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FOUR cities you've lived in
1. Colstrip, Montana
2. Marion, Ohio
3. Huntsville, Alabama
4. Parkville, Maryland

FOUR TV SHOWS YOU LOVE TO WATCH:
1. SNL
2. Amazing Race
3. ER
4. Law and Order SVU

FOUR PLACES YOU'VE BEEN ON VACATION:
1. Myrtle Beach, SC
2. St. Louis, MO
3. Orlando, FL
4. Gatlinburg, TN

FOUR WEBSITES YOU VISIT DAILY:
1. My yahoo mail
2. My blog
3. accuweather
4. myspace

FOUR OF YOUR ALL TIME FAVORITE RESTAURANTS:
1. Red Brick Station
2. Olive Garden
3. El Salto
4. Don Pablo's

FOUR OF YOUR FAVORITE FOODS:
1. crab dip
2. lasagna
3. chocolate chip cookies
4. BBQ pork

FOUR THINGS YOU'VE DONE TODAY:
1. packed three lunches
2. sang
3. prepared 6th graders for a history test
4. kissed my husband

FOUR THINGS YOU LOVE ABOUT LIFE RIGHT NOW:
1. my family
2. the fact that my CD is getting done
3. my friends
4. my flannel sheets

FOUR THINGS THAT YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO BE WITHOUT:
1. my family
2. my dog
3. my palm pilot
4. the ability to sing

FOUR FAVORITE PIECES OF CLOTHING:
1. the jeans I bought in Lancaster
2. my beige coat
3. my hooded sweatshirts
4. my brown pants

FOUR PEOPLE YOU CAN DEPEND ON:
1. Matt
2. my sister
3. my parents
4. my Jess

FOUR FAVORITE BANDS/SINGERS:
1. Eva Cassidy
2. Switchfoot
3. anything '80's
4. Kelly Clarkson

FOUR THINGS YOU ALWAYS HAVE WITH YOU:
1. cell phone
2. iPod
3. my palm pilot
4. my crocheting

FOUR THINGS YOU ALWAYS DO AT WORK/SCHOOL:
1. hang with Jess and Lynn
2. put beans in a jar
3. grade stuff
4. go up and down the stairs

FOUR THINGS YOU MISS:
1. Caleb
2. being a teenager
3. Jimmy Fallon and Chris Kattan on SNL
4. sleeping in

Girlfriends and good food

Tonight was really cool. See, I have these girlfriends. They're all women I've known from being involved in MOPS (Mothers of PreScholers)over the course of the past six years. I haven't been able to go to the meetings anymore since I'm working now. Anyway, a group of us try to get together in the evenings when we can. We talk about everything and nothing. We eat and laugh and try to figure out how to be better moms, wives and women. It's quite wonderful.

In the wake of my family's tradgedy this summer, we talked a lot about my family and how we're doing and how this changes life and how we see it. I'm a talker so for me, tonight was very therapeutic. It amazes and impresses me that five busy women with their own stress and craziness would take the time and mental energy to be there for a friend and emotionally invest in a heart-wrenching topic.

I look forward to many more girls' nights out to come. Thank you Heidi, Ellen, McKenzie, Wendy and Kerri for being there. I am so blessed to know all of you.

Rain

Oh if only it were about 25 degrees colder - the ground would be covered in snow and I would most likely be at home in my jammies. but alas, it is raining -- and quite hard at that.

Why does the rain make me (and those around me) so sleepy? What is it about the precipitation that makes me want to curl up in my sweats, watch a good movie and do NOTHING!? What are your favorite rainy day movies?

Cuteness

I ran across this pic the other day and thought I'd share it. It's my youngest son, Jacob, and I at his friend's birthday party. We're in a fire truck, though you can't really tell that by the picture! (Isn't he cute?)



This is Jacob and birthday boy, Carson, at said party.

Happy New Year...

A very happy 2006 to everyone! I can definitely say that I am glad to put 2005 behind us - it is an understatement to say it was a rough year.

I'm going to try to get back on track with my blog. I mean, it is an injustice to keep all of this wisdom and wit inside my own head!

Hope your first 14 days of the year have been good. Here we roll....