The Maiden Name Game

I received this as an email today. I decided to answer on the old blog here instead of sending an email to everyone.

1. Maiden name: - Ball

2. An animal – Bobcat

3. A boy's name – Benjamin

4. A girl's name – Belinda

5. An occupation – Bus Driver

6. A color – Brown

7. Something you wear – Beret

8. A beverage – Beer

9. A food – Burgers

10. Something found in the bathroom – Brush

11. A place – Branson

12. A reason for being late – Broken down car

13. Something you shout – Beware!




I'm supposed to find ten people to play so go ahead. Get started!! I'd love for you to leave me a comment saying you posted your answers. I'll come read. I promise!

Easy As ABC....

A- My AIR CONDITIONER is set on: 70

B- My BEDROOM theme is: green, brown, & gold...no true theme

C- The CAR in the driveway is: Honda Accord

D- My DESK looks: unfinished in the garage.

E- The EXACT time I wake up daily is: It's summer... Different every day, but it's been somewhere between 9 and 10

F- The FIRST thing I wash in the shower is: my stomach

G- My GARAGE is filled with: EVERYTHING...wood, tools, bikes, etc, etc.

H- My HOME is: feeling very blah right now... been dreaming about some decor changes

I- If you peeked INSIDE my bedroom you'd see: an unmade bed

J- My favorite JUICE is: grape

K- The best part of my KITCHEN is: my owl...I love that thing!!

L- The LAST person who visited my home was: The Winburns

M- The last piece of MAIL for me was: Something from a credit card company

N- My NEIGHBORS think I'm: not here... we don't really talk to hour neighbors.

O- If you OPENED my fridge you'd see: milk, kool-aid, cheese, tortillas, and that it needs to be cleaned.

P- My last house PARTY was: The Springers and the Winburns over for dinner and boardgames.

Q- A QUICK meal I like to fix is: Quesadillas

R- My favorite ROOM of the house is: Our bedroom...we pretty much live in that one room.

S- The SHAMPOO brand I use is: Dove right now...we recently switched

T- My largest TELEVISION is: in the bedroom I think it is 42" but I could be totally wrong. We don't have one in the living room.

U- UNDER my bed you will find: A lot of dog hair

V- The last time I VACUUMED was: June 17. I know I need to do it again.

W- Looking out my WINDOW I see: the house across the street

X- I wish I had X-TRA: time! to spend with my husband!

Y- My YARD is: mowed thanks to my nephew

Z- ZZZZZZZ My bedtime is: midnight or later....It's Summer

The ABC's of ME

Thought I would let you in on a few more details about me. I'm in need of blogging inspiration and am sadly a sucker for these kinds of things. :)


A - Age: 25

B - Bed Size: Queen

C - Chore you hate: Dishes

D - Dog's name: Liberty Belle & Liam Bailey

E - Essential start your day item: Toothbrush

F - Favorite color: Pink

G - Gold or Silver: Silver

H - Height: 5'3"

I - Instruments you play(ed): Piano & Clarinet

J - Job title: Middle School Teacher

K - Kid(s): Liberty & Liam

L- Living arrangements: With My Husband in our house

M - Mom's name: Patty

N - Nicknames: Wifees

O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Nope

P - Pet Peeve: Students standing at my desk to ask to go the bathroom when they have four minutes between class to go.

Q - Quote from a movie: "Yep. Daylight savings time. My idea."

R - Right or left handed: Right

S - Siblings: I have a younger brother, a soon to be sister-in-law, and lots of brothers and sister-in-laws

T - Time you wake up: The alarm goes off @ 5:30 but it is normally 6:30 before I crawl out of bed.

U- Underwear- Yes I wear them.

V - Vegetable you dislike: All of them

W - Ways you run late: Lay in bed too long

X - X-rays you've had: Teeth, Chest, Arm

Y - Yummy food you make: Cupcakes

Z- Zoo animal you always visit: Giraffes

Feel free to play!!

My AJ

This is a different kind of post. Found it on myspace - it is a test of how well you know your hubby. I think I know him pretty darn well but we will see.

1.He's sitting in front of the TV, what is on the screen?
Fox News - that's an easy one

2.You're out to eat; what kind of dressing does he get on his salad?
Before it would have been ranch, but now that he is dieting it is Italian.

3.What's one food he doesn't like?
Mmm.. This one is a little tougher because he will eat just about anything. :) I guess I will have to say dumplings on Thanksgiving.

4. You go out to eat and have a drink. What does he order?
Drink is a water with extra lemon - food depends on where we are. If it is a Mexican restaurant, he orders chicken fajitas, other places - steak or burger

5.Where did he go to high school?
Heritage and then graduated from Baptist

6.What size shoe does he wear?
12.5

7.If he was to collect anything, what would it be?
LOL Lots of things pop into my head on this question, but I'm going to go with some sort of history memorabilia

8.What kind of sandwich does he like?
Turkey on wheat with mayo, spicy mustard, lettuce, tomato, black olives, light onion, salt & pepper

9.What would this person eat every day if he could?
His mom's roast

10.What is his favorite cereal?
Must say I don't know this one. He doesn't really eat breakfast.

11.What would he never wear?
High Heels. LOL

12.What is his favorite sports team?
Duke Basketball but he still loves him some hogs

13.Who did he vote for?
McCain

14.Who is his best friend?
Me, duh but after me (maybe even before me) it would be his brother Cary

15.What is something you do that he wishes you wouldn't do?
Play food service games. :)


16.What is his favorite color?
Blue

17.You bake him a cake for his birthday; what kind of cake?
This must be a trick question because first it wouldn't be cake it would be lemon bars. Second, Joy would make them, not me. Duh

18.Did he play sports in high school?
Are you kidding? My sweet hubby can relive every second of every basketball game he ever played for you. And trust me - there are lots of them!!!

19.What could he spend hours doing?
Talking LOL


20.What is one unique talent he has?
Again trick question because I happen to believe my hubby is a very talented guy. He is funny. He can sing and play guitar. Oh and he plays a mean penny whistle. :) He can cook. He can build and fix things (though not in a timely manner). He can scrapbook with the best of them. But his best talent is probably putting up with a crazy wife like me. :)




So babe, how did I do? You are going to have to tell me the ones I didn't know the answer too. But I think there are a couple of those you couldn't answer about me. I'd like to see you do this on facebook.


Anyone else who wants to play go for it, consider yourself tagged.

8 Things

Jill was tagged and I'm considering myself tagged by her blog. Here are my 8 things.

It's called 8 Things...

8 TV shows I love to watch:
1. Friends
2. Gilmore Girls
3. Jon & Kate + 8
4. What Not To Wear
5. Don't Forget the Lyrics
6. Beauty & the Geek
7. Lipstick Jungle
8. Secret Life of an American Teenager

8 Favorite Restaurants:
1. Dixie Cafe
2. Cracker Barrell
3. Applebees
4. US Pizza
5. TGIFriday
6. Olive Garden
7. Shorty Smalls
8. Dairy Queen - I will drive miles & miles for it.

8 Things that Happened Today:
1. I helped my hubby finish the wood floors in our living room.
2. I bought a few groceries
3. I made Mom's yummy sugar cookies.
4. I hosted a book party.
5. I watched Liam fall asleep on top of his cracker because he was too tired to eat it but didn't want Liberty to take it.
6. I had some of Jill's yummy homemade hot chocolate.
7. I watched my hubby play Tiger Woods on ps2.
8. I took a hot bath and read a good book.

8 Things I Look Forward To:
1. Church tomorrow
2. Working on the POD with my Student Council
3. Thanksgiving with my family - Chicken & Dumplings
4. Putting up my Christmas Tress
5. Discovering what ornament my hubby decides to make or buy for our first year of a new tradition
6. Journey Thanksgiving
7. Christmas Shopping with my Momma & Mommom
8. Christmas Morning & watching my Daddy open his Christmas present. :)

8 Things on my Wish List:
1. The last two books in the Sunrise Series by Karen Kingsbury
2. Bind-it-all
3. Laminating Machine
4. Serving Platters of various shapes, size, & color
5. A new coat
6. A new purse
7. New sweaters that I can wear to school
8. My living room and surround area painted.


Join the fun & do your own 8 Things.

Thank you Chelsey.

I have been tagged by Chelsey to list six happy things and then choose six people. This couldn't have come on a better day. It has been one of those days when nothing would work for me - my computer, the copier, my students. It is definitely a great moment to stop and be reminded of all of the good things. I'm not going to choose six people - I challenge anyone who reads this to make their own list. Surely we all have six little things to be happy about.


1. I have a God and Savior who loves me no matter what and who never gives up on me. I was reminded of that in a song we sang at church yesterday. I'm am so thankful to be a child of God.

2. I have a husband who is also a child of God and he is HOT!! LOL - sorry. I went to a wedding this weekend and saw quite a few boys that I dated and/or thought were hot back in high school. Time has changed them. :) Anyways - I have the greatest husband -most of the time. After all , he is a sinner like me. He loves the Lord though and for that I am very thankful.

3. My babies - Liberty Bell & Liam Bailey. They are so fun. I know most people don't understand and think I'm crazy but those two really are my children. They are so sweet and a little crazy.

4. I'm going camping this weekend. Camping was one of my favorite things to do as a child and I haven't been in forever. Andrew and I are going with some friends of ours. I'm looking forward to camping and to the fellowship of good Christian friends.


5. I don't have to go to school the next two days. I have a workshop to go to that should be pretty fun.

6. The holidays are so close. I am so ready for them. I absolutely love Christmas. I'll admit I've already listened to Christmas music this year. I love this time of year.

Waiting patiently for Andrew's return

I'm sitting here surfing the net with a sleeping puppy on both sides as I wait for my sweetie to get home. His flight was supposed to leave San Antonio @ 3. I have no idea how long it takes to fly from San Antonio to Little Rock, but it is 7:00 so surely he'll be home pretty soon. Right?

Anyway - I was browsing blogs I came across this list and I thought it would be fun to share. I put an * by the ones that apply to me. Can't wait to see which ones apply to you.


Bought everyone in the bar a drink
Swam with wild dolphin
Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
Been inside the Great Pyramid
Held a tarantula
*Taken a candle lit bath - maybe I'll go do this one right now - sounds good.
*Said I love you and meant it
*Hugged a Tree
Bungee jumped
Visited Paris
Watched a lightning storm at sea
*Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
Seen the Northern Lights
*Gone to a huge sports game
Walked the stairs to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Grown and eaten your own vegetables
Touched an iceberg
*Slept under the stars
*Changed a baby’s diaper
Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
*Watched a meteor shower
Gotten drunk on champagne
Given more than you can afford to charity
*Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
*Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
Had a food fight
Bet on a winning horse
Asked out a stranger
*Had a snowball fight
*Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
Held a lamb
*Seen a total eclipse
*Ridden a roller coaster
Hit a home run
*Danced like a fool, not caring who watched
*Adopted an accent for an entire day - well a different accent for every customer :)
*Actually felt happy about your life, even for a moment
*Had two hard drives for your computer
Visited all 50 states - Someday I will be able to put a * by this one.
Taken care of someone who was too drunk
*Had amazing Friends
Danced with a Stranger in a foreign country
Watched wild whales
*Stolen a sign
Hitchhiked in Europe
*Taken a road-trip
Gone rock climbing
*Midnight walk on the beach
Gone sky diving
Visited Ireland
Been heartbroken longer than you were in love
In a restaurant sat at a stranger’s table and ate with them
Visited Japan
Milked a cow
*Alphabetized your CDs
Pretended to be a superhero
Sung karaoke
*Lounged around in bed all day
Posed nude in front of strangers
Gone scuba diving
*Kissed in the rain
*Played in the mud
*Played in the rain
Gone to a drive-in theater
Visited the Great Wall of China
*Started a business
*Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
Toured ancient sites
Taken a martial arts class
Played a computer game for more than 6 hours straight
*Gotten married
Been in a movie
Crashed a party
Gone without food for 5 days
*Made cookies from scratch
Won first prize in a costume contest
Ridden a gondola in Venice
Gotten a tattoo
Rafted the Snake River
Been on television news program as an “expert”
Got flowers for no reason
*Performed on a stage
Been to Las Vegas
Recorded Music
Eaten shark
Had a one-night stand
Gone to Thailand
*Bought a house
Been in a combat zone
Buried one/both of your parents
Been on a cruise ship
Spoken more than one language fluently
Performed in Rocky Horror
Raised Children
Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
*Picked up and moved to another city
Walked on the Golden Gate Bridge
*Sang loudly in the car and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
Had plastic surgery
Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have
Wrote articles for a large publication
Lost over 100 lbs
Held someone while they were having a flashback
Piloted an airplane
Petted a stingray
*Broken someone’s heart
Helped an animal give birth
Won money on a TV game show
Broken a bone
Gone on an African safari
*Had a body part below the neck pierced
*Fired a rifle, shotgun or pistol
Eaten mushrooms gathered in the wild
*Ridden a horse
Had major surgery
Had a snake as a pet
Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
Slept for more than 30 hours over 48 consecutive hours
Visited more foreign countries than US States
Visited all 7 continents
Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
Eaten kangaroo meat
Eaten sushi
*Had your picture in the paper
Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
*Gone back to school
Parasailed
Petted a cockroach
Eaten fried green tomatoes
Read the Illiad
Selected one important author who you missed school to read
Killed and prepared an animal for eating
Skipped all of your school reunions
Communicated with someone without sharing a common language
Been elected to public office
Written your own computer language
*Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
Had to put someone you love in hospice care
Build your own PC from parts
Sold your own artwork to someone that didn’t know it was yours
Had a booth in a street fair
Dyed your hair
Been a DJ
Shaved your head
*Caused a car accident
Saved someone’s life