Fill in the Blank Friday

Fill in the Blank Friday is happening once again over life of a busy wife. Here are my answers to this weeks questions:

1. When I'm nervous I start getting red blotches on my chest and face.

2. My favorite item(s) in my closest are my shoes and my skirts. Well, my shoes always seem to migrate to the mudroom and the kitchen. At the end of the week I have to carry them all back up and put them in their boxes again (poor shoes). I love my skirts – but it’s been SO LONG since I’ve gotten to wear them. My skirts are more summery, so wearing tights just isn’t the same in the winter (Please start warming up soon so I can wear my cute skirts again).

Andy Rooney's thoughts on women turning 30

This is for all you girls 30 years and over....and for those who are turning 30, and for those who are scared of moving into their 30's! This was written by Andy Rooney from CBS 60 Minutes Andy Rooney says:
(As a side note - did you realize Andy just turned 90?  Wow!  My favorite part of 60 Minutes as a kid - his little byline at the end)

As I grow in age, I value women who are over 30 most of all. Here are just a few reasons why:
A woman over 30 will never wake you in the middle of the night to ask, "What are you thinking?" She doesn't care what you think.

Embrace Life

This commercial made me cry (I don't know what's wrong with me today):



I, for one, always wear my seatbelt and am prone to freaking out on my kids if they don't have theirs on.

I was shocked to see a statistic attached to this video (when shown on CNN) that only 48% of American wear their seat belts. So, in true PSA-fashion: Please, please, please, please wear your seatbelt when you drive.

Tuesday's Top 10 - TV Shows

Allena from A Gurley Gurl does a Top Ten every Tuesday, I thought I’d participate this week. Here are my current favorite top ten shows:

10. Amazing Race
9. Reruns of Wife Swap (guilty pleasure)
8. Keeping up with the Kardashians (I know this is “trashy tv, but I can’t get enough)

Take a Leap?

I’m not very good with change – especially when things are very comfortable for me. A couple years ago I went through a lot of change and it really took a huge toll on me (I changed my job, got engaged, moved to a new state, etc). It took me a long time to start feeling like myself again. Now I’m back in a “comfortable stage” and MAYBE I’m considering a change.

For the last two years I’ve worked for a large A/E Company as an administrative assistant. My first year there I was thrown onto a huge EIS project and really excelled at it (I had top compliments from our clients (they even offered to set me up with a job if I wanted to move to DC – nice) and even won a nice award at work for my efforts). During that time, I caught the eye of our Public Involvement Practice Leader, she is so nice and really fun to work with, but when she approached me for a job then, I was just getting over all the changes and I still was gasping for air in my current position. This last year, I’ve dabbled in some different projects, mostly project admin work, I even got to go out in the field (the landfill) for one. Really interesting work, but to fill the time in between I had to play secretary. I don’t really have a problem with that job, but it’s not what I want to do the rest of my life. My “mentor” at work – our department secretary has always really been against me expanding my job – I don’t know if its jealousy or maybe I’m really not supposed to be doing it, but if it’s asked of me – I love taking on new challenges. Her attitude that I’m there to SERVE the engineers I’m under bothers me – I love helping out as needed, but I’m not there to be walked on – I’m better than that. This last year the same girl approached me again for a job when she had one open, but I passed, mostly because I’m a little uncomfortable with the Public Outreach aspect – I don’t know how to run meetings and be a mediator for stakeholders – it’s just not something I’m ready to jump in to. So I passed again.

Fill in the Blank Friday

Kaitlin from Life of a Busy Wife has been doing fill in the blank Friday, and I decided to participate. Here are my answers to the questions:

1. If I could medal in an Olympic event it would be the skeleton. Why? I’m not really sure – just seems like a really funny name.

2. If I was stranded on a deserted island I'd take My husband, my kids, and Costco/Sam’s Club (yeah I can bring a building if I want to okay?).

3. Blood from anyone but me and heights are my most irrational fears.

4. I'd rather work my job everyday, than be a teacher at a school everyday. (You teachers have ALL my respect – I have NO IDEA how you do it)

5. I am feeling really sick today – I should have stayed home and curled up on the couch with my blanket and just vegged out.

6. I should really be finishing a report, but I am doing this instead. Whoops.

7. One of my favorite things in all the world is snuggling with husband.

How would you fill in the blanks?

No Words

It's been a long day/week.  I have no words today.  I do look forward to getting home to these smiling faces at the end of every long day...

20 Turning 30 in 2010

I got this off of Celebuzz.com. Some of these people I have no idea who they are, others all I could think about was OMG they’re the same age as me, really?! And others I’m proud to be crossing the threshold with – if they can do it and look/be fabulous, maybe I can too.

They’re turning 30, but I have NO idea who they are:

Eliza Dushku and Bijou Phillips
I’m not sure who they are, I haven’t seen any of their movies, but they’re really pretty and they’ll do well through their 30’s.

Eva GreenOkay, I had to imdb her, she’s a Bond Girl, how does life get any better than that? Guess we’ll have to wait to see…

It's all about L-O-V-E

I haven't always liked Valentines Day, but this year I'm feelin' the love from my wonderful husband and 5 great kids, so I want to go all out.

It started Thursday with my wonderful husband sending flowers to my office.  They're so pretty.

The Death Walk to 30

As of yesterday, my days of being in my twenties are numbered. I only have 28 days to be exact. I’m REALLY not thrilled about turning 30, I’m not sure if it’s because my mom had a really hard time and it’s genetic, or if it’s because that means my babies are also getting older, or the threat of black balloons from Mr. S for my birthday, or maybe I’m just weird about the whole milestone. No matter which excuse it is, I’m still NOT happy about it.

To try to be more positive, I’ve taken someone else’s blog about how turning 30 rocks and added my own commentary to their reasons it rocks. I guess I agree with some of it, but not all of them. This guy was REALLY excited about turning 30…

Another wild weekend at the Snowflakes

What a busy weekend we had.
The boys had another wrestling tournament, Little Miss S had dance camp, and we also threw a Super Bowl Party for some friends at our house.
I thought LMS's camp was all day and then they'd perform at the Basketball game that afternoon, but no, I had to run her to Blair (about 30 minutes from our house) to drop her off at 9, then Jr.MS.S and I ran back to the house to clean for people coming over (we actually accomplished a lot for just the two of us in two hours), then we went back to Blair to pick her up at noon. 

Do you know what tomorrow is?

…um if you don’t you’ve been living under a rock…
(remember, the President had to preempt his State of the Union address because of this event?)

It’s the season premiere of the final season of Lost….