YOU

Relationship Status: Married for 5 years in October
Shoe size : 8 wide.
Parents still together? Yes, although I can't imagine why.
Siblings: Just the one, thankfully. I couldn't handle another one.
Pets: Do the kids count?

FAVORITES

Color: blue
Number: ummm, 27
Animal: don't have one
Book: To Kill a Mockingbird
Flower: Roses

DO YOU…

Twirl your hair? No, but I tuck my hair behind my ears constantly.
Have tattoos? Nope!
Cheat on tests? I'm sure I did at some point maybe. I don't really remember
Like roller coasters? Yes!

OPINIONS…

Wish you could live somewhere else? Yes.
Write in cursive or print? It's a combo deal. I'll start out printing and switch to cursive mid-word or vice versa.
Own a cell phone? Yes.
Current clothing: sweats and a t-shirt
Current hair: brown, insanely short (for me) and curly
Current thing I ought to be doing: anything but spending even more time on the computer
Current CD in stereo: none
Last movie you saw: White Noise
Last thing you ate: Chicken Fajitas
Life on other planets? I think it's arrogant to assume that we're alone in the universe
Do you hate yourself? No, but I'm definitely not my biggest fan either.
Collect anything? Nope

ARE YOU…

A daydreamer: Sometimes
Sarcastic: More often than not
Shy: Eh, depends on the situation
Talkative: Again, depends on the situation

WOULD YOU RATHER…

Get your nose or lip pierced? Neither, but if someone was forcing me to chose I'd get my nose pierced.

ARE YOU…

Simple or complicated? I'll say simple, others may disagree.

ABOUT YOU…

What time is it: 8:00 pm.
Nickname(s): Don't have one

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

Where do you want to live: I have no idea. I'd like to somehow live closer to Nick's family and farther from mine. Since they all live in the same town that's not going to happen, thus the dilemma.
How many kids do you want: Two
What kind of job do you want: Something close to what I have now (accounts payable)
Do you want to get married: That ship has sailed

UNIQUE…

Nervous Habits: Tucking my hair behind my ears
Are you double jointed? No
Can you roll your tongue? Yes
Can you raise one eyebrow? No, but I can convey the same message with both eyebrows raised.
Can you cross your eyes? Yes.
Do you make your bed daily? What on earth is the point in that? Can someone explain it to me? I'm just going to get back in the bed and mess it up again. It saves time to leave it unmade!

CLOTHES, ETC

Which shoe goes on first: Whichever shoe I find first.
Ever thrown one at someone: I don't think so.
How much money do you carry in your wallet: Very little, I always use my debit card.

IN THE LAST MONTH HAVE YOU…

Bought something: Nothing major, just normal stuff, gas, groceries, etc.
Gotten sick: Nope
Sang: I sing everyday.
Felt stupid: I'm sure that I have but nothing immediately springs to mind.
Missed someone: Nope
Gotten your hair cut: Yes
Watched cartoons: Not a day goes by that I don't see Care Bears or Spiderman.
Lied: More than likely.

LAST PERSON THAT…

Slept in your bed: Me and Nick
Saw you cry: Nick
Made you cry: Rylie or those damn post-pregnancy hormones, take your pick
Saw a movie with you: Nick

HAVE YOU EVER…

Been to California: Nope
Been to Canada: Nope
Wished you were the opposite sex: Nope
Snuck out of the house: I don't think so, never needed to sneak.

It’s a Christmas Meme!

(Which I stole from Robyn)

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot chocolate, most definitely.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them around the tree? I think Santa is going to just sit the presents around the tree. Which I personally feel is a bit strange, but I don't wrap the presents and that's the way Nick's family always did it.

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? I prefer colored lights.

4. Do you hang mistletoe? Nope.

5. When do you put your decorations up? The only thing that is up this year are the cards that we received. Usually, we're doing good if we have the tree up maybe a week before Christmas. It absolutely cannot go up before Dec 2nd, since Dec 1st is my birthday.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? I don't really have one.

7. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I'm way too practical for my own good. I figured it out the first year my dad wasn't laid off at Christmas time and we got a seriously huge amount of presents that year, compared to just one or two gifts before that. I think I was 6. I know that I got in trouble in first grade for telling other kids that there wasn't a Santa.

8. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? When I was growing up, we opened all of our gifts on Christmas Eve (again showing the flaws in the whole Santa thing). Nick's family does Christmas Eve with extended family, but Santa gifts and immediate family are Christmas day.

9. What kind of cookies does Santa get set out for him? Santa doesn't get cookies at our house. Maybe when the kids are older and ask to leave him some cookies.

10. Snow! Love it or Dread it? I love a little snow on Christmas, maybe a couple of inches.

11. Can you ice skate? That's debatable. I have ice skated, but I'm pretty sure I broke my foot the last time I went. I never actually got it checked out though. Obviously, I can't skate well.

12. Do you remember your favorite gift? When I was a kid, it was the Christmas I got a 10-speed bike. As an adult, it was finding out just a few days before Christmas that I was pregnant with Cole.

13. What’s the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Now that I have kids, it's being sure that they have holiday traditions and enjoy the holidays. Before, I could completely do without the holidays at all.

14. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? My grandma's fudge.

15. What is your favorite holiday tradition? I'm not sure yet. We're still trying to work out our holiday traditions.

16. What tops your tree? I don't think we've got a tree topper. Maybe we do. I don't know, we didn't get any of that stuff out this year.

17. Which do you prefer Giving or Receiving? Eh. I guess giving. I find both extremely stressful.

18. What is your favorite Christmas Carol? Silent Night

19. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum? yuck.

20. What is your favorite holiday? Halloween! No family get togethers, no hassle. Just fun.

An actual conversation that I had with my mother on DECEMBER 15th:

Mom: So, when are you coming to visit? Christmas?

Me: Yes, Christmas. We should get into town late on the 23rd.

Mom: (a little whiney, dejected) So I have to wait until Christmas, you aren't coming up any sooner?

Me: Mom, it's the 15th. That's not even 10 days away.


*sigh* When we lived in the same town I didn't see her or speak to her as often as I do now. What on earth makes people want to see you once you live far away?

My little devils before they headed off to daycare on halloween morning. Cole went on his very first field trip that day. He had a hayride from daycare to Mayfield Dairy. They played at the dairy and got ice cream and then rode back to daycare. I'm told that I will be getting pictures of all this from the daycare.

Here is the brave Sir Cole defending the couch from Darth Vador.




And here is little Princess Rylie looking less than thrilled with being strapped into her carseat.

Post-Its. I’m pretty sure that I got married because of a well-placed stack of post-it notes.

A little background:

My childhood was many things. Stable was not one of those things. I always longed for a normal life, whatever that may be. I think all I really wanted was to be able to come home and know what to expect.

Fast-forward a few years:

I’d been seeing Nick for a while. And we’d been friends for a while before that. I had to call him one day to tell him something. What I actually told him isn’t important. The important part is that he had to write down some of the details.

Even from 170 miles away while sitting in my dorm room, I knew exactly what Nick was doing. I could see it in my mind. The post-its and notepads stacked directly under the phone, the cup of pens sitting close by. He was standing there and picking up a well-placed post-it, and then picking up one of the conveniently placed pens, and writing down the info. Then he would carefully fold the note exactly in half and place it securely in his pocket, right next to the ever-present pack of Marlboro Lights (in a box, never in a soft pack), where it would stay until the information was needed.

And it just hit me. Here was the stability and normality that I had wanted my whole life. No need to look further. I had found it. And that was the moment that I knew that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him.

Post-its. Who knew?

Happy fourth anniversary, Nick! I love you!

Everyone get ready to say awwwwww.

I was telling Cole earlier that mommy and daddy had to clean the house because we are getting ready for grandma to come and visit. He ran to the door and looked outside while asking, "grandma? grandma?".

Isn't that cute?

You Should Get a PhD in Science (like chemistry, math, or engineering)

You're both smart and innovative when it comes to ideas. Maybe you'll find a cure for cancer - or develop the latest underground drug.

What Advanced Degree Should You Get?

You know that scene in Shrek where the princess is singing with the blue bird? And then the princess holds a high note and the bird tries to do the same? But the bird starts to swell and then explodes from holding the high note?

My kid? LOVES that scene. He laughs at it everytime. I find that a bit disturbing.