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Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Tag, You're It

Well, I found this on BusyMom's site and thought it would be fun to do a bit of mental gymnastics. Do play along with your own answers!

Ten Years Ago...I was working full-time and going insane and feeding my kids way too much fast food and feeling like I could never catch up to anything. I was also watching a lot of Green Bay Packers football which was really fun.

Five Years Ago...
I was working part-time and volunteering WAY too much, to try to make up for when I was working full-time and couldn't.

One Year Ago...
I was nagging my son to finish/start his college applications and figure out where he wanted to go to college.

Yesterday...I was doing very little and spending way too much time on the computer.

5 Songs I know all the words to...
"The Joker" by Steve Miller
"The Beverly Hillbillies Theme"
"Dixie Chicken" by Little Feat
"Since You've Been Gone" by Kelly Clarkson because my daughter plays it INCESSANTLY.
"Look for the Union Label" - It's a commercial from the mid-70s.

5 Snacks...
Potato Chips and French Onion dip
Pretzels dipped in chocolate
Goldfish crackers
Chocolate Chips
Home-Popped (not microwave) popcorn

5 Things I'd do with 100 million dollars...
Buy my sister a house
Buy my parents a house
Buy a vacation home
Buy a 1964-1/2 Ford Mustang
Set up a charitable foundation

5 Places I'd run away to...
Tahiti
Door County, Wisconsin
Napa Valley
Los Cabos, Mexico
New York City

5 Things I'd never wear...
A Thong
A Shrug (Don't understand it and I think it would look bad on me.)
A Bikini
Any tight clothes
5" Heels

5 Favorite books...
Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy O'Toole
Miracle Life of Edgar Mint by Brady Udall
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Holes by Louis Sacher
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

5 Favorite TV Shows
Amazing Race
Lost
Gilmore Girls
24
Desperate Housewives

5 Greatest joys...
My Husband
My Children
My Friends
My Faith
Getting the mail every day

5 Favorite toys...
My iPod
My computer
My cell phone
My pedometer (but I lost it!)
My digital camera

5 People I'm tagging to do this...
Well, I don't like to pressure people, but please e-mail or comment if you wanna do this too!

Current reads...(all book club selections)
"Kindred" by Octavia Butler
"The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
"The Girl That Loved Tom Gordon" by Stephen King

7 Comments:

At 11:01 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks for doing it, great answers!

 
At 12:34 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi Karen, Michelle sent me :)

I like this meme, I think I'll add this to my blog.

 
At 12:37 PM , Blogger ribbiticus said...

great list! we share the same fave shows! here via michele. :)

 
At 8:45 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ahhh...To Kill a Mockingbird...the BEST book ever written! It is definitely tops on my list!
Thanks for visiting me yesterday via Michele's. I've enjoyed my return visit!

 
At 6:11 AM , Blogger dena said...

I love Little Feat - reminds me of my college days. And "To Kill A Mockingbird" will always, always be my favorite.

visiting from michele's ...have a great day!

 
At 10:02 AM , Blogger J Anderson said...

More memes? Michele sent me

 
At 1:43 AM , Blogger Erin said...

I was tagged with this meme too. It was fun ... but then it led to another meme!

 

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