30 Day Blog Challenge - Day 4

4. What is your middle name and how do you feel about it?

My middle name is Elizabeth and I've always loved it. I was named after my maternal grandmother (even though she went by Betty - such an old school 40s kind of name and it fit her.) I loved it and her so much I knew that when I had kids I wanted to name my daughter Elizabeth, too. Luckily, Brian was ok with that! So we have a third generation child with the name Elizabeth. Oh, and not Liz or Lizzie, or Beth. Elizabeth. Or Biz if you're family or a close family friend. ;)

~with much love, always

30 Day Blog Challenge Day 3

3. What are your 5 biggest pet peeves?

Ok, I hate to admit this because it makes me sound kinda like a bitch but I probably have way more than 5 so it's hard to narrow the list down (but since that makes me sound like I'm perfect and a complainer, we'll stick with just 5.)

1. Hearing people chewing - whether on tv, in real life, movies, etc. I can't stand that sound. At all. And don't get me started on Big Brother After Dark - had to stop watching because those people (ahem, Rachel) don't realize that when they're wearing a mike and chewing, it's AMPLIFIED by about 1000%. Ugh. This also includes ice chewing which I hate. And I'm totally guilty of. Whatever. #doublestandard
2. Whistling. Hate it. And this sucks because I really like Maroon 5's "Moves Like Jagger" - just don't like the whistling part of that song. My kids and husband whistle on purpose. Just to annoy me.
3. People that don't follow traffic rules. Use your blinker. It's there for a reason.
4. People that don't use common sense. 3 & 4 kinda go together. For example, when dropping off your child at school, do not stop in the middle of the circle drive just so your lazy ass child doesn't have to walk an extra 25 feet. Pull ALL the way forward so the rest of the parents can drop off their kids as well. I promise that you and your child will survive and things run much more smoothly because of you using your common sense.
5. People who don't move out of your way in the grocery store even after saying excuse me. Twice. Asshole!

So many more but this is a good start.


~ with much love, always

30 Day Blog Challenge Day 2

2. Where you'd like to be in 10 years

Wow, 10 years from now, I'll be 50 years old so at that point I really hope that I am the confident person that I always pretend to be. The kids will be in college or beyond and I hope they are good, confident, productive citizens, passionate about life, successful and doing what they love. I'd like to be happy and content with my health and weight. I hope Brian and I are still married and are out having a great time traveling and loving life. Other than that, I just hope we're all healthy, parents are still alive & healthy, and we've learned from our mistakes and are living life to it's fullest.


* ok, all that sounded cheesy and contrived. I just want to be happy, fit, and healthy and want the same for everyone I know (but that would be a lame ass blog post.)

~ with much love, always