Friday October 12,2007

A Fun Post Also!

I saw this on Monique's Blog and it got me thinking about my answers to these questions so I thought I would do it also!

1. What was I doing 10 years ago?

I was living with my inlaws and my bro/sis inlaw with their 2 year old twins. We had been living with them for one year while we were waiting to sell our home in MI. We were having our first home built in Vancouver WA. I remember how excited I was to have the same house plan as the model home! I was seven months pregnant with my second child and my one & only BOY! (sad) I was actually sewing a Halloween costume for Morgan. She was the cutest pea pod ever. I was teaching aerobics at Exclusively for Women and Heatlh Experience (Both clubs are now out of business) and I was just hired on with Lacamas Swim and Sport. (It was still being built). I was also teaching classes at a local scrapbook store. I was getting very anxious to be out of the inlaws and start making my own friends and not just hanging out with my inlaws friends!

2. What I was doing 5 years ago?

This is way crazy but five years ago exactly I was living with my inlaws AGAIN! We had sold our first WA home and were in the process of building home #2. We were so excited to have another new and bigger home. I was also pregnant again with baby number four! My final child I thought and another GIRL! I was still debating what the name of this baby would be and thought her name would be Madelyn right up until 2 weeks before we had her. Was feeling overwhelmed with everything I needed to do because we were moving into our new house at the end of the month. Morgan had just started first grade and Mason was in Pre-K at Children's World of Music.

3. What I was doing one year ago?

Jon had just finished remodeling the Little House! Ugh! What a nightmare that was. We had it on the market but it was just sitting there! I was getting ready for super saturday and pulling my hair out in the process! Was enjoying living so close to my little sister! It was one of the funnest years of my life! Pulling together our Halloween costumes. It was the first time ever that our whole family had dressed up! Helping my friend deal with a rough pregnancy. Enjoying every minute with baby Madelyn and wondering when she would walk (never thought that it would be 18 months).

4. What I did yesterday?

Woke up at 530 am to run five miles with two friends. Went to Pottery Barn in Portland to make a return and enjoyed the beautiful fall day. Took Brinley to ballet and put Madelyn down for her nap. Cleaned four bathrooms, did laundry and vaccuumed the entire house all during naptime. Got a phone call from my neighbor informing me that Brinley had stapled her finger while playing at her house. We made a trip to urgent care and was in and out of there in 30 Minutes! Shocker! Took Morgan to swim team. Kidnapped two new beehives (one of them being Morgan 2wks early) and then came back to my house for a sleepover. Watched High School Musical 2 with all the beehives! Went to bed at 1am I'm tired!

5. 6 places I'd rather be?

On the beach in Hawaii

Getting a Massage

Anywhere in the NE enjoying the colors

At a disney theme park

Visiting my family

Vacationing in Australia

6. 5 treats I love?

Popcorn is #1 always!

Recess Peanut Butter cups

My husbands fresh strawberry shakes with wipped cream on top

Diet wild cherry pepsi

Mom's egg nog

7. What I would do with 1 million dollars?

Finish saving for my children's college

Finish buying furniture for my new home

Go on a Disney cruise vacation

Buy a brand new decked out Suburban

Help buy my sister a new home

8. 5 favorite TV shows?

Dancing with the stars, ER (yes I still watch this show and have NEVER missed an episode in 13 seasons), my new favorite The Biggest Loser, Oprah, Man vs. Wild on the Discovery Channel

9. Most Memorable things right now?

Love hearing Madelyn get excited to see all the pumpkins in the neighborhood. Hearing about Brinley's day at school. Watching Brooklyn Heely, Bike, and run with all the neighborhood boys and her brother. Cheering for Mason at his soccer games on a crisp fall day. Loving this stage we are in our lives: having a built in babysitter and going out with my husband way more frequently, (although Morgan has babysit for others the past two weekends) and having a pre-teen who still things I'm cool. Decorating and organizing my new home. Really loving my calling as Beehive Advisor.