Entries in meme (11)

self disclosure

DateJanuary 5, 2009 at 6:31 AM


MONTHS ago i was tagged for a quirks meme. i blame the holidays for not getting to it earlier. but really, it's HARD to write out the silly things that you do. i don't in any way consider myself obsessive compulsive, but this list might make you think differently. i'm finding that my procrastination over cleaning comes down to feeling overwhelmed, i like things have to be *just so* and if i can't do it right, i won't do it at all. anywho. here it is, my eight quirks:

.: i continually eat certain types of food that i know that i hate, just to make sure that i still hate them: barbeque chicken, grape soda, cheese curd, sweet pickles, etc. i take one bite and it's all i can do to keep from throwing up on spot... and yet, everytime i see one of them i think, "this time will be different."

.:my closet is organized in sections (as all closets should be): tank tops, under tees, t-shirt, long sleeved, button up, sweaters (sorted by thickness), skirts, and dresses; shorts and pants in a seperate section. i also organize my hub's clothing in the same fashion. when an item is removed the hanger is taken from the group and hung with the other empty hangers. it's only proper ettiquette.

.: i sleep almost exclusively on my right side, sleeping on my left side invariably gives me a tummy ache. gear that i NEED to sleep with includes: my neck pillow (a baby blanket rolled up under my neck), a light pillow for between my arms, a chunky pillow for between my knees, one earplug for the exposed ear, and my wrist brace to help my carpal tunnel issues. then i cocoon up until someone wakes me.

.: when i see my children breaking a rule i repeat the rule like rainman, over and over and over again to them. i can't figure out if i'm just trying to brainwash them or if it's for my own benefit. but i CAN'T seem to stop:

we eat food at the table
this is not a jumping couch
we give hugs and kisses not hits and bites
we use kind words
only fingers on the piano
pee goes in toilets

the benefit to doing this is that all i have to do is start the sentence and my children finish it.

.: i have caught vomit in my hands, wiped the dirtiest of noses and changed the stinkiest of poops all without so much as wrinkling my nose... but if i see mold, i will heave.

.: when i get on the computer i do everything in order: email, facebook, flickr, and THEN i can go ahead and do something else. but before i leave, i go through those three again. i'm seriously a junkie.

.: i also wash up in order in the shower. wash face, hair, put conditioner in and tye up hair, body, shave, body again just for good measure, rinse out hair and wash off body. then i stand and think. for about 10 minutes. after the soak i *sometimes* wash my face again and put more conditioner on the ends of my hair.

.: if i don't have my contacts in i feel tired. as soon as i take my glasses off and stick those bad boys in i feel awake. but i can't touch my contacts unless i've brushed my teeth, gone to the bathroom, and washed my hands.

if you're looking for a challenging meme, feel free to take this one! it's sure to be embarrassing!

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questions answered

DateNovember 4, 2008 at 10:23 AM

last week i asked for your questions seeing that i'm a total slacker, i've put them off until now.

1) Q: susan asked, "how often are you painting now?"
A: i am painting between 2-5 times a week, but i am working on creative endeavors every day of the week: photography, paint, paper productions, or crochet.

2) Q: georgia asked if i am ever going to finish my novel,
A: simple answer is NO. i may someday find the time and motivation but for right now i'm enjoying everything else i'm doing too much to devote time to it.

3) Q: darlene and patty both asked how i get it all done, where does the energy come from, and do i just never sleep?
A: this answer is multi-faceted because it very much depends on the day. many nights i stay up until 2-3 am working on my things. but i do actually nap nearly every day with my kids. some days i drag and i get nothing done. most days i put off all of my household responsibilities in order to do what i want to do. i'm still having a very hard time figuring out the secret to balancing life. ;-D so my house is a mess, we sometimes eat cold cereal for dinner, i'm buried in clothing (clean and dirty)... but i'm happy.

4) Q: darlene, dawn, and linni all asked how i got so cute.
A: not quite sure on that one. i think that the point though is that i try to be true to myself here. thank you for your sweetness!

5) Q: trudy asked what item of clothing i dislike putting on the very most.
A: it's all or nothing with me. i love to get gussied up, i really love my clothes and getting dressed. but i am a very slow mover in the morning and often don't get out of my pajamas until well after noon. i don't like shoes, i prefer to be barefoot, but i especially don't like tied shoes and even when i hit the gym i still don't tie or untie my shoes.

6) Q: kathryn asked me to lunch.
A: i replied in the affirmative. it was delicious. the owner does all of the paintings himself. wicked cool. come to salt lake, we'll eat here, you'll love it.
7) Q: dawn asked what my idea of the perfect day is?
A: i very simply love to be surrounded by friends and family. i'm happiest when hosting a party here. but if it was the PERFECT day it would mean that someone other than me had cleaned my house.

8) Q: linni asked: "I would like to know what makes you tick? Makes your heart burst with love and excitement...i know your children...but what else?! "
A: first off i would say that my religion has a lot to do with what makes me tick, knowing who i am and where i'm going has created peace in my life. watching faith, hope, and charity make sincere differences in my own life and in the life of others is something that truly makes me tick. my faith is what sees me through moments when i feel that i simply can't make it through another breath. and in the moments that are just too good to be true, i know where they came from and am filled with gratitude and love for a God that loves me. i feel inspired and led in every major crossroads of my life.

secondly, relationships: friends, family, people that i meet in a park... i really, truly love people. much of what motivates me during any day is my love for people, little or big.

and lastly, i would say creativity. molding unorganized matter into something beautiful or useful makes me feel really, really happy. giving it away makes me even happier.

xoXOxo to all

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one lie... revealed

DateAugust 28, 2008 at 8:28 AM

so now i'm feeling a little guilty. i'm afraid i've been somewhat misleading over the series of my blog. oh dear. my true lie is none other than:

7. shoe fetish.

i think i've got some 'splaining to do.

1. my body temp dropped after having my first baby and has been the same since. my mother's body temp runs at 96.4 and dropped after giving birth to me.

2. not one drop. i've also never smoked a cigarette, but oddly enough find myself craving a smoke when i'm feeling stressed and depressed.

3. even before i had children i had a deep love for dandelions. i love them in every state of their existence. my high school boyfriend brought me three dozen long stem dandelions on prom night... he'd gone up the canyon to find the perfect ones.

4. one pivotal movie: dirty dancing

5. yes, i am mormon. ps i like it and no i'm not a weirdo. ;-D

6. 27 times. but i'm feeling awful that i wrote earlier that i had moved 28 times. i had forgotten that i had ever even mentioned it before, but when i counted through the moves this time i realized that i had been mistaken the first time. i'm so sorry.

7. as i say in this post, i think that shoes are absurd. i would be happy with one pair of flipflops and one pair of athletic shoes, but because of church and winter i have several more pairs of heels and boots. shoes are necessary, some are even cute, but if i don't already own something that it goes with, there's no reason in my mind to buy it. do i like shoes, yes? do i have a fetish with a wall of shoes? no.

8. i AM a natural blonde. i need to dig up a pic from yester-year don't i?

as this is a scheduled post, i'll figure out the winners when i come back. if anyone actually selected the right answer the prize will go to them, if not i'll have to select from the group that guessed moving 27 times. i wish i'd caught that before i'd published!!!

xoxo

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6 little words

DateJuly 30, 2008 at 10:41 AM

recently i was tagged by the endearing nina beana to write a six word memoir of myself. this is no easy task, especially following her delightful and earnest response to the prompt. so here is mine:


i create
and then i edit.
i am now tagging heather, ashley, anna, and katie (and anyone else who wants to) to write their 6 word memoir.

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meme baby

DateJune 14, 2008 at 1:32 AM

it's been quite awhile since i've done a meme and i haven't felt very bloggie this week. but kristi did invite me, and since i didn't even know that she knew i existed, haha, i figured i can't disappoint her now! not this soon in the relationship at least. hehe.


1. What were you doing 10 years ago? i was dating... a LOT, and working... TOO MUCH. i worked for a failing grocery store and i also worked in product fulfillment, which sounds far more exciting than it was. at the end of the summer i got a cushy job working at a chocolate store, and THAT was even better than it sounds. in my spare time i worked on cars (MG midget and a few italian cars). i also wrote to all of my friends, or boyfriends, that were on missions. there were 24 boys that i wrote simultaneously, three that i wrote weekly. the other 21 i split into groups and wrote them once every two months. i still like writing letters.

2. What are 5 things on your “To Do” list? do you mean today?
a) return a swimsuit from diviine modestee, not only can they not spell, they are also extremely poor business people.
b)figure out what i'm going to do about squam, do you wanna come?
c) plan dinner and gifties for father's day
d) go to a wedding reception, wear cute new summer dress, pray that it's not windy as said dress has a tendency to move and float with the wind... makes me feel cute and girly... but too much wind would lead to complete embarrassment. *rethinking and adding to list: wear bike shorts under dress.
e) find all of our church clothes and SHOES so that we're not stressing out on sunday... which invariably we still will be stressing and we'll probably be late... but at least we'll have shoes on.

3. What are 5 snacks you enjoy?
a) chocolate is considered a food group in my house...chocolate chip cookes are a must
b) cucumbers
d) almonds, cashews, or pistachios
e) cherries... i eat a 1/2 pound every day during the summer
4. Name some things you would do if you were a millionaire
i think it would kinda of depend if i was handed a million dollars or if we had worked diligently to earn and save that much money. honestly, i would like to travel... and not just for 2 week trips. i think that it would be a really amazing teaching opportunity to actually live as a family in foreign countries for about a year at a time, maybe longer.

secondly, we would start a native american mentoring program. we worked for one when we were first married and found it to be the most profound work we had each ever done. the program that we worked for had problems with funding and had to shut down. but it's definitely something we would want to do again.

5. Name some places where you’ve lived. i've moved to different parts of utah about 20 times (bountiful, salt lake city, orem, provo, mapleton, and blanding...repeated, well, repeatedly), alaska, oregon, nevada, and arizona.

6. Name some bad habits you have. i'm very easily overwhelmed by too much work, so first i procrastinate a job and then it gets so big i feel like i can't handle it... so i solve it all by doing NOTHING. i have a temper. i swear, a lot. i don't let loose and play as often as i should.

now i feel awful about myself. so i'm going to name some good habits i have: i'm generally a very nice person, out-going, make friends easily, i'm creative, i have nice eyes, i'm extremely intuitive about people, i fit nicely in a hammock.

there, i feel better again.
7. Name some jobs you’ve had. my first job was shrink-wrapping and product fulfillment, being a nanny to one child, grocery store clerk, then another warehouse job, retail: selling chocolate...yummmm, chocolate.... retail: selling white dresses, architectural and holiday lighting, nanny to seven children, receptionist and dispatch at a heating and a/c place, editor, wedding coordination, mentor and program coordinator, and hot mama.

8. Name those whom you are tagging. you're it!


yawn...oh, are you still there? am i the only one bored with my answers? i really want to do a seven truths and a lie meme, but i'm realizing that i would be much better at coming up with seven lies and ONE truth.

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