Memes: January 2007 Archives

I was tagged by that Chick over there for this meme. Since I have so many new readers lately I will bring you all up to speed about me, myself and I. Once you have been tagged, you have to write a blog with* 5 facts about yourself. Then choose 5 people you want to tag and list their names. Then leave a comment on their blog letting them know they've been tagged. 1. I met my husband in an MSN chatroom in August of 2003. I set eyes on him for the first time in Nov. 2003. In Jan. 2004 I packed up my kids and what I could get into the back of my Explorer and moved us from a tiny farm in rural Georgia to the big city and a townhouse that is Northern Virginia. We married 19 July 2004. In Jan. 2005 we bought a small farm in Central Virginia. My husband commutes daily to No.Va/metro D.C. 2. I was previously married for 14 years before filing for divorce. I have two daughters from that marriage: Colby will be 20 in May and Gracie turned 9 this past Decemeber. Steve has a daughter from a previous marriage: J, age 11, who does not live with us but is here weekly, alternate weekends, and 6 weeks of the summer, plus odd and end school breaks and holidays. At the age of 39, Feb 2006, we had a baby boy. 3. I live in an old Virginia four square farmhouse that is approaching 99 years old. We love it. I knew when I set eyes on it that this was my home. I was sick the entire time we negotiated contracts. Real Estate in this part of Va. is not for ametuers. This is hard-nosed, fast sell, you better have the money to pay for what you want country. Ask anyone in or near No.Va. I have been slowly doing the small projects of fixing up this house myself with the help of Steve when he is not working in his stressful geek job. The upstairs is freshly painted and the children are all settled into their own rooms. It took 11 gallons of Kilz to prime and seal the walls before painting. Not to mention patching, drywall, custom creating a set of closet doors, rebuilding the interior of 1 closet and completing a bathroom. I did all of this in the last couple months of my pregnancy. I wish I had the time and energy to do things now like I did then. We 95% completed a kitchen remodel during Steve's vacation last summer. We work well together. We installed new countertops and crown molding. I also did my own undercabinet lighting. :-) This spring between getting my gardens in and opening the pool I hope to start stripping and sanding the floors upstairs. Some fool painted them with chocolate enamel brown paint. The staircases front and back were also painted in this fashion. The woman who did this is on my shitlist FOREVER. 4. In the years between the birth of my children -1993 - 1995, I gave birth to another bouncing baby boy. I was a surrogate for a wonderful woman who has raised a beautiful family. We are very close friends. We keep in touch. I see her children when she comes to Virginia about once a year. It is one of the greatest landmarks of my life to see her with him. He is not my child. He was a frozen embryo. I was a vessel through which a miracle was performed by the hand of God. I love him but not like my own children. It is very hard to explain my feelings without sounding cold. I love him dearly. He is not flesh of my flesh. He is not my child. He was born in her heart long before he was born of my body. He is her son. There are no secrets. He knows exactly how, who, what, when and where of the circumstance of his birth and he is very cool with it all -often thanking me for giving him a chance to have life and peace with God. He is precious to me in every way. 5. I love pajamas and gowns. I spend as much time as possible each and every day in my pj's. I love cold, wet days with a fire burning and the tv on low in the background. I love to read, crochet, cross stitch, sew, garden, cook, craft, etc. There isn't much I can't do when I set my mind to it. I am a published author. Nearly a dozen years ago I published a local history of the 1861 - 1865 period in my home county back in Georgia. I can walk into the Library of Congress right now and request this book and they will bring it to me. MY dream is to have a PhD in history. At the rate I am having children I may never get the chance to go back to school and finish that dream. For several years I drove a school bus. Of all the jobs I have held (other than Momma) this job paid the least but was the most rewarding and satisfying of them all. Be good to your child's school bus drive. Make an effort to get to know him/her. You can't imaging the difference a school bus driver makes in the life of your child. Why? The school bus driver is the first person your child sees in the morning for school and the last in the afternoon. A school bus driver is (should be) an ambassedor for your public school system. if you are a school bus driver and you don't take great interest in your students you are missing out on one of the best gifts life has to offer. If you do, congrats! You Rock! Wow, that was long winded! Now I have to tag five people. Since so many people have already completed this meme how about all of you nice visitors who look radiantly pretty this morning tell us something about yourself we don't know. You can even sign in as Anonymous. Come on. Play along. who's gonna be first? *I hate the word blog. I will be posting a new recipe later today. ***** It is snowing as I sit and look out my window. The fire is crackling. The coffee is hot. The Walton's are on tv. What a fabulous morning I am having. Although I need a nap. Steven had a very rough night inwhich he did NOT sleep more than 30 minutes at a time. I did everything and had no idea what was wrong. This morning he is sneezing giant gobs of snot. We made it 9 months before he ever got a cold and now he has one every other week it seems. He is building one heck of an immune system but good grief, enough already with this snot and not sleeping!