Tagged! Tagged again! And awards!

My new friend Kimber at

A day in the life of a girl named Kimber

tagged me last week with a photo challenge.

(The link will take you to the tag!)

That reminded me...

I was tagged by my IRL friend Kelli at

Random thoughts of a supermom

MONTHS AGO!

So I'm going to go back and do these in order.

I'm sorry Kelli, but hopefully late really is better than never!

8 is enough!

8 things I am looking forward to:

1. Going to Atlanta next week!

(and stopping at Priester's along the way!!)

2. Paul not working 7-12's

(he'll be off them when we get back!)

3. Emmie sleeping through the night-again.

(we're back to getting up several times a night)

4. The new Harry Potter movie.

(Yeah, I'm a geek)

5. Going to my belly dance class Sat. with Konnie

(Fun, exercise, and ME time!!)

6. Seeing Jacob on a coaster at Six Flags

(he LOVES coasters!)

7. The pool finally being ready-tomorrow!

(the kids are about to drive me crazy to swim!)

8. Did I mention going to Priester's Pecans en route to ATL?

(Super YUM!!)

8 things I did yesterday:

1. What did I do yesterday??

(there goes my mommy brain again!!)

2. More laundry than any person should do in a lifetime.

(gotta get everything ready to pack!)

3. Eat lunch with my hubby.

(he's taking off this week to work on his mom's house)

4. Blogged about my new haircut.

(which I'm still trying to get used to)

5. Watched the first Harry Potter with Paul and the girls.

(we always watch them all to get ready for a new one!)

6. Tried to lay out in the sun-but couldn't stay out there!

(IT'S HOTTTT!!!)

7. Skipped my usual Wed trip to the grocery store.

(Now I HAVE to go today cause we're out of stuff!)

8. Slept in for a bit cause Paul got up with the little ones.

(NICE!)

8 Things I wish I could do:

1. Be on time

2. Play guitar well

3. Sew-at all

4. Create my own blog background

5. Learn how to take GREAT photos, then...

6. Learn how to REALLY use my photoshop

7. Stick to eating healthy and exercising

8. Take ballroom dance lessons with my hubby

8 Shows I enjoy:

1. American Idol

2. Heroes

3. House

4. Medium

The rest are reruns!

5. Full House

6. The Cosby Show

7. Friends

8. Tool Time

Whew...that took forever-too much thinking!!

But it was fun!

I am supposed to tag 8 bloggers to

participate, but I am going to cheat a bit

and name 10 combo tag/award at the end of

this post and that should cover ALL the

tags and awards! If you are tagged/awarded,

you have to participate in everything!

Unless you have already done one of these

tags/awards (like Kelli with the 8 things tag and Kimber

with the picture tag!) then you can just do the

ones you haven't participated in and

link to the ones you have!

Now for the photo tag from Kimber...
First folder, tenth pic.

This is such an exciting pic from our trip

to Ruby Falls! {insert heavy sarcasm at will}

Many of their stalagtite/stalagmite formations

looked like different items-this one apparently

looked like a 'leaning tower.' It's funny how things

look so cool when you're looking at them in person,

but they just don't come across in pics!

Guess you had to be there!!

Next, I received the Kreativ Blogger award

from Lisa over at Chapman Crazyhouse.

She's a super cool mummy with 5 kids of her own!

5-kid mummy, umm, I mean mommy's rock!

The really cool thing is, her kids are almost

the exact ages mine are!

And one more cool thing-she lives in

Austraila! (Hence 'mummy')

I love the Australian words!!

Anyway, she nominated me for this award for

my kreativ use of cheerios and foreheads!

Thanks, Lisa!!

Lastly, (yes, I promise there is an end coming soon!)

Kimber gave me this Scrap Honesty thing.

Thanks, girl! And Happy Birthday!!

Basically I have to share 10 honest things about me.

1. I sing and play the piano, but I can't do both

at the same time! Wish I could!

2. I bit my fingernails everyday of my life,

with many failed attempts to quit. After Paul

and I started dating he said,

'Please, baby, don't bite them anymore.'

And just like that, I didn't. Wierd.

3. I LOVE rock-n-roll. All of it. But not

the new stuff. I find very little redeeming

qualities in today's music. I'm totally stuck in

the 80's.

4. I'm a speed demon. My dad was a racecar

driver on the weekends when I was growing

up, and he actually tried to get me to race

his car when I was 16. I wish I had!

Of course, I don't drive that way when my kids

are in the car, but when I'm alone, I crank up

the rock-in-roll (see #4) and put the

hammer down. (usually this happens

when I'm in Paul's truck. The minivan's hammer

just doesn't quite cut it!) This is also

a major stress reliever for me.

5. I hate to shave, and truly, I don't do it that

often. I know-yuck. But even Paul's used to it by now,

and I have gotten better in the last few years.

6. I have never broken a bone.

7. I would love to have a few more biological

children and then adopt a few. As it stands, we

have agreed on one more biological and the adoption

thing may be out of reach cause the more bio kids

you have, the less they want to let you adopt one.

8. I wanted to be on Broadway. It's what I originally went

to school for, but God had different plans! I'm so glad He did!!

9. I am TERRIFIED of spiders. Seriously.

10. I'm really laid back. I tend to take everything

in stride and not stress much at all. I'm also a total

goofball, but not until I know you really well.

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OMGosh! My fingers may cramp from all this typing!

So, here's the bottom line. If I nominate you, you get

to do all the tedious, hand cramping typing

really fun interesting stuff I just did! :)

Remember, if you already did one of these, just

put a link to it! If you won an award, copy and paste

it onto your blog. In no particular order:

1. Amanda at proud mommy of 4.

2. Kelli at Random Thoughts of a Supermom.

3. Konnie at The Dooley's.

4. Christie Rose at

The Secret Life of an American Wife and Mom.

5. Tracy at Simply Smith.

6. Erica at Scottsville.

7. Mimi at He & Me +3.

8. Kimber at A Day in the Life of a Girl Named Kimber.

9. Lisa at Chapman Crazyhouse.

10. Leigh at the crazy world of the SHELTONS.

I hope everyone will join in and play along! Thanks!

And I just wanted to point out that I am

getting close to 100 posts!! Yay!!

That means another giveaway-this time

I will be giving away something yummy

from somewhere I mentioned in this post!

TTFN,