Eight Things

Woo hoo! I did it! I managed to come up with 8 more things about me. Denise at Mom in Madison tagged me a bit ago, but I was busy with the advent and other goings on to come up with anything. And, since I kind of wimped out on the Encyclopedia of Me (may still finish it someday) I thought I'd put some effort into the meme.

Rules:
*link to the person who tagged you
*post the rules
*name 8 things others don't know about you
*link to 8 other bloggers

One...

I am quite un-hip when it comes to music. I generally prefer classical, old jazz, and world music. I also like those soundtracks of nature sounds playing in the background. I leave it to my husband to keep me “tuned-in” to new artists and current happenings. I only recently realized Fergie is this Fergie, not this Fergie. When I’d hear the name, I seriously thought, “wow, she’s gotten pretty popular since those Weight Watcher’s commercials”.

Two...

In college, I went on an educational cruise ship around the world. We departed from San Francisco and returned to Florida. The program is called Semester At Sea.

Three...

I'm very picky about parking spots. I rarely go for the one closest to the door. I want it to be safe from rolling shopping carts and too much traffic. I prefer to be in a sunny spot near a tree or grass island if possible. The space just has to "feel" good before I'll park there. I have my favorite spots to park at the grocery stores and get a little irked when they're not available.

Four...

I love to organize and find it very relaxing. Give me an overgrown junk drawer or a jumbled mess of a garage and I'm in my element. Fortunately, I don't have a shortage of such things ;)

Five...

I have recently begun taking Karate at the same dojo my kids go to. I'm enjoying it immensely. I love my bare feet on the smooth wood floor, the quiet hum of a fan blowing from the corner and the feeling of getting stronger every time I go.

Six...

I have 4 children. My oldest child (son) was 4 1/2 years old when my 4th child (son) was born. My daughter was born naturally, but all three of my boys were born by cesarean, so I had three cesarean deliveries in 4 1/2 years. Although I recovered well from all of them, it took me several years to feel like myself again.

Seven...

Several weeks ago, our big orange cat, who's NOT an outside cat, but thinks he is, caught a baby mouse/rat. I rescued it from the jaws of death and the kids insisted we "save" it (they didn't have to twist my arm much). So, "Frederick" now has a lovely condo with a personal gym and plush furniture. We could never quite figure out if he was a baby mouse or a baby rat, none of the pictures we found looked like him. But, my niece just identified him for us. He's a vole. Yes.... a vole. We're very excited!

Eight...

My husband and I celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary last month. We got married in a small colonial town in the heart of Mexico - very romantic ;)

As far as tagging 8 others, most everyone else I read has done this one pretty recently, so if any of you out there would like to share a bit about yourselves... considered yourself TAGGED!

Comments

[pfefferminzbetty]

Adorable girl, you are :) i found myself in many parts of your description... the funniest is that vole, i had to look it up in my mother language and was astonished ;)

[Tonya]

Ok, so I REALLY need your advice on how you started homeschooling the oldest and what you did with the younger ones when they were still too little to do "school" stuff. You're an inspiration.

[Denise]

Thanks for playing. I loved reading. :)

[Madeline]

I love reading these. Your sixth one is astounding. You had that many babies three c-sections, in 4 1/2 years? I had two c-sections in three years and can't imagine...
And having so many so close together. you are a strong woman!

[Ellen]

Love your organizing comment. I love that too but then keeping it organized is the real problem.

[kate]

That's great! I'm pretty snoopy, so it's fun to learn more about some of my favorite bloggers. That Fergie thing cracked me up!! :)