ABC....XYZ

I read this on a blog the other day and thought it would be a fun idea to try on my own blog. Thanks Lindsay for the great idea!

ABC...XYZ

A - Age: I am 37 right now, but Al keeps slipping up and saying I'm 38! UGH!!!

B - Bed Size: Double. We are cozy here, especially with 3 cats and 2 boys who occassionally want to climb in!

C - Chore You Hate: Feeding "our" rabbits!! Every. morning. and. night.

D - Dad's Name: Tom.

E - Essential Start Your Day Item: Coffee. I never used to like creamer, and now I'm basically a little coffee with my creamer kind of gal, but my day just doesn't go right without it.

F - Favorite TV Show: Dexter. It's a little different and I haven't watched in over a year, but I enjoyed it. I don't watch much TV unless you count cartoons and Disney movies. I'm not really into all of this reality TV everyone loves!

G - Gold or Silver: I have always worn gold and thought it looked best on me, but now am liking silver more and incorporating it in my wardrobe, so I wear both.

H - Height: 5'9"

I - Instruments You Play(ed): I always wanted to play the piano and lately I've wanted to learn how to play the guitar. In school, I played the clarinet. As Emily gets old enough to learn an instrument we have pulled my old clarinet out. I can still play notes and I've come to realize I wasn't too bad.

J - Job Title: Mom and Wife and Assistant Librarian.

K - Kid(s): Emily (9 soon to be 10) Carter (7) and Casey (3)

L - Living Arrangement: We have a story and a half in town with 3 bedrooms, but I always say it has 2 1/2 because one bedroom is so small ( it's the one that Carter and Casey will eventually have to share, of course!) It's too small for all of us and cats and our stuff, but it's affordable and then I can go camping in my camper that I'm still paying for more often!!!

M - Mom's Name: Linda.

N - Nicknames: Stace, Babycakes (from Al) and my Dad used to call me snicklefritzer? when I was little. Where that came from I have no idea!!

O - Overnight Hospital Stays Other Than Birth: When I was around 6 or 7 years old I played "Last one in the house is a rotten egg!" with a friend of mine and I was losing so I tried to hold the door closed, but my hand went right through the glass. Needless to say I cut my artery open and had to go to the hospital for stitches. They even put a cast on my arm to help protect it and I ended up staying overnight.

Of course, I stayed overnight with Casey when he broke his leg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P - Pet Peeve: This is a silly one, but my mom will get a kick out of it!! When someone is sharing the couch with me I hate it when they absentmindedly rub their feet back and forth or next to mine!! I'm wierd I know. I also hate the feeling of dry dirt, especially on potatoes!!!

Q - Quotes You Like: I have 2 kinda funny ones: God put me on earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I'm so far behind, I'll never die!! And: Build a bridge and get over it!

R - Right or Left-Handed: Right.

S - Siblings: I don't have any of my own, but I married into 2 sisters!

T - Time You Wake Up: 6:00 a.m. I wake up at 10:00 a.m. in my dreamworld because I love to sleep late, but on the weekends the kids get up earlier than on school days. It just doesn't happen around here although Al thinks I sleep late because he wakes up at 5:00 or earlier most days.

U - Ultimate Dessert: Something with dark chocolate!! I kind of have a sweet tooth and I am a chocoholic to boot!

V - Vegetable You Dislike: I don't care for brussels sprouts or okra, too slimy!

W - Ways You Run Late: What ways aren't there to run late? Late getting up. Late waking the kids up. Late stopping doing stuff on the computer to get going. Late making supper. Late getting to bed. Late getting to work (although when I go in after I take the kids to school, I'm actually early!!) Late putting orders in. Late starting homework. I was born late!!!

X - X-rays You've Had: I'm not sure that I've had x-rays. Maybe one time in college on my ankle. I don't remember for sure. My mom would know. None since I've been married.

Y - Yummy Food You Make: Dutch oven potatoes, cheesy chicken italiano in dutch oven, chickent tortilla soup, sante fe chicken, to name a few.

Z - Zoo Animal: I've learned a great appreciation for penguins since Emily and Carter have both learned an awful lot about kinds of penguins, etc. But, I really just like all the animals in general. Sometimes, it's sad to see them in cages, but it's cool to be able to see them at all, too.


So now you know some more crazy facts about me!!! Have a good one!!