Copy Cat!!! Thats me!

So I'm totally copying a post from my friend Becky's blog (http://queenofscrap.blogspot.com/)
I couldn't think of anything to blog since I just woke up, but had promised to update so this is what I'm doing. Maybe later when my brain has warmed up I'll have something more insightful to say!

What exactly are you wearing right now? Watermelon pink tank top and undies (I just woke up)
What is your current problem? Our house in IL not having sold yet.
What makes you most happy? being with family and friends
If you could go back in time and change something would you? yes, but I'm not sure what I would chose if I was being limited to just one thing so...
Name something obvious about you. I could stand to shed a few pounds.
Name something that people might not know about you. I'm PETRIFIED of the dark!
What's the name of the song that you're listening to? For Once in my Life<>
Name someone with the same birthday as you. I don't know of anyone personally, but I THINK that Drew Barrymore has the same bday as me.
Ever sang in front of a large audience? Yes, and I'll NEVER do it again!!!
Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity? yeah, and I hate that its kinda true! Rosie O'Donnell> how horrible is THAT!
Do you still watch kiddy movies or kiddie TV shows? Heck yeah! I love kids movies! But not the stupid stuff. I collect all the Disney ones and Veggie Tale ones too!
Do you speak any other languages? I could get by w/ my Spanish skills. I understand it better than I speak it.
What magazines do you read? Scrapbook ones and food ones, and I subscribe to most of both!
Have you ever ridden in a Hummer limo? No, but I have ridden in and DRIVEN a Hummer!
Has anyone you've been really close with passed away? Yes, my mom.
Do you ever watch MTV? nope
What's something that really annoys you? whining!
Chapter 1:
Middle name? Renee
Nickname(s)? 'Nise, D, and that's about it.
Eye color? "poop" brown, I was actually told this once in HS, by a guy that I liked. He said your eyes are the color of sh!t. Nice, huh?
Chapter 2:
Do you live with your parents? nope
Do you get along with your parents? my mom was my best friend, my dad and I basically tolerate each other.
Are your parents married/separated/divorced? divorced
Do you have any siblings? One older brother
Chapter 3: apparently Chap 3 is MIA
Chapter 4:
Do You Sing in the shower? Nope!
Write on your hand? yup
Call people back? usually
Believe in love? yes
Sleep on a certain side of the bed? Yes, the side farthest from the door.
Have any bad habits? Yes, and I'm trying to break some of them.
Chapter 5:
Have You Ever Broken a bone? no, but I did crack my ankle bone YEARS ago
Gotten stitches? yup
Taken painkillers? yes
Gone SCUBA diving? nope
Been stung by a bee? nope
Thrown up in a restaurant? Not that I recall
Been to overnight camp? yes
Had detention? yes
Been sent to the principal's office? no
Chapter 6:
Who/What was the last:
Person to IM you? C, my dh
What did it say: lovelovelovelove
Person to call you: C called last night on his way home.
Person you tackled? C, my dh
Thing you touched: besides the computer stuff, the hand towel in the bathroom!
Thing you ate: fudge marble cake w/chocolate buttercream icing
Thing you drank: milk
Thing you said: goodnightIloveyou!

Ok so my plans for the day are to TOTALLY straighten up and organize my scrap room! If I get it done to my liking I will post pics later. I probably should have taken before pics but it's too late for that now.
Catch you later!

Ok, so here's the color combo....

I think I'm going to stick w/ this combo (at least for now anyway, I love to change stuff up)
Now we need to work on adding in 'fun' stuff to the blog, ie: pics, clocks, and whatever else strikes my fancy.

For my bday last week, C got me a cleaning service, one that will show up every other week. I'm very happy to have the help. I hate doing the floors in this house. I just wish they could fold and put away laundry too! lol C doesn't help so somebody has to do it. I figure it will eleviate a lot of stress in our home. Plus these ladies will do all the nitty gritty stuff that I only get around to doing every couple of months... like the baseboards, and windows, and all the dusting.... it will be good I'm sure. I'm just nervous about the $$$ part. C says he's got it all worked out, so I'm just gonna trust him on that. Today is their first day, and I'm nervous and excited at the same time.

OK now to ramble on about my sibling like I promised, cause I know you were just waiting w/ baited breath! I have one older brother, B. He is 5 yrs older than me. He is married w/ 2 kids. H e still lives on Long Island and I don't get to see him as much as I'd like. He is currently having marriage problems and I'm praying that they can work things out, for many reasons. He LOVES to play golf and poker. (hence, the marriage problems) When we were kids we fought like cats and dogs! We would hit and yell and scream (well, I would scream). We hardly ever got along. When I was in HS things started to chage. He was living in our grandmothers house right next to our house and at the time he was going through a rough patch in his life. I would hang out over there and we would watch movies and go to Friendlys for ice cream. I remember having some great conversations w/ him at this point in our lives. Then I went out of state to college and we only talked when I was in town. Again, we were growing up and maturing so our relationship only got better. Now, as adults, we can talk on the phone for hours at a time. I love my brother and would do anything for him. He is funny, smart, and cool. He's a teacher, so he has the summers off and I'm trying to get him to come down here for at least a week this year. Who knows, maybe w/ all the strife at home (actually he moved out, but...) he will need to get away for a while. but I'm not dumb, I know my brother... he ain't coming to visit me in TX!

this is what you call a "whaaat the....????"

sorry folks, but all good things must come to an end. (and bad things too) Not that this is 'bad', it's just not how it's gonna stay. And yes, I am talking about the look of my blog. This, my friends, is what happens when you let your colored-blind DH choose the background color for your blog. I really couldn't complain about it b/c he was so nice about doing it, but I really can't let it stay this way either. So tonight, after dark, b/c we have some outside things that need to get done. We will sit down and work this out together. In the mean time, enjoy the banner pic that I took on a trip to Rockport, Mass about 2 yrs ago. :)

more on this later:

I don't usually click on the blog challenges on SJ... don't know why, cause Lord knows I need some inspiration for my blog, but alas I don't USUALLY click on those threads. Well, today I did and I'm so excited b/c I love the topic and I'm gonna rattle on about it later. But here is the topic, copied directly from the thread on SJ (thanks Beth!)
Thursday Blogger
Write about your siblings. Are you close with them or not? Do you see them often? What is one memory that truly sticks out about the sibling?

ok it just might happen TONIGHT!!!!

FINALLY, dh and I have an evening to catch up on LIFE! We have been so buys for the last well, it's been about 6 weeks now. I think that I cooked on a Friday night two weeks ago tomorrow. Seriously, we have been just THAT busy. Well, tonight :gasp: keep your fingers crossed, we don't have anything on the schedule. C will come home and cut the grass and make sure there isn't any standing water around (we are trying to NOT breed mosquitoes) and then I'm going to ask him to do the blog thing with me. I know I keep making all these 'blog' promises and then I go and break them, but really this time (as far as I know) there shouldn't be anything stopping us from getting this done.

Well, I got a year older on Monday and I'm not too happy about it. I thought it would be a big deal to turn 30, but other than the emotional part about turning 30 on Mothers Day the yr after my mom died, actually turning 30 wasn't a big deal. But now when I have to say 31... it just kills me. I so don't even feel like I left my teen yrs... I was watching some kids yesterday and the daughter asked me how old I was, I told her and she said my mom is 36... you look older than her. I almost cried! Why, is getting older such a big deal to me?

I have a new addiciton besides steak buritos from Chipotle. I'm a cherry + vanilla coke addict or a cherry + lime + vanilla sprite addict (depending on the time of day).... these drinks must be purchased from Sonic and must have only a little ice (i'm addicted to the DRINK not the temp of the beverage!) I think I've had one everyday this week and at a $1.82 a pop that's not exactly cheap.

Speaking of this week, I LOVE not working!!!!!

Ok, well, if I really want to get this blog spiffed up tonight, I'd better do some housework now so I'm not stuck doing it later!

Take it easy, my friends!