Well, I was hoping that I would be able to evade the game of tag. I always did poorly at playing tag, partly because I DID want to get caught by the boys! Hey, that's how girls work. They say that they hate being chased by boys but in reality, they want to be chased and to be caught. Admit it, all you girls know what I'm talking about.
Okay, here it goes, mind you my answers involve my children because they were and are a major part of my life:
10 years ago I was....
Preparing for Tyler to be married. I thought he was young to be getting married, but hey, I got married at nineteen and so did his dad. What can I say. I had 2 grandchildren, Seth and Cade. I still had Troy, Trent, Tracie, HayLee, and Taylor living at home. I started substituting at Canyon View Jr. High in the Life Skills class with Mrs. Cook. And I loved it. It was from this point that I started subbing for other schools and found that I totally love teaching. Still serving in the primary as a counselor.
5 years ago I was....
Grandchildren by 2 more, making it 4: Seth, Cade, Tyson, Madeleine. Trent graduated in 1999 and then went on his mission to Thailand in 2000. Returned home in 2002. Troy married Jennifer in 1999, and they had Maddie in 2001. Tyler and Cheryl had Tyson in August 2000. Tracie and HayLee were involved with a singing group and also did the play Cinderella. That was a lot of fun for the family to go and watch them in their performances. Got released from primary and was called as compassionate service leader for a year.
It was while I was serving as compassionate leader (2004) when I had my accident with my foot. I was going down the stairs in my home, carrying a large box of food for the funeral of our dear neighbor. I thought that I was on the bottom step and stepped out. I landed on the rock floor with my high heeled sandal and crushed my foot down, twisting as I went. The food flew everywhere. The pain was so intense that I nearly passed out. I would give birth again with no medication before I would go through that pain again. I called out. Tracie was in the upstairs bathroom on the phone, the fan running. She couldn't hear me. Danielle was in the downstairs bathroom getting ready for a doctors appointment. She heard me screaming and came running. I told her I was hurt, to get the phone and call Alan. I could barely talk , the pain being so intense. She called Alan and then she handed me the phone. I tried talking to Alan but could barely get out any words to inform him that I was hurt, and it was bad. I told Danielle to gather up the strewn food and take it over to the church for the funeral. I waited on the stairs for Alan to come home. Alan had called the paramedics on the way home, and they showed up before he did. Alan had also called the bishop and he ran over from the church to be with me until Alan arrived. So I was hauled off to the hospital in the ambulance after getting hooked up with some good feeling drugs. The hospital staff said that I had just sprained my foot. They wrapped up my foot and placed me on some crutches and out the door I went. But six months later I found myself in the hospital ready to have surgery on my foot that was supposedly sprained. That was a hard year.
Yesterday I was...
Getting ready for RS enrichment night. I was called to be on the enrichment committee, as well as the activities committee after being released from young women's. I have had a hard time adjusting to the new callings. I loved working with the young women. But I'm getting older and I guess they needed some young blood. We had a light dinner at our enrichment activity, and we had a sister in the stake come and do a reading about the Prophet Joseph as his mother, Lucy Mack Smith. It was a great evening.
5 favorite snacks....
chocolate.....just about anything chocolate, but I am particular, chocolate kisses, Hershey bars especially with toffee bits. (symphony), all nut bridge mix.
chips and dip ...and along that same line..cheetos...but not too often
homemade chocolate chip cookies....used to make them sooo many times in one week, but now I cook very rarely, hey I'll eat those dang cookies if they are around. No self control at all.
almonds.... I love nuts, but hazel nuts don't love me
5 favorite books....
Follow River
Hey I'm Alive
The Children of the Promise series
The Tennis Shoes series
The Twilight series
Really anything church related. I especially like historical books. I'll read anything history related.
5 Favorite Movies....
The Saint
Sound of Music
Great Escape
Princess Bride
Eighties movies: Sixteen Candles, Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink,
Braveheart
5 favorite places to runaway to......
The movies, I absolutely love going to the movies....just give me a bag of popcorn and I'm in heaven
The mountains...I love listening to the birds sing and the breeze in the trees....the peace that's found there
My wonderful, comfortable bed....with a good book is the best
Anywhere where Alan is...we loved walking on the beach together in CA.... it was wonderful
With our friends .... just being together
5 bad habits......
procrastinating....I think that just about everyone procrastinates..except Jen, she's a go-er and do-er
too quick to be upset about things
too picky.....I need to just relax sometimes
judgmental....I am trying to work on this one
swearing.....it's trying being married to someone who does not swear....but I am getting better
5 things I would never wear...
my shirt tucked in...never have and never will
a bikini
a thong...tried to one time, never again
mismatched clothes....(see picky)
bright blue eyeshadow.....a thing of the eighties
5 pet peeves.....
people who drive under the speed limit..especially when I'm in a hurry
phone sales people who just won't listen to you when you say, "Not interested!"
people who talk when they just need to be quite...movies...listening to speakers....church
people who litter..don't clean up after themselves
fake people....those that think that they are a bag of chips and everything else
5 things I enjoy.....
my husband
my children
my grandchildren
the above are all givens, I know, but it's true
hotfudge/banana shakes, yummm the best!
smelling freshly baked bread, reading, eating, scrapping, napping, shopping
5 favorite TV shows...
all time favorite--Andy Griffith...still love to watch
24
AMC black and white movies..they make you have a good cry sometimes
Stargate SG1
those make it, fix it, clean it shows and recently American Idol
5 people I would like to meet.....(I'll follow Austin's blog)
Dead:
Jesus Christ
Captain Moroni, Captain Teancuam (sp?), Nephi
George Washington
Joseph Smith
Marilyn Monroe
Alive:
Thomas S. Monson
Mel Gibson
Steven Spielberg ( sorry I copied you Austin, but he is a genius)
Arnold S. (I won't even attempt to try and spell his name, you know the governor of CA)
David Archuleta
Well, that was a pretty long post. Hope that you enjoyed reading it. I promise not to have them so long next time. But it was fun. I haven't posted a 100 blogs, so don't go looking for my hundred things about me just yet. It's too hard on the brain to figure out what to say.
4 comments:
Thanks for doing the tag, Kris.
And I realized I never really knew the ankle/foot story. I had only begun to hang out with Tracie when it happened. So sorry about that, but glad you're better now. :D
I'm sorry I didn't hear you when you got hurt. :( I felt so bad when I finally got out of the bathroom and you were all in pain.
Anyway, I liked reading this list. I knew most of the things on it. I think it's cute/funny you want to meet Archie, but actually I'd like to meet him too. :)
Awesome! I just learned 50 new things about my Mom I have known for nearly 34 years.
Funny about the CCC's. Like you, I am the same way.
Kris! Where'd you go? You haven't posted even longer than I haven't! post soon, please!
I will if you will ;)
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