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Let's see how this goes.  Thanks for the tag, Lau.

5 things I was doing 10 years ago:

1. Starting to fall for Marcos.  We had our first date in July 1998.  We'd been friends long enough that by the time we actually went out, I had a pretty big crush on the kid.

2. Living at home still and hanging out with my sisters when I was actually at home.  Ah, the good old days.  Very few bills so my small paychecks could basically be mine to spend.  

3. Going to Weber State.  Taking lots of credit hours to finish my degree quicker, including loading up on classes during summer semester, orchestra classes to keep my scholarship and peer leadership stuff I did through the early college department.  I was pretty busy with my scholastic achievements back then.

4.  Hanging out with my best friend, Lisa.  The two of us were pretty much inseparable throughout high school and college.  I'm so lucky to have a friend that kept me on the straight and narrow.  We had a ton of fun, but we were good kids...our parents would approve of most of our memories.  Sure, we broke into a few fraternity apartments, but other than that everything we did was legal.  Seriously though.  We had fun hanging out playing games, playing music (on the radio or our instruments), going on road trips and dating boys.  That was the life!  

5.  Working random blah college jobs that ranged from "on-campus" jobs to the crappiest janitorial job ever!  Some memories I'd rather just leave behind!

5 things on my to do list:

1. Buy new shoes for Dylan.  His tennis shoes are totally falling apart.

2. Paint my new paper shelves in the office.  Yes, I know, that's been on my list for awhile.  I thought they were good, but I'm thinking I might need another coat.

3. Buy new tomato cages.  Last year our tomatoes did really well and the dang cages broke.  We're going to invest in the sturdy kind this year.  I need to think about doing this sooner than later so the plants don't get too far ahead of me.  

4. Type up my recipes for the recipe swap I'm going to tomorrow.  Yum, desserts.

5. Which brings me to my last item that hopefully happens.  Seeing as how I'll be eating my fair share of desserts tomorrow, I've got to try to get my exercising in at some point tomorrow.  Maybe in the morning?  Hmm...I haven't thought it through yet, but I'm praying I have enough desire to get up and get it done.

5 favorite snacks/food:

1. Brownies.  I never liked the dang things until my pregnancy with Dylan and now I have to make myself stay away from them.  Stupid chocolate fix! 

2. Pasta.  I love most pasta dishes.  I love fixing them, eating them, experimenting with them, etc.  I love pasta with fresh vegetables from the garden.  I can't wait until that garden starts growing!  

3. Tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches.  I don't know where this came from either.  My sisters think I'm so weird that I love it so much.  It's seriously my favorite lunch ever!  

4. Okay, so I love sandwiches.  I love turkey with provolone sandwiches with lettuce, tomato and a little bit of light miracle whip.  So tasty.  My other favorite - don't laugh - is peanut butter and banana.  I seriously could live on those dang things...preferably toasted.  

5. Fruit.  I really love sweet things, but fruit is always a favorite.  I love fresh fruit and look forward to the fruit that ripens at different times of the year.  Melons, strawberries, bananas, grapes, peaches, cherries, nectarines...you name it, I pretty much like it.  

5 things I would do if I was a billionaire: 

1. Pay off the car and the house.  I absolutely hate debt, even the kind that is supposedly acceptable.  Okay, that's a lie.  I'd probably upgrade the house just a little and then pay it off.  I don't need some crazy dream house, but maybe something a little bigger and nicer.  And I'd buy a minivan too.  I know, SO extravagant.  I hate not being able to fit everyone in one car though.  Even though we're only a family of four, we can never give people a ride.

2. Travel.  Marcos wants to go to Argentina so bad.  I'd love to see the world, although the thought of traveling with kids makes me crazy.  I'd probably combine my travels with humanitarian projects.  I'd love to help with some of the humanitarian aid in 3rd world countries like digging a well or building a school or something.  Just get my hands dirty and learn to appreciate how blessed we truly are would be awesome. 

3. I'd want to help people, but I'd try to be smart about it.  I think people come out of nowhere when you have money, so I'd really want to have a plan for who and how I helped others.  I'd also want to set aside a certain amount of money to invest and plan for the future so I could only ever have access to a percentage of my money.  I think it would be way too easy to go crazy and blow all of your money...no matter how much you start out with.

4. If I had money, I'd probably hire someone to help out with the housework and maybe even hire a chef for a couple meals a week so I could spend more time with the kids and not always feel like I was running around trying to accomplish a million things.  

5.  The geek in me would probably always take classes of some sort.  I LOVE learning and to have stress-free learning just for the sake of learning would be awesome.  I would just take a class here and there so I could really study and learn, but I would love to be able to afford (and have the time) to take classes for fun. 

5 bad habits:

1. Taking my shoes off when I come in the house and not putting them away.

2. Leaving my drink cups out on the counter.  I love having a cup to get refills with, but it drives Marcos crazy!

3. Losing my patience with my kids.  It's more of a character flaw, but it's a bad habit too.  I try hard, but they test me to the limit on a daily basis. 

4. Not filing my mail right when I get it.  I HATE that part of being a grownup.  Trying to keep the important stuff organized drives me nuts.

5. Going to bed too late.  This is a big one.  Then I'm so exhausted the next day!

5 places I have lived:

1. St George

2. West Valley

3. Pleasant View

4. Bountiful

5. Salt Lake

5 people I tag:

I don't know...everyone who reads this!  I can't pick just 5.  Don't make me single you out, just do it!