Tag....I'm it!

1. Link your tagger and list these rules on your blog
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Tagged by Krystal Hartley

1. I have a forklift license (ok...it's probably expired by now!) from one of my college summer jobs working at a manufacturing plant (Ditch Witch) in my hometown. Just imagine warehouse, no AC, in the OK heat - my parent's incentive to finish college and get a good job!!

2. I'm a planner. I have a list for everything. I asked my son to help me remember something recently and he said, "Mom, just write it on your list!".

3. I recently got to go to Hawaii on a business trip for my new job and found my new favorite snack (it's even healthy) edamame - Japense soybeans. So yummy with garlic and salt. Of course the ones I made at home don't seem quite as good as the ones we had while on our whale watching cruise on the North shore of Oahu!

4. I've only had 4 cars in my whole life - a '76 Malibu Classic (the granny mobile - I really hated that thing in high school), a '92 Thunderbird, a '98 Passat, and a '03 Ford Expedition. We drive our cars into the ground!

5. My favorite vacation - lounging at the beach with a little snorkeling thrown in and of course all you can drink frozen beverages!

6. I've had gray hair since high school. :( Thank goodness for Nice 'n Easy!!

7. Ever since we got a DVR (like Tivo) I can't stand to miss any dialogue when I'm watching tv. I'll keep rewinding until I hear it! It drives my husband crazy!!

Okay...tagging:
Ashli
Sonja
Krystal G

Everyone else I looked at had already been tagged!

Go Lady Bears!

Paige's soccer season wrapped up and this week the girls had their end of season party and received their trophies. I made up little accordion books for them using the "Kickin' it" from nitwitcollections. So cute! Everybody loved them. I felt pretty guilty because I didn't have time to make up anything for Jake's team. Next season for sure!!

We've been invaded....

A couple months ago while I was out of town for work Tom took the kids to the pet store and came home with two pet MICE! I'm not sure what he was thinking! (Did I mention we have 2 cats!) I guess he tried to talk them into hamsters, but Paige thought the mice were cuter (ewwww!) because they were smaller. So they came home with two hamster cages, wheels, etc.... Well, one week later Paige's mouse (Pokey) died, not sure what happened to him. So in the meantime our friend's son, Ben's hamster had babies - 9 of them!! So Paige got to pick out one and it came home with us. Soooo cute! And at least I don't mind touching this one! Her name is Hammy (we went through Brownie, Little Girl, Cookie, but Hammy has stuck).




Well, then Jake decides that his mouse isn't so much fun anymore because he can't take it out of the cage, so we decide to let the mice go in the backyard (sorry little Otis) and go get him a hamster at the pet store. (By this time Karen had taken the rest of her hamster litter back to the pet store since their hamster they purchased pregnant - unknowingly!) Jake picked out a robo hamster and named him Pip. He is sooo cute and very tiny...but VERY FAST! So the very first night, he got loose and we spent about an hour trying to find him in our game room - under the couch, behind the wall of toys / books / games....not fun! He's gotten loose a couple other times, but so far we've been able to catch him.

Well, the kids are having so much fun with them even though the poor little guys aren't getting much sleep during the day like they are supposed to. They are fun little pets though! Here's a few pics...

Paige w/ Hammy Hammy Paige with Pip

Jake with Pip