hubby thinks I'm perfect so that's good enough for me.
-- Think you're a health freak: Just a little (read: that's sarcasm for quite a bit)
-- Get along with your parent(s): They're the best!
-- Like thunderstorms: Have come to for my kid's sake - we'll pull the mattress up to the window, turn the lights all off and watch the show.
-- Play an instrument: Played the piano a teeny bit.

LAYER SIX: In the past month...
-- Drank alcohol: Yup.
-- Smoked: No.
-- Done a drug: Nope.
-- Made Out: With my Hubbers.
-- Gone on a date: Yup.
-- Gone to the mall?: Nope.
-- Eaten an entire box of Oreos? Nope.
-- Eaten sushi: Yup - Caterpillar roll with eel and a Yami Yami roll with salmon.
-- Been on stage: On a school stage and somewhere else though I can't remember where.
-- Been dumped: No.
-- Gone skating: Roller skates, roller blading, and ice skating. The latter is my favorite!
-- Made homemade cookies: Oh yes, chocolate chip, persimmon, oatmeal, peanut butter...
-- Dyed your hair: Blonde, whole and highlights. Right now I've dyed it so I can go back to natural - much cheaper.
-- Stolen Anything: No! I was 18 before I was told about the "five finger discount" - what is up with that?!

LAYER SEVEN: Ever...
-- Played a game that required removal of clothing: Only with my husband. We called it Strip Sorry.
-- If so, was it mixed company: No.
-- Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: Blacked out. Not.a.good.thing. 3 times and that was it for me.
-- Been caught "doing something": Nope.
-- Been called a tease: Just once or twice... c'mon.
-- Gotten beaten up: Nope.
-- Shoplifted: Nope.
-- Changed who you were to fit in: Nope, I usually just get quiet rather than try to fit in somewhere where I don't want to.

LAYER EIGHT:
-- Age you hope to be married: Was. At 19.
-- Numbers and Names of Children: 2: Justinbustin and Shawners.
-- Describe your Dream Wedding: My vow renewal.
-- How do you want to die: With my eyes looking to heaven.
-- Where you want to go to college: Have been to the local community college, I'd love to go to college in my hometown if that was ever a realistic possibility.
-- What do you want to be when you grow up: Be a Mommy and wife and ME!
-- What country would you most like to visit: Italy, mostly. Any of those far romantic and dreamy places with beautiful scenery.

LAYER NINE:
-- Number of drugs taken illegally: Tried one.
-- Number of people I could trust with my life: Hmm, all the ones I trust my heart with.
-- Number of CDs that I own: None, I guess this should be changed to number of songs on iPod.
-- Number of piercings: Two in each year.
-- Number of tattoos: None, but my hubby has three.
-- Number of times my name has appeared in the newspaper?: Maybe once... can't remember what for, but I did use to put valentine's in the newspaper for Justinbustin when he was little.
-- Number of scars on my body: I've been pregnant.
-- Number of things in my past that I regret: None, I would not be where I am now if it wasn't for the past.

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