All about me

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1. WHAT TIME DID YOU GET UP THIS MORNING? after 7am....Matthew was up trying to get croup last night but didn't quite make it...very restless and he and I slept on the couch...hence getting to sleep until after 7am
2. DIAMONDS OR PEARLS? diamonds
3. WHAT WAS THE LAST FILM YOU SAW AT THE CINEMA? Bourne Ultimatum
4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW? Survivor and The Biggest Loser.
5. WHAT DO YOU USUALLY HAVE FOR BREAKFAST? eggs
6. WHAT IS YOUR MIDDLE NAME? Jean
7. WHAT FOOD DO YOU DISLIKE? red meat unless it's a hamburger or taco meat
8. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CD? Jeremy Riddle's newest--so good!
9. WHAT KIND OF CAR DO YOU DRIVE? Toyota Sequoia
10. FAVORITE SANDWICH? pesto, turkey and tomato on whole wheat
11. WHAT CHARACTERISTIC DO YOU DESPISE? apathy and anger
12. FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING? hmmm...green hoodie sweater that's just the right shade of green
13. IF YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD ON VACATION, WHERE WOULD YOU GO? Kauai and Italy
14. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR BATHROOM? kind of a taupy/goldy color...hard to explain
15. FAVORITE BRAND OF CLOTHING? hmmm...people buy clothes? I love Roxy.
16. WHERE WOULD YOU RETIRE TO? Kauai
17. WHAT WAS YOUR MOST MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY? I loved, loved my 31st birthday (two years ago). Shane surprised me with a luau party at a park we love and all my favorite friends from town were there. Everyone had Hawaiian gear on and we ate Hawaiian yummy food and listened to Hawaiian music (you get the idea) and my parents bought me a lei to wear. So sweet. I also loved my 32nd birthday so much because it was the day before we had Matthew (scheduled c-section) and I had a fun lunch with dear girlfriends, had spa pedicures, flowers and cards from my dear children and a yummy Italian dinner that night with family before the big day the next morning to welcome Matthew into the world. Such special memories.
18. FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH? swimming
19. FURTHEST PLACE YOU ARE SENDING THIS? I guess wherever you're reading from
20. WHO DO YOU LEAST EXPECT TO POST THIS BACK TO YOU? ??
21. PERSON YOU EXPECT TO SEND IT BACK FIRST? Hmmm.
22. FAVORITE SAYING? ummm...I'm drawing a blank.
23 WHEN IS YOUR BIRTHDAY? August 3
24. ARE YOU A MORNING OR NIGHT PERSON? Oh most definitely night
25. WHAT IS YOUR SHOE SIZE: 9
26. PETS? yep, a stuffed black lab that's almost life sized...he's the perfect pet
27. ANY NEW AND EXCITING NEWS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH US? nope
28. WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE? a travel agent
29. HOW ARE YOU TODAY? tired right now but had a great day
30. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CANDY ? See's chocolate, especially one with dark chocolate and a lemon center...so yummy
31. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FLOWER? lilies, roses, tulips, zinnias (love to grow them in the yard and bring them inside in the spring and summer)
32. WHAT IS A DAY ON THE CALENDAR YOU ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO? The day we fly back to Kauai (we're going sometime before August with the whole fam)
33. WHAT IS YOUR FULL NAME? Kelly Jean W******s
34. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? me typing...kids are sleeping
35. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? salad
36. DO YOU WISH ON STARS? no
37. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? ocean blue
38. HOW IS THE WEATHER RIGHT NOW? drizzly rain
39. FAVORITE SOFT DRINK? Diet Coke
40. FAVORITE RESTAURANT? Red Rock, Porters, Red Robin
41. SIBLINGS? 1 dear sister
42. FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR? summer...ok I cheated, that's lots of days
43. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A CHILD? my Big Wheels or my bike
44. SUMMER OR WINTER? summer
45. HUGS OR KISSES? both!!
46. COFFEE OR TEA? coffee
47. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA? chocolate
48. DO YOU WANT YOUR FRIENDS TO POST YOU BACK? yes
49. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? Tuesday night
50. WHAT IS UNDER YOUR BED? lots of crap
51. WHO IS THE FRIEND YOU HAVE HAD THE LONGEST? Kristi
52. WHAT DID YOU DO LAST NIGHT? went out for dinner
53. FAVORITE SMELL? ocean, bread baking, fresh cut grass, after the rain
54. WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? spiders
55. SALTY OR SWEET? generally sweet
56. HOW MANY KEYS ON YOUR RING? 4
57. HOW MANY YEARS AT YOUR CURRENT JOB? 10
58. FAVORITE DAY OF THE WEEK? Saturday
59. HOW MANY TOWNS HAVE YOU LIVED IN? 4
60. DO YOU MAKE FRIENDS EASILY? I think so.

The wind

It's a blustery day here at home today and the leaves and rain are falling! We were sitting here doing school earlier and stopped to watch the wind blowing really hard and the leaves falling in big piles. Ryan commented about the wind: "God is blowing really hard." I love young minds and their sweet thoughts!

First tooth!

Sarah lost her first tooth about 15 minutes ago. To say that she is excited is an understatement. She's been running around like a crazy girl ever since! Oh, the tooth fairy is coming tonight! Yippee!

Big Thanks

So I have to give big thanks from a thankful heart to the great harvest party we went to at church on Halloween. They had great games, great activities and they gave away (among many other good prizes) goldfish as prizes . Whose idea was this? They do not have children. I talked to so many parents that night who were trying to leave the poor goldfish on the table. I saw one fish hovering in its cup over the abyss that is the garbage can. One genius friend would not allow her boys to take a fish home when they won it. I aspire to be like her. NO! You may not take a suicidal fish home. It will die within a week. It will not be here next week. How do you explain this to giddy children who just won a goldfish? Soooo...Daddy was sent to get fish food on the way home from work the next day...and forgot. He remembered on Friday (after Sarah's fish died) and the remaining goldfish ate and ate and seemed quite content in the vase we offered as a home.

Update. The fish is dead. I repeat. Ryan's fish that lived for six days is dead. Sarah's fish lived for two days and she was so upset when it died. Unlike my dear sister's children who laughed when they flushed their first dead goldfish, mine did not laugh. Ryan even told me earlier today that he really liked his fish. "It's my first pet." Oh buddy, we've got to do better than this. We'll get you a real pet someday.Life is hard, kids. Get over it.

Sorry, Kristen for copying the above pic. It was too good to pass up!

Where's Matthew?

What happens when I turn my back for one second...

He stole my yummy loaf of Cranberry Pear Walnut bread right off the counter that we bought at Great Harvest

late this morning. I asked the kids where Matthew was because it was a little too quiet. I walked in the dining room and there he was hiding behind the table with my loaf of bread!Such a sneaker!