25 Random Things About Me

My friend Erica tagged me on Facebook for this and since I wanted to post something today I figured I'd do it here and 'feed' it there....


Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

(To do this on Facebook, go to “notes” under tabs (or the + sign) on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your 25 random things, tag 25 people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.)


1. I won't be tagging 25 people for this.

2. I used to love to cook and bake.

3. I've been married for 12 years.

4. King and I have been together for over 13 years.

5. I'm in love with Pembroke Welsh Corgis and would have a herd of them if King would allow it.

6. I am a trivia fiend, most people won't play against me.

7. I can seem indecisive at times but only when I honestly have no real opinion on the matter.

8. I abhor laundry duty but am so OCD about the way things are done that I HAVE to do the laundry.

9. My dogs makes me laugh every day.

10. My Puerto Rican step-father raised me, and while I didn't learn to speak Spanish I can pick out a lot of the words and I tend to enjoy watching the tele-novellas on the Spanish channel.

11. I love to grow orchids and wish I had a greenhouse to grow more of them.

12. I want to go back to college, but I don't know what for.

13. I have lived almost everywhere in this country but would go home to Northern California in a second.

14. I fucking swear a shit-ton (Thnx Erica)

15. I'm dying to get out in my new garden. Stop laughing, yes I garden.

16. I have an irrational fear of shell fish, they look like bugs.

17. I wish I had taken better care of myself in my youth.

18. I'm actually starting to like my sister.

19. I would rather do it wrong 50 times than ask for help.

20. I'm both over-protective and a total slacker when it comes to my boys.

21. I've been meaning to learn how to sew, I just haven't gotten around to it yet. My MIL even gave me a sewing machine for Christmas 2 years ago and I have yet to use it.

22. I procrastinate.

23. I can't think of the last time I had someone just "stop by" to visit.

24. I haven't lived within 50 miles of a good friend in several years. Mostly just acquaintances.

25. I'm happy with the way things have turned out. I'm happily married, my kids are happy and healthy and our lives are going well.


So now as far as blogs I'm gonna tag..... Holly, Beth, Jewels, Lisa, Melody and her sister, and finally Jenny (c'mon you're bored waiting for that bebe anyway)

"Fan her head! She'll be feverish after so much thinking."

My friend Melisa over at the Scrawl has tagged me again......I think she likes to make me work and hey we even have the same middle name (just spelled different). Who knew that thinking of facts about yourself would be so hard!!??

Here are the rules:

You must post the rules before you give your answers.
You must list one fact about yourself for each letter of your middle name.
Each fact must begin with that letter.
If you don't have a middle name, just use your maiden name.
After you've been tagged, you need to up-date your blog with your middle name and answers.
At the end of your post, you need to tag one person for each letter of your middle name. (Be sure to leave them a comment telling them they've been tagged and need to read your blog for details).

My middle name is Lynne

L - Likes sausage scramble on Sundays for brunch
Y - Yearns to be back in Northern California
N - Never has broken ANY bones
N - Nordic descendant
E - Extremely friendly, whether you like it or not! Ha!


So know I have to infect...oops, I mean TAG......5 people. I tag Fiesty, Jenny, Rachel, Stina and Dame Judy. Have fun ladies!!

I can't think up a snappy title, so here we go....

Check it out, I've "done been got" again!! My new friend Melisa over at Suburban Scrawl has tagged me for this Meme.....

Here are the instructions and my answers:

A) Each player answers the questions about themselves.

B) At the end of the post, the player then tags 2 people and posts their names, then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

10 years ago:

*I was almost 7 months pregnant with my second son.
*My first born was 8 1/2 months old and driving me nuts.
*We were living in married student housing on campus.
*I was getting ready for a trip home (California) to see my mom and my best friend.
*We were living in Tennessee

5 Things that were on my “to-do” list for today:
(I'll use last week's list since today I don't have anything I 'have' to do)

*Do laundry
*Go to the UPS store
*clean syrup out of basement carpet
*buy new rugs and towels for guest bath
*boys to basketball practice
*organize my closet (again)

I Enjoy:

*Reading
*Walking the dog (but haven't much in a couple of months: too cold and icy outside!)
*Eating/cooking with my hubby
*Being at home
*Travel
*Me time (I don't get it very often if ever)
*Watching my kids play

What would I do if I suddenly became a MILLIONAIRE?:
(We've actually talked about this before)

*We would set up college funds and trusts for the kids
*We would pay off the house so we could buy our dream home.
*We would invest a lot.
*We would share some with our families.
*We would pay of our parents' cars and homes.

5 Jobs that I have had:

*Cocktail waitress
*Waitress
*Management at a trendy "jewelry" store in the mall
*Nanny
*Noon Supervisor (Recess Monitor)

5 Things People Don’t know about me:

*I give A LOT to charity.
*I've never "broken" any of my bones.
*Although I seem organized, it is mostly an illusion
*I am very friendly and likeable but don't have many casual friends.
*I love to collect dishes (right now it's Fiesta Ware).


Tagged: Judith and Maria ....Have fun girls!!

A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little more Touch Me...

My ever so wonderful (and very busy blog designing) friend, Judith Shakespeare has gone and tagged me for a meme. Since I am forever in her debt for creating this whole blog for me, I guess I'll do it!!

Directions from Judy:
This is a really fun one. You need your iPod, for this. It's a list of questions that you answer with the title of a random song. So here goes nothin'....


1.How would describe your personality?
Cool (Gwen Stefani)

2. What do you like in a guy/girl?
Fully Alive (flyleaf)

3. How do you feel, today?
Don't Fear the Reaper (The Ceasars)

4. What's your life's purpose?
Blood of Eden (Peter Gabriel & Sinead O'Connor)

5. What is your motto?
Change (deftones)

6. What do your friends think of you?
Sympathy for the Devil (The Rolling Stones {Neptunes Remix})

7. What do you think of your parents?
We used to be Friends (The Dandy Warhols)

8. What do you think about very often?
Happy Phantom (Tori Amos)

9. What do you think of your best friend?
Army of Me (Bjork)

10. What do you think of the person you like?
La Tortura (Shakira)

11. What is your life story?
Sleeps with Butterflies (Tori Amos)

12. What do you want to be when you grow up?
Sexyback (Justin Timberlake)

13. What do you think when you see the person you like?
Bathwater (No Doubt)

14. What do your parents think of you?
Wild Horses (The Sundays)

15. What will be played at your funeral?
Kashmir (Led Zeppelin)....Mom would be sooo proud!! No really!!

16.What is your hobby/interest?
Rockstar (N.E.R.D)

17. What is your biggest secret?
Oh La La (Goldfrapp)

18. What do you think of your friends?
Six Different Ways (the cure)

19. What should you post this as?
A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More Touch Me (Fall Out Boy)


Okay well since I don't know many bloggers yet.....I tag YOU!!