Thievery for Thursday!

I saw this on Cajunvegan's blog and Perpstu's Blog and promptly stole it for mine. If you by chance have not been to either blog what are you waiting for? Their blogs are all kinds of awesome!!

STEP ONE:
Spell your name with songs.

Tom Sawyer – Rush

Oliver James – Fleet Foxes

Prayer for the dying– Seal

Solsbury Hill– Peter Gabriel

Uninvited – Alanis Morissette

Ribbon in the sky – Stevie Wonder

Freedom 90 – George Michael

STEP TWO:

Name: topsurf

Birthday: July 22

Nickname: top, toppy, topper

Eye Color: hazel

Hair Color: currently light brown with blonde highlights, tons of blonde highlights

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

STEP THREE:

The shoes you wore today: flip flops

Your weaknesses: Shrimp, chocolate, shrimp, chocolate, shrimp, chocolate ...you get the point?

Your fear(s): letting my friends down

Your perfect pizza: any pizza is perfect for me

Goal you’d like to achieve: to have no regrets at the end of my life

STEP FOUR:

Your best physical feature: crap! Do I have one??

Your bedtime: bedtime is for wimps! Usually between midnight and 2 am.

Most missed memory: living at home with my whole family when I was young

STEP FIVE:

This Or That…

Pepsi or Coke: Pepsi

McDonald’s or Burger King: neither

Adidas or Nike: Nike

Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: neither

Chocolate or Vanilla: are you serious? Did you not see my food answer above???

Cappuccino or coffee: coffee

STEP SIX:

Do You…

Smoke: No

Curse: There was a point in my life where I was known for NOT cursing EVER. Those days are over I think.

Sing: Even though I can't carry a tune with a handle, yes I sing my lungs out.

Dance: No, I'm not a dancer

Take a shower everyday: YES

Have a crush: JT is my lover.

Do you think you’ve been in love? Um...yes and still am.

Want to go to college: No

Like(d) high school: No, I LOVED high school.

Want to get married: Yes I do so I did and now I am.

Get motion sickness: only on spinning rides at the park

Think you’re attractive: No never not at all.

Think you’re a health freak: Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha....um....NO!!

Get along with your parents: Absolutely

STEP SEVEN:

In the past month…

Gone to the mall: Yes I walk there on the mornings I drive to the pool

Eaten an entire box of Oreos: No not a fan really

Eaten sushi: No never had it

Been on stage: Yes

Gone skating: yes, rollerskating, roller blading and ice skating.

Made homemade cookies: Yes

Gone skinny-dipping: No

Stolen anything: Nope.

STEP EIGHT:

Ever…

Played a game that required removal of clothing: Yes.

If so, was it mixed company: Of course

Flashed anyone: No

Been beaten up: No

Shoplifted: No

STEP NINE:

Age you hope to be married: been there done that.

Number of children: One

Describe your dream wedding: In my church surrounded by family with an awesome reception, it is what I had and I wouldn't trade it for the world. Pure.Perfection.Period.

What country would you most like to visit? France, Ireland, Greece, Italy

STEP TEN:

In the opposite sex…

Best eye color: Blue

Best hair color: Brown

Short hair or long hair: Short

Height: 6-2

STEP ELEVEN:

Number of people I could trust with my life: I have a handful

Number of CDs that I own: A LOT, A whole lot.

Number of tattoos: No not on me.

Number of piercings: 3

Personal Quiz

Who were you with yesterday? My husband, and daughter, and with MissAttitude and her friend Michelle for lunch. Then a birthday party with a lifer & a lot of friends at night.

What woke you up this morning? myself as always.

Where are you? In the family room

Is tomorrow going to be a good day? One can hope

Do you like anybody? Just about everybody

THE PAST

Ever thrown up in public? Yes

Passed out because of alcohol? Close but I think not

What’s on your mind RIGHT NOW? Family

THE FUTURE

What kind of home would you like? One in the city

What do you want to be when you grow up? WHAT??? I have to grow up??

Where do you see yourself in 5 years? At a pool.

IN GENERAL

Do you like candy necklaces? nah

When was the last time you fell over or ran into something? I can't even remember

Do you listen to music every day? A B S O L U T E L Y

Do you still go trick or treating? Hell no

What was the last thing you ate? Hot Dog

Are you a fast typer? Yes, I even took typing in school, remember when they taught that class?

What’s your favorite type of soda? I love a Dr. Pepper or cherry pepsi

Have you ever moved? All the time

Have you ever won an award? Yes

Are you listening to music right now? Yes

How long ’till your birthday? Less than a month

When were you the saddest in your whole life? Not bringing that here.

What time is it? 10:26pm

Do you use eBay to buy or sell? I used to sell a lot on there.

Who makes you mad? Depends on the day

Have you ever heard a song written about you? Seriously? That would be a big NO!

Something you want to happen in 2009? Healthiness for everyone I know.

Summer 2009? Various swim meets in and out of state.

Honestly, do you miss 2008? I'm not one to look back, so no I don't

HONESTY SECTION

Honestly, what color is your underwear? Pink

Honestly, what’s on your mind? the million of things I have to get done before morning.

Honestly, what are you doing right now? thinking of the million things I need to get done before morning.

Honestly, have you done something bad today? Not that I know of.

Honestly, who is the last person you talked to on the phone? My daughter

Honestly, are you jealous of someone right now? No

Honestly, what makes you mad most of the time? Slow drivers

Honestly, do you bite your nails? No

Honestly, have you had an eating disorder? No

Honestly, do you want to see someone this very moment? No

Honestly, are you keeping a big secret now? No

Honestly, do you have a friend you don’t actually like? No

Honestly, are you in denial? of what?

Honestly, do you get up in the middle of the night and eat? No

Honestly, do you like anyone? Yes.

Honestly, does anyone like you? I would hope so

ANGER SECTION

What do you do when you’re mad? Cry and I hate that I do that

What’s the worst thing you’ve done when you were mad? Say regretful words

Ever made anyone cry when you were mad? Hmmmm....not that I can remember.

Do you swear when you’re mad? yes I do

CRYING SECTION

When was the last time you actually cried? Today

Ever cried yourself to sleep? Yes

Do certain songs make you cry? Yes

What usually makes you cry? Anything can trigger me to cry.

HAPPY SECTION

Are you usually a happy person? Yes

What makes you the happiest? Seeing others happy

Do you believe in yourself? Depends on the situation

When people say they think you are good looking/pretty, do you get happy? Yes why not?

WW ~ #23

Saying a prayer that all goes well for my Dad today.

Hell Yeah!!

It's official! I will officially have entered geekdome by the middle of this week. I admit it, and everyone around me has known it for years, I am addicted to all things shinny and called gadgets. All of my friends can't believe it has taken me this long to take the leap to the iPhone. I have had the iTouch since last year and it is hands down the best gadget I have ever purchased. Every time one of my friends showed up with the iPhone I went green with envy. I'm so excited because not only am I getting a smart phone....I"m getting the smartest phone out there! Hell Yeah!!

Eat, Sleep, Swim

I need to get back to blogging. I have been way too lazy and I have way too much up in my head that I need to get out. I miss not doing that as much as I would like to. Tonight I will start with the most recent addition to the overload on my brain.


Today I had to let go of something that was near and dear to my heart. It's where my daughter started her swimming career. I have to let go of the summer swim team.

It is where my daughter got her first opportunity to step into the water and it is where she first fell in love with the water. It is a program that now being turned around and we've put a lot of hard work into seeing the program do just that.

This program has given her so much and has been such a stepping stone for her swimming career.

I am going to step down as the Vice President on Monday officially.
I will continue however, to give to this program with my time. I can't walk away cold turkey. It has been a part of my life for over 6 years.

There are several things that were great about the summer swim league.

1. It's fun.
   
2. There is absolutely no pressure.
3. McDonald's after every meet. (Not my favorite thing by any stretch of the imagination)
   
4. She's at the top of her age group. (This is a excellent place to be!)
5. Two of my lifers have children on the team, which makes for a ton of fun to be had by the three of us.
   

My daughter had a very successful Friday at the Elite Meet, however, Saturday and Sunday was quite a different story.

While there are lessons to be learned, they will take time.

Finally on Sunday in between races she was told by her coach that she must stop doing all other activities and only concentrate on this swim team if she wants to take her swimming to the next level. She needs to put all her energy into this one program. She needs to stop spreading herself too thin.


Simply put from now on she just needs to sleep, eat, & swim. And yes, that is a photograph taken of the back of my car.

Life

life rolls along

life has to be lived

life isn't always fun

life will make you sometimes smile

life is oft times interesting

life is new things to learn

life is remembering the memories

life is not to be passed by

life isn't always fair

life can sneak up on you and surprise you

life will make you sometimes cry

life is yours to create



you get what you give

sometimes you need to be reminded to go out and live



carpe diem....seize the day




when your story is written

what will it say?

Every man dies. Not every man really lives.

~Braveheart

One of those days

Today was just one of those days.

No sleep sucks. I knew it was coming and I'm only surprised it took so long to arrive again. Hello my old friend insomnia.

One good thing is the gym I joined opens it's doors at 4:30am so when I am not sleeping at least I have some place to go. Yes, I was doing cardio by 5am this morning.

Listening to your voice mail for the first time in 4 or 5 days and realizing you have a dermatologist appointment for a mole removal that you totally forgot about is a doubled edge sword. One the first side I didn't worry about it for weeks in advance (obviously I forgot about it). On the other side, I then worried all day until the appointment.

Speaking of the appointment. Three things of note happened at this appointment.
The first of which I observed a 70+ year old woman who came into the office today wearing a pair of skin tight pants that had ROCK ROYALTY printed on them across her ass. If you know me you know I am not a fan of anyone of any age wearing any kind of pants with writing across their ass, but this pushed me over the edge. Seriously.Unacceptable.Period.
The scheduled time for my appointment was 1:30pm, time I actually got in the procedure room 3:35pm. The following is an exchange between myself and the nurse on the way back to the room.

Nurse: "Finally, sorry this took a while."
Me: "It's okay."
Nurse: "It's good you didn't have anything else to do today."
Me: "Ah...yes, sorry but I did have other things to do today."
Nurse: "Oh you did? Oops."

Nice huh?

After consulting with the surgeon he decided to take two moles off my face instead of one. I never had it done before. Biggest surprise? Stitches, I never thought I'd have stitches. I go back next Wednesday here's hoping I don't sit there for another two hours.

2 days until my daughter graduates elementary school. It's gonna be a rough morning for me on Friday. I predict lots of tears being shed. The closing Mass is at 8:30, class dismisses at 10am. We are then going out for breakfast and then going to go shopping. Wait a minute....how did she get so grown up so fast?

Today I got the news that the doctors think my Dad's cancer has returned. Words cannot express how I have felt all day. After several phone calls I finally got all the news straight. He will go to a see a surgeon that his doctor has recommended for a consult and then the surgery (hopefully) will be very shortly after that appointment. I'm hoping for the best.

"Hope is the companion of power, and mother of success; for who so hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles. "
Samuel Smiles

WW ~ #22

It's now personal.... AGAIN