Showing posts with label Getting to Know Me. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Getting to Know Me. Show all posts

1/26/2009

Thanks, Becky...

at least , I think I was the "Steph" you tagged. I'm just gonna go ahead and assume that I'm not self-centered and it was me. :)

Here are the rules for the Honest Scrap award -

The honorees are to:
A) first list 10 honest things about yourself - and make it interesting, even if you have to dig deep!
B) pass the award on to 7 bloggers that you feel embody the spirit of the Honest Scrap.


So here go my 10 honest things.
1. I have given one of my sisters a black eye...by punching her...accidentally. Oh, I know what you're going to say....but it was so unsatisfying at the time (sorry, Cyd) that had I given her what she deserved and what I wanted, I prob would have given her a broken nose too. I'm really not a violent person, swear :)

2. My husband and I had only spent about 6 weeks of face time together before we married. (we met on internet and lived in different cities, and he deployed while we were engaged. Making our engagement 7 months and our knowing eachother 18months)

3. Since having children, skipping church has become such a real temptation and luxuriously therapeutic escape when I succumb to it.

4. I detest showers! Or the act of getting clean and primped. Oh! it brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it. not really. But really, I'm dreading my next hair day....tomorrow. With the act of showering, shaving (if you're lucky), blow-drying, and straightening, and then possibly make-up, it becomes a 2hr chore! I used to love the act of primping....back when I was child-less and felt like the primping could make me sexy. I have my hair days down to 2 a week now.

5. Luke introduced me to true, real love. One of the first times I realized he was fur realz, was when he discreetly told me to smile, gave my tooth a quick swipe with his pinkie-nail, and said "I got it. You had a little piece of food..."
Knowing me, it was a huge piece of spinach or tortilla chip.


6. I'm scared of too much success. I'm not sure why certain levels of success scare me deep-down but I think I sabotage myself when I get scared of being too successful. (i.e. after working for so long to "make it" in the modeling world, I was offered a gig with MiuMiu and Seventeen, among others, and instead flew home from Milan and ate myself into chubby)
I need therapy.


7. I pass gas. And I think I may suffer from narcissism.

8. I can't imagine life without Luke...I'm a mess when he's on deployments and I'll oft use the excuse of songs to cry (songs like Toby Keith's American Soldier) out my fears/frustrations. I don't like that there is a higher price on his head than most. But I know that he is a born soldier and would be happier fighting for his family and country, than sitting at home, letting his "brothers" fight for him.

9. I (this is what makes me think I've got narcissistic tendencies) get more worried thinking about myself dying than Luke. Nobody can love my children like I do. And I wouldn't expect Luke to not re-marry, so I can't help but think about how they might be raised with anything less than my love.

10. Out of everything in the world....I think children behaving "badly" stress me out more than anything. weird. My heart starts beating faster, sometimes I sweat in places that I didn't know you could, and if the kids are really lucky, I'll turn red.


Now I am giving the honest award to:
Shauna H. (as if there's another in my life)
Diane B.
Leah V.
Jessica S.
Megan D.
Desiree V.
Nicole S.

1/22/2009

Cinque y Dieci

5 and 10

10 years ago: January of 1999, yikes, I was studying at ASU and about to lose my status on Deans Honor roll. Oh, and how could I forget. I was serving (or apologizing for spilling trays of drinks on customers) at my first restaurant Macayo's.

5 years ago: January of 2004, I was a freshly made house-frau of 2 months. Probably sulking somewhere in the corner of our 500sq ft. apt. because I had no friends, no car, no job, no family, and it was gloomy in Coronado. And we all know how I need my "happy" places.

5 months ago: I was unpacking and celebrating Porter's 2nd birthday with Daphy-doo.

5 things on my list of things to do tomorrow:
1. Figure out why little Cholo still hasn't received her social security card...I know she looks like she's a little alien, but she's legal, I swear.
2. Change Porter's inevitable big bertha diaper.
3. Work my saggy but out
4. Brush my teeth and put my bra on (drag)
5. Enjoy Luke's day off

5 bad habits:
1. Eating when bored
2. Eating when lonely
3. Eating when stressed
4. Complaining about eating too much
5. Not learning from my weaknesses

5 places I've lived:
1. Florida
2. Boston
3. Italy
4. Arizona
5. China

5 things people don't know about me:
1. I met my hot hubinskies on a dating website. Yes, that's right...I paid a magical internet fairy to help me
2. I was a snowboard instructor at Park City Mountain Resort
3. I'm gonna be the next big hip-hop dancer. You can start calling me S-2-da-tizzle anytime. Fo shizzle
4. I have baaaaaaaaaaaad eyesight but refuse to wear contacts
5. I used to be so in-shape that I'd workout with some of the men's AZ rugby team doing strong-man competition training...can't tell anymore (sigh)

I will now tag:
1. Daphne
2. Ally - because you need an update...bad
3. Jen H.
4. Emily L.
5. Shannon J.

11/24/2008

100 Things ...check back in a year and I will have 10 more in bold print

100 Things
Copy and paste it into your blog and then just bold the things you've done!

1. Started your own blog

2. Slept under the stars

3. Played in a band

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

7. Been to Disneyland

8. Climbed a mountain

9. Held a praying mantis

10. Sang a solo

11. Bungee jumped

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning


17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty

18. Grown your own vegetables

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France

20. Slept on an overnight train

21. Had a pillow fight


22. Hitch hiked

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill

24. Built a snow fort

25. Held a lamb


26. Gone skinny dipping

27. Run a marathon

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice

29. Seen a total eclipse


30. Watched a sunrise or sunset

31. Hit a home run

32. Been on a cruise


33. Seen Niagara Falls in person

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community

36. Taught yourself a new language

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David

41. Sung karaoke

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant

44. Visited Africa

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight

46. Been transported in an ambulance

47. Had your portrait painted

48. Gone deep sea fishing

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person

50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling

52. Kissed in the rain

53. Played in the mud

54. Gone to a drive-in theater

55. Been in a movie

56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business

58. Taken a martial arts class

59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies


62. Gone whale watching

63. Got flowers for no reason

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma

65. Gone sky diving

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp

67. Bounced a check

68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eaten caviar


72. Pieced a quilt

73. Stood in Times Square

74. Toured the Everglades

75. Been fired from a job

76. Seen the Changing of the Guard in London

77. Broken a bone

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person

80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the newspaper

85. Read the entire Bible

86. Visited the White House

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating

88. Had chickenpox

89. Saved someone’s life

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous

92. Joined a book club

93. Lost a loved one

94. Had a baby

95. Seen the Alamo in person

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a law suit

98. Owned a cell phone

99. Been stung by a bee

100. Totally copied a post from someone else's blog to your own