NOW I KNOW MY ABC'S MEME

Allright...my mama tagged me on this so away I go!!!

Accent: Well, I am from Colorado so I guess I have a Coloradoan accent? Apparently it's a real accent...I dated a guy once who was from back east and he told me I had an accent. Weird, but I guess I have one.

Bible book I love: Genesis...honestly I've only gotten half way through Genesis...is that awful of me?

Chore I don't care For: Dishes. I even have a dishwasher and I hate loading and unloading that thing. I think it's because, next to laundry, it's the chore that piles up so fast.

Dog or cat: Which do I prefer? Either one actually but I have a dog right now. A little (well, not so little) lab-sharpei puppy named Cody. She's a sweetie!

Essential electronics: My cell phone and my big screen TV. There are just too many shows I am addicted to.

Favorite movie: Gees, where to start. I love anything with Julia Roberts in it...except her movie Closer, that was awful. Other than that I don't have a "favorite"- I do love Baby Boom and The Witches of Eastwick. Those are great!

Gold or silver: Silver, all the way! If I own something gold it's by accident.

Handbag I carry most: A black purse I bought, like, 5 years ago at American Eagle. I am so not a handbag/purse/shoe kind of girl.

Insomnia: Sometimes but not so much now that Baby-Son started sleeping through the night. I never knew how much I valued sleep until I had my son.

Job Title: Escrow Processor...I work for a title insurance company.

Kids: a one year old named Cameron.

Living arrangements: 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom house that was built in September 2004. It has a 2 car garage, a finished (finally) front yard and a sort-of-finished backyard.

Most memorable moment: Duh! When Cam was born!

Naughtiest childhood behavior: Picking on my sister and by picking on I mean beating up...unfortunately.

Phobias: 1. Heights...more than 5 feet up and I get unhappy. 2. Spiders...just the thought of them makes me very unhappy. 3. Losing someone I love...that freaks me out and just flat-out depresses me.

Religion: Christian

Siblings: A younger sister, Mandy and an older brother, Gregory.

Time I wake up: During the week I get up at 5:30am. I need plenty of time to get ready before Baby-Son wakes up. On the weekends I get up when he wakes up which, thank God, is around 8am these days.

Unusual talent: I can do this funny clicking thing with my tongue. I can't really explain it, it's just weird and kind of funny. I can also do this funny croaking thing with my throat- my husband and sister hate it when I do it but it scratches my throat when it itches!

Vegetable I refuse to eat: All of them. No really, except corn and green beans.

Worst habit: I self criticize...all the time.

X-rays: Just of my mouth so I could get my wisdom teeth pulled. I'd rather have a baby than go through that again...seriously.

Yummy stuff I cook: I cook this dish that my husband likes to call Prison Slop. I prefer to call it Potato Chip Casserole. I also make yummy ghoulash, another hubby favorite, and a yummy pork chop dish called Clayton Pork Chops.

Zoo animal I like the most: Elephants- don't know why because all they do is stand there, swish their tails and pick their feet up but I like 'em!

Well then...I think I will go ahead and tag anyone who thinks this looks like fun, 'cause it was!!!!

A REAL EYE OPENER!

OK, I have this problem...whenever I can't sleep my mind tends to wander. Not to nice happy things that might help me fall alseep. Nope. My mind wanders to anything under the sun that could freak me out or stress me out. This happened to me the other night...

Does everyone realize that Christmas is only 5 1/2 months away!!!!? Does that thought freak out anyone else!? Well, it freaks me out because EVERYONE, excpet Cam and Mandy, are nightmares for me to shop for. My in-laws are the worst. I never know what to get them and my husband, being the man he is, is not much help during this festive time. My parents are equally hard. Especially mom since she makes one list and gives it to both Mandy and I. My hubby is hard because eveything he wants has to be plugged into something and genereally costs upwards of $300.

My sister-in-law and I say every year that now is the time to start the shopping but what is a girl to do when she has no idea what to get people. Ever! I can't really ask people because then they would all think I am insane...it is a little to early for that.

That's really all this post is about. I just wanted to do a pulse check and see if anyone else gets the Christmas season anxiety. 'Tis the season!!!!

FRIDAY FEAST #2

Appetizer: When was the last time you visited the hospital?

To be honest, I have no idea...it was either when Andy's mom had her heart attack, his dad got diverticulitis or his sister started having major seizures. I hate to say this but his poor family has tons of medical problems. It's pretty scary most of the time.

Soup: On a scale of 1-10, how ambitious are you?

Well, at work I would say I am a 9 or 10. I am really working my butt off to get promoted to a closer one of these days. At home, when it comes to organizing and getting my house in order...I would say a 10 at heart but a 1 or 2 when it comes to actually doing it. It makes me tired to even think about all the things I need to do to get organized.

Salad: Make a sentence using the letters of a body part:

Lips- Love is perfectly splendid!

Main Course: If you were to start a club, what would the subject be and what would you name it?

I would start a club called MMA- Missing Marbles Anonymous and anyone who is as scatter-brained as me could come and talk about how un-organized and nuts-zoid their life is! Anonymously, of course.

Dessert: What color is the carpeting/flooring in your home?

You really want to know? OK- it's supposed to be creamy white but thanks to baby-son, Andy-man and Princess Codilums...well, it's not!

WHEN GOOD PETS ACT LIKE BAD PUPPIES!

After my Aunt Bev's pet purging post, my cousin Sarah's post about all her pets (bless her heart!) and my mom writing about how Chelsea needs Zoloft (which she SO does NOT need), I thought I would join the pet bandwagon and share a photo...

That is Andy and I's couch that Princess Codilums destroyed when she was 6 months old. Is this the first couch she destroyed? Oh no...this is the second couch she destroyed. The first couch was Andy's ex-girlfriend's so I really could have cared less...well, except for the fact that we were couchless for a little while. That was fun...NOT. This poor couch was the couch I got when my Grandmother passed away. Ask my mom, this couch was hideous before Cody got ahold of it. It was a 1970's Ethan Allen couch that my grandma thought was stunning, spectacular, beautiful. We all smiled and nodded. :) Anyhoo, this is what our sweet dog did to our couch. I am embarrased to be showing this but this is truly what hppens when you have a lab/sharpei puppy!

Now, if I could pan around to the right (sorry, can't do that) you would all see holes in my wall where she would lay on her side and scratch...for hours while we were away. To the left side of the couch, there is a hole in the wall about 5 feet up...Andy blamed it on Cody. Hmmm, interesting? How could a puppy put a hole in the wall 5 feet up? Well, she runs under her Daddy's feet when he stands up, trips him and he uses the wall to break his fall! She also dug up the carpet in our bedroom and REPEATEDLY dug up the sprinkler system in our yard...imagine my surprise when I came home from work one day to find a mini-geiser in my front yard. Again, embarrassing and to this day I hope none of the neighbors saw. Thankfully, this all happened at our old duplex. Should I say "thankfully"? Probably not since we ended up OWING money when we left. But, she is our Princess and we love her. We love her even more now that she is potty trained and no longer has an interest in our couches or walls! You really would think she was a terror, completely hyper and fearless, right?

Wrong! This is the fearless terror hiding in our bath tub, behind the curtains because she is terrified of fire crackers. Even though there was a fire ban here in Junction, our neighborhood was CRAZY with fireworks and I seriously thought the poor thing was going to go into cardiac arrest. But, I did think this was pretty funny! My little chicken dog!

So, there is my pet story of the week. Trust me, she keeps me busy and I could come up with tons but I just thought I would give you all a taste of my puppy days! But, I love her so I'm gonna keep her around for awhile. Besides, she and Cam are buds!

THURSDAY THIRTEEN

If money were no object, what would I do? Well, well...let's get started!

1. I would absolutely pay off every bill we owe. Every last single one of them. I know it's pretty impossible to be completely debt free but this is Thursday Thirteen so anything is possible.

2. I would pay whatever it takes to get a professional landscaper here to finish the front yard, the side of the house and completely re-do what Andy and I started in the back yard. I totally dread next summer because that will be our summer project.

3. I would buy my husband a new Toyota Tacoma since that was what he REALLY wanted when we went truck shopping last month. He was a teeny bit disappointed but there was not a decent deal to be found on the Tacoma's. I'm glad he's warmed up to the Tundra but that's the truck I would buy for Andy-man.

4. I would buy Andy and I another house. This one would have 5 bedrooms, 2 baths, tons of open space, a three car garage and a fully landscaped yard!

5. I would then hire someone to come organize that dream house. I swear, that is my biggest downfall...I am so un-organized. So un-organized, in fact, that I drive myself crazy! That's bad, huh?

6. I would, without a doubt, start a college fund for Cameron. I know how hard it was for my mom and dad when I was in school and I see how hard it is for me now trying to pay off the loans!!!

7. Personal trainer, personal trainer, personal trainer...need I say more?

8. I love my vet, trust me, but if I had the money I would find a puppy specialist who could fix my dog for good. I feel awful for her!

9. I would buy my parent's movie tickets for whatever movies they wanted to see whenever they wanted to see them. They used to go to the movies all the time and I don't remember the last movie they saw!

10. I would buy my parent's their dream house - that older southern style house with the big wrap-around porch. Said house would be three doors down from my dream house...in case any of you were wondering!

11. I would buy my hubby a boat...not a hugemongous boat but one that he would love to take fishing. He could pull this boat with the new Tacoma I would buy him as well.

12. OK, now this may sound strange to some people...but I would havemoney put away for my next c-section delivery. We have good insurance but even good insurance doesn't foot the entire bill for a c-section and three and half days in the hospital. You know, they charged Andy and I $980.00 for every day that Cam stayed in the nursery? Funny, because he spent all but one day in our room with us! One year later and I am still paying off that bill- one of the reasons for #1.

13. Season tickets to the Colorado Avalance, baby!!!!!!!!

OOPS...I DID IT AGAIN...

Well, what can I say? It's been one week since my last post...are any of you surprised? I am a terrible blogger! Everytime I think I am going to have some time to sit at my computer a load of laundry needs to be done or Cody needs her medicine or it's dinner and bed time for Baby-Son.

I do want to say thank you to everyone who left sweet comments on my last post about Cam's birthday party. I feel bad for not responding...my mother and sister left beautiful posts about their grandson/nephew and I loved them.

I have a little bit of time now because husband and son are sound asleep. Is anyone noticing a pattern here? I blog everytime the family is in bed...hmmm...