8 Things

BTW, each of my 8 things are in no particular order even though they are numbered.

8 things I am passionate about

1. The way my parents raised me

2. Reading & Good books

3. Music & Dance

4. Blacks

5. The people that inspire me

6. Sports, not just pro and what's on TV but playing them, even in the backyard, just the games...

7. Carlsbad CA

8. The art of Interviewing & being interviewed

Man, just filling that part out was enough to almost make me cry...on to the rest...

8 Books I've read

1. The Bible & Book of Mormon

2. The Harry Potter series - J. K. Rowling

3. Moonwalk - Michael Jackson

4. Peter Pan - John M. Barrie

5. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

6. The Twilight series - Stephenie Meyer

7. Come On People - Bill Cosby

8. The World According To Mr. Rogers - Fred Rogers

8 Things I say

1. Do you want a time out!?

2. Sorry, but we are NOT going to vacuum today!

3. Babe, can you get me a drink of ______?

4. Are you ok?...You've got to be careful...

5. Nope, we're going to watch the game...sorry.
(I don't feel bad at all about this one because the Marce's movies to Mommies games ratio is insane!)

6. I've got a lot of things to do!

7. Time Out!!

8. I need to eat something

8 Things that annoy me

1. When packages take forever to get to my house

2. When we run out of food at the end of the week

3. When I need TV time and there's nothing good on

4. Flies

5. When Phoenix doesn't want to go down easy at night (every night)

6. Songs that people like that actually suck, in other words, alot of what is played on the radio.

7. When people limit themselves to one genre of music

8. When people are close minded or don't give things or people a chance, especially when they know nothing about that thing or that person.

8 Things I look farward to

1. The weekend

2. So You Think You Can Dance

3. Buying a bigger house

4. Taking a lot of road trips/Vacationing

5. Having more kids and then being done with having more kids, cause then I can work out and not feel like I'll have to start all over again after each kid...

6. The day when I am called as RS teacher

7. Being able to give more

8. The time when I will be able to drive

8 Things I want to do before I die

I DO NOT want to die but I'll be a good sport...

1. Run a marothon and/or Triathlon

2. Live in Carlsbad

3. Record music

4. Publish book

5. See 20/20 and drive a car...legally

6. Maybe serve a Humanitarian mission with Sharrid

7. I wouldn't mind going to Disney World

8. I would love to take a big US road trip

8 Things I've learned

1. Don't stress when there's nothing you can do

2. Carpet sucks, unless it's really nice carpet and it's in the right places

3. I've learned that I'm very patient with Marcelus

4. I don't like it when people make fun of other people just for the sake of making people laugh or for a joke, esp. like on TV. Cheap shots basically.

5. I am extremely nostalgic, and extremely sentimental.

6. I've learned that I really like to have "me time"

7. I really like shoes...for anyone not just myself. I often buy them for my nephews and neice for BD presents. I love buying shoes for my kids!

8. I really really LOVE when my whole family is together, and my extended familty too.