Interview with Grace

Age 7
1. What is something mom always says to you?
"I love you."

2. What makes mom happy?
"To rub her feet at night time and to love her."

3. What makes mom sad?
"When daddy gets in a fight with her."

4. How does your mom make you laugh?
"Tickle me."

5. What was your mom like as a child?
"That I have no idea."

6. How old is your mom?
"37- I said that because your almost 37"

7. How tall is your mom?
"'bout 7 inches- I mean 7 feet!"

8. What is her favorite thing to do?
"Go on Facebook"

9. What does your mom do when you're not around?
"Take care of my baby sister."

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
"Money...money, money, money!"

11. What is your mom really good at?
"I have no idea."

12. What is your mom not very good at?
"Singing." (no American Idol for the likes of us, huh Mel?)

13. What does your mom do for a job?
"Starbucks!"

14.What is your mom's favorite food?
"Chocolate"

15. What makes you proud of your mom?
"She gets money very well, and she works very well at Starbucks"

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
"Probably, like... Wonder Woman."

17. What do you and your mom do together?
"Go to park days."

18. How are you and your mom the same?
"We have the same hair color, mostly... and we both like park days, that all I can think of."

19. How are you and your mom different?
"We don't have the same eyes or the same taste."

20. How do you know your mom loves you?
"When she hugs me, although sometimes she hugs Joy instead, which makes me feel bad."

21. What does your mom like most about your dad?
"All of him- and to have him."

22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?
"Probably Mexican places, because you grew up in Texas and they have a lot of Mexican food there- please don't write that down!"

I swear I did not read her B's answers first, Melyssa- but wow it is amazing how many she answered similarly!!

Any moms reading this post who want to do it please do and put a comment here so I can read yours, this is lots of fun. Now Grace wants to interview me... so here is a link to her site.

I'm it!

7 RANDOM THINGS ABOUT ME

Is the topic of this meme- thanks for tagging me, 2TooManyHats (a fellow homeschool mom, who I love to follow on twitter!)

Seven is certainly in my consciousness for me right now, methinks I oughta head out to Vegas...

1. We were looking at the 7 continents in homeschool this morning
2. I have worked at 7 other Starbucks stores
3. G is turning 7 in 20 days
4. G has lost 4 teeth & J has grown 3 (equals 7!)
5. There are 7 letters in my first name
6. In 1997 I eloped with my husband after knowing him only 7months (we dated for 2 months and in 2 months it'll be 12 years!)
7. Just the other day I made a list of 7 religions and decided to learn something about each before my morning meditation. (Today being Monday I read from the Dalai Lama's book How To Practice)

tagging some of my favorite homeschoolers blogs:
http://libertyacademyanaheim.blogspot.com/
http://wifeymom.com/
http://housewifeinhollywood.com/
http://schoolhobby.squarespace.com/
http://sueandsteve.blogspot.com/
http://www.swissarmywife.net/
http://thewildtribe.blogspot.com/
...because I want to know more about what's going on in their world!

Couples Meme

Appropriate for Valentines, I saw this one on Mel's Blog...

Couples
How long have you been together? Married: 11 years as of the 4th of this month, Total time: 11 years, 2 months...
How long did you date? 2 months…then we eloped in Las Vegas
How old is he? 32 (3 years younger)
Who eats more? definitely me…he eats very light
Who said “I love you” first? I did, he wrote it first.
Who is taller? He is, by about 2 inches.
Who is smarter? We are both smart but in our respective areas. We complement each other nicely. (Well put Mel, so I am borrowing your answer!)
Who does the laundry? I wash and dry, and leave in piles in our room, he folds and puts away once the piles start to overtake an area...
Who does the dishes? I do mostly, he jumps in occasionally to surprise me.
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? He does.
Who pays the bills? He does. I don’t even look at them. LOL
Who mows the lawn? He does, sometimes; we like the natural look...
Who cooks dinner? I do mostly, he does about twice a week if we don't eat out that many times...
Who is more stubborn? Depends on what the issue is
Who kissed who first? He kissed me.
Who asked who out? We were just spending a lot of time together at church and in a play together, and he came and visited me at work a lot. I planned the first "official" date- a double with a good friend of mine.
Who proposed? I hinted, he proposed.
Who is more sensitive? I am, definitely.
Who has more friends? He does.
Who has more siblings? We have the same- one brother each.