7 Questions

Happy Wednesday! It's 7 questions time! Head on over to Gentri's blog and link up!

1. Describe your perfect day. Being able to spend the day with my husband and both my girls. It doesn't matter what it is, a walk, a drive, playing in the park. 
2.What was something that you were afraid of as a child? The dark, spiders and monsters at the end of my bed that were going to get my toes.
3. What's something you're afraid of today? The dark, spiders, heights, elevators, being alone... should I go on? I have way too many fears.
4. Would you rather be obsessed with yourself or someone else? Being obsessed with myself might actually help me feel good about myself. I'm so obsessed with my girls already that I don't leave much time for myself. Like I tried to go shopping for clothes for myself yesterday and I kept ending up in the little girls clothes!
5. What is a favorite restaurant that you could visit over and over and never get sick of? This little diner across the border that we go to for breakfast. They are only open for breakfast and lunch and I've only ever had breakfast there. It's nothing special, just a cute little old diner. (We live by the Indiana/Michigan border, so across the border is Michigan. Ironic because I grew up on the Kansas/Missouri border. I've never lived in the middle of a state.)
6. What is one food you used to hate but now enjoy? Green olives.
7. Fill in the blank: Star ________. Star Song

And the required funny picture of myself. Probably funnier to me. I was trying to teeter-totter with Miss L. Trying to stay on and get her all the way to the ground.

7 Questions

Whew! A little late in the day but here it is. If you haven't already, go on over to Gentri's blog and link up too!

1. Do you ever have reoccurring dreams? I will have dreams on the same subject, but not the exact same dream. Usually something that has me agitated or stressed. I used to not remember dreams very often but when I was pregnant the last time I started remembering what I had dreamed about all the time. It's slowed down a little but way more than I used to.
2. It's the first day of Fall (or Spring for you southern hemispherers) in a few days, what are you looking forward to most? The crunch of the leaves, the cool air, sweatshirts, boots, warm drinks and Halloween! I love Halloween. It's my birthday!
3. Because a lack of coordination, would you rather not be able to tie your shoes or cut your own food? Not be able to tie my shoes. There are plenty of cute slip on shoes!
4. Would you rather live in a house made entirely of glass or a house with no windows? A house made of glass. I couldn't go without sunlight streaming in the house. And I could sew up a bunch of cute curtains!
5. Would you rather walk on you toes or heels forever? Toes.
6. What's your favorite sense? (you have 5 btw) This is a hard question for me... I love sight of course so I can see my beautiful daughters. I have an over sensitive sense of smell sometimes that drives my husband crazy but there are so many things I'm thankful I can smell.
7. What's your favorite movie quote of all time? I don't really have one. My husband on the other hand could give you a million of them. I'm not a huge movie watcher, wierd I know.

And...... the funny picture of myself. I'm cracking up at this. So you know how I've been bugging my husband to take more pictures of me? This is what he took.... Miss G and I fell asleep on the living room floor.

7 Questions

First of all, go over to Gentri's blog and link up with the 7 questions!!

Second, thanks for coming by to read my answers to her questions! Hope you're having a great day!

1. Do you have any weird food combinations that you love? Applesauce with potato chip crumbs! It has to be the crumbs at the bottom of the bag. Crushing up chips is just not the same. Preferably plain ruffle potato chip crumbs.
2. Have you ever written a blog post, published it, then immediately deleted it? I don't think so. I have written posts, saved them and deleted them before I published them.
3. What is a hair style you wish you could pull off, but would never be brave enough to try? Anything involving a bold color. I've never died my hair, not even highlights.
4. Would you rather have to always use the sun to tell the time or directions by the stars? Use the sun to tell time. I don't even own a watch so I think I could survive.
5. What is a fall trend that you are excited to try?
Boots!! I am excited for boots! I just need to buy some. Like these:

(source: http://www.nectarclothing.com/knee-high-boots/)

6. Who is your style icon?Pinterest!! Haha... no seriously, I couldn't tell you a name, just the things I search on Pinterest. That's where I found those boots of course!
7. What's your favorite outdoor activity?
Taking a walk in the woods, around the neighborhood, on the beach. I used to really like taking Atv drives with my husband around his family's property when I had my own Atv but we sold it when Miss L was born. Can't wait to get our own property and get another!

And the required picture of myself... I found one! Aren't you proud of me?? Me being a penguin with Miss L from our vacation this summer.

7 Questions #20

1. Hamburger or Hotdog? (veggie versions count)  Hamburger

2. If you had to live on any other planet in our solar system, besides Earth, which would you choose? If it was actually a livable planet I'd say Saturn. The rings are cool.

3. Share a photo of an outfit that represents your personal style, please. (doesn't have to be of you) I really don't have a style. I'm stuck in more of a "these are the clothes I have to wear because I don't have any money to buy new ones and they are so old and I don't really like any of them - style". So I'm going to dream. If I could get rid of everything in my closet and start over and be ME it would start with something like this that I found on Pinterest.

4. Would you rather get ready for the day or get ready for bed? Get ready for bed.

5. You have to choose between never having eyelashes or never having eyebrows, which would you choose? Eyebrows, you can always pencil them in, right? I have super sensitive eyes and don't think I could do fake eyelashes. I can't even stand mascara.

6. What do you want to be when you grow up?
Well... since I'm 30 I feel like I'm already "grown up" and I'm a mom. If I could pick something else it would be a small scale organic farmer.

7. Do you set your clocks right on time, or a few minutes ahead or behind? Every clock except my alarm clock is set right on time. The alarm clock it usually a few minutes ahead.

And the required funny picture.... I'm digging. I was being completely serious last week that no one takes pictures of me. If I find one before the day is over I'll add it to the post.

7 Questions #19

Ok, not #19 from me but it's #19 from Gentri Lee! Stop over and check out her 7 Questions this week.

1. Bold or Understated? Understated... kind of goes along with me just liking to be in the background of the world.
2. You have to survive alone in the wild and you only get to take one thing with you. Your choices are: A Pocket Knife, a Water Bottle, or a Book. Which do you choose and why? A water bottle. I always have a water bottle in my purse, in the car or somewhere close by.
3. Thirty Two Cows, Seven Eight Chickens, How Many Didn't? Huh? Am I the only one whose brain was hurt by thinking about this? Can you tell I was and still am horrible at math?
4. Would you rather die doing one legendary act of service or do small acts of kindness that may go unnoticed every day? Small acts of kindness... more explanation of the understated thing.
5. Happiness is ________. (one word; fill in the blank) laughter. (Specifically a baby's first laugh! I just heard my daughter's first laugh last week and it was the most joyful thing.)
6. Can you laugh with out smiling? Definitely not.
7. Do you pop your knuckles? No, never figured out how people actually pop their knuckles or anything else themselves. I let my chiropractor do that for me.

Someone REALLY needs to start taking pictures of me. I am NEVER in any pictures and my husband is a photographer but I am always the only one taking family photos. Someone please bug him to take more pictures with me in them. Today you get one of my daughters on our way home from vacation... the sun was coming in her window and this was her solution. She was under there playing her handheld game system.

7 Questions!!

Better late than never! It's still Wednesday so it is time for 7 Questions from Gentri Lee!


1. If you were to start your own business, what would it be?
I would love to just make money sewing and crafting anything I felt like making. When I've done things in the past (I used to sew and sell dog collars) I got burnt out on making the same thing over and over again. When I open my Etsy shop back up after this pregnancy/newborn baby hiatus, I am going to make all the random things I'm in the mood to make. I have more fun and it's way more enjoyable when I make things as I'm inspired not because I have to stay in a set category.


2. You wake up on the wrong side of the bed, do you embrace your grumpiness or try to fight it?

Fighting it is usually a lost cause, when I'm grumpy, I'm grumpy.


3. What's the very first memory you have?

Hmmm I don't know about the first, I have faint memories of preschool and being little at my grandparents for different holidays.


4. the world is ending, what do you do? Allow yourself to die? Fight? Hide? Etc.

Hide, I'm a scaredy cat.


5. What is your favorite meal of the day?
Breakfast, I LOVE cereal.


6. How do you best learn? Visual? Listening? Hands on?

Definitely a visual learner, the more pictures or videos the better!


7. What is your favorite joke?

This is my 5 year old's favorite: What's black and white and yellow?...........................A bus full of zebras


And I can't forget the required funny photo. I'm working through our 2011 family photos putting together a photo book to order for the year and this is from Christmas. Funny because I'm wearing penguin pj pants (that I made) and a big pink scarf!

7 Questions

Ahhh it's good to be back and it's Wednesday which means 7 Questions from Gentri Lee!
1. What's your favorite style for home decor? (eclectic, modern, shabby chic, etc.) 
Rustic/Country/Earthy
2. What is the best trip you have EVER been on?

All of my childhood vacations, seriously. We saw so much of the west the US, camped by rushing mountain streams, traveled and camped in Canada. Road trips as a kid were the best! There are a lot of the trips I don't remember but I'm hoping to repeat some of those trips with my family.

3. If you could have an exotic pet, what would it be and why?
A hedgehog... is that exotic?? I think they are so cute!! But I know I'll probably never get one because I have hound dogs.
4. Do you snore? (you can be honest, we're all friends here.)
Yes, I snore and I also talk in my sleep.
5. Your car breaks down on the side of the road, what do you do?
Panic, then hope I have a cell phone with me to call my husband or one of his uncles.
6. What's one item that has been on your wishlist lately?
A jigsaw... yes, I want a saw. I LOVE www.ana-white.com and want to build sooo many more things but my husband really isn't into it and I'm intimidated by our big 30 year old circular saw so I want a jig saw so I can do some small projects without his help.
7. It's almost Summer (or winter if you live in the Southern Hemisphere), what are you looking forward to most?
Our summer is going to be completely crazy!! But I'm hoping to do some fun little things with my girls while my husband is training for his new job position - go to the zoo, maybe go visit family and do some fun crafty things with my 5 year old. I want to relax and enjoy!!
And for the funny photo you get my totally unflattering "I'm about to pop", one of the last photos of me pregnant.

7 Questions #5

I almost forgot it was Wednesday today! It is 7 Questions with Gentri Lee day!

The required silly photo. Again, not the funniest. I really have a lack of funny photos of myself. I wish someone would have taken the picture the split second after this because I remember L and I falling over out of the sled into the snow the second after this... which would be way more funny.

1. If you could have a superpower, what would it be and why?I want to close my eyes and poof! be wherever I want to go. My daughter and I could be in Kansas visiting my family for the evening while Nick's at work and then poof we would be back in time for bed.
2. If you could hold the world record for something, what would it be for and why?
Hmmm.... I want to hold a record for something like growing the largest watermelon or squash. Biggest strawberry maybe, something like that!
3. What is the weirdest thing you've ever eaten?Probably Braunschweiger (liver sausage/liverwurst), although to me it's not that weird. It's actually really good along side deep fried eggplant.
4. Where would you hide something if you didn't want it to be found?Usually in my sewing area since my husband and daughter don't use anything there. That's the easiest place to hide things they won't find. Sometimes it's too good of a spot though because I forgot about one of his birthday presents I had hid there and remembered a week after his birthday!
5. What is one of your Spring and/ or Easter traditions?I HAVE to have peeps and jelly beans. As a kid the tradition was to go to Texas for spring break/Easter. As an adult with my own family we are still trying to figure out some traditions of our own. We've colored eggs the past couple years with my daughter. Oh and her Easter basket has to be hidden somewhere in the house or the yard for her to find.
6. Would you rather have to make all of your own clothes (including patterns), cook dinner from scratch every night, or walk everywhere you wanted to go?Definitely make my own clothes. I sew for my daughter but I have struggled with sewing for myself. After I have the baby a lose a few pounds I really want to try again.
7. What is your most embarrassing moment? I know, big one.
Honestly I am so easily embarrassed and my face turns red at the littlest things that I couldn't pick a most embarrassing moment. I feel like I get embarrassed all the time!

7 Questions #4

Doing something a little different today. I'm answering and linking up with Gentri Lee's 7 questions!

1. What is your favorite color TO WEAR? Definitely green. I'm always drawn towards green clothes in the store.

2. You are given the choice between visiting every country and landing on the moon. Which would you choose? Visiting every country. There are so many places on this earth that I've never seen and I probably will never be able to see in my lifetime.
3. What's your favorite animal and why? Dogs, but not just any dogs, I love mutts! I love how each and every one of them is different in looks and personality. 
4. You are forced to do one of the following, which would you choose? Sky dive, scuba dive, or this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B36Lr0Unp4 Oh my gosh that's the craziest swing I've ever seen, extremely scary but it would have to be that! At least you're attached to something. I couldn't handle sky diving and I can't swim!
5. You are given the chance to go back in time. Which era would you visit? I would go back to a time when everyone dressed classy even if you didn't have money. When blue jeans weren't the staple thing to wear and no one wore flannel Pjs pants out in public. I see so many pictures of my grandparents in suits and dresses and both were poor families but they looked classy.
6. If you had the power to remove one thing (ie: flies, mosquitos, junk food) from the earth for good- what would it be? Chiggers!!! If it wasn't for those darn chiggers I could see myself living in Kansas again where I grew up. (I forget not everyone even knows what chiggers are so in case you don't just imagine your itchiest mosquito bite and multiply it by ten!! http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002309/)
7. What is one thing you've learned from Pinterest that made you think "GENIUS"! Putting your sheets in sets inside the matching pillow case was a big "GENIUS" moment for me. No more searching for the matching set! http://pinterest.com/pin/103231016428126479/ (Honest to goodness and completely ironic that I wrote this post last night and it's the same thing Gentri thought was genius!)

And here is my required "funny" photo of myself. I was going to post the 7 questions last week but couldn't find a funny photo of myself. Even though my husband is the photographer, I'm always the one that has the camera taking family snapshots so I'm not in a lot of pictures. I finally found this one and it's funny to me because Nick caught me laughing and having fun at the park with our daughter. And I wouldn't ever admit I went down the curly slide.