Random Things about me

My sister Jen sent this to me and I don't have any time to write since I have like 18 cousins at my house while Mama Smiths house gets prepped for the wedding so I thought I would post this for anyone who might be interested. I thought some of the questions were funny.....

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
nope, although my middle name, Lynn, is the same as my mom's
2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
its been awhile I hold onto my anger for a long time
3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING
It's okay
4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
probably turkey
5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?
5 boys and a husband
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
of course.... people like me.... they really like me (that is a total flashback to SNL)
7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT?
maybe just a little bit
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS
yes
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?
yup done it 3 times already
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?
mini wheats
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
depends on what ones, I have a lot of shoes/boots and I love them all
12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG?
I was... now not so much
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?
how I miss Nova Scotia for my grapenut ice cream
14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?
nose, whether it is large or cute or hairy or bulbous... you know the importan things
15. RED OR PINK?
red for decor pink to wear
16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?
I still look like I am 6 months pregnant yuck!
17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST
gosh there are too many... when you don't have any friends where you live it makes you really appreciate the ones you have had
18. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?
jeans and fabulous earth boots
19. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE?
sadly it was oreos thus the answer to question16
20. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
nothing!! baby is downstairs with his brothers!!
21. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
black, it would be so easy to get dressed every morning don't you think?
22. FAVORITE SMELLS?
garlic sautéing, the wood section in home depot, and the smell of anything new!
23. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
my sweetie
24. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?
yup, she's my sis and we haven't always had the best relationship but I love her and miss her tonnes
25. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
whatever one my boys are playing at the time, football, baseball, soccer....
26. HAIR COLOR?
brown
27. EYE COLOR?
green/blue/grey... they used to be blue but now all of my boys have beautiful blue eyes so I really think they are the ones who sucked the last little bit of color I had left in them for themselves. Thats what any good mom would do right?
28. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
no but i do wear glasses for night driving and watching movies
29. FAVORITE FOOD?
pizza... I love pizza... any kind... cheap 5 buck pizza, gormet pizza, frozen pizza, left over pizza... well you get the idea :)
30. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?
Happy endings
31. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
hmm there have been so many but i think it was Becoming Jane, it was okay I think I would like to watch it again because the english accents made it hard to understand for the first half and maybe that I had the door open like 100 times as I watched it made me miss quite a bit.
32. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?
black
33. SUMMER OR WINTER?
I like them both
34. HUGS OR KISSES?
hugs... they are much cleaner than kisses. I am not big into slobber, the only time it is acceptable is when I am having a nap and I drool on my own pillow or into my hand but it is my drool and nobody elses.... can you tell that I live in a house full of boys?
35. FAVORITE DESSERT?
lava cake at Chilis restaurant, i love chocolate cake with icing but no ice cream I don't like soggy cake.
36. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
I don't read, if I have the time I would rather watch TV or sleep
37. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
don't have one
38. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON T.V. LAST NIGHT?
Project Runway and I watched the ending of something about a Supermodel but don't tell Steve!
39. FAVORITE SOUND?
when everybody is sleeping at night... so the quiet... and any time that Steve is sleeping and not snoring :)
40. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?
Beatles especially Hey Jude because it is so fun to sing karaoke too
41. WHERE IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?
Prague and Vienna
42. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?
not even one
43. WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
Liver pool, Nova Scotia Canada

Soccer Tryouts

So Ave is off for his first day of the high school tryouts and I am nervous enough for the both of us. He has been playing soccer since he was in kindergarten and he loves it and he's really good but you just never know. So the next few days I will have a pit in my stomach and hoping hoping hoping that he makes it. How do you prepare for something like this? It is a dreary, rainy day and I have watched 3 episodes of this supermodel show so that should tell you how productive of a day I have had. Seth scrapped the wood floor really badly this morning so I decided to try one of those markers to fill it in with and then I kept seeing more and more scratches so I kept colring them in and I am just noticing with the light hitting it differently this afternoon that it made it look even worse so Steve is going to kill me. I was just trying to make it better and I ended up making it worse, that seems to happen to me alot. Especially when I talk, I put my foot in my mouth so many times that I am not surprised that I don't have many friends. I try to hard to be right and make myself sound smart.is the problem I think. I used to be smart but now that I have teenagers in the house and a husband who knows everything I second guess everything. All I want to do is be right sometimes, like what if I put the extra cabinet in the laundry room and it does look stupid and close in the whole room? I am looking at it as a person who is only 5'5" and Steve is 6'3" so could he be right and then I will end up hating it and wanting to take it all down? I always have these great ideas in my own head but following through I chicken out. The lesson we had at church on Sunday was all about having faith without fear. I realized that I have lived my life with fear, fear of failing, of not being as good as somebody else. It really has stopped me from accomplishing very much in my life. I have had so many opportunities and I have not done with them what I should have. WOW where did all that come from? ... cabinets in the laundry room to faith versus fear. yeah I really need to get of the house :) Well off to make something that will appease the boys hunger and pick up Ave from tryouts. Keep him and me in your prayers or we both might have a nervous breakdown!!!

The Flu

Ask me if I am happy? Really... I actually had a good sleep last night(which is a huge thing for me since I am a total insomniac) and I even got to sleep in. Sounds great so far right? Well around 8 Steve came in and woke me up, I have to admit I was a little annoyed, and he asks me in a very loud voice "Did you notice that I was up all night throwing up?" Now is that the way to start the morning? So we appear to have the stomach flu going around. Now the worst part is that Steve can have no contact with Seth. I am not sure why he thinks that is fair since anytime I am sick not only do I have to take care of Seth all day, I am expected to do all of my regular daytime stuff too. I guess its my punishment for taking a break yesterday and going out on my own. It's gotta be a mothers curse I suppose. I am contemplating keeping every one home from church so that if it does go through anybody else we can't be blamed. Sigh... I really did have a good sleep, maybe God knew that I needed to have some stored up strength for the next few days. Wish us luck!

First Edition

Okay so I have decided to enter the world of blogs... again. I don't quite remember why I stopped last time but I think it was because it really is open to the whole internet world. But things are sooo boring with my life that I find myself reading through random peoples blogs and searching KSL (local news and classifieds) that I thought maybe this would be a little productive since I struggle with sitting down and writing a journal. I am not going to post pictures but those of you who read this and want to see my fabulous family and the trouble we get into every once in a while you have access to my facebook so that takes care of that! I am off for a date tonight with Steve and one of his college friends to see Vantage Point ? ... not excited about the movie but I really like Laura and Mason (and Steve) so I will enjoy myself. Its nice to have adult conversation every once in a while. My vocabulary consists of no, no, stop it, get down and please please have a nap and no :) Thats what its like having a very 'determined' 2 year old in the house. I have been having fun with Mama Smith getting her out of the house to shop for wedding stuff (Steve's youngest sister is getting married at the end of the month) If I didn't have Mama here I don't think I would make it, she is a nice reprieve from the boredom. I always complain that I have no friends and that I am always praying for one but when I get out of my selfish moods (which really isn't often... some things never change) I realize I have a wonderful relationship with my mother-in-law so my my prayers have been answered. I appreciate her so much. It's crazy how things can always be changing in our lives but the need to have friends never goes away. Okay I really need to get out of my PJs and get ready for my date night! I do love my Fridays! Its been a greay, cold day and I have cleaned out my fridge, organized toys, did some minor dusting and laundry and kitchen and all that fun stuff... not!! So now that it is almost 3:30 in the afternoon I better get ready!