Childhood Memories & Happy Anniversaries

All of their answers were great, OrdinaryDad's, Adrianne's, and Nikki's, (still waiting on Girl's) I loved each and every answer - truly giving us a small view into their amazing hearts, you must go read them all. One in particular turned out to be an amazing post in and of itself from my wonderful girlfriend Nikki. It's entrancing. But don't take my word for it - go read it for yourself.

Also a very Happy Anniversary to OrdinaryDad and Soccer Mom - they celebrated their tenth yesterday! Whoohoo! He has written a wonderful post about her, and she has written a wonderful post about him - go on over and wish them a Happy Anniversary - and take a box of tissue : ) ! You think I'm kidding.

Scrap Metal

We took the kids to see Robots tonight. Cute movie, nothing spectacular, nothing horrible. Entertaining, funny at times, with the usual adorable character or two. We had the strangest audience. They laughed at the oddest times. And it wasn't just the one guy sitting in the back guffawing at everything, it was the whole audience. Hubby and I just looked at each other with bewildered looks. Most of the things they laughed at were meant to be funny, but weren't. They still laughed. Loudly.

Little Guy was utterly exhausted but managed to stay awake during the whole movie and pizza (well, gumball and a few pieces of pepporoni) afterwards. He crashed two seconds into the car ride home. Big Guy was also tired but made it through the movie, a game of PacMan and a road racing game, and is now sleeping peacefully in bed, despite the cousins upstairs. Thank God I thought it was the baby cousin waking up and told him not to go up there. He'd have been instantly wide awake.

It was a wonderful family date night. Good time together, yummy pizza, and crawl into bed.

Scrap Metal

We took the kids to see Robots tonight. Cute movie, nothing spectacular, nothing horrible. Entertaining, funny at times, with the usual adorable character or two. We had the strangest audience. They laughed at the oddest times. And it wasn't just the one guy sitting in the back guffawing at everything, it was the whole audience. Hubby and I just looked at each other with bewildered looks. Most of the things they laughed at were meant to be funny, but weren't. They still laughed. Loudly.

Little Guy was utterly exhausted but managed to stay awake during the whole movie and pizza (well, gumball and a few pieces of pepporoni) afterwards. He crashed two seconds into the car ride home. Big Guy was also tired but made it through the movie, a game of PacMan and a road racing game, and is now sleeping peacefully in bed, despite the cousins upstairs. Thank God I thought it was the baby cousin waking up and told him not to go up there. He'd have been instantly wide awake.

It was a wonderful family date night. Good time together, yummy pizza, and crawl into bed.

You Asked For It

So here you go...

Questions for OrdinaryDad:

1. What is one special thing about each of your children that you absolutely love?
2. Injury, time, fears, and money not an issue what is the one adventurous thing you've always wanted to do?
3. What's your most romantic date you've ever taken your wife on?
4. If you could be anywhere, where would you be in five years?
5. You are one of the starring roles in a blockbuster movie, who are you and why?

Questions for Girl (take your time, take your time :) :

1. If you could have an unlimited shopping pass to any store in the world what store would it be?
2. Money not an issue, where would your ideal spring break be, and with who?
3. Where is the most risque place you've ever "done it" with your hubby?
4. Do you prefer South or North and why?
5. If you could be anybody you want for a day and accomplish three things through that person, who would it be and what would they be?

Questions for Nikki:

1. What and where would be your ideal day, and would it be by yourself or with somebody else?
2. Where did you grow up and what is your favorite memory from that time?
3. What is your most heartfelt wish for your children?
   
4. Money, location, education, experience of no concern, what would your dream job be, and why?
5. If you could take your kids to any place in the world for a once in a lifetime memory where would you take them?
   

Questions for Adrianne:

1. What was your favorite wedding that you were in, and why?
2. What is your favorite memory from college?
3. What kind of things does your 'dream job' involve, and, are you doing that?
4. Where would your 'dream house' be and what would it look like?
5. All your blogger friends are in town, you've got bundles of money, it's a night out on the town, where do you go and what do you do?

That's it! I think I covered everybody that requested, let me know if I missed you. I tried to ask interesting and intriguing questions *chews on nails*, hope I did good. Can't wait to see your answers!

You Asked For It

So here you go...

Questions for OrdinaryDad:

1. What is one special thing about each of your children that you absolutely love?
2. Injury, time, fears, and money not an issue what is the one adventurous thing you've always wanted to do?
3. What's your most romantic date you've ever taken your wife on?
4. If you could be anywhere, where would you be in five years?
5. You are one of the starring roles in a blockbuster movie, who are you and why?

Questions for Girl (take your time, take your time :) :

1. If you could have an unlimited shopping pass to any store in the world what store would it be?
2. Money not an issue, where would your ideal spring break be, and with who?
3. Where is the most risque place you've ever "done it" with your hubby?
4. Do you prefer South or North and why?
5. If you could be anybody you want for a day and accomplish three things through that person, who would it be and what would they be?

Questions for Nikki:

1. What and where would be your ideal day, and would it be by yourself or with somebody else?
2. Where did you grow up and what is your favorite memory from that time?
3. What is your most heartfelt wish for your children?
   
4. Money, location, education, experience of no concern, what would your dream job be, and why?
5. If you could take your kids to any place in the world for a once in a lifetime memory where would you take them?
   

Questions for Adrianne:

1. What was your favorite wedding that you were in, and why?
2. What is your favorite memory from college?
3. What kind of things does your 'dream job' involve, and, are you doing that?
4. Where would your 'dream house' be and what would it look like?
5. All your blogger friends are in town, you've got bundles of money, it's a night out on the town, where do you go and what do you do?

That's it! I think I covered everybody that requested, let me know if I missed you. I tried to ask interesting and intriguing questions *chews on nails*, hope I did good. Can't wait to see your answers!

Oooh Fun Fun FUN

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.

Oooh Fun Fun FUN

I've been interviewed! By the wonderfully delightful SuperMom over at Sands Through the Hourglass, Mel. And when I'm done it's my turn to interview you! I get to interview the first 5 requesters! I just hope I ask as good of questions as Mel and her interviewer did.

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 :) . FAR 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 suppports 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 TV's, 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 definently 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 Girl. Or anyone else : ) .

Shopping

Hubby and I went out on a mission last night. A new spring wardrobe for ME! Why is it that the places that had super cute stuff online just weren't so cute in person? Everything for the most part had to be layered with a tank top - either because it was see through or low. Well that or have a bra that was just right and still managed to be comfortable and supportive, something I have no idea where to find. Unless of course it WAS a tank top then it didn't need layering although they sometimes still layered it. I just can't stand the way layers make me feel, even if it's just a thin tank top. I end up feeling very bulky and uncomfortable, not to mention HOT, all day long even though I may in fact look cute and I do really like the layer look on other people. American Eagle? SUPER cute stuff online. In person? See through, super thin, super low. Urban Outfitters? Always cute stuff but I just couldn't pull something together that I'd actually WEAR and feel comfortable in. I finally ended up at O'Neill, a local surf shop.

Found a cute black dress that will work for the evenings and a pretty flyaway skirt and white tank top that'll be purty for my cousin's wedding in May, even though I already found something for then, this works better. I may end up returning the other for the same thing (it's the bottom right, the Roxy Swellville) in the very pretty seaglass green, it'd go with my new white tank top too, another plus as I don't really have a top to go with it right now. I found a picture of the dress but it's doesn't look so cute in there - it doesn't look good on the model and it's a very bad angle for her. It really is TONS cuter and MUCH more elegant looking yet still casual and fun at the same time.

(only in white)

I also tried on these super cute gaucho pants. But you'd have to find the perfect length shirt because a shirt going over them just looks bad. Even if you found a shirt that falls above them, I'm not sure if it would look right. Well I spent most of my gift card there. I've still got $40 left - enough to buy half a bikini. Maybe I'll actually buy the other half.

So we didn't quite accomplish our mission but we had a good time and I spent some of my gift cards from Christmas. I KNOW that long, right? But I have the HARDEST time spending gift cards or certificate's. I don't want to spend it on an impulse buy when down the road I may actually NEED something from that store and not have any money for it. Last night I figured I should use them for something I wouldn't normally ever buy for myself and would truly appreciate receiving as a gift. Oh and I found what I'm going to spend Hubby's gift card gift to me on. The store was closed but I saw it in the window. Pretty white bowls with a raised leaf design. Simple, elegant, and super useful. Also something I would not normally buy for myself.