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I got tagged


My cousin Lindsey tagged me to do the following, so here I go.

The Rules
1. You must post the rules.
2. Post 12 fun facts about yourself on the blog post.
3. Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post, and then create 5 new questions for the people you tagged.
4. Tag 5 people and link them on your post.
5. Let them know you've tagged them!

12 Fun Facts About Me

1. I shop for my kids clothes almost exclusively online.  In fact, I shop for a lot of things online now.  Amazon is my new favorite friend, love prime shipping.  Just don't have the time with 4 kids to go to the store.  And almost every time I take them with me we meet disaster.

2. I love pre-19th century movies: Pride & Prejudice, Emma, Sense & Sensibility, Lark Rise to Candleford, etc....my new favorite is North & South.  It is SOOOO good!

3. I really love making things, and I have a burning desire to sew all the time.  I don't get to do it very often and I'm not as good as I think I am in my head, but I do I love it! 

4. I'm a pinterest fan, thanks to Ellen Patton who put a "pinterest" link on her blog which I happened upon :)

5. I love classical music, don't know a lot about it, just love listening to it.  It's very calming.  I guess I really need external calming things in my life right now.  4 kids is pretty crazy.

6. I love being outside, I love smelling the air, the openness of the sky, the beauty of the earth, the freedom of my kids running and playing, the smell of campfire, taking walks, riding bikes, I just love outside.

7. I'm a journaler.  Not in the traditional journaling way, but a record keeper.  I love to document my family's life by blogging and online scrapbooking.  I use to really scrapbook but I only do that occasionally now, very occasionally. 

8. I have a hard time going to bed at night, and then I regret it in the morning.

9.  I'm kind of impatient, my kids are helping me with that.

10.  I've recently begun coupon-ing.  At first I thought I was going to save tons of money.  Now I've realized I'm just saving some money, but I think it's still worth it.  It just feels good handing over tiny pieces of paper to the cashier in place of money.  It's a small rush, a very small one :)

11.  I'm an organizer.  I like things organized.  It makes me happy.  Doesn't mean I always get to have my house organized, but you can be assured that if I were childless it would be.  But hey, I guess my kids are worth it ;)

12. I'm too distracted by the South Carolina Presidential debate right now to think of #12.  Eleven should be enough about me.

Answers to Lindsey's Questions

1.  What are your 3 favorite things? (not people)
My movie collection, my pajamas, and my laptop

2.  What's the #1 played song on your ipod?
Don't listen to my ipod much, but I love Sweet Pea radio on Pandora (mostly jazz and french accordian music, Jack Johnson, John Mayer, etc) and my car radio is tuned to Siriusly Sinatra and Classical on XM.  I'm into "chill" music I guess.

3.  What chore do you absolutely hate doing?
Cooking dinner.  If I were rich the first thing I would do is hire a cook, not my thing, wish it were but it's not.

4.  What was your favorite childhood toy?
Uhhh.....dressing up in Grandma Bonnies clothes.

5.  If you could choose to stay a certain age forever, what age would it be?
Well, my first thought is 21 because my body was so healthy then, no achy back, no varicose veins, no headaches, no wrinkles.  But then I wouldn't have the 5 most important people in my life.  So I'm going to have to say 29 since our family is complete.  But wait, maybe this is a trick question.  Maybe I could remain 21 forever and still have my family :)  Yeah, that's what I would choose.

I tag:
Caroline L.
Carrie B.
Heather M.
(I know I'm supposed to tag 5 but I really don't know anyone else who reads my blog and has their own blog to post on.)

Comments

Caroline said…
Hey! Have you watched Downton Abbey at all? The second season just started, but it's already aired over in England. It's WAY good! Though, a bit risque at times...you'll know what I'm talking about when you see it:)
1/18/2012
Lindsey Jaye Parry said…
Thanks for posting your blog link on Facebook. Your new entries weren't pulling up for me on my reader, made for some some good reading for me to catch up on how you guys are doing. Reading your posts make me sad we don't live closer... Like across the street close. We lay around in our pjs all day eating ice cream:). Or go to the zoo. Want to move to SLC?
2/09/2012

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