And Now You Know!

There is this One Hundred challenge going around. So, I will entertain you with some well known and not so well known and somewhat embarrassing facts about myself. You should do it too!

1. The majority of my clothes are brown.


2. I would rather read a good book than clean house.


3. I would rather do ANYTHING than clean house.


4. I pick the lint out of Michael's bellybutton every night. It brings us closer together.


5. I squeeze my kids a little too hard because they are just too cute and I can't control myself.


6. Food is my best friend.


7. Music is my boyfriend.


8. Big bushy beards drive me wild.


9. My middle name is Nor (Ron spelled backwards)


10. I don't shave my legs or armpits.


11. I'm not as social as I used to be.


12. I don't go to bed until 1 or 2 in the morning.


13. I suffer for it the next day.


14. Quilting is my passion.


15. Making bread is therapeutic.


16. I cook every meal, everyday.


17. I hate spending money.


18. I have cash in various spots around the house. It just sits there and accumulates.


19. I have 5 STDs(kids).


20. I am always right.


21. I am a martyr.


22. I pee my pants when I laugh too hard.


23. I have been married for almost nine years.


24. We were married on April Fool's Day.


25. I want to be a midwife when I grow up.


26. I love giving birth naturally.


27. I want a couple of more kids.


28. I give rides to strangers.


29. I buy 10 gallons of milk when it is on sale and freeze it.


30. My favorite sandwich is a Reuben.


31. I am not a big fan of country music unless it is classic country or real country.


32. I am a sucker for anything acoustic.


33. I have a guitar.


34. I don't play it very well.


35. I wish I could totally rock out.


36. I play the flute, clarinet, saxophone, and guitar very badly.


37. I want to learn how to play the harmonica and the piano.


38. I shower until there is no hot water left.


39. I give everyone the benefit of the doubt even when they don't deserve it.


40. I am a touchy, feely, grabby person. I find it extremely difficult to keep my hands to myself.


41. I am TOO friendly.


42. My family still calls me Mandy, Manda, and Manna.


43. Nobody else can call me that, not even Mike.


44. Mike calls me Nor.


45. Some days I wish I could run away and assume a new identity.


46. I heart shoes.


47. I love wearing high heels.


48. I don't wear shorts.


49. Sweat pants make me feel trashy. That is why I don't own any.


50. A new hairstyle makes me feel sexy.


51. I keep my hair long for my husband.


52. I am coming to terms with my fleshiness.


53. My dance moves are similar to Napoleon Dynamite's.


54. I think he stole them from me.


55. I have taken five years of spanish.


56. I still can't speak spanish worth a darn.


57. I want to learn how to speak it fluently.


58. I have A LOT of moles.


59. The wiggly kind.


60. Big boobs are overrated.


61. I wish I had small boobs.


62. Most days, checking the mail is the only alone time I get.


63. I check my email TOO much.


64. Jesus loves me.


65. I like to read my friends' friends blogs.


66. Romantic movies make me squeal.


67. My babies make me happy.


68. My little man has me wrapped around his finger.


69. I love people watching.


70. I like to make people smile.


71. Nap time is my favorite time of the day.


72. Sometimes I can get all three babies to take a nap at the same time.


73. I never do anything productive if they are all asleep at the same time.


74. I wish I was a better friend.


75. I wink at everybody.


76. My husband embarrasses the crap out of me.


77. I am easy to please.


78. I still have clothes that I wore in high school. I still fit in them, not because I am the same size, but because I wore the baggiest clothes.


79. I can parallel park a suburban.


80. I am just a pro at parallel parking.


81. Men with mustaches creep me out (except for Earl. He can pull it off..oh ya and Tom Selleck.)


82. I am not very organized.


83. I care too much what others think of me.


84. But not enough to change who I am.


85. I have grey hair.


86. I have never had a cavity in my adult teeth.


87. I love to sing harmony.


88. I have cross country skis that I never use.


89. I have an older brother who passed away and three younger sisters.


90. I think that I still need to mother my younger sisters.


91. I love secrets.


92. I am pretty good at keeping them...most of the time.


93. I hate feeling left out.


94. Yes I like pina coladas and getting caught in the rain...ha ha.


95. I like to move it move it!


96. I like going into people's houses.


97. I look into people's windows when I am driving by.


98. I look over at people in other cars.


99. I don't like to hang things on the walls.


100. I AM AWESOME!

How To Look Good Naked!

I have found my new favorite show! My friend Tracey told me about it and now I am hooked! What a great idea to have a show that focuses on how to love our bodies and ourselves despite our imperfections! I am shocked that no matter what size a woman is she still has deep rooted issues with her body! We are our toughest critic even though we give everyone else the benefit of the doubt. It's pathetic to see how much we blow our problem areas out of proportion. I love the saying, "What you focus on magnifies." So I will work on concentrating my rockin legs, my cute little feet, and my voluptuous bosom because I really don't want my BIF (butt in front) to magnify!

You've Had A Birthday Shout Hooray!

Little miss Hallie Celebrated her first birthday last month! SOO much has happened in just one year! I remember when Hallie was born. I remember seeing her for the first time at a Relief Society dinner. She was so tiny and new and her momma was so proud!

My heart is so full when I look back on all that has transpired in the past year!

So we decided to celebrate all that is Hallie by taking the whole crew (minus dad) to McDonald's! It doesn't sound like much but we rarely eat out so it was a big deal for the kids. It is not my favorite thing to take five small children into any eating establishment, but we had a blast! We even splurged on Happy Meals for the special occasion!

Of course Hallie knew that she was the special princess for the day!

Hallie plucked off the roses on the top of the cake and ate them all one at a time!

Our little miss Hallie is growing so quickly. We missed having Tiff there so I hope these pictures will give her and idea of the good time that we had. I look forward to watching our baby grow and learn! Happy First first birthday Hallie Wallie Mac and Cheese!

Can You Say Obsessed?

I started reading Pride And Prejudice The day after Christmas.
I then finished Sense And Sensibility New Year's day.
A friend lent me Jane Eyre and I bawled my eyes out! (Charlette Bronte is not quite as good of an author as Jane Austen but she holds her own!)
I just can't help myself! My heart has longed, ached, and hoped. I have squealed, sighed, cried, and have fallen in love with Darcy, Wentworth, and even Willoughby!So far Persuasion is my favorite of Miss Austen's Novels...

But I still have Mansfield Park and Emma to devour!

And if that wasn't bad enough, PBS is airing a whole line up of the compleate Jane Austen on Masterpiece Theatre http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/, which all pale by comparison to the books but they are quite entertaining.

I have come to terms with the fact that I have no life and that I live vicariously through Jane Austen's Characters. I just hope I don't resemble the annoying ones!