February 11, 2008
My friend Amy is finally blogging again, and one of the first things she did was tag me for this Crazy 8’s meme.
8 Things I’m Passionate About
1. My family, as dysfunctional as we are!
2. My three children
3. Getting my bachelor’s degree
4. Laughing daily, and having a sense of humor
5. Reading and learning new things
6. Being an advocate for my children
7. Being the best me I can be
8. Protecting people who can’t protect themselves
8 Things I Want to Do Before I Die
1. Visit every state in America (I’m seen 33 out of 50)
2. Show my children Europe
3. Graduate from college
4. See my children happy, healthy, and in love
5. Spoil grandbabies
6. Work with children who have been abused
7. Cry at the weddings of my children and grandchildren
8. Be loved until my last day here
8 Things I Say Often
1. Word up. (Don’t laugh - it’s something my husband and I do on the phone)
2. Babe?
3. I love you!
4. How was school today?
5. Whatever.
6. What the f***?
7. Lola is my little poopie girl…she’s my lil punkin’ pie!
8. Yo!
8 Books I’ve Read Recently
1. Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
2. Escape by Carolyn Jessop
3. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
4. Motor Mouth by Janet Evanovich
5. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
6. The Gathering by Anne Enright
7. The Kite Runner by by Khaled Hosseini
8. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
8 Songs I Could Listen to Over and Over
1. The River by Bruce Springsteen
2. Godspeed (Sweet Dreams) by the Dixie Chicks
3. Stronger by Kanye West
4. Ave Maria, sung by anyone who can properly sing it
5. Jesus Was An Only Son by Bruce Springstreen
6. How Soon Is Now by Morrissey
7. True Companion by Marc Cohn
8. Running to Stand Still by US
8 Things That Attract Me to My Best Friends
1. A sense of humor
2. Intelligence
3. A love of things I like: board games, reality TV, shopping, travel
4. An independent spirit
5. Someone who can tell when I’m being sarcastic
6. Loyalty
7. A sense of adventure
8. Fun seeking
8 People I Think Should Do Crazy 8s
1. Alli
2. Ang
3. Cheryl
4. Frenchie
5. Matthew
6. Retta
7. Deb
8. Angie
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August 21, 2007
This middle name meme jumped out at me when I saw it on Amy’s blog - I love my middle name, so I had to play.
The Rules:
1. You have to post these rules before you give the facts.
2. Players, you must list one fact that is somehow relevant to your life for each letter of your middle name. If you don’t have a middle name, use the middle name you would have liked to have had.
3. When you are tagged you need to write your own blog post containing your own middle name game facts.
4. At the end of your blog post, you need to choose one person for each letter of your middle name to tag. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.
My middle name is Catherine.
C - My first and last name begin with C, so I’m C-Cubed. C to the 3rd power. Me to the Three.
A - Is for Ass, and mine is sweet.
T - 13 begins with T, and it’s my favorite number.
H - Hot is what it is here in Florida.
E - E is the first letter of my 2nd child’s middle name, which is Erin.
R - is for right handed, which I am not. But 2 of my kids are!
I - I love ice cream, but I don’t eat as much as I used to.
N - Nice, that’s what I am. Just plain nice! (Disagree, and I’ll kick your ass)
E - is for egghead - I’m kind of a geek.
I’m tagging you, you, and you.
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August 14, 2007
I saw this Starbucks quiz on Amy’s blog and had to do it. See, I’m not a coffee drinker, at all. When I go to Starbucks, I order a Grande Black Iced Tea with sugar, no lemon. What does that say about me?
High Maintenance: You pride yourself on being assertive and direct; everyone else thinks you’re bossy and arrogant. You’re constantly running your mouth about topics that only you would find interesting. Your capacity for wasting other people’s time is limitless. Your friends find you intolerable, that’s why they’re plotting to kill you.
Also drinks: Water. Bottled, chilled, with four ice cubes, a twist of lemon, in a crystal glass.
Can also be found at: Trendy martini bars
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July 31, 2007
Cheryl tagged me for a one word meme. It’s taking just about all the energy I have at 9:30 in the morning! You can only answer each question with one word, and I’m tagging Lisa the Hippie Spelunker and Alli from Always Alli
1. Where is your cell phone? Purse
2. Relationship? Content
3. Your hair? Cut
4. Work? Busy
5. Your sister? Blogging
6. Your favorite thing? Kids
7. Your dream last night? Driving
8. Your favorite drink? Coke
9. Your dream car? Ghia
10. The room you’re in? Cubicle
11. Your shoes? Black
12. Your fears? Death
13. What do you want to be in 10 years? Happy
14. Who did you hang out with this weekend? Family
15. What are you not good at? Math
16. Muffin? Blueberry
17. One of your wish list items? Europe
18. Where you grew up? Florida
19. Last thing you did? Type
20. What are you wearing? Khakis
21. What aren’t you wearing? Socks
22. Your pet? Loved
23. Your computer? New
24. Your life? Fun
25. Your mood? Tired
26. Missing? Sleep
27. What are you thinking about right now? Chipotle
28. Your car? Blue
29. Your kitchen? Homey
30. Your summer? Relaxing
31. Your favorite color? Red
32. Last time you laughed? Morning
33. Last time you cried? Huh?
34. School? Unfinished
35. Love? Yes
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July 27, 2007
Less than an hour to go til my 31st birthday! Technically, I won’t be 31 until 7:50 tomorrow night, because that’s the time stamped on my birth certificate. We’re having a party with friends on Saturday night, and tonight my friends surprised me with cake, and my mom is taking me to lunch tomorrow. While I’m busy whooping it up, amuse yourself with my birthday countdown from 2006, which contains plenty of pictures of me in my days of youth.
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May 11, 2007
I saw this over at Whatever I Feel Like, and decided it would be fun:
What were you doing?
20 years ago (May 1987)
Age? 10
Were you in school? Yes, 5th grade.
Where did you work? I did homework.
Where did you live? Tarpon Springs, FL
What were your regular haunts? My best friends house - she lived next door to me.
Did you wear glasses? Yes
Who was your best friend? Melissa Sparks
How many tattoos did you have? None
How many piercings did you have? A hole in each ear
What did you drive? A bike.
Had you been to a real party yet? No.
Heart broken yet? Not even close.
Status on the market? Um…I was 10.
10 years ago (May 1997)
Age? 20
Were you in school? I was attending college in between popping out kids.
Where did you work? I was a stay at home mom.
Where did you live? New Port Richey, FL
What were your regular haunts? My house! (God, was I the most boring 20 year old ever?)
Did you wear glasses? No, contacts.
Who was your best friend? I didn’t have one.
How many tattoos did you have? None.
How many piercings did you have? 3 in my left ear, 2 in my right.
What did you drive? A 1995 Dodge Neon.
Had you been to a real party yet? Hell, yeah.
Heart broken yet? Sho’ nuff.
5 Years Ago (May 2002)
Age? 25
Were you in school? No.
Where did you work? A crappy part time job.
Where did you live? Tarpon Springs, FL
What were your regular haunts? Various places with my husband.
Did you wear glasses? Sometimes.
Who were your best friends? Kristin & Jim
How many tattoos did you have? Nada.
How many piercings did you have? Still 5, but I didn’t use 3.
What did you drive? My first minivan - a Ford.
Had you been to a real party yet? A few times.
Heart broken yet? Yes.
Status on the market? Married.
As of today (May 2007)
Age? 30
Are you in school? No.
Where do you work? A big company that does stuff.
Where do you live? Near-ish Tampa, FL
What are your regular haunts? My house, my office, my kids schools.
Do you wear glasses? Everyday
Who is your best friend? Jim
Do you talk to your old friends? The ones that haven’t moved away…yes
Do you have a crush? No.
How many tattoos do you have? None.
How many piercings do you have? Still the same 5.
What do you drive? A Ford Explorer
Have you been to a real party yet? Now I throw kids birthday parties…
Heart broken yet? Been there, done that.
Status on the market? Married!
Besides ones of the pet variety, any dependents? 3 of ‘em.
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May 2, 2007
A few weeks ago, I was contacted by a writer from Orato.com - Real Stories From Real People. And I thought, hey, I’m a real person, I should share my story! So here it is. You like it? Rate it!
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April 18, 2007
There’s a new interview meme going around, and Julie participated on her blog. I asked her to interview me, and she sent me some personalized questions. If you want to join in, leave a comment on this entry saying “Interview me”, and I’ll email you a list of 5 questions. I’ll take the first 5 who ask to be interviewed, and everyone will get different questions. Here’s what Julie asked me:
1. How do you get it all done in one day? Your job, your fund raisers, your blogs? Do you have a schedule that you follow?
What’s a schedule? A typical day for me includes waking up, dropping the kids at school, and then coming home and getting online for the next 8 hours or so. (And more than that, on some days). I multi task a LOT, and I blog as ideas and thoughts pop into my head. And I squeeze work in there too. I’m actually kind of spastic when I get things done, because I’m not slow and methodical, I’m kind of frantic and frazzled.
2. Does Jim keep you up all night with his snoring? Do you ever slug him to try to get him to be quiet? I ask him to roll over. A lot. He’s gotten TONS better since he started using a special nasal spray, but it’s still pretty bad. If I can fall asleep first, I’m good…because I’m a heavy sleeper. But trying to fall asleep when he’s already sawing logs? Not gonna work. I’ve been known to nudge him, kick him, smack his arm, and roll him over on my own.
3. How many shows do you DVR in a week? I counted, just for this, and I DVR 32 shows a week. That’s just the shows, not any multiple episodes that I record. So the actual # of episodes recorded per week is more like 50 or 60. Here’s a small sampling of what my DVR is set to catch:
The Wonder Years
Survivor
The Office
The Amazing Race
M*A*S*H
Tori & Dean Inn Love
Medium
Two and a Half Men
Raines
The Class
The Real Deal
Moving Up
How I Met Your Mother
Buy Me
Property Ladder
Alice
I also record the occasional special on TLC, or a movie for the kids or us.
4. Do you think we’re going to see Jim and Pam do it on The Office this season, or will they drag it out for another 10 seasons?
It’s television, they are SO going to drag this out for another 10 seasons. And if and when Jim and Pam hook up, they’re going to break up, so that we have more to watch.
5. Do you have any regrets? Way too many to list here, but the things I regret made me who I am too. If I hadn’t gotten pregnant when I was 18, I wouldn’t have Catherine. If my parents had sent me to the private Catholic university I wanted to attend, I wouldn’t have met Jim. And I regret choices I’ve made, of course - don’t we all? But hindsight is 20/20 and all that, and I can’t go back in time and change anything now.
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April 9, 2007
I was all dressed up for Easter yesterday, so it was a good time to participate in Self Portrait Sunday! I had purchased a cute little sleeveless shirt to wear, but because our temps dipped down, I had to cover it up with a jacket…so you’re getting a 2-for-1 self portrait, because I wanted to show off both!
Technorati Tags: self portrait Sunday, self portrait, Digi-Cass
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April 5, 2007
PayPerPost will be having an awards ceremony at PostieCon in June, and I’ll be at PostieCon. Wouldn’t it be sweet to top off the weekend with a nice award to take home? Yeah, I think so too! This blog was nominated for hottest mommy blogger by one of my blogging friends (thanks, Marcus!), so if you agree, head on over to vote at the Blogger’s Choice Awards.
Some of the other blogs I author were also nominated, so if you like ‘em, vote for those as well:
3DayMom is up for best charity blog.
Vote for GeekySpeaky as best geek blog.
BuyMeBlog is up for best shopping blog.
My husband is up for best sports blog. Vote for The Hockey Dad!
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