Recently,
I was tagged in a get-to-know you more challenge from my friend Leane. Thought it would be fun to see how many people actually read my blog and want to get to know me better and how many people I tag actually do it :)
1.
each person must write 11 things about themselves that readers may not
know.
2.
answer the 11 questions the tagger asked, and then ask the people YOU nominate
and tag to answer 11 questions.
3.
choose 11 other blogs and link them in this post.
4.
go to their page and tell them.
5.
no tag backs!
So...Let's
do this!
11
things you may not know about me:
1.
I love the water, any kind a bath, a pool, the lake you name it. I have loved to swim since I was a little girl and was on a swim team my entire Jr. High/High school experiences. My favorite was the 200medley relay.
2. I use way to much hairspray and am probably hurting the O-Zone. And I am embarrassed that my hairspray costs 20$ a bottle. One time when my last favorite hairspray was being discontinued I bought an entire box of them. And everyone who knows me knows if I became poor tomorrow I would still need my good hairspray and my good lip gloss. I can survive on Ramen but not bad hair.
3.
I got my dog Maggie on a whim 10.5 years ago. I was looking for a small dog but grew up with German Shepherds. I saw a ad in the paper for Shepherd puppies out in Pahrump (which is about 45 minutes away from Vegas) I picked up my friend Jaime and out there we went. We went to this farm, I picked her up and it was instant love. I got her for $150.00 and took her home that day. She is the BEST dog and I will be in hibernation for a week at least when she passes.
4.
I'm not a big ice cream fan (which makes my husband sad he loves ice cream) but I love frozen yogurt. All the fruit flavors, no cake batter that's gross.
5.
I love that I am still friends with some of my friends from high school. I picked some good peeps to hang out with!
6.
I was scared to death to get married. I had went 30 years being a working independent woman and didn't know if I wanted to share with anyone. And now I can't remember what my life was like without Ryan. Marriage is the best thing I have ever done. And somehow with all commitment phobes I dated before I snagged myself a great guy!
7.
I ran into my Chemistry teacher a few years ago at Ricardo's with my parents. He recognized me immediately and knew me by name. Yup that is how much I talked in his class and ended up sitting next to him most of the year. What can I say, I'm social :)
8. I have a clothing addiction....bad! I cannot help myself I buy clothes for me, Ryan and Holden way to often. Before I was married I probably bought something new every week. Now it's just every month so at least I'm getting better.
9. I am so grateful to my parents for taking us on "real vacations" growing up. Looking forward every year to family vacation and experiencing all different places, parks and memories is something very important to me now that I am starting my own family. I already have planned in my head our first vacation to San Diego to the Zoo, I am trying to hold off until he is 1, but it will probably be sooner.
10. Okay I also have a purse addiction. I own way to many and switch them out depending on outfits...
11. I love to entertain and have parties. I am so excited for summer coming up and all the pool parties we will have with our friends and family this year!
On to the 11 questions at
hand:
1.
What was your first job (taxable through the government) and how old were you
when you started?
Goldenswirl (now Goldenspoon) worked there when I was a junior in high school. I gave away so much ice cream to my friends who would stop by after practice and I would take some home at night. Man I was a bad employee!
Goldenswirl (now Goldenspoon) worked there when I was a junior in high school. I gave away so much ice cream to my friends who would stop by after practice and I would take some home at night. Man I was a bad employee!
2.
What movie do you watch and you still laugh at it every time?
I love the Adam Sandler movie Just Go With It. I watch it every time it's on and it cracks me up.
I love the Adam Sandler movie Just Go With It. I watch it every time it's on and it cracks me up.
3.
What do you think is the most attractive personality characteristic of the
opposite sex?
Sense of humor....but good teeth and a nice butt don't hurt either!
Sense of humor....but good teeth and a nice butt don't hurt either!
4.
How do you turn a frown upside down for someone else?
Give them chocolate, if it's a girl it almost always works!
Give them chocolate, if it's a girl it almost always works!
5.
Describe your first car?
A 1986 gold Toyota Corolla hatchback with orange and beige striped interior. Yeah it was everything you envision. My dad bought it from my Uncle who made my cousin use it for a year before getting a new car, My dad had the same idea, get all my knicks and scratches out in a beater before getting a new car. Man I hated that car.
A 1986 gold Toyota Corolla hatchback with orange and beige striped interior. Yeah it was everything you envision. My dad bought it from my Uncle who made my cousin use it for a year before getting a new car, My dad had the same idea, get all my knicks and scratches out in a beater before getting a new car. Man I hated that car.
6.
What was your favorite childhood story book and why?
The monster at the end of this book with Grover. I LOVE that book and have already bought it for Holden. The best part was how my mom read it to us. She was so dramatic and would exaggerate everything. I loved it so much and hope she and I both read it that way to Holden so it becomes his favorite book too.
The monster at the end of this book with Grover. I LOVE that book and have already bought it for Holden. The best part was how my mom read it to us. She was so dramatic and would exaggerate everything. I loved it so much and hope she and I both read it that way to Holden so it becomes his favorite book too.
7.
What is the one phrase you were told over and over by your parents as a
teenager?
When it was my mom's turn to drive carpool from seminary to school every morning she would drop us off and as I got out she would say "Remember who you are and that you are my greatest treasure"
When it was my mom's turn to drive carpool from seminary to school every morning she would drop us off and as I got out she would say "Remember who you are and that you are my greatest treasure"
8.
What is on the walls (decoration) of your bedroom?
A shadow box my mom made with stuff from our wedding (invitations, table number cards, direction cards and some pictures) I LOVE IT! And pictures of Ryan and I.
A shadow box my mom made with stuff from our wedding (invitations, table number cards, direction cards and some pictures) I LOVE IT! And pictures of Ryan and I.
9.
Without naming the season, how would you describe your favorite time of
year?
Pool Time!
Pool Time!
10.
If you could eliminate one sport from being shown on ESPN forever, which would
it be and why?
Golf it bores me and when it's on I get stuck watching it
Golf it bores me and when it's on I get stuck watching it
11.
Who do you aspire to be most like in your life? Why?
My mom. She is an amazing mom and I am scared to death I won't be half the mom she is.
My mom. She is an amazing mom and I am scared to death I won't be half the mom she is.
Okay now 11 questions for people I tag.
1.What was your favorite thing about growing up in the town you did?2. When you were 15 and thought about where you would be in 10 years, how close or how far away did you come from what you thought then?
3. Favorite Cereal?
4. Who is the person who has influenced your life the most, and how?
5.What is something you are good at but no one knows because you are afraid or embarrassed?
6. What is your ideal date?
7. What color of clothing do you find your self wearing the most?
8. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?
9. What was the first placed you lived after moving out of your parents house?
10. What is your favorite book and why?
11. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
I tag:
Stephanie Smith - The Bloom Diary
Darci Buhl - Simple, Lovely Life
Rachel - Me and the Boys
Suzann Davies - The Davies Family
Whitney Walker - The Walkers
Jen Sheilds - Shields Stories
Stephanie Heaton - The Heaton's
Alright Ladies - Get to blogging!