My Five

Mari did a post about the FIVE words that Kayren sent her.
She asked if anyone wanted her to send them FIVE words and I put my hand up.
Here's the FIVE she sent ...

1. ART ...
a newly discovered passion of mine

2. FAMILY
my favorite thing in the whole wide world

3. ORGANIZATION
my obsession

4. AUSTRALIA
birthplace of my husband and children, my adopted homeland

5. BEACH
a place i love to go to relax
there's nothing like the sound crashing waves !

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8 things ... A tag !

Kayren, aka Pink Daisy Girl, over at Everything' Coming Up Daisies, tagged me ...

Here's how 8 THINGS works:

1. Mention the person that tagged you.
2. Complete the lists of 8's.
3. Tag 8 of your wonderful bloggy friends.
4. Go tell them you tagged them!

8 THINGS I LOOK FORWARD TO:

1. Our house finally being unpacked.
2. Knitting again. Once the house is unpacked.
3. My bath. Oh how I love my new bathtub. I can't wait to get in it as often as possible !
4. Our house finally being unpacked.
5. Our friend's Gregg and Cheryl's wedding next weekend.
6. The pizza I'm making tonight.
7. The painting studio I'm setting up in the garage.
8. Our house finally being unpacked ! Have I said that already ?

8 THINGS I DID YESTERDAY:

1. Unpacked boxes.
2. Moved furniture.
3. Took the kids to the park.
4. Started a new book. Addition.
5. Unpacked more boxes.
6. Went to work.
7. Used my crock pot. Mexican Chicken.
8. Stayed up too late.

8 THINGS I WISH I COULD DO:

1. Convince Shay to uproot her family, move them all to Australia and live next door to me.
2. Convince my new neighbors to sell Shay and Shawn their house.
3. Crochet.
4. Snap my fingers and have these boxes unpack themselves !!
5. Speak every language.
6. Travel to every country. Starting with Greece.
7. Afford to own a private jet.
8. Meet my favorite bloggy friends.

8 SHOWS I WATCH:

1. The Mentalist
2. Oprah ... when she's not talking to the freaky earth suit guy or discussing menopause AGAIN !
3. Any cooking show I can find !
4. The CSI's ... Miami is my favorite. Don't watch New York ... on too late.
5. Bones
6. 24 ... oh how I wish I could watch it. But it's on way too late. Waiting for DVD !!
7. House ... but only in the ad breaks b/c it's on the same time as #1 !!
8. The Law and Orders

8 BLOGGERS TAGGED:

If you want to do it ... do. And let me know you did !!

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Happy Homemaker Monday

I've been reading Sandra's Happy Homemaker Monday posts over at her blog 'Diary of a Stay at Home Mom' for a while now and thought it might be fun to participate. You might like to participate as well. You can, just grab the button, copy the categories and fill in your answers. Then pop back to Sandra's place and add your post to the Mr. Linky ...

Here goes ...

On my bedside table:
You Sexy Mother by Jodie Hedley-Ward
and
Blue Shoe by Anne Lamott


On my TV:
Dora the Explorer.
The kids are watching it.
In French ...


On the menu for tonight:
We're having fish and chips with Rory's parents. I'll be taking Quinoa Black Bean Salad to have as a side dish ! You can see the rest of this week's menu at the beans blog ...


On my To Do List:

• bake poppy seed muffins and these cookies

• swim - aiming for 1k today

• go to some second hand shops with Toni

• friends coming over in the afternoon

• hanging out with Mum and Dad tonight

New Recipe I tried last week:
Mexican Chicken in the crock pot ... so delicious !!! You have got to try it !!!


In the craft basket:
My scarf - almost finished
Materials for a new scarf I want to make


Looking forward to:
Indoor soccer season finishing and outdoor soccer season starting !


Homemaking Tip for this week:
Come back tomorrow for the answer to this ...


Favorite Blog Post of the week (mine or other):
The secret life of a happy homemaker by Rhonda at down ---- to ---- earth.
I did a post about her post, I was so inspired !!


Favorite photo from last week:
I forgot to post this photo last week ... it was my uber healthy lunch on Friday ....

I don't know what uber means but I've always wanted to use it in a sentence.

Thought it might make me feel younger.

Can't say as though it did.

At least now I know.

Lesson learned the past few days:
Twisties and OJ make an uber orange but uber unhealthy lunch.

Nope, didn't work that time either.

I'll quit !

On my Prayer List:
We're contemplating buying our first house ...


Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:

I'm reading through Exodus at the moment. Just finished the ten commandments. Been thinking about a day of rest. Wondering if I really have one and how in today's society, we could incorporate one ...

Any thoughts ?

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Sharing Cherry Margaritas

Rory made me a Cherry Margarita last night ... for Valentines Day. It was delicious, but had way too much alcohol in it ! Seriously, I felt totally woosey ... haven't felt woosey is a long time !
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Mari had this fun little meme for Valentine's Day posted on her blog and I thought I'd do one here too !!
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♥ How long have you been together?
15 years ... married for 11
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♥ How long did you know each other before you started dating?
we didn't really date
most of the four years that we would have been dating were spent on opposite sides of the ocean
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♥ Who asked who out?
again ... no asking out ... we were just close from the beginning.
talked and talked and talked
loved those times !
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♥ How old are each of you?
i'm 35
he's 31
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♥ Whose siblings do/ did you see the most?
his live in Australia ... mine live in America
you do the math
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♥ Do you have any children together?
2 beautiful ones
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♥ What about pets?
1 cat
a bazillion fish
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♥ Did you go to the same school?
not even close
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♥ Are you from the same home town?
not even from the same continent
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♥ Who is the smartest?
definitely him !!
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♥ Who is the most sensitive?
i'd have to say me
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♥ Where do you eat out most as a couple?
we rarely eat out
not that we don't love it
we just rarely do it
sushi is our (together) favorite
though if it was just rory it'd be indian food
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♥ Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple?
i'm not good with distances but we've done japan to russia - on a boat
colorado to japan on a plane
colorado to australia on a plane with a stop in taiwan
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♥ Who has the worst temper?
me
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♥ Who does the cooking?
me - mostly
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♥ Who is more social?
me
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♥Who is the neat freak?
by nature, rory
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♥ Who is the more stubborn?
probably me
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♥ Who hogs the bed?
neither of us
but
i (unconsciously) steal the covers every night
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♥ Who wakes up earlier?
poor rory has to get up super early
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♥ Where was your first date?
russia, but you wouldn't call it a date probably ...
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♥ Who has the bigger family?
we both have three siblings
his family is three boys, one girl
mine is three girls, one boy
i'm the oldest
he's the youngest
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♥ Do you get flowers often?
can't say as though i do
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♥ How do you spend the holidays?
with each other
and whoever else is around ...
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♥ How long did it take to get serious?
not long
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♥ Who eats more?
depends what it is ...
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♥ Who does/ did the laundry?
me, mostly
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♥ Who’s better with the computer?
i don't know about better, but i'm definitely on it more
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♥ Who drives when you are together?
always him
unless we are on a looooooong road trip and i force him to take a rest and let me drive
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On Monday, I'll re-post the story of how we met ..........
And tomorrow .... you'll want to come back tomorrow !!! I'm not going to tell you why ....

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Sharing Some Bloggy Fun

Look ! Look ! Joolz gave me an award !! It's my first award for this blog ! Thanks Joolz ! She said (about all of the blogs she awarded, mine included) "...each blog is a friendly place to visit, offering an insight into their daily lives, sharing their pictures, recipes and family life. Reading their blogs is like reading a good magazine." Isn't that sweet of her ? I think so too. Now, I'm supposed to nominate 10 other blogs ...

Well, I've been doing lots of blog reading. I have my old favorites ... Like, Sandra at Diary of A Stay at Home Mom. Her honesty is refreshing. I 'get' what she writes about. I love 'hanging out at her place in blog land' ! Visiting her there is almost like visiting her house ... 'cept I've never been to her house ! Mari, Terri and Cheri ... These three sisters are amazing and I just love that we've become friends through our blogs !! And let's not forget their honorary sister Dena ! She is a hoot !! Cheryl at Cherdecor ... such a sweet lady. Love going to visit, especially when she's been out and about in the neighborhood photographing trees, flowers, and the local wildlife !! Stacy at the Land of K.A. and Christina at Momology ... these two ladies are forever inspiring me with their photography skills ! I've learned so much from them ! And you know what I love ? They always answer my questions ! They totally share what they know ! There's Demara who is an inspiration with her weight loss and who ALWAYS comments on my posts. Unfortunately her blog is private so you can't go there ... unless you already know her ! Melody at Slurping Life. This woman is amazing. If you haven't been to visit her, you need to. I'm serious. Go visit ...

I was going to share my new favorites too but without even trying, I've already nominated 10 blogs !! I'll have to save my new favotires to share another time !!

Before I go though, I'll just do this meme that Sandra tagged me for. I'm to open the book closest to me (which happens to be the one I shared the other day) to page 56. I'm then to write the 5th sentence and a couple more to follow ...

Here goes ~ from 'Always Wear Clean Underwear' by Marc Gellman

"Saying nothing gives you time to figure out why you're so angry. Saying nothing keeps you from saying something you can never take back. You can't get into trouble for something you never say."

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