Monday, July 18, 2005
Question things are great!
Ok, I love these question thingy's. Really makes us stop and look at who we really are! Hope you find my answers interesting.
10 years ago: I was a mom of a two year old baby girl and really doubting myself taht I had what it takes to raise a great kid. I had just rekindled a friendship that had gone sour a few year earlier and she had a baby just about the same time I did and I watched every day as she seemed to know exactly what the next step would be in her parenting. I felt very inadequate and unsure that I could do this thing. Another thing that made this time in my life a bit difficult was a bad flu bug that left me at about 82 pounds and extremely weak. For six weeks I did nothing but watch as my mother, God bless her, took care of my family and me. She did all the parenting stuff not only for me but took on my roll too and it really bothered me. I felt so useless. I was so weak for two of those weeks that my sweet husband had to lift me up to set me in the tub to bathe. I watched as everyone around me did MY jobs and much better than I did them I might add. We survived this time in life and today we (meaning me) are a different person because of it in many ways. You get to do a lot of thinking laying flat on your back in bed for six weeks.
5 years ago: Substitute teaching and learning how to be a pretty good mom. Overly dedicated, but not as bad as I thought I was five years earlier. Trying to get over the awful feeling everyone in my husbands family always made me have. Totally involved with my niece who thought it was appropriate to run away from home and make it all more MY problem than my sister's. Again Survived this time in life with much more than a scrape. Resiliant that way are we not?
1 year ago: Summer vaca with my daughter and hubby for most of it. With daughter growing up so quickly the summers seem to come and go so quickly.
Yesterday: Camp with incredible family members. Brother in-law tried to kill me tubbing behind that damned boat and I was feeling quite "hurty" all over. Again seem to be surviving.
Today: Packed up and came home in the oppressive humidity. Ready to be at home but already missing the great time I had.
Tomorrow: Taking the truck to the garage since the check engine light came on. Why do these things always seem to happen on vacation? Going to get pictures developed from the greatest weekend I've had in a long time.
5 snacks I enjoy: Popcorn, oreo cookies, grapes, ice cream, and chex mix.
5 Bands I know most of the lyrics their songs: Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks, Reba, Prince, Micheal Jackson
5 things I would do with $100,000,000: Buy a new home, give my daughter half of it so she can have a good life on her own, Take my husband to Alaska, adopt a child, open an animal shlter of some kind.
5 locations I'd like to run away to: Hawaii, Africa, The Outback, The Caribbean, Aspen
5 bad habits I have: Skip words as I am reading a good book just to get through it faster, open mouth insert foot syndrome, Can't seem to leave those pimples alone to heal on their own, lack of self confidence, and according to everyone else I worry about everything (I think they are all a bunch of ding dong's cuz I don't worry about anything!)
5 things I like doing: Kayaking, bubble baths, volunteering, gardening, bird watching
5 things I would never wear: bikini, china flats, turtle necks, black lipstick, nose or tounge ring
5 TV shows I like: House, Surreal Life, The Cosby Show, As the World Turns, Little House on the Prarie
5 movies I like: Gone With The Wind, Where The Heart Is, The Substitute Wife, Dances With Wolves, Dirty Dancing
5 famous people I'd like to meet: Keeping this to those who are alive... Micheal Jackson, Stevie Nicks, Maury Povich, Oprah, Ellen DeGeneres
5 biggest joys at the moment: My daughter, My Husband, My animals, Certain Family Members, The breeze coming gently through the window.
Keep up with the Question Blogs...We should all open up and get to know each other better like this!
