Survey says....

Okay Jolene (one of my Scrapper Friends) had this fun tag game and I decided to play so here are my answers and I poked fun at some of hers. : ) Love ya Jolene!

7 Things I Plan To Do Before I Die
1. Be debt free. I like this one Jolene but for me it isn't going to happen so I will just go with, live comfortably financially.
2. Have granddaughters and grandsons, I love being an aunt so I am going to LOVE being a Grandma.
3. Reach my goal weight, okay Jolene this one will never happen for me. But be happy just the way I am is pretty high in my book right now.
4. Learn all the things my camera can do, okay and you think this will happen, this is a harder goal then to live debt free, but I like it.
5. Be up to date on my scrapbooks, I love this one. I just scrapped my wedding a few months ago and I have been divorced for 13 years so I better get busy. : )
6. Live a life compassion, love and fun.
7. Learn to ride a motorcycle, NO, NO and NOOOOO, I tried this once, wasn't pretty at all. How about just enjoy being me.

7 Things I Do Now
1. Play on the computer way too much. OH YEAH!!
2. Clean up after and cook for piggies. I use to do that but now I just clean up and it actually stays that way...it's a miracle.
3. Exercise even if I don't want to, my arthritis will not let me but I can still do my yard work I am not a pretty sight afterwards with all the limping and moaning but it won't get the best of me yet.
4. Have fun with family and friends. I love being with my family and spend days with my co-workers.
5. Make other people happy, yeah, I will do this even at the expense of me but I still like doing it.
6. Take lots of pictures, YEP!!...no wonder our goal is to catch up on our scrapbooks before we die Jolene.
7. Apparently burn and peel...evil grin here..I tan so nicely..now I just need to get in the sun, oh wait I do yard work..can you see an exciting life beginning to emerge here?

7 Things I Can't Do
1. Get sand on me......I was a funny sight at the beach in August.
2. Touch powder or chalk. Shudder...
3. Don't like to see labels turned around backwards so I always turn them facing forward.
4. Eat sweet potatoes...gag...gross...or pumpkin pie.....ewwwww
5. Eat most vegetables, oh wow Jolene...I so LOVE veggies, I even love squash and use to HATE it growing up...I love them...but I can't take naps, once I wake up I am awake till nighttime and I don't go to bed till late (12:00) usually...okay what does that have to do with veggies. : )
6. Remember to bring my camera battery charger...I am so anal about this kind of stuff. I have my battery charged, my backup battery charged and all of it is in my purse and a note to not forget it is setting on the counter.
7. Can't resist buying new scrap stuff...if it is new I want it...I am going to be the owner of a new BossCut Gazelle...anyone want to buy a Wishblade?? : )

7 Things That Attract Me To The Opposite Sex
1. Okay I am done with the opposite sex.
2. No males in my house except the two I gave birth to and my nephew.
3. I like living alone and don't have to take care of anyone.
4. Sense of humor, I was married to mister obnoxious who thought life was a joke for 11 looooong years.
5. How about normal? Can you tell I haven't met very good men in my life?
6. Loves unconditionally, this is a good trait for anyone and I have tried to live by it but never met a man that did...yet....and I won't be looking for one either.
7. Still not looking for a man even after number seven. I am very content however and love my life...without a male. : )

7 Things That I Say Most Often
1. Holy Freaking Cow!
2. Are you kidding?
3. Williams School, this is Mendy, can I help you?
4. Do you want to come and sit by my file cabinet?...Can you tell I work at a preschool?
5. I am so sad that you made a wrong choice, that just makes me so sad.
6. Your shoes are on the wrong feet...and they usually like it that way.
7. Sure I can do a scrapbook for you...okay Jolene...I don't do as much as you but I have done it enough but like I told my sister, when I do it for someone it makes all the money I spend on it feel at least worthwhile.

7 Celebrities That I Admire
I have to agree with you on this one Jolene, I don't admire celebrities, they are just people like you and I and I don't think they are worth admiring anymore than a normal person. So I admire...
1. Jolene...she does so much that she makes me tired to read her blog that I read every day...but she does so much for everyone.
2. My mother...she was a wonderful christian woman, mamo, mom, wife, sister, aunt and my best friend.
3. My dad...he was a good provider and took good care of us, he is missed.
4. Andrew...my 24 year old...he is just finished up his service to the Navy and I am so proud of him and that he MADE it to the end.
5. Tim...my 22 year old...he is such a kind young man and works so hard...he is turning into a wonderful man and like a girl said at my work the other day...gee he is sooooo cute. : )
6. Ron & Katie Brigmon...they minister to prisoners...they don't look at what they have done wrong...just that they need somebody and Jesus.
7. My sister in law DeeDee, she has had 5 kids, raised a sixth and is a great Mom, wife and I just love her.

7 Favorite Foods
1. Mexican...OLE`...this is top of my list for sure!
2. Love black licorice
3. Not sweet stuff but snacky stuff, gets me every time.
4. Chocolate Mint Brownies...will eat this sweet stuff...better than sex...no wonder I don't need a guy and no wonder I won't meet my weight goal before I die. : )
5. Sandwiches
6. Nuts, expecially pecans...yum.
7. Fruit...LOVE it!!

7 People Who Need To Do This
Don't know anyone that reads my blog and would do it but gee it was fun and silly to do. Thanks Jolene for a smile and it made me think. : )

Practice, Practice

I am going to keep practicing this blog thing so I can learn how to do it. I don't know how to do much of anything so I will jump in there and post and add some pics to see what happens. Summer is over and we are into fall session at school. My sister and I had a blast going to Archivers in Houston. We NEVER take time off from work and actually took two days off and drove to Houston to shop at Archivers. After spending two days in the store (we did go to the hotel and sleep for the night) and WAY to much money we then drove to Surfside and stayed in a beachhouse my brother had rented. Was a fun awesome time. Now we wonder if the house is even there with Ike's devastation. We felt it here in Texarkana and that was only a bit of it. I cannot even imagine how it must have felt.