5 things Meme

For once, I'm actually all ready for the day and the Little Man is still napping (wow!), so I'm going to take a stab at Tearese's "5 things Meme". (Altered just a little).

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5 things I was doing 5 years ago:
(sorry, I couldn't remember enough from 10 years ago--that's why I keep journals--I can't remember what I did yesterday)

1. Starting my senior year at the UW
2. Learning to fall asleep while sitting up in a commuter bus
3. Waking up the strange guy snoring on my shoulder in a commuter bus
4. Applying to graduate school at the UW
5. Asking my husband to make dinner because I was too tired (I was anemic--who knew??)

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5 things on my to-do list today:

1. Go grocery shopping
2. Write some emails for my church calling as Enrichment Leader
3. Change my son's diaper (he's awake now and just let loose while sitting here in my lap--excuse me for a minute)
4. Scan 5 pages of pictures from my Mom's 6th family photo album
5. Make dinner for my husband

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5 snacks I enjoy:

1. Trail mix with M&M's
2. Costco peanut butter bars
3. Vanilla yogurt with grapes, topped with granola (mmm!)
4. Cold cereal
5. Cinnamon graham crackers dipped in milk

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5 things I would do if I were a millionaire:

1. Buy more clothes that fit me now
2. Buy photography lights
3. Buy Photoshop
4. Add a few more rooms to our house (and then hire a maid)
5. Save the rest and keep it a secret from our kids

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5 bad habits:

1. Wanting to stay up late and sleep in
2. Being indirect
3. Making piles around the house of things to do that rarely get done
4. Spending too much time online (so it's a really good thing I started a blog)
5. Being late (and taking too much time to do things)

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5 things people probably don't know about me:

1. I'm an introvert stuck in an extrovert's body
2. I write romance stories I never finish or let anyone read
3. I worry too much about what other people think
4. I'm afraid of water and can't swim (almost drowned as a kid and afraid ever since)
5. It's difficult for me to call people (especially to ask for help)

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Um, I don't think I'm going to tag anyone... As far as I know, Tearese and Charming are my only regular readers, and Tearese already did it and I don't think it's controversial enough for Charming's blog. So, I'll just say, "You're it!" and whatever random person stumbles across this gets tagged. :)

Introductions: Part 3

This is my son: Bubbers

Bubbers brightens my every day (sometimes a little too early, but that's okay). Here's a picture from today, where I got him to smile after a nap (I tell you what, there's nothin' in the world better than that).

Charming and I adore him to pieces. Every night we sneak into his room and whisper "Good night, Little Man" and "We love you, Bubbers" to him. Then we high-tail it out of there before we wake him up. (He's a trooper, though--didn't even budge when I used the flash one night to snap this one--it's all about the non-REM sleep).

He is my precious little buddy!

Here are few Bubbers tidbits:

• has his Dad's easygoing personality & rugged good-looks
  
• loves to eat
• very observant
• great sense of humor
• appears quite serious in public--rarely cracks a smile for strangers (which makes Mom and Dad feel special)
• enjoys the outdoors & new places
• large in stature & surprisingly strong
• fountain of never-ending spit-up
  
• incredible sucking instinct
• exceptional sleeper
• has the most wonderfully soft, chubby, kissable cheeks ever to grace this planet
  

Introductions: Part 2

This is me: Heidi (in my younger, blonder prime)

To know me is to know how much I love the land of my youth. This is the spectacular view I lived and breathed every day while growing up in the Carson Valley in Nevada. (And who says Nevada isn't pretty?)

Those years were made special because of my family. Here's my all-time favorite picture of my wonderfully large family. (I'm the second to the youngest--with the long brown hair).

Things got even bigger and better when we started adding in-laws! We're missing a sister-in-law here, but it's the most complete one we have of the adults... (We're also sans adorable children--of which there are 21 to date, and still counting!)

Here a few Heidi tidbits:

• adores children like nothing else
  
• sentimental
• easily emotional (times a million ever since I got pregnant with my son)
• (annoyingly?) loud guffaw laugh
• cheerful
  
• loves anything romantic
  
• very organized
• driven
• enjoys music
• optimistic
• aspires to be published someday
  

To be continued...

Introductions: Part 1

Before I go much further, I should probably make some introductions...

This is my husband: Prince Charming

He is a great sport about my addiction to pictures--especially considering he strongly dislikes getting his picture taken. Here is one of his coping mechanisms...

We met at college where he courted me like the wonderful gentleman that he is. I'll always remember him spontaneously helping me on with my jacket during our second date and how it melted my heart. Wow, I thought, No one's ever done that for me before.

Charming became my best friend and I soon realized that I never, ever wanted to be away from him...

So, one beautiful spring morning, we got married for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake Temple.

Here are a few Charming tidbits:

• funniest person I've ever met (he's got the best one-liners ever!)
• tall, dark & handsome
  
• loves a clean house
• avid reader
• always willing to serve
  
• loves to be with people
  
• enjoys a good meal
  
• sensitive & kind
• honest
  
• loves his baby son (favorites: holding him while he sleeps, making him laugh, getting him after a nap, pajama hugs, bath time, playing games, sneaking into his dark room to watch him while he sleeps)
  
• brilliant
• attentive
  
• easygoing
  
• the perfect husband for Heidi

To be continued....