Mackay Madness: I'VE BEEN TAGGED BY Wendi

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

I'VE BEEN TAGGED BY Wendi

Need to do list: 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 random surprising facts about myself. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog!

3 Joys: "Faith": I am so grateful to be a member of my church (LDS). If I didn't have my "faith" to depend on and help carry me through, I would be so lost!
My kids: It is like I have taken out my heart (four times) and put arms and legs on it. They are everything to me!
Brandon: I miss him so much when he travels. There is certainly a void when he is gone. But he is so great when he is home that it usually makes up for it! After almost 20 years of knowing each other and 13 years of marriage, I still get so excited to be around him. (corny but true)

3 Fears: Death: Losing one of my children.
Cancer: I have always been hypo about this. And now my aunt has had it...I always have it too...pretty much every time i get and itch, or a sore throat, or a headache!
Disaster: I worry that some storm or something will come wipe out my home and we will have to leave and I won't have a way of feeding my kids. Very Scary! I try to do food storage...but I'm slacking!

3 Obsessions/Collections:Clean freak: with my house,car and yard. If any one of those is too out of order, I can hardly function. I was even like this as a little girl. ( I drove my family nuts)
But I am getting a little better. You have to with four kids I guess.
Grey's Anatomy: I can't miss one episode. Never, Never, Never! I love it sooo much! (thank goodness for DVR)
Old Things: I love things that are old. Dishes, buckets, toys, pictures, aprons, bedding. I could go antique shopping all day. I think I just like to imagine the good ol' days. I especially like items with great stories behind them.

3 Goals: Less OCD (obsessive compulsive): I am trying to remember whats most important, and not focus so much on a perfectly clean house.
Saving money: I am trying to create and stick with a budget. ( I will admit I stink at it)
Less T.V: I have cut out about 90% of my shows. I got really caught up in all the reality stuff and Days of our lives for a while there. But with the kids home for summer, I just think it is a time sucker, and we should be doing other things. I will NEVER give up Grey's though! Unless maybe the Prophet told me to. lol

3 Random things: I went and earned my C.N.A (certified nurse assistant) a couple of years ago. I wanted to become an R.N. (but then we had a baby instead) Maybe when they are grown I will pursue it again. Who knows.

I am an excellent BELCHER. I'm kind of famous for it. I hate to brag!

I love all animals. (even ugly ones) I can't walk into a pet store or a farm without leaving with a creature. I am currently raising 5 chickens, 2 dogs, and a cat. I used to breed rabbits too. I really want a goat but Brandon put the "nix" on that. He claims to be allergic. LAME! Who cares that he swells up a little...I want a GOAT! My favorite animal is a giraffe. At least I'm not asking for that!

I tag: Bree Bell
Natalie Ball
Amy Johns
Ashlee Schaar
Angie Richardson

7 comments:

margo said...: Maybe Brandon will let you have a goat out at Last Chance????; June 24, 2008 at 9:31 PM
Tara said...: Maybe we will have to have a belching contest...

I wish I could catch a little of your OCD for cleaning. I seem to just want to play outside in the summer and ignore my house.

Thanks for the post-it was fun learning more about you.

And thanks for not tagging me-you probably already know I was tagged a couple of months ago.; June 25, 2008 at 12:39 AM
Bell Family said...: aarrgghh. I hate being tagged. I've been tagged a few times before and have never done it. Sam did one for me last time. This tag doesn't seem so bad. It's only a few questions. Your post was darling. I never knew the love you have for Grey's was so deep in your soul. Innteresting.; June 25, 2008 at 7:34 AM
Sam Bell said...: You don't want to tag Bree, because I will have to answer and it will be NASTAY.; June 25, 2008 at 8:57 AM
schaars said...: You really make me laugh who has chickens in the middle of the city??? only you! You and Brandon have the best relationship and the cutest kids ever. I have to admit I am so scared of a natural disaster because my food storage is not nearly what it needs to be I have got to work on it! Thanx for tagging me.; June 25, 2008 at 2:46 PM
Wendi said...: Chickens...super cool! Are yours free roaming/cage free? Do you breed them for meat and eggs? Probably just the eggs.; June 27, 2008 at 11:26 AM
jenn said...: A Grey's loving, chicken raising, goat coveting, belching queen, clean freak...no wonder I think you are soooo cool!; June 30, 2008 at 11:18 AM

From the mouths of "our babes":

*Our doorbell rang. Chance ran to get it. No one was there. He said, "oh darn,it must have been a knocker-ditcher." (Otherwise known as a doorbell ditcher.)

*Chance climbed in the back of the car this afternoon, and said "ewww mom, the back of your car smells gross...it smells like fries and poo all mixed together."

There was a little boy acting very naughty in Chances primary class...he turned and told the boy that he was an "ANGRY ELF." The teacher told me that it made her whole day and she nearly peed her pants laughing. (We were visiting at a different ward, which makes it even funnier because he didn't even know the boy.)

*Chance's kindergarten teacher's name is Mrs. Rasband, he came home and told Brandon that her name is Mrs. Wristband! Close enough

*As we were driving through the farmlands, Addie blurts out from the backseat, "it's cool how HAY grows, it just randomly pops up in perfect little blocks!" (She was DEAD serious)

*We came home from camping and Addie turns to me and says, "Mom, it feels so good to be home and walk on the grass and have a cup of milk!"

*We ate at a "Thai" restaurant tonight. Addie was so sick of peanuts on all of the food. She finally looked at me and said, "what the heck, do they have a peanut tree in that kitchen or what?"

*Chance asked me, "Mom, why Jesus make me so fast?" (Basically asking why he is such a fast runner)

*Chance was looking through the neighbors fence at their dog and he came running back across the street and said " oh sick, that dog just bless you'd all over my face!" Apparently, that means the dog sneezed on him!

*Chance calls "Walkie Talkies"... "Hickey Tickies"

*Hannah told me that we are going to give her "arthritis" because we are making her camp in a tent this year. (We sold our big fifth wheel last year.) Poor kids!

*We went thru the drive-up at Wendy's and they were out of Frosty's. As we pulled away, Chance murmurs to himself: "damn, damn, damn!" (I will take full responsibility for that one!) Needless to say, we had a little chat!

*Chance says that "chocolate milk" is his favorite taste!

*Chance was picking the seat of his pants today, and I said "what's wrong son, do you have a snuggy?" And he said, "no mom, I don't have a snuggly, my bums are just stuck together.

*Tonight at dinner, Addie told us that her favorite solid food is BUTTER and her favorite liquid food is SPRAY BUTTER!

*Chance told me today that his brain was making him scared to go to school. (He just kept holding his head in his hands)

*We had a "chick" die this weekend. Of course the kids made us do a burial. Apparently it freaked Chance out, and he wouldn't sleep in his bed because he just knew there were dead chicks in the sheets, and his feet could feel the feathers!

Easton "Such a Big Miracle, in such a Little Boy"

For those that don't know, our little boy nearly drowned in a bathtub accident when he was just 7 months old. I had run a bath for myself and left Easton (who could barely crawl) in his room on the floor. I ran out to the kitchen to clean up a glass my daughter had broken. When I returned to the bath... Easton had pulled himself into the bathroom and was floating face down in the water. He had his feet pajama's on which helped him slip over the side. He was under for about two - four minutes and it took four minutes of CPR from his daddy before he took his first breath. He was taken by ambulance to "Primary's" where he stayed in the ICU overnight. He had a full recovery. We are so, so lucky! He is ONE YEAR OLD now and we're so happy that our heavenly father decided that we could keep him!!! He brings so much SUNSHINE into our lives. "We love you Eastie". I put this on my blog for my own journal, but also for people to always be aware of your kids around water...they are capable of sooo much more than you may think!