Four jobs you’ve had in your life:
1. First Grade Teacher in New Bedford, Massachusetts
2. secretary at Jones Electric, my husband's family business
3. Office assistant in the Dean's Office at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth for work study.
4. Office assistant, layaway assistant, up-front supervisor, and cashier at K-Mart.
Four movies you would watch over and over:
1. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
2. anything Disney
3. Wild Hearts Can't be Broken
4. Any historical fiction
Four places you have lived:
1. East Freetown, Massachusetts
2. Rochester, Massachusetts
Four TV shows you love to watch:
1. Army Wives
2. Grey's Anatomy
3. E.R. (yes I am still hooked)
4. Deadwood
Four places you have been on vacation:
1. New York City
2. Walt Disney World 8 times
3. Pennsylvania
4. Tennessee
Four websites you visit daily:
1. Big Picture Scrapbooking
2. Google
3. Stacy Julian's blog
4. PlayhouseDisney to set it up for Emma to play.
Four of your favorite foods:
1. Clam Chowder
2. Chow Mein
3. brownies – they count as food right?
4. Ice Cream
Four places you would rather be right now:
1. Sitting watching a parade in front of the Magic Kingdom
2. Riding Big Thunder Mountain Railroad during fireworks at the Magic Kindgom.
3. In my queen sized bed, cuddling with my husband and children.
4. Having dinner at the Stoneforge
Friday, April 25, 2008
Monday, April 21, 2008
Survey for Fun
What were you doing 10 years ago?
I was in the middle of working toward my Bachelors Degree in Humanities and Social Sciences along with a certification in Elementary Education. I was in love with the most wonderful guy in the world and waiting for the day he would ask me to marry him.
What were you doing one year ago?
I was enjoying my three year old daughter and my new born son. I was getting back to work from maternity leave and enjoying the children in my first grade classroom.
Five snacks that you enjoy (in no particular order, as all snacks are created equal):
1. anything chocolate
2. popcorn
3. fig newtons
4. string cheese
5. fruit yogurt, nuts and berries
Five songs to which you KNOW all the lyrics:
1. True Colors Cyndi Lauper
2. Manic Monday by the Bangles
3. Odd and Even Number Chant
4. You are My Sunshine
5. Star Spangled Banner
If I'm listening to them, I can pretty much sing all the words to Pat Benetar, Olivia Newton John, The Bangles, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, The Beatles, James Taylor, The Dixie Chicks, any song from Annie the musical, any song from Grease, any song in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and Dora the Explorer.
Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:
1. Take my entire extended family to Disney World!
2. Save money for my children's education
3. Help develop an inner city privatized school in New Bedford for exceptional students.
4. Invest, invest, invest.
5. Buy my husband that 65 Mustang Convertible he has always wanted.
Five things you like doing: (not in order of importance)
1. sleeping
2. scrapbooking
3. reading
4. playing with my children
5. kissing my husband
Five things you would never wear, buy or get again:
1. a bodysuit
2. puffy paint for my own wardrobe
3. shoulder pads
4. bows for my hair
5. Daisy Dukes
Five favorite toys:
1. iPod
2. my camera
3. my computer
4. scrapbook supplies
5. Adobe Photoshop
I was in the middle of working toward my Bachelors Degree in Humanities and Social Sciences along with a certification in Elementary Education. I was in love with the most wonderful guy in the world and waiting for the day he would ask me to marry him.
What were you doing one year ago?
I was enjoying my three year old daughter and my new born son. I was getting back to work from maternity leave and enjoying the children in my first grade classroom.
Five snacks that you enjoy (in no particular order, as all snacks are created equal):
1. anything chocolate
2. popcorn
3. fig newtons
4. string cheese
5. fruit yogurt, nuts and berries
Five songs to which you KNOW all the lyrics:
1. True Colors Cyndi Lauper
2. Manic Monday by the Bangles
3. Odd and Even Number Chant
4. You are My Sunshine
5. Star Spangled Banner
If I'm listening to them, I can pretty much sing all the words to Pat Benetar, Olivia Newton John, The Bangles, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, The Beatles, James Taylor, The Dixie Chicks, any song from Annie the musical, any song from Grease, any song in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and Dora the Explorer.
Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:
1. Take my entire extended family to Disney World!
2. Save money for my children's education
3. Help develop an inner city privatized school in New Bedford for exceptional students.
4. Invest, invest, invest.
5. Buy my husband that 65 Mustang Convertible he has always wanted.
Five things you like doing: (not in order of importance)
1. sleeping
2. scrapbooking
3. reading
4. playing with my children
5. kissing my husband
Five things you would never wear, buy or get again:
1. a bodysuit
2. puffy paint for my own wardrobe
3. shoulder pads
4. bows for my hair
5. Daisy Dukes
Five favorite toys:
1. iPod
2. my camera
3. my computer
4. scrapbook supplies
5. Adobe Photoshop
Sunday, April 13, 2008
TEN "essentails" that I cannot scrapbook without:
1. colorful cardstock
2. black pens in point sizes (.08, .03, .01)
3. removable adhesive
5. beautiful pattern paper
6. large desk trimmer
7. photos from my Library of Memories
8. my computer for fonts and digital layouts
9. quiet time
10. music in the background
NINE words I love are:
Happy, True, Cooperation, Fancy, Beauty, Chocolate, Liberty, Strong, Delicious, Happy
Happy, True, Cooperation, Fancy, Beauty, Chocolate, Liberty, Strong, Delicious, Happy
EIGHT of my coping strategies, in no particular order:
1. talk to my husband
2. listen to 80's music
3. take a nap
4. read
5. eat chocolate
6. drive
7. make something beautiful
8. take a shower
SEVEN things I love about my "every day" life …
my children
my husband
extended family
watching Emma coloring
watching Jake use his Handy Manny play set
hugs and kisses
reading to my children
SIX places I'd love to visit before I die:
Hawaii
Hawaii
Acadia, Canada (much of my family came from this area)
Ireland
Paris
Charleston, South Carolina
Alaska (want to do that cruise)
Alaska (want to do that cruise)
FIVE things I do everyday, without fail:
hug and kiss my kids
read something good
write something (a list, a note, a class, an article, a blog post-lots of email!)
feel overwhelmed, but also very grateful
learn/teach something new
FOUR stores/websites I frequent
1. BPS and SS and blogs I love!!
2.
www.etsy.com4. Target
THREE goals I have:
to raise my children to be strong, happy, and repsectful individuals to themselves and to others
to scrapbook memories for my children
to live life to the fullest
TWO decisions I've never regretted
marrying Jeremie Jones (I'm not saying I haven't had my "what have I done" moments, but I could not have found a man more perfectly suited to me! )
having children-there is nothing I have wanted more than to be a mother and it is the MOST fun I have ever had.
marrying Jeremie Jones (I'm not saying I haven't had my "what have I done" moments, but I could not have found a man more perfectly suited to me! )
having children-there is nothing I have wanted more than to be a mother and it is the MOST fun I have ever had.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
To All My Friends
I can't take it anymore....housework sucks. I so wish we could afford a cleaning service. Jeremie is in the middle of building Emma a new bed for her room and my house is a mess. AAAAAAHHHH! Oh well, it will be done soon.
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