- I love being a SAHM. Except on days when I really hate being a SAHM
- I love to travel
- I have recently been obsessed with moving to Hawaii
- I've been so obsessed, my sweet husband has even considered joining the military- that's the only way we could afford it
- I adore France
- I don't so much like the French
- On the other hand, I don't hate them or get mad at them, because they are just being French. Really, did anyone expect anything else from them?
- I secretly worry my son isn't very smart
- I tell him it's ok. He's good- looking, and that can take you a long way in life
- Coke is my favorite beverage, treat, snack and vice
- I should drink less Coke
- I love to read
- Especially in the mornings, when the baby is playing in his crib and the husband has gone off to work
- I wear glasses, which I hate
- I will never feel attractive as long as I wear glasses
- As soon as we can afford it, I'm going to beg my husband let me get my eyes lasered
- I'm not very good at keeping in touch with old (or new) friends
- I prefer to write a letter over making a phone call
- My husband is a much nicer person than I am
- I have a quirky, dry sense of humor
- I have no idea how to control my son
- This is getting to be a problem
- I adore sewing, but I'm not very good at it
- YET
- I REALLY enjoy TV
- My favorite shows are currently Lost, Alias, Eyes (even though it was cancelled), The 4400, and Scrubs
- I can't imagine how we made it through life before we had a TiVo
- I fall down a lot
- And I bruise really easily
- So it usually looks like my husband has been hitting me
- He hasn't
- I spend hours on EBay looking at antique wax seals and dreaming of the collection I would like to have
- To date, I have exactly ZERO in my collection
- The cool ones are REALLY expensive
- I always thought it would be fun to be part of a circus. They seem like a pretty cool group of people.
- When I get to heaven, my mansion (or shack, perhaps, would be more accurate) will be stocked with Coke for breakfast, mac and cheese for lunch, and as much chocolate chip cookie dough as I can eat
- It's really no wonder I can't lose any weight
- I get restless if I don't leave the house often enough
- I love Jane Austen
- I have trouble spelling 'Austen' correctly. I always want it be 'Austin.' Is that like the town?
- In truth, I have trouble spelling many words
- My grammar is also slipping
- By the time I'm sixty, I may have no grasp of the English language left
- I'm now over half- way there
- I tend to be a teensy bit melodramatic
- Confrontations intimidate me
- I prefer to just fume about things to my loved ones instead of attacking those who irritate me
- A lot of people really irritate me
- Especially people who send their animals to defecate in my yard
- I have a weakness when it comes to books. I purchase far more than I need, then I think about and plan ways to purchase more. Especially pretty ones.
- I am very uncomfortable in my skin. I don't like to be the center of attention
- I can't imagine life sans the internet
- My in- laws have a 2- liter of Mr. Pibb in the fridge every time I go visit. We can't get it here, and it makes me feel loved that they go to the trouble.
- Of course, I did provide a womb for the most fabulous grandson they could have imagined
- I still feel like a little girl when I get my hands on some firecrackers
- My favorites are sparklers, snakes, and smoke bombs. Also, those little parachute men.
- I grind my teeth at night
- If I take magnesium, it makes me stop
- I'm getting ready to be the general contractor on our new house
- I'm pretty scared
- I love shopping at Target, but I hardly ever do so
- My favorite food is Indian food, specifically Chicken Tikka Masala
- Also, steak, because you can't go wrong with a good hunk of cow
- About 30 minutes before my husband gets home from work, I do the vast majority of house cleaning which gets done on any given day.
- Obviously, I NEED deadlines
- If I set them for myself, I give myself a break when myself doesn't make it
- I love lists. I sometimes even make a list of all the lists I have going.
- I do not like the lists my husband makes for me
- My favorite thing about Christmas (other than the religious relevance, of course) is Operation Christmas Child. Filling that shoebox is more fun than all my other shopping combined!
- I can't wait until Hatchling is old enough to start packing his own shoebox with his dad and I.
- I do all my housework on the same day, so I'm really tired that night
- This really irritates my husband
- I tried to split it up, but I like for the whole house to be sparkling clean at the same time, not the kitchen sparkling but the hardwood dingy. No, thank you.
- I hate to iron
- It's the worst job I inherited since becoming a SAHM
- When I worked, I sent all our iron- needing clothes to the cleaners
- I don't watch scary or sad movies
- I think Bollywood is swell
- I can't carry a tune, but I sing for my son all the time
- I dread when he gets old enough to tell me to shush, which is what I did to my mom
- I love having painted toenails, but I can't stand color on my fingernails
- I like to dye my hair
- I don't like to eat vegetables
- Or fruits
- Or vitamins
- If I could invite any 5 people, living or dead, to a dinner party, I would ask Bill Bryson, Jane Austen, Mark Twain, Winston Churchill, and Carey Grant. I believe it would be a rather witty gathering, in spite of my being there.
- I think men should still stand up when women enter the room
- And open car doors
- My husband does neither
- He's a pretty good catch, all the same
- I love bags. Luggage, purses, totes, cosmetic, you name it, I dream of purchasing it.
- In the winter, I take a long bath with a good book almost every night
- The places I want to visit next are Florence, Australia, and Hawaii (I know, I can't let it go)
- I want to be a librarian when I grow up (i.e., when the kids go to school and I have to become a productive, wage- earning member of society again)
- I'm not especially qualified to be a librarian
- I'd really prefer to stay at home forever
- And get paid for it
- Somehow, I don't think it is going to happen
- I've been ready to get pregnant again for over 6 months
- Leonardo won't let me until our new house is finished (because he thinks it would be too much stress on me, not because he is mean)