I have been tagged by the woman you want writing all your letters to difficult relatives, Swistle for the 3 things meme. Maybe it has another name, but that’s what I’m calling it. So, without further ado:
Three things I’m afraid of:
1. Someone breaking into the house when my husband is away
2. Telling someone ‘no’ if I think it will be an issue
3. Being a bad mother
Three People Who Make Me Laugh:
1. My husband
2. Owen
3. Connie
Three Things I Love:
1. Handwritten love notes
2. A new, never been used before spiral bound notebook
3. Being snuggled warm in bed on a snowy (or rainy depending on the season)
afternoon with a good book
Three Things I Hate:
1. Petty bickering
2. Other people’s issues
3. People who are rotten to their kids, especially in public
Three Things I Don’t Understand:
1. my family
2. women who kill their babies instead of taking them somewhere safe to give to someone else
3. people who abuse children and don’t understand why their actions are wrong
Three Things On My Desk:
1. baby sock
2. Super Baby Food book
3. Unopened package of new bright dry erase markers
Three Things I’m Doing Right Now:
1. waiting for my rice to finish cooking so I can make a batch of Chicken and Rice for Owen (and hoping I don’t screw it up)
2. Listening to a load of darks in the washer on spin cycle
3. Wondering if my dentist is a quack because he thinks I *don’t* need a root canal on that tooth that’s still bugging me
Three Things I Want To Do Before I Die:
1. get and stay more organized than I currently am
2. get my master’s degree
3. learn to enjoy life more and worry less
Three Things I Can Do:
1. pick up things off the floor and pinch people with my toes
2. anything crafty
3. make a delicious chicken noodle soup from scratch without a recipe
Three Things I Can’t Do:
1. Drive a stick shift (very proficiently anyway)
2. Consistantly stay on a budget
3. Not procrastinate
Three Things I Think You Should Listen To:
1. Dave Matthews Band live in concert, preferably at an outdoor venue in the summer
2. Your mother when she truly has your best interests at heart
3. When someone says, “Let me help you”
Three Things You Should Never Listen To:
1. Telemarketers who say, ‘But wait…’ when you politely try to end the call
2. Music that makes your head hurt
3. People who say you can’t because you’re a)too old b)not educated enough, etc.
Three Things I’d Like To Learn:
1. How to be patient so I can sit still for long enough that my nails are truly dry and don’t get smudged after I paint them
2. That worrying about things I can’t fix by worrying about them does nothing but agitate me
3. How to say no and be okay about it
Three Favorite Foods:
1. warm potato rolls with butter
2. pasta with a nice red sauce
3. crabmeat wontons
Three Shows I Watched As A Kid:
1. The old Mickey Mouse club (not the black & white, but not the new version either)
2. Sesame street
3. Romper Room
Three Things I Regret:
1. asking E. instead of S. to the girls choice dance my junior year
2. not having more time with my grandpa
3. wasting so much time not being able to get over being asked to apply for a different more advanced position at work and then not getting the position and being bitter about being asked to apply in the first place
Three People I’m Tagging (no pressure, just if it seems like fun to do):
1. Amy at Bite The Rabbit
2. Heather at Knock Knox
3. Glitter’s mama at Glittersmama
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