My turn!

I've been tagged by my lovely friend Jody to answer a few questions about myself. And here we go:

1. What were you doing 10 years ago?
Ah, the summer of 1998. My husband and I had recently moved into his parents' basement after being laid off from our jobs and having one of our cars stolen (that was one rough Spring!). We were both attending college, while I also worked temp jobs and my hubby was trying to finish an album. On the weekends we went to goth clubs and lived the usual carefree life of college students before having kids.

2. What are 5 things on your "to do" list?
Read every book by Eckhart Tolle (I was totally inspired by "A New Earth")
Do more work on our piece of land to prepare it for building
Lower our monthly expenses (even more!)
Have the monster of all garage sales
Sell this house! (I know that's not technically something that I can do, but I'm doing all in my power to help it along)

3. What are 5 snacks you enjoy? (in no particular order)
Popcorn, popped the old-fashioned way on the stove
Chips and home made salsa
Cashews
Gummy Bears
Red Hots (but they make my tongue raw!)

4. Name some things you would do if you were a millionaire.
Travel, travel, and more travel.

5. Name some places where you've lived.
Houston, Texas
various suburbs of Denver, Colorado
Omaha, Nebraska
Colorado City, Colorado
Eureka Springs, Arkansas

6. Name some bad habits you have.
biting my nails and cuticles
I am a total organizational freak and somewhat of a perfectionist, but I am only very critical of myself. I don't judge others by the same scrutiny.

7. Name some jobs you've had.
Movie theater concession stand, later promoted to the box office.
Video store rental clerk
Walgreen's cosmetic counter
Licensing agent at an Insurance company
Administrative assistant at a big Phone company
Librarian
Substitute teacher

8. Name those whom you are tagging.
Well, I honestly think Jody would be the only one of my friends to do this, and since she tagged me, I guess I'll try Tales from the Crib, but don't hold your breath...

I've been tagged - Random Christmas facts

OK, my wonderful friend Mile High Mommy has decided that I should share 12 random Christmas-related facts about myself. I've got a bit of time before the elementary school Christmas party, so I'll give it a go...

1. I don't know what happened, but Christmas totally snuck up on me this year. I've felt stressed and rushed for the last couple of weeks.

2. Since all of our relatives live in another state, we have to get everything ready even earlier so we can get it in the mail on time.

3. Our dog has ruined about eight ornaments already, even though we only decorated the top half of the tree.

4. Sadly, I wasn't that upset about throwing them away... I guess I'm not as attached to that stuff as I thought I was.

5. Just when I thought I was done sending out Christmas cards, we received some from people I didn't expect to get cards from... So now I have to send a few more last minute cards to be polite.

6. Thankfully, my kids don't have their hearts set on actually "seeing" Santa in person every year. We saw him last year and they both kind of "clammed up", so this year we just wrote lists. It's like, if we see him, we see him... If we don't, we don't. No big deal.

7. School Christmas performances are way over-rated. Everyone just wants to see their kid and everything else before and after is usually a let-down, especially the rude parents in the audience who talk over the performance when you are trying to hear your kid sing.

8. My husband and I split up at a store since I had our 3-year old and we had some presents to buy. We didn't really plan on where to meet, but I figured I would just check out and go to the car. Then my son says, "Hi Daddy!" I look up, and he is right in front of me! He casually walked away from his cart (which was filled with bicycles and other stuff that didn't fit in bags) and walks over to us, pretending like it was someone else's cart. I think we fooled the kid, but if not, we will surely have some explaining to do.

9. This is the second year we will spend our Christmas away from relatives. We have a love/hate relationship with family gatherings so we are both saddened and relieved by our situation.

10. I like to drink Egg Nog around Christmas. I haven't bought any this year, however, because it is just so expensive! I swear, the price has gone up a lot on that stuff.

11. I will never wear clothes with a Christmas picture on it. Those look cute on a limited number of people (mostly kids under the age of 8) but usually they look pretty cheesy. I'm just not big on clothes that can only be worn one time a year.

12. We've been getting so many cookies and sweets at work, that we will all be as fat as Santa by the New Year!

Well, there you have it. I hope you enjoyed these little tidbits and Merry Christmas to you all!