My 25 Things - I'm a follower

1. I like making lists and I REALLY like marking things off as being done.

2. I've lived in Illinois, DC, Hawaii, Nashville, and Australia. In the past 5 years. I have a Massachusetts phone number, and I refuse to get a Tennessee driver's license.

3. I often wish chewing gum wasn't invented - I hate it when people chew it loudly and snap it in confined spaces.

4. Makemake au i ka hula a me 'olelo Hawaii. I like to hula dance and speak Hawaiian. I have Kumu Em to thank.

5. I LOVE ice cream. LOVE it. I guess my dad's motto (if you don't eat enough ice cream, you'll get sick) stuck with me.

6. I am going to take a sewing class (to learn to sew with a machine) and I'm very excited. This will help speed up my quilt-making process substantially.

7. I have recently started to like white wine and champagne (I have liked red for a while). Thanks Lou and Lee & Amber.

8. I'm worried about where the CG will send us and somehow that translated into me pestering the Commandant about it in my dream the other night.

9. I have a Master of Arts in Latin American Studies. So far, it's brought me Jen P, Jen M, Marta K, and my husband. I haven't done anything productive with the degree itself yet. Perhaps I'll go back to school again and get something useful.

10. I won my school spelling bee in 5th grade.

11. I stick my tongue out when I'm concentrating. Just like my sisters.

12. I wish I lived closer to my sisters. I love them and miss them a lot.

13. The number 4 has been my soccer number and my favorite number for a long time. I think it was because I really liked Joe Dumars at an impressionable age.

14. I like taking photos and want to learn how to take better pictures.

15. I really miss both Hawaii and Australia. Sometimes it seems like a dream that we really lived there. A really great dream.

16. I only saw Goonies in the past 5 years... Jen M, I have you to thank for that.

17. I know the military phonetic alphabet (alpha, bravo, charlie, delta...). I rehearse it when I'm getting my teeth cleaned or any dental work done.

18. I have started liking drinking hot tea. Before, I just thought it tasted like dirty water. I want my cuppa! I think Irish Breakfast with milk is my favorite thus far, well, and chai with milk.

19. I promote Google (gmail, picasa, etc), Netflix, and Etsy like I have stock in them. I don't. I have Starbucks stock and it's crashing like a bad computer or whatever crashes dramatically.

20. On our first date, Shad asked me where I grew up. I said, "Wyoming." He said, "The State?" I said, "No, the city." I asked him where he was from. He said, "Jupiter." I said, "The planet?" Hahaha.

21. I know more about surfing, basketball (sports in general), and the Coast Guard than I ever thought I would now that I am married to Shad. I even laughed at his Dirk Nowitzki joke this week. (They sometimes call him Irk Nowitzki because he has no D). Hahaha.

23. I like JEOPARDY. It's one of the few tv shows Shad and I watch regularly. I kind of think that we're almost like in the movie "White Men Can't Jump" - almost.

24. I know the first verses to both the Brazilian and the Australian national anthem. I'm sure that will come in handy someday.

25. I'm thankful for my family and friends!

Meme

I've been tagged! Brad and Kath tagged me, over at Suncoast Living...


1. The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.
2. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
3. At the end of the post, the player tags 5 people and posts their name, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

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What I was doing 10 years ago:

In 1998 I was finishing up my junior year of high school. I was overcommitted, and I have no idea how I did my homework (I'm guessing I had some?). I was playing soccer, in band, on student council, and a whole host of other things. Me, being a dork, also did a summer program at Taylor University where I took college classes for credit. Some people took interesting things. I took Calculus. At 8 am. For three hours. From a person who made Ben Stein look animated. Oh, it was horrible and I don't really remember much. Make that anything. But oh, it was so much fun. There's not much to do in Upland, Indiana, but we had a blast. Two words: Mud sliding.

Five Snacks I enjoy:

1. Light Laughing Cow spreadable cheese with
2. Edamame
3. Fruit snacks! (Preferably Fruit by the Foot or Scooby Doo.)
4. Ice cream. Ice cream and chocolate. I'm quite fond of CMSs (chocolate milk shakes).
5. Chocolate

Things I would do if I were a billionaire (in no particular order):

1. Move back to Hilo or build a house somewhere close. Maybe Puna or Honoka'a.
2. Buy my dh a boat, or a ship. Whatever he wants. Oh, and a PT Cruiser for my dad.
3. Pay off the mortgages of my loved ones (Kath had this one, and it's a keeper)
4. Give money to churches (especially Elevate and Vineyard Cape Cod) and charities
5. Let DH invest the money, and give it away for scholarships, surprises, and just in random $100 bills along the street.

Five jobs that I have had:

1. Waitress (both banquet and restaurant, though the restaurant waitress part didn't last long)
2. College instructor. Political Science
3. Preschool teacher's assistant/slave
4. Hole driller at a factory. Let's just say it was REALLY good motivation to stay in school.
5. Secretary
I could go on. I've had so many jobs... I think it's prepared me to be a Coastie wife.

Three (make that four) of my bad habits:

1. Getting lost on the internet for way too much time
2. Leaving my stuff all over our house
3. Finding excuses not to exercise
4. Not keeping in touch with people as well as I should

Five place I have lived (in no particular order):

1. Wyoming, MI
2. Hilo, HI
3. Washington, DC/Arlington, VA - two very different experiences!
4. Evanston, IL
5. Huntington, IN

Five People I want to know more about (a nice way of saying TAG!):

1. E
2. Erinn
3. Amy
4. Renee
5. Beth