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Monday, February 06, 2006

more about me

Shelah invited me to join this chain letter of the blogging world. Lest I be smitten with plagues and certain tragic death, I'm joining.

Instructions:
Remove the blog in the top spot from the following list and bump everyone up one place. Then add your blog to the bottom slot, like so.

1) ScienceWoman
2) Professor Me
3) Musical Mom
4) SheBooksIt
5) The Constant Gardener

Next select five people to tag:
1) Emlouisa
2) Taffi
3) Linsey
4) Steph
5) Misty

What were you doing 10 years ago? I was 15 and a Sophomore in High School. I was hanging out with the wrong crowd and getting into trouble. Luckily, my parents caught me and whisked me out of that situation in a hurry and I turned around!

What were you doing 1 year ago? We were happily settled in our rental home thinking "gosh it's nice that we've lived in the same house for almost a year." Give it a few months and the moving began once more. I was just discovering cranky Fat Girl's dairy allergy and going on an elimination diet to help her.

Five snacks you enjoy:
1. Soft chocolate chip cookies and milk
2. potato rosemary bread w/ olive oil & balsamic vinegar
3. Peanut Butter Cup & Reese's Pieces Blizzard
4. Strawberry Milk
5. Cadbury creme eggs (is it Easter yet?)

Five songs to which you know all the lyrics:
1. Nothing Compares to You (Sinead O'Connor)
2. The Backyardigans Theme Song
3. Wings Beneath my Wings (Bette Midler)
4. The Star Spangled Banner
5. God Bless America

Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:
1. Buy my mom a new house with an enormous kitchen
2. Have a few more kids and Hire a nanny (these must go hand in hand)
3. Hire a personal chef
4. Build my dream home
5. Buy The Assistant Gardener (the hubby) a fully restored '49 Split Oval Window VW Beetle in black

Five bad habits:
1. Overusing exclamation points! (!!!)
2. Imagining the worst
3. Picking at my nails
4. Calling my dh to whine
5. Talking too much

Five things you like doing:
1. Scrapbooking
2. Reading
3. GNO (girl's night out)
4. Learning all I can about carseats
5. Being a wife and mom

Five things you would never wear again:
1. a Size 16
2. Skorts
3. a side ponytail
4. slap bracelets
5. pleated pants

Five favorite toys:
1. computer
2. punches
3. digital camera
4. kids
5. phone