Triple Tagged

I got three tags, so here it goes :-)

Tag #1: Picture Tag

Here are the rules...

1) Choose the 4th folder in your computer's Pictures.

2) Select the 4th picture in the folder

3) Explain the picture

My laptop is fairly new so my pictures on it do not go back very far. This picture was just taken a couple months ago. It is Aubree (my adorable niece), Taylee, and Brynlee dressing up as princesses with sunglasses (they also have princess high heels and make-up on). This is one of my kid's favorite things to do. A day rarely goes by that we do not play full-out dress-up.

Tag #2

I've been tagged to write seven interesting things about myself. "Interesting " is in the eye of the beholder, so you can decide for yourself how interesting these things are.

1- I backpacked through Western Europe when I was seventeen for about 6 weeks with my wonderful sister Noelle. The only things that have ever been better than that trip was getting married to Sean and having my kids.

2- I have flown over both the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean

3- I am a read-a-holic. I love to read and would rather grab a book than a TV remote any day. My husband and sisters constantly make fun of me because I have learned to read really fast. I am not a very patient person and I want to know how the story ends, so of course I have to speed-read.

4- I recently finished writing a novel. It is something that I have worked at off and on over the past three years. Who knows if it will ever be published, but I am very proud that I actually finished it.

5- I am slowly, but surely, finishing my Bachelor's degree. I have been a senior since the semester after I had Taylee. For some reason after having my sweet baby, my priorities changed. I did not want to give up any of my time with her. So, about every other semester I go back and take a couple more classes. Right now I have about 18 more credits to take. And believe me, when I get done I will be hosting the biggest party ever! (You will all be invited:-)

6- I dread talking in front of people. I get so nervous and competely forget what I want to say and so all my well-prepared thoughts come out in a completely messy jumble. I have learned that if I am truly required to speak in front of a group that I need to write everything down word-for-word with things like "PAUSE" and "LOOK UP" added here and there so that I don't simply speed through it. My talks may be a bit boring but at least I get the message I want to across.

7- One of my fingers is shorter than the others. As a toddler, my hand was smashed in a doorjam so that the tip was taken off. Instead of stitching it back on, the doctors simply closed it, leaving my finger about a 1/2 inch shorter than it should be.

Tag #3 BUG tag

10 Things That Bug Me!

1- People who call from a weird number and don't leave a message. Do they really expect me to just call back when I have no idea who I am calling?

2- Cleaning my glass tables when I know that Brynlee is just waiting around the corner to smear something on them

3- Laundry! It never, NEVER ends.

4- Dirty socks on the floor...I think feet are gross, so the thought of someone's dirty socks on the floor just makes me cringe.

5-No toilet paper on the roll.

6-When I start to cook something and then realize that I am missing an ingredient.

7-Oblivious drivers. I have a hidden road rage (as Skye can attest to) that really doesn't come out any longer, but it sure does simmer underneath my calm exterior when I get behind someone who has no idea what they are doing, where they are going, or why. It drive me nuts.

8- Did I say Laundry?!? I really hate it. If I ever become rich that will be the first thing I hire out.

9- Waiting for trains while driving.

10- When the car seats get switched from one vehicle to another and they don't get belted in

Now that you know a whole lot more about me than you ever wanted to know, I tag everyone related to me. You don't have to do all three, just pick one :-)