I guess my business has really become a hobby as of late. I am an independent consultant and Director with Southern Living at HOME. I became a consultant after a year of being a SAHM. I really needed some connection with the outside world and the money was great, too! I used to do 5 - 6 parties a month and now I choose to do only 1. My schedule has become a lot more hectic and at least this job allows me to work as often or as little as I want. I love the products and get them at a great discount. I do love the company and have plans to get back into working mode "some day".
I also love reading. I haven't done much of that lately either. When I get into a book it is hard for me to put it down. The last book I read was one of the Harry Potter books. I remember sitting on the living room floor with it having all three kids trying to get my attention and making them wait until I got to the next page! Bad mommy! :)
I'm pretty busy with the kids and just trying to keep my household together. I am really working on balancing out my life at the moment. I've been thinking of a New Year's Resolution, one that is feasible and necessary. I'm thinking that is needs to be "I will take better care of MYSELF." You know: getting a shower at least every other day (or so), going to more Ladies Night Out functions at church, dinner with Jeff and only Jeff. Again, I need to find some balance.
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What is the best theme park ride you've ever been on?
Immediately what comes to mind is the Zipper. It would come to the local fair where I lived in Texas. I sat in an enclosed cart that could flip completely around and then the whole ride also flipped around. It's hard to explain. Basically I was doing little flips within a big flip. I love theme parks. I love roller coasters. However, as I am getting older, I'm having a hard time with the carousel at the mall! LOL! I get waaaayyyy too dizzy. I think as adults we lose the part of our brain that allows us to enjoy being dizzy and off balance. (Sounds better than, "I'm turning into a wimp...")
What is your deepest regret?
This one is tough. I've always been one to just let things go. I don't dredge up the past in argument; if I forgive, I FORGET. It's been a good way to live my life. Whenever I get a question like this or think about when I've been hurt the most, I always come back to one event: I had a friend whom I trusted and she really stabbed me in the back. I don't want to go into the details, but my deepest regret was trusting her. She caused problems for me in my relationships, friendships, in my education and in my work life. Let's just say I guess I haven't completely forgiven her even though this was almost 10 years ago. I don't even see her anymore, but that's the one part of my life I don't have closure with.Other than that, I really don't have any big regrets. I've enjoyed my life. I usually make pretty good decisions and choices. If I don't, Jeff does. He's a real thinker, that one. No fly-by-the-seat-of-our-pants going on here. We're not duds, we just like to plan. Planning and good choices have taken us far and we're happy. :)
You're having a dinner party and you can invite 10 people alive, dead, real or fictitious. Who would be at your table and what would you feed them? (Jeff's already there!)
Ok, I'm going to take this in a different direction. I need a girl's night out, so Jeff's not invited! Sorry, hon. Here's my list of 10 - all alive and real:- 1. Laurel (friend who lives a parallel life to mine)
- 2. Deborah (a friend that is family)
- 3. Tracy (long lost -and finally found again- best friend)
- 4. Heather (sarcastically hilarious! gotta love 'er)
- 5. Lisa (because I'd love to meet her - quite a sassy firecracker I think!)
- 6. Kim W (because she so much fun she almost fell into a fire at a party)
- 7. Tamara (I love her genuine laugh)
- 8. Laurie (college roommate - she taught me how to loosen up a bit and just have fun)
- 9. Mom (she's a friend, too, and lots of fun)
- 10. my sister, Sarah (we just have fun together!)
What would I feed them? Well, I certainly wouldn't do a fancy supper with these ladies. I'm not a drinker, either, so it would have to be BYOB if you wanted something... sorry I don't supply the booze. We'd have lots of heavy appetizers and desserts. The fun stuff. Nothing sit down because we'd all be too busy chatting and laughing! Oh, I wish I could really have this night.
What do you prefer to drink on a cold morning? On a hot afternoon?
Hot afternoon? Ice cold water. I drink a lot of water. I also like sweet tea, but when I gave it up I lost 25 pounds in one year. That's all I changed in my diet. 25 POUNDS! So, I don't drink too much tea or soda. If I do drink a soda it's likely to be Sprite or Caffeine free Pepsi. Caffeine really keeps me up at night. I can't drink caffeinated beverages after about 2 PM because I'll be up all night. It really stinks to be tired and not be able to relax and fall asleep. I like my sleep. If I could, I'd get about 9 hours each night... but you didn't ask that did you? :)
Well, there are my answers to your questions. I'm so sorry it took me forever to get them done. Life has been crazy here and if my answers read a little choppy it's because I've only been able to work on them for about 5 minutes at a time so I never really got a whole thought down. I hope you were able to learn a little more about me. This was a really fun post. It was fun to think about different scenarios and give you more insight about me that I probably wouldn't have otherwise. I'll have to do this again sometime. Thanks, Lisa, for the idea! This was great!
1. HOw many kids did you see yourself having BEFORE marriage? After marriage but before kids? After kid #1?
Before marriage, I think it was 2. After marriage, I still think it was 2. After kid #1, I said 2 or 4, but never just 3 because there's always an odd man out. I grew up in a family with 3 kids and while there were two girls and one boy, my brother and sister were closer.
I remember, while pregnant with #2, specifically saying that if I were to have 3, I might as well have 4. Now? NO WAY JOSE'! Our third boy was a surprise and I have taken measures to make sure we don't have another surprise!! :) (In fact, when I did some research and found that almost 2% of women that had their tubes tied still got pregnant, Jeff and I felt those odds were too high for "Fertile Mertyls" like us, so he's going to take care of his "stuff" next week!) Seriously, we really don't want more than three. We love all our kids and wouldn't trade them for anything, but three is a-plenty for our household. :)
2. Do you get totally sick of the "are you going to try for a girl question?" (my friends will all one gender can't stand it...)
I haven't started rolling my eyes about it yet, but I do hear it a lot. I always come back with, "Well, we never wanted a girl." You should see the looks we get from that statement! Of course, we would have been happy to have girls, but based on my husband's lineage (only 2 girls in the last 5 generations) we pretty much knew it would be boys all the way.
Before kids I always thought I wanted a girl, but I LOVE having all boys. It is so much fun to say "Me and the boys" (even though the grammar is incorrect, oh well). I love thinking about the future and a family pictures... me surrounded by the men in my life. I'll be well protected and well loved. One day, I'll have to give them up to future wives, but in the meantime, their mine... all mine! :) I'm sure I've romanticized it just a bit and I know there will be a lot of rough times, but I think we're going to have fun! It will be especially fun when Jeff gets to take them all hunting, fishing, camping, etc. and I get to have some "me" time. Maybe I will have that week alone after all someday!
The computer: Surfing the web and blogging. I could waste hours sitting here researching information, checking my email, checking the number of hits to my blog, reading other's blogs, blogging in general. HOURS could be wasted, I tell you. But they are not as I do have a house to clean, children to feed, doctors to see, and an assortment of other things to do. I grant myself nap time as my blog time. I also check my email with my morning cup of coffee. I check my email periodically throughout the day. The guilt in it? I feel guilty when Jeff comes home from work and finds me at the computer. I don't want him to think I've been sitting here all day. I also feel guilty when little Nathan comes to me reminding me that it's breakfast time because I got carried away with the email in the morning. There's definitely a balance to find between the computer and me. I'm working on it. Just not right this minute because I'm blogging. LOL!
4. Hobby other than blogging?