8's questions tag

8 TV shows I watch:

1. Grey's Anatomy

2. Private Practice

3. House

4. Bones

5. NCIS

6. Fringe

7. Lie to Me

8. Ghost Whisperer

8 Things that happened yesterday:

Went to church

Gave a lesson

Took a nap

Watch TV

Put music on Sekona's mp3

Played "I spy" computer game with Lillian

Read "ISSA's Fitness Program book"

Ate faikakai

8 Things looking forward to:

1. Getting paid

2. Going to the gym on Wednesday

3. Lillian's haircut tomorrow

4. Getting out of debt

5. Having a house

6. Going to the temple

7. Going on vacation

8. Losing weight

8 Things on my wish list:

1. Have a house

2. Be out of debt

3. Watch Lillian grow up and get married

4. Have another baby (if possible)

5. Have retirement

6. Be healthy

7. Keeping my testimony strong

8. To be safe

8 Things Sekona did yesterday:

1. Slept in

2. Got ready for church

3. Taught a lesson

4. Took a nap

5. Ate pig, tapioca, faikakai

6. Talked on the phone (tongan)

7. Drove to church

8. Played with Lillian

8 People I tag:

1. Debbie

2. Korbi

3. Tiffani

4. Katie

5. Elizabeth

6. Kristen

7. Crystal

8. Lauren

Lillianism's

Lillian and I were heading home from the gym, passing a dairy or feedlot when:

L: Mommy, know where milk comes from?

M: where?

L: The man pours the milk down the cows throat and the cow gives us milk.

M: Close but not exactly right.

Lillian and I discussing President's day and why I am not at work:

L: You're not going to work mom?

M: No, remember today is President's day.

L: Where are my presents mom?

M: You don't get presents on President's day.

L: Remember mom, on holidays it is nice to give everyone a present. So, where is my present? Are you mad at me mom?

M: No, I am not mad at you. It's not presents day, but President's day--like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln's birthday.

L: They get presents how come I don't?

M: I'm sure they did, but it isn't that kind of holiday.

This is Tuesday:

L: Where you going mom?

M: I have to go to work.

L: Why mom? Why can't you stay home, you didn't go to work yesterday.

M: Remember yesterday was a holiday and now today I get to go to work.

L: Oh, so you don't work on Wednesday?!

M: Yes I do--Monday, Tuesday, Wed, Thursday, and Friday unless there is a holiday like on Monday.

L: Do you have to go to work?

Valentine's Tag

♥ How long have you been together? 11 years

♥ How long did you know each other before you started dating? A few hours.

♥ Who asked who out? He asked me.

♥ How old are each of you? He is 37 and I am 34.

♥ Whose siblings do/did you see the most? Mine.

♥ Do you have any children together? One

♥ What about pets? We discuss it, but I am afraid of him eventually eating one.

♥ Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple? Finance

♥ Did you go to the same school? No.

♥ Are you from the same home town? No. Not even the same country.

♥ Who is the smartest? He says I am, but I think he is smart as well.

♥ Who is the most sensitive? I think I am, but he has his moments.

♥ Where do you eat out most as a couple? We rarely eat out as a couple, his favorite is King's Buffet or Chipotle orRed Robin or Ruby Tuesday (but mostly King's).

♥ Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple? Australia (with my sister, her friend and a niece).

♥ Who has the craziest exes? Has to be him, I never dated before him.

♥ Who has the worst temper? Me.

♥ Who does the cooking? He makes mostly his own breakfast. I cook usually the larger meal when I cook.

♥ Who is more social? About the same, maybe more him.

♥ Who is the neat freak? He loves the place to be clean, but doesn't usually do the cleaning. I love the place to be organized and struggle with keeping it the way I like it.

♥ Who is the more stubborn? I'm not sure.

♥ Who hogs the bed? He definetly him.

♥ Who wakes up earlier? He does.

♥ Where was your first date? Walk around Laie and to the gazebo behind the temple.

♥ Who has the bigger family? I do.

♥ Do you get flowers often? Not really, but when I do get them they mean a lot.

♥ Who is more jealous? Neither of us.

♥ How long did it take to get serious? About 2 or 4 days, but nothing official for 2 weeks.

♥ Who eats more? Him.

♥ Who does/did the laundry? I do a lot of it, but when he wants something clean he will do it.

♥ Who’s better with the computer? I would have to say I am.

♥ Who drives when you are together? He does.

Tag! You're it!

LUCKY YOU!

Lucky you!The first FIVE people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

1- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!

2- What I create will be just for you.

3- It'll be done this year. (might be a little while)

4- You have no clue what it's going to be.It may be a story. It may be poetry, shoes, bags, or a little invention of my own! I may draw or paint something. I may bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure!

5- I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.

Believe me... it may blow your mind!The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog. The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me! Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!

Coloring and Stories!

I need to get some pictures of Lillian's coloring. She is getting pretty good, if I say so myself. She doesn't trace, just stays within the lines. She loves bold colors! She is constantly asking me to color with her, which I have fun doing except when she picks out what picture I can do.

She loves the story of Goldilocks and the three bears! She was requesting that I tell her a story and that one popped into my mind. Now it doesn't matter if she is going to bed or not she wants to hear the "Papa bear story" or "Goldilocks". She varies on what it is called. Even when I am done she is requesting that I tell it to her again!

Everyone needs to do before they die

I have marked the ones I have done in Bold! (put * by “sort of” ones)

Started your own blog

Slept under the stars

Played in a band

Visited Hawaii

Watched a meteor shower

Given more than you can afford to charity

Been to Disneyland

Climbed a Mountain

Held a praying mantis

Sang a solo

Bungee jumped

Visited Paris

Watched a lightening storm at sea

Taught yourself an art from scratch

Adopted a child

Had food poisoning

Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty

Grown your own vegetables

Slept on an overnight train

Hitch hiked

Taken a sick day when you’re not ill

Held a lamb

Gone skinny dipping (* does it count if it was see through)

Run a Marathon

Seen a total eclipse

Watched a sunrise or sunset

Hit a home run

Been on a cruise

Seen Niagara Falls in person

Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (*went to where my great grandparents use to live)

Seen an Amish community

Fired a rifle, shotgun or pistol

Seen Michelangelo’s David in person

Sung karaoke

Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt

Bought a stranger a meal

Visited Africa

Walked on a beach by moonlight

Been transported in an ambulance

Had your portrait painted

Gone deep sea fishing

Seen the Sistine Chapel in person

Gone scuba diving or snorkeling

Kissed in the rain

Played in the mud

Gone to a drive-in theater

Visited the Great Wall of China in person

Started a business

Taken a martial art class

Visited Russia

Served at a soup kitchen

Sold Girl Scout cookies

Gone Whale Watching

Got flowers for no reason

Donated blood, platelets, or plasma

Gone sky diving(*does gliding count)

Visited a Nazi concentration camp

Bounced a check

Flown in a helicopter

Saved a favorite childhood toy

Visited the Lincoln Memorial in person

Eaten Caviar

Pieced a quilt

Stood in Times Square

Been fired from a job

Seen the Changing of the Guards in London

Been on a speeding motorcycle

Seen the Grand Canyon in person

Published something (*does doodle magazine count from elementary school)

Bought a brand new car

Walked in Jerusalem

Visited the White House

Had chickenpox

Sat on a jury

Met someone famous (Met Elder Thomas S Monson, President Gordon B Hinckley was at my Graduation, famous pianist Vladimar K-something)

Joined a book club

Lost a loved one

Had a baby

Seen the Alamo in person

Swam in the ocean

Owned a cell phone

Been stung by a bee

Seen Mount Rushmore in person

Learned to play an instrument (then forgot mostly how)

Held a tarantula

Touched an iceberg

Changed a baby’s diaper

Taken a trip in a hot air balloon

Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment

Had a food fight

Screamed as loudly as you possibly can

Ridden a roller coaster

Visited all 50 states

Taken a road trip

Milked a cow

Been in a movie

Crashed a party

Made cookies from scratch

Gotten a tattoo (*a sprayed on tattoo)

Rafted the Snake River (*close the Columbia river and another one)

Performed on stage

Been to Las Vegas

Eaten shark

Bought a house

Been in a combat zone

Walked the Golden Gate Bridge

Touched a sting ray

Broken a bone

Ridden a horse

Eaten sushi

Had your picture in newspaper

Gone back to school

Eaten fried green tomatoes

Killed and prepared an animal for eating

Dyed your hair (*tried to dye a piece of hair blond—didn’t work; did the wash out kind)

Caused a car accident

Saved someone’s life

I’m passing this tag onto: Those who have time and are interested in it.

Holdin' back!

This last weekend I bought Lillian a write and wipe "I can Print" book. Also, convinced Sekona to buy a Leap Frog Clickstart for cheap since it was on a good sale. Lillian has been just floating ever since on her ability to recognize her letters and colors! I sat back as she jumped up and down and her face lit so bright as she wrote a letter. A part of me was wondering if I had been holding back her ability to learn! I forget just because she isn't in school, that she is only 4, that she couldn't and shouldn't still be learning. She practiced her name today. We are still working on putting the letters together. I enjoy watching the aspect of learning and sometimes miss and forget that I should challenge myself to continue to learn.