Blogthings - You Are 9: The Peacemaker

My Aunt Sara (who is only about a year older than me) had blogged her results of this quiz. I think they pretty much pegged me!

Blogthings - You Are 9: The Peacemaker: "What Number Are You?
You Are 9: The Peacemaker

You are emotionally stable and willing to find common ground with others.
Your friends and family often look to you to be the mediator when there is conflict.

You are easy going and accepting. You take things as they come.
Avoiding conflict at all costs, you're content when things are calm.

At Your Best: You feel connected, trusting, and fulfilled. You feel at peace with your place in the world.

At Your Worst: You compromise your values to make sure peace is maintained. You give in to bullies.

Your Fixation: Harmony

Your Primary Fear: Causing conflict

Your Primary Desire: To preserve things as they are

Other Number 9's: Marge Simpson, Ronald Reagan, Audrey Hepburn, Jerry Seinfeld, and Abraham Lincoln."

Fine! I'll move on! LOL!!

One of my "Blogger" friends said today that she checked my blog last night only to find "NKOTB Forever" as my latest post. I really meant what I said-FOREVER!! J.K. I guess I'll move on from my fantasy boy band world. I'll do it, but I don't like it :(

NKOTB Forever!!!

When I think back on my preteen years, the first thing that comes to mind is the obsession I had with New Kids On The Block. I had the walls of my room covered with NKOTB posters, I had all the cassette tapes, I even had my picture taken with the cardboard cutout of Joey Joe which my mom had blown up to poster size for Christmas one year. My neighbor Tracey had the same obsession. We would make up dances to the songs and run back and forth between houses showing anyone who would watch us dance to "Step by Step" or "The Right Stuff". Those were the days!! I never had the chance to go see them in concert but I didn't really mind. I had enough paraphernalia (I did spellcheck this one) to keep me happy.
But....when New Kids announced their reunion back in the spring I knew that as soon as tickets to the Atl concert went on sale I would have one of those suckers! Two of my best friends from middle/high school agreed to go also and we started counting down the days on June 6. We had floor seats and weren't sure if we would get to see much because all 3 of us are "vertically challenged" as Melanie puts it. We got lucky! They had a round piano stage set up at the end of our row which was only 14 seats long so we got to be pretty close up. They played a few songs there in the middle of the show and it was AWESOME!! When they started heading back to the big stage, they ran around the behind our section and right by our seats which were on the aisle. My friends reached out and touched Donnie and Joey, but I ( being the scrapbooker of the group) just blinded Joe with my flash! I figured the close up pic would last longer than the NKOTB germs so I tried not to hate myself. I had the best time and was tempted to head down to Tampa for the show today but I don't think my family would appreciate me becoming a groupie...oh, well. Thanks Melanie and Alicia!!

Alicia, me, and Mel

Joey Joe up close...He was my fav back in the day!

Donnie (Alicia's fav) and Jordan(Mel's fav)

Blinded by MY flash...

The guys...

HALLOWEEN '08

What new thoughts can one have on "Halloween"? We got all dressed up (the boys refused to wear the costumes I had to hunt for on EBAY), my family came over, we ate chili, we trick or treated (casey got upset and went home after about 15 houses), we overdosed on sugar, and then we passed out. Yeah, pretty much the typical Halloween at our house this year!

Jacob as a UGA player and his friend Kaylyn as Raggedy Ann.
He was going to be Darth Vader but was too embarrased to wear it!

My little bro Aaron as Johnny Appleseed...

Jess as a scary clown. He had a really cool Willy Wonka costume but he was too embarrassed also.

These are the costumes I made for Casey and her friend Shelby-Cookie Monster and Elmo

Me and my sisters and future sister-in-law (no pressure Adam...heehee!)

Jack-o-Lantern Fun

I typically LOVE all things Halloween but carving the pumpkin has always been a dreaded event at our house. Everyone thinks we are supposed to do this but they get bored or grossed out before we can finish the job. I wasn't going to do it this year but tradition won out. Although Mike was working and Jess was on the couch watching TV, I wasn't alone. Casey and Jacob stuck it out till the end. They even got ALL the guts out and separated the seeds so we could toast them. (I had never toasted pumpkin seeds but they turned out awesome.)

I had to capture this moment of peace, they were so happy working together!

The finished product...

Mr. Jack...

Gooey Eyeball

On October 19th my kids participated in the Primary Program at our church. All of the children did wonderfully and the Spirit was so strong during the meeting. HOWEVER, after church Casey and Jacob were showing me these great goody bags that they received for doing such a good job and pulled out some really cool gooey eyeballs. Casey then decided to walk into the living room giving her gooey eye a little toss upward on the way. It immedietly stuck to our wonderful FLAT paint. We got out the Swiffer stick to try to get it down but it just smeared into this nasty red blob. I had to get out the ladder to peel it from the wall revealing a nice big grease spot, which I will now have to go and buy paint to cover up. (I stopped by the paint store yesterday and they have changed their colors since mine was purchased so I have to bring them the bucket that my builder left for me that is all dried up and crusty.) Why is everything such a huge deal?!


I considered leaving this for Halloween but since I was borrowing a 12' ladder (to take care of the wiffle ball that was melted in my light fixture-that's another great story)I figured I'd get it down while I could.

Here is the full view from the front door...nice, huh?

Yahoo Farm

On Saturday our neighbors invited us to go with them to Yahoo Farm in Jasper. We had tons of fun on the haunted hay ride. Our mission while on the ride was to get the head from "Two head Betty". I personally had no interest in reaching out of the trailor to grab a severed head from some crazy lady. One of the little boys on the ride did and he got a free popcorn for turning in his loot. After the hay ride, we did the corn maze in the dark. They gave us tiny, cheapo flashlights that were pretty useless so we went in a few circles before finding our way out. Michael thought it would be funny to take off and scare the older kids, so every few seconds we would hear shrieking coming out of the corn. We weren't supposed to cut through the corn stalks so I'm sure Michael owes Mr. Farmer a $50 fine for breaking the rules. (SHHH...don't tell)
I was thinking about how this trip to the pumpkin farm was so much different than past trips when the kids were younger. They are growing way too fast. They are going to have to stop that!
Anyway, we had a really fun time and I look forward to having many more "big kid" adventures!

Jess and our neighbor Tiffany

The boy who got the head...

Us...

This is the only "pumpkin" shot the kids would let me take...

Jacob, Tiffany, Jess, And Casey...