30 things day 8

8. What are 5 passions you have?

I am a pretty passionate person (blame the OCD - whatever I'm in the middle of it's the ONLY thing that exists)

1- the poodle. Making him happy makes me happy
2- decluttering, I love to get rid of stuff
3- helping others. Whether its family (babysitting) or volunteering or listening to a friend
4- the homeless... So I feel like this sounds like a silly one but I really try to make homeless people know that I consider them people and not "annoyances"
5- animal rights, when I see people being mean to an animal or bad mouthing them (pits in particular) I get so MAD!!! I would lay down and die for my pood and I feel like all animals deserve that!
Extra one - the woods and environment DO NOT let me see you litter I will yell
Look at the face of the poodle in here - he literally grinned the whole walk through today :-)



tell me something you're passionate about!

Today I am in Philly

A city I've never been to before yet that is the city the people very dear to me grew up in... It's kind of cool like visiting an old friend and at the same time meeting someone new! What's that song "make new friends but keep the old one is silver and the other gold"
Those are the view from my hotel room
And the fireplace rooms? The elevators!!!
And a cool city garden

how has your weekend been?

30 things day 7

Well I'm sitting here in NYC traffic I figured I'd start the next question:


7. What is your dream job, and why?
I want to own a small business (in my dream it's a bed and breakfast) hubs says we need to work towards it... I kind of agree but we need to figure out our exactly what it is and where!
Or a dog trainer
Or a yoga teacher
(maybe both - look at the poodle doing yoga)
Thoughts thoughts thoughts

At any rate I have a fun weekend ahead.
I'm headed down to PA again! Tomorrow is the wedding :-)

what's your dream job?
And what are you doing this weekend?

30 things day 6

I took a bit of a hiatus unplanned there... Between driving to Pennsylvania and home I was exhausted Saturday and Sunday. And yesterday was me at the oral surgeon.

BUT check out who I volunteered with!!!!!



6. What is the hardest thing you have ever experienced?

HMMM - this is a hard one... I guess I'll have to say my mom passing away. Knowing I'd never see her smile, hear her happily humming as she did her chores, or feel her hugs was brutal

what's something hard you've dealt with

Friday fill ins

Friday fun courtesy of my insomnia and Fridayfillins.blogspot.com

And...here we go!

1. Sunshine needs to make a lot of appearances this weekend
2. giving someone a watch is bad luck (after i gave someone a watch for his birthday) is the last thing I overheard someone say.
3. I found a recipe for zucchini vanilla cake (so recently my adult nephew asked me why i put zucchini in everything i laughed and said "you must not have a garden" and it really tasted good according to my in-laws
4. I'm looking forward to my Halloween party!
5. Right now I wish my stomach would stop hurting.
6. leaves falling & crunching under my feet makes me smile!
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to well I'm babysitting - cant say I'm looking forward to it though<:b>, tomorrow my plans include a 5k in the morning followed by a 6 hour drive to pennsylvania then a bachelorette party and Sunday, I want to sleep but what I WILL be doing is driving home 6 hours!

what are your weekend plans?

30 things day 5

So as I was walking to yoga (see #3) I was walking down a newly paved section of road in rollaway shoes - I thought to myself THIS is awesome it was like intuitive walking the soft warm tar beneath my feet - I was chill before I walked in the yoga door

5. What are the 5 things that make you most happy right now?

1- the poodle!!(hello look at that face)
2- hubs (sorry man that I love that the poodle came first!)
3- yoga!!
4- walking in the woods (something sorely lacking ATM)
5- my new kicks

what's making YOU happy??

30 things day 4

4. List 10 things you would tell your 16 year-old self, if you could.

People who truly love you will always love you!
You will end up with the dream boy
The only way around is through

what would you tell yourself?

30 things day 3

3. Describe your relationship with your parents.

My mom has passed away - she is still one of my favorite people! Not a day goes by that I don't think about her and wish she was here :-)

My God-father whom I loved like a father is also gone. He was the man who taught me to drive (an 18 wheeler no less).

Finally biodad is alive but dead to me.

30 things day 2

2. Describe 3 legitimate fears you have and explain how they became fears.

I am afraid of:
The dark
Heights
Scary looking men

I'm not sure how I became afraid of any of them. I do know that I'm afraid of the dark because I figure I won't see the scary looking men (logic much?)

what are you afraid of? Do you know why?

30 things day 1

List 20 random facts about yourself.

1. I'm an iPhone addict and if I can't do it on my phone I'm not interested
2. I love crafting
3. I live in a black and white world
4. I can go with the flow but it makes me seethe inside
5. I drive my husband crazy
6. In real life when referring to the poodle I call him the poodle (not by his name)
7. I love to give gifts with meaning
8. I say yes to commitments and then am annoyed by them
9. I love apple and peach picking
10. I think henna is beautiful
11. When I got my real tattoo I told the guy I wanted henna colored he thought I was nuts
12. I'm pretty sure I've done permanent damage to my stomach and intestines
13. I have three friends who I consider my sisters... Ironically one of them OFTEN drives me crazy
14. I'm dreading going to my new doc but one of my "sisters" is coming with me
15. I get SO tired so easy
16. My dog is a pain often (still love him)
17. My husband is sweeping the floor (probably for the first time)
18. I like animals more than people
19. Frogs and snakes do NOT quailfy as animals!
20. I'm going to the red sox game today

tell me a few random things about you

Friday fill in EARLY

And...here we go!

1. I am tired just flipping tired.
2. It seems I will be babysitting every day for a while and mostly I love it but see above
3. the poodle makes me laugh. ON A DAILY BASIS
4. Did you know that many service dogs are at least part pit bull (yes this is random but also true)?
5. I looked more closely and I saw that I often worry too much.
6. I'm so glad someone I love is getting the help she needs
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to hitting the gym tomorrow my plans include babysitting and going to a yard sale at a church where I rented space before I knew I'd have the boys and Sunday, I want to have a day off but I have my boys again but I guess the good part is that I will be done giving the poodle meds (did I not mention that after spending 8+ hours in the er with A I came home to a poodle choking and had to rush him to the dog er where we were for a couple hours (see #1))!

what are your weekend plans???

What a crazy busy week

Last weekend I was at the fair!
This weekend I'm in Maine - how'd I get from there to here?
A few laughs
A few tears
A heck of a lot of craziness (and for once it wasn't me)

Some highlights
- they added an alumni class at the end of the weekend and I rode a cute little pony
- a hella lot of family drama happened and I breathed deep and took my butt to yoga and managed to not hurt myself in the process (score)
- my little nephew started 1st grade on Tuesday and celebrated his 7th birthday Wednesday
- I went to ikea on Thursday and managed to "only" spend $105 (which for ikea is impressive)
- Friday I babysat two boys and pack for a weekend away
- Saturday required sitting in traffic for hours with kidneys that are killing me
And today and tomorrow will be great walks, fun movies and time on the ocean...

+++what are you doing for labor day weekend?