update!  update! lots of pictures!  my blogger has finally been updated after a loooooong silence.  :)  we'll see if any once still checks it after such a long break. 
see ya!

Since I'm pretty sure that many of you don't even know my other (more regularly updated) blog exists I decided to post (both a link to my blogger and) this amazing VW commercial from Germany.  I'm sure you'll be impressed.  Wow.

You probably won't read this unless the mood strikes you (as well) to fill out a survey.  If that's the case... copy and paste and read my answers as you go.  :) 

Quick update first:

-deborah and i took two days on our Laura Ingalls Wilder adventure.  it was grand!
-wally and josh made their trek down the river in record time.  a day early!  they're such mighty paddlers.
-i try to work out every day by swimming laps in my parent-in-laws pool.  i love working out wo feeling sweaty!
-wally and i went to the webbs and made empanadas, spanish rice, mixed veggies, and desert empanadas together.  then we watched the legend of bagger vance (a definite favorite!)
-tomorrow we want to go garage sale-ing.
-it's time for bed...


1. Last thing you burned while attempting to cook?
still the magic cookie bars (long time ago... but definitely tragic)

2. Describe yourself in three words?
tired, loved, waiting

3. How long does it take you to get ready for your day?
30-45 minutes

4. Favorite place to blow $50?
www.anthropologie.com

5. How many people have you thought were "the one"?
i think there were 2 or 3 i thought might be... only one i thought for sure (yay for my wonderful husband!)

6. What is something that turns you off from the opposite sex?
arrogance

7. What kind of car do you drive?
silver honda accord (who doesn't?)

8. What's in your CD player right now?
my cd player is in the trunk of my car, unusable until next Thursday.  tho' i do think that Elvis1 is in my car...

9. What celebrity would you have coffee with?
harry potter.  :) (the real one... not daniel radcliff)

10. What celebrity would you NOT have coffee with?
the guy from hannibal.  he creeps me out.

11. What kind of toothpaste do you use?
that kind that's supposed to feel like a dentist just cleaned you... complete with that crunchy after dentist sensation.  it's actually really cool. i love their cinnamon!

12. What time do you go to bed?
btwn 10 and 12.  i prefer the 10 end.

13. Last movie you watched?
Legend of Bager Vance (tonight!)

14. Last TV show you watched?
Adoption Tales (or stories... or something like that)... there was an adorable 3 legged dog i just had to stop channel surfing for.

15. Who is your best friend?
walter

16. Who in your family do you best get along with?
my momma

17. Who do you have a crush on?
my hubby

18. What time is it right now?
11:11 (make a wish!)

19. Are you planning a vacation/travel?
always.  in the foreseeable future:  to chicago for my beautiful friend, karla's, baby to be born and then to WV to celebrate with yet another friend, holly, for her wedding.

20. When/Where was the last time you traveled?
Mansfield, MO just this week... deborah and i visited the home of Laura Ingalls Wilder (little house on the prairie)

22. How old will you be in 10 years?
34

23. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
the mother of 5 children (at least i hope).. very busy and probably tired (probably for sure).   

24. Sinful snacking weakness?
luna bars

25. Roller Coasters?
:)!!!

26. Ever run out of gas?
thank God, no.

27. Ever been on a train?
yep! got evacuated out of a burning one, even.

28. Ever been on a blind date?
nope.  don't think so. OH WAIT!  i went on a pick-a-date once with my dorm.  yeah, one blind date... that was enough i guess.

30. What would you do if you could be the opposite sex for one day?
i would NOT use a public bathroom, i know that for sure.  Boys bathrooms are really disgusting.  esp. the lack of stalls.  ugh!

31. Would you tell anyone it was really you?
not until the next day

32. Ever been arrested?
no

33. Have a crush on anyone you work with?
no

34. What is something you believe in?
forgiveness

35. What is something you fear?
that i'm not good enough.

36. Big or small?
ummm... i'm kinda small.  that's what you're talking about... right?  ;)

37. What is the worst physical pain you have ever experienced?
breaking my pelvis and leg in a car accident... but i don't remember it... apparently the pain was that bad.  that's how i prefer my pain to be!  that's much better than the pain of moving from the hospital bed to a stretcher after that accident... it wasn't bad enough to make me block it out... just bad enough to remember.

38. What is your favorite television show?
battlestar gallactica (i'm such a dork) and lost

39. Ever photoshopped yourself to look better in a picture?
probably, but i'm not very good at photoshop

41. What would it cost for you to flash the person next to you?
it'd depend who was next to me and how much i think i could get out of you.  :)  there are precious few ppl who you could pay me to flash... my husband, my mom, my cousin, and maybe two of my closest friends.  otherwise, you're out of luck.

42. Best time to catch you in a good mood?
after a nap... just don't wake me up from it.

43. If you could be anything for one day, what would it be?
i'd be a student at an israel ulpan... learning hebrew (even if it could only be for one day)

44. Most prized possession?
wedding/engagement ring

45. Would you ever sell it/how much?
it'd have to be some pretty dire circumstances.

46. What is one of your pet peeves?
when people talk over what you're saying... esp. when they get louder and faster just to make sure you don't think you could possibly cut in.

47. Favorite kind of ice cream?
coconut (gelato)

49. What song are you listening to right now?
Into the Ocean - Blue October (it's stuck in my head... my cd player... locked in the trunk.. i can't really listen to music)

50. If you could socker punch one person who would it be?
right now?  no one.  i do have my moments tho'.