Tagged!

So many posts in one day...just what will you all do? Got this one from JettyBetty!

8 Things I am passionate about

1. knowing God's Word
2. My husband
3. My children
4. My friends
5. making people feel welcome in my home
6. teaching my children to love Jesus
7. Beth Moore's Bible studies (no one gets me excited about the Word like Beth!)
8. A good cup of coffee & a Dunkin' Donut to dip in it!

8 Things I want to do before I die

1. see my children accept Jesus as their Savior
2. see my brothers-in-law marry godly women
3. go to Disney World with the kids
4. read the Bible cover to cover
5. get rid of A LOT of stuff from this house
6. adopt a child
7. sponsor another Compassion child
8. visit Thailand again

8 Things I often say (this should be really telling!)

1. I love you.
2. We go poo poo ONLY on the potty!
3. Seriously. (said with all kinds of emphasis. Seriously? Seriously. Seriously!?!)
4. I'm so proud of you!
5. What time do you think you'll be home tonight?
6. Go sit in time out.
7. Silly Caleb!
8. Don't wake up your brother!

8 Books I have Read Lately

1. My Bible
2. _Gorgeously Green_ by Sophie Uliano
That's all I can think of right now. I haven't actually finished a book in so long...

8 Movies I have watched 8 times or more

1. Top Gun (when I was younger)
2. Cars
3. that's probably it. I don't like to watch the same movie over and over and over. I'm sure I'll have many more Disney movies to add to this list in the coming years!

8 People I am tagging (this one is really fun!!!)

1. Lia
2. Holly
3. Jenn (Munchkin Land)
4. Kimberly
5. Lisa
6. Shalee
7. Erin
8. You!

5 Questions Meme

Laura wanted to know (sorry it took me so long!!)...

1. How often do you get your hair professionally done?

If by "professionally done" you mean cut, then 2-3 times a year. This is merely a shadow of my former self, where in high school I would get my hair permed and/or highlighted every few months. There was lots of gel and hair spray involved in daily maintenance. Now I opt for a simple cut, natural highlights (read: gray hairs everywhere!), and little or no product. However, we do live in a very humid place and my hair tends toward the curly side, so by the end of summer, I'm usually putting in some sort of product to tame it!

2. Where’s your favorite vacation spot (already taken, in the planning process or simply a dream)?

I loved Germany and Switzerland when I visited there and would love to return some day. The beaches of Phuket, Thailand are simply the most beautiful I've ever seen. Hubby wants to take me to Italy one day since he loved it so much when he visited. I'd also like to see Australia.

3. What’s your favorite family tradition?

This is a hard one. We're a pretty close family, so it's hard to pick one thing. Probably Christmas. My mom makes an awesome spice tea that we drink on Christmas morning, and we always have roughly the same foods to eat that day. We open our stockings first (my mom still does stockings for us!), then open presents. We rotate who we spend Christmas with now, my parents one year, hubby's the next, since the two families live nowhere near each other and we can't "share." Hubby's family is equally as excited about Christmas as mine, which makes me happy.

4. Your tickle bone was tickled. What/who did it and how?

Probably my husband by saying something no one else would think was funny. We crack ourselves up a lot. :-)

5. Do you dream in color or black & white? Color. And very vividly, especially when I'm pregnant. Last night I had a HORRIBLE dream which I will not recount because I'm trying desperately to forget it.

7 Degrees of Randomness

GiBee tagged me for the 7 Random things meme because she said, and I quote, "she's pregnant and has nothing better to do but lay on the couch eating bonbons (HA!)." When Shalee tagged me, she just said I was slow. Apparently this is "pick on the pregnant girl" meme. :-) So, I got off my duff and decided to get this done. Here goes:

1) I hate the Geico commercials with the cavemen.

2) They annoy me to no end. Especially the one where the guy is looking at the sign in the airport and says, "4 feet by 5 feet, I'm looking right at it." It's annoying because the sign is not 4'x5'...that would be almost square. The sign is a rectangle and is more like 3'x5' or 4'x8'. I'm just sayin'.

3) Hubby swears I should have been a math major because I go off about that commercial every time it comes on. I CANNOT believe ABC has decided to make a whole show about these stupid, bitter cavemen.

4) My house looks like a bomb went off in every room. Seriously. Caleb can really do a number on a clean room. It takes all my energy to get one room straightened, and then the bomb goes off again.

5) In other news, we're taking a vacation next week to Michigan where we get to see hubby's middle brother, his mom, and his dad. Exciting times, people!

6) The only part about that I'm not looking forward to is the 3-hour plane ride with a 20-month-old who doesn't like to sit still. Hello portable DVD player!

7) The nausea pills have made a re-appearance. I'm tired of not feeling well. I'm 21 weeks pregnant, for crying out loud. Even though I still haven't gained weight, I'm not losing anymore, which is good. And the baby is moving A LOT. Also good.

So, I don't have the brain power to think of 7 people to tag for this, so consider yourself tagged if you're reading it. If you don't have a blog, feel free to leave your answer in the comments.

Also, this is totally random (shocking, I know), but I think my Mom needs to start a blog. Not that she has time with taking care of her 85-year-old mother, working a part-time job, keeping up with my Dad, and trying to visit her grandkids in her spare time, but I think she has some great stuff she could tell. Ok, I'm done.

Birthday Meme

I was tagged by Carol to do this fun birthday meme.

The rules are:

1) Go to Wikipedia
2) In the search box, type your birth month and day but not the year.
3) List three events that happened on your birthday
4) List two important birthdays and one death
5) One holiday or observance (if any)
6) Tag 5 other bloggers to complete

December 2

EVENTS:

1. 1942 - Manhattan Project: A team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
2. 1954 - Red Scare: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to condemn Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute."
3. 1976 - Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado.
4. 1982 - Michael Jackson's album, Thriller, is released.
5. 2001 - Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

BIRTHDAYS:
1. 1973 - Monica Seles, Yugoslavian-born tennis player
2. 1978 - Nelly Furtado, Canadian singer and songwriter

DEATH:
1. 1986 - Desi Arnaz, Cuban-born actor, musician, band leader, and composer (b. 1917)

HOLIDAY:
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery - United Nations

I learned so many cool things that happened on my birthday.

I'm tagging:
My sister, because she needs more to do!
Lisa, and anyone else who wants to play along.

It's pretty interesting to see what has happened on the day of your birth!