11 Questions

My friend, Kayla tagged me in one of these chain mail thingys... Can't disappoint! 

11 Questions: Post these rules
Post a photo and eleven random things about yourself
Answer the questions provided by the one who tagged you
Create eleven new questions for the people you tag
Contact those you choose and let them know they've been tagged

  Photo courtesy Dough Maughan... 2007

11 Random Things About Myself:

1. I love CSI. CSI-Twin Falls... I could go to school there forever! (Oh wait... I already do!) See the picture above? That was from a photo shoot for my honors class. They wanted more pictures to use for marketing. It was right after practice. I forgot my makeup. These pictures are ALL OVER CSI STUFF. And all I had was pink lipstick in my car that I threw on my lips and tried to rub on my cheeks. And yes, that's a duffel bag. I forgot a backpack too. :-P See here. And here (2007-2008.) As well as numerous pamphlets, catalogs, course schedules, and (my favorite) a GINORMOUS banner that they hung in the mall... I really wish I wore makeup for that shoot!

2. Cheer was life from about 2002-2008. I cheered at CSI. They still use my picture for that too. See here (page 16). I'm just a local celebrity. Ha!

3. I hate getting my picture taken.

4. I LOVE taking pictures. I bet you didn't know that... ;-)

5. I overuse :)  ;-)  :(  lol hahaha hehehe jajaja (that's Spanish) and "..." but refuse to talk in "text" (c u l8r, hey q t, etc.) because it will ruin my spelling. (haha! There I go again...)

6. I hate shopping in the traditional sense... But I am in heaven at second hand stores & yard sales... Especially when they are my same 9.5 shoe size! SCORE!

7. I eat kid cereal for breakfast every day (okay, sometimes I have a toaster strudel) and I can often be found drinking juice boxes. 

8. I'm slow at running, eating, packing, writing, grocery shopping, driving, changing diapers, answering voicemail and almost everything else but typing and giving talks in church.

9. No matter how hard I try I always type because: becuase and especially: expecially. I can never remember how to spell recommend (only one c! ugh!) either. And is it disc or disk? And all grammar goes out the window when I blog... Like starting a sentence with a conjunction. And sentence fragments. It pains me to read my own writing... But I guess that's just how I talk. 

10. I'm half Canadian.

11. One of my ears sticks out much farther than the other... Something I never realized until high school. Now I'm self conscious about it. You could totally see my mutant ear in the ginormous banner at the mall.

1. If you could live one day over again, what day would it be?--- Our
   "honeymoon" trip to Yellowstone. We just kind of drove wherever, with little plans other than to be together. I loved everything about that carefree trip... Except maybe when we rented a canoe and tipped over into the river. I think that may be the only time in our relationship where I was legitimately mad at Dennis. He promised we wouldn't fall in!
2. What is one thing you miss from your childhood?--- The magic of Christmas, Easter, sparklers on the 4th of July, etc. I can't wait for my children to be old enough to believe in magic. :)
3. If you had 24 hours to live what would you do?--- Have all my family visit and take them to a really yummy Chinese restaurant and try everything on the menu... Because I always get the same thing: beef & broccoli or sweet & sour pork.
4. If you had to eat one thing the rest of your life, what would it be?---Horchata. Really sweet, not too much cinnamon syrup, with lots of ice.
5. Favorite date night with your husband?--- I was thinking about this the other day and I'd have to say my birthday a few weeks before Dennis & I got engaged. He took me to the pavilion at the rose gardens and brought a boom box.  We danced... among other things. ;-) It was something straight out of one of those chick flicks that I love to watch. Don't you love it when life is like a chick flick?
6. Salty or sweet?--- Sweet... Like candy in the candy jar, treat basket, candy drawer, every purse, backpack, coat pocket, nook and crannie in my car kind of sweet.
7. What is one of your favorite memories from high school?--- Every day of Senior Year in McCall. I have never had so much fun in my life. It's so cheesy, but I also learned so much about myself and what makes life beautiful... I don't keep in touch with my McCall friends enough but I am so grateful for the short time I got to spend with them!
8. What would be your dream vacation?--- I would love to go to Central/Sounth America with my husband one day. Somewhere we could speak Spanish and I can eat a ripe mango right off the tree. I don't care about the beach and shops and tourist stops (except maybe some Mayan ruins). I want to see real life and all it's shocking, sad, yet beautiful truth. I'd love to do a humanitarian project. I would love to take my cameras and not be afraid of them getting stolen.
9. What is one thing that always makes your day better?--- "I love you, dear" or recently... "I love you, mommy"
10. What is one thing you love about yourself?--- Wow. This is a hard question. I suppose I like that I derive happiness from other people's happiness. I like to make people happy. :)
11. What is your biggest fear?--- Just one? Water. Aliens. Momma cows. Diabetes (See #6).I'll finally finish writing this then my computer will die... 

Mary Wade & Rachel Elder... Go! Or not if you're too busy... Totally understand!!! But I take great enjoyment from reading about either of your lives. :) I'm just a blog-stalker that way...