Me

I received one of those “25 things about me” e-mail that threatens to take away my dog and the tree in the front yard if I don’t answer it in 24 hours. Ok, not exactly. But I did it because, well, it sounded like a good writing exercise. Then I thought I would post this online for readers, in case they wonder who writes all this! So here were my random thoughts at 11 p.m. last night after I put the kids to bed.

25 Things about Me

1) My husband knows how to read me better than anyone even if he won’t admit it. He could tell you these answers for sure.
2) I have a NEPHEW! Welcome baby Eli (born yesterday), who joins his 1-year-old sister and three other nieces who call me “Aunt.”
3) I spent the day home with a sick child yesterday. I did write my story, but only while she bounced off the walls and clung to my shoulders saying, “Play with me,” until I was done.
4) I ADORE my children. (guess I should have put that up sooner). My 4-year-old spent the day trying to cheer me up after I got frustrated with all that had to be done and the milk that spilled in the refridgerator.
5) I want to write a book. I’ve said that for 10 years.
6) I’ve started several, but finished none.
7) Recently I’ve read all the “Twilight” books, started “The Host,” finished “My Sister’s Keeper,” that still haunts me, and completed Joan Anderson’s “A Year by the Sea.”
I was in marching band in high school, one of six different schools I attended growing up.
9) I love Harry Potter and wish I was J.K. Rowling. (No, it doesn’t have to do with the money. Just the accomplishment).
10) I attended high school and college in Arizona and both schools had Cat mascots. What’s that mean?
11) I don’t do my own laundry. I confess, I’ve outsourced it.
12) I am dying to spend a week at my parents’ cabin in northern Arizona doing nothing but fishing and hiking with the kids.
13) I REALLY wish we had gone to Disneyland last year.
14) I am plotting a trip to Disneyland.
15) I love to write anything - stories, blogs, this. (You get the idea)
16) I love to scrapbook. I never get to do it.
17) I was in a sorority in college. I’m still in touch with three sisters: One is a neighbor and our kids were in preschool together; one is a great friend in California; and one is my sister-in-law! (Guess how I met my husband.)
18) I have a clean home office - and have for 8 days. A miracle.
19) I am the oldest of five kids (not all the same family). I have three brothers and a sister. They gave me a brother in law  and a soon-to-be sister-in-law.
20) I have contemplated for four years having another baby.
21) I wonder if 38 is too old to have another baby
22) I finally started going to church again in November.
23) We missed church on Sunday.
24) I bought my kids 12,000 stickers (I’m not exaggerating) Monday. I just looked down at the floor in my office. (So much for No. 18)
25) I mentally write blogs as I fall asleep at night. I know, I’m obsessed (see No. 15 again).