Nov
2
My fabulous friend JerseyGirl tagged me for the Crazy Eights Meme. So, um, here it is.
Things I’m Passionate About:
1. My husband
2. My husband’s body
3. My daughter
4. My unborn baby
5. My cats
6. My blog
7. Making buckeyes
8. Guitar Hero
Things I Want To Do Before I Die:
1. Earn a steady income from My Mommy’s Place
2. Have something I’ve written published (I’d even settle for a joke in Reader’s Digest.)
3. Visit my friend Ilka in Germany
4. Celebrate New Year’s Eve in Time Square
5. Go on a Ghost Hunt
6. Own a BMW or Jagaur or BOTH!
7. Learn to play the guitar. For real.
8. Spoil my great-grandchildren
Things That I Say Often:
1. I love you.
2. Get your finger out of your nose.
3. Put your clothes on.
4. What should I blog about?
5. Are you hungry?
6. I’m hungry.
7. What do you want to eat?
8. I want whatever you want.
Books I’ve Read Recently (Or Am Reading):
1. What To Expect When You’re Expecting
2. Mr. Tickle
3. I Love You More
4. Where The Wild Things Are
5. I’m a Big Sister
6. The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead
7. The Potty Training Answer Book
8. The Irreducible Needs of Children: What Every Child Must Have to Grow, Learn and Flourish
Songs I Can Listen To Over And Over :
(And I’ve linked ‘em up to YouTube so you can listen to them over and over, too!)
1. The Longest Time by Billy Joel
2. Santeria by Sublime
3. Crash by The Primitives
4. I Remember You by Skid Row
5. D’yer Maker by Led Zeppelin
6. High Enough by Damn Yankees
7. To Be With You by Mr. Big
8. Tommy the Cat by Primus
What Attracts Me To My Friends:
1. Genuineness
2. A lack of pretension
3. A good sense of humor
4. A listening ear (Because I talk a lot.)
5. Conversational responsiveness and assertiveness (I like to be talked to, too.)
6. Intelligence
7. Disdain for the phrase “I told you so.” (Especially when they did.)
8. Enthusiasm
Things That I Learned Last Year:
1. Bribery is an effective parenting tool and there is no shame in using it.
2. Most parents will agree with #1 if you replace the word “Bribery” with “A reward system.”
3. If you ever get the rare chance to go out on a date with your husband while you’re not pregnant or breastfeeding, don’t start drinking too early or you’ll just fall asleep before the action begins.
4. Winning at McDonald’s Monopoly is impossible.
5. A bigger house means a whole lot more cleaning.
6. You can never have enough money in savings.
7. Letting your husband beat you at Free Bird on Guitar Hero will bolster his ego and really pay off in bed.
8. There is no distance too far to drive for a meal at Cracker Barrel.
The end.















I say every. single. one. of the things in the “things I say often” category. And the last four made me crack up.
Also? Cracker Barrel? Oh, yum. Love their hashbrown casserole. And their BLT salad. And the little game they have at the table.
You are the coolest Meme responder ever! The YouTube links? Totally fabulous. Especially Mr.Big - sometimes I really miss hair bands. You rock and rule and whatever other verbs the kids are using.
I’m still giggling at the things you learned last year.
The Times Square thing is overrated.
Also… wait… MAKING Buckeyes? Not EATING them? Oh, those are the best things ever!
Ahhh, Mr. Big. That’s one of those gems you kind of forget about for a while and then stumble upon it later (possibly mentioned in a superb blog post) and it’s like a treasure… like finding the $20 you left in your winter coat from last year.
Sooooo true about the bigger house. When you have small children - -you’re better of inan apartment.
I’m completely with you on “#1″ that you learned last year… I mean #2.
I LOVE that Mr. Big song too and can even sing all the words. I think I will do that right now.