All About Me in 40 Questions

1. Where are you from?  Tacoma, WA
2. How long have you been married?  9.5 years together for 16.5
3. How many children do you have?  2  (a boy and a girl)
4. When’s your birthday?  Oct. 30th
5. Where did you get married? Ocean Shores, WA
6. What’s your favorite color?  Greens & Purples
7. What’s your favorite food? comfort foods
8. Do you cook? What’s your favorite dish to cook?  Love to cook anything
9. Do you have a pet? If so, what?  3 dachshunds
10. What type of movies do you like?  Action/Adventure, Comedy, Old Movies
11. Do you have a favorite movie?  Gone With The Wind and MANY more
12. Which is your favorite restaurant?  Mexican or Italian
13. What type of music do you like? All music
14. What’s your favorite artist or band?  So many to list...80's hair bands, Tim McGraw, Toby Keith...the list could really go on
15. Do you like reading? What type of books?  Love to read, crime thrillers, historical fiction
16. What are your hobbies?  knitting, sewing, jewelry making
17. Do you play any sports?  nope
18. How many languages do you speak? Which ones?  does sarcasm count as a language
19. Are you a nature person? Do you like ‘outdoorsy’ stuff?  Love the outdoors & camping
20. What’s your favorite place that you have visited? Albuquerque & The Grand Canyon
21. Where do you work?  At Home and all around me
22. Did you go to school, or were you homeschooled?  Went to school, homeschooling was not the thing when I was growing up
23. Did you go to college? What was your major?  College Student - Business Major
24. Where are you parents from?  Tacoma, WA
25. Do you have any brothers or sisters? 1 sister, 1 brother, 1 half sister & an Angel Sister plus step-siblings but still siblings
26. Have you ever been outside your state? How about outside of the USA? Been to 14 Western States and to Canada
27. Where would u go on vacation if money wasn't an issue?  Italy, of course
28. If you could travel anywhere, where would it be?  Every state in the US
29. List the top 5 places you’d like to travel to.  Italy, France, Germany, London, & Sweden
30. What are you passionate about?  Beliefs, God and my family
31. List the top 5 things you’d like to accomplish before you die.  That is a hard one for me right now
32. What is one thing on your bucket list?  Travel with my Love
33. Who is the most important person in the world to you?  Toss up between the Hubby and the Kids
34.  What’s your dream job and why?  Working as a consultant from home
35. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? Do you have a plan?  Thinner?!?!
36. If you were marooned on a desert island, what 3 things would you take?  My Kindle, Power Cord, Diet Coke
37. Describe yourself using 5 words.  Determined, Dedicated, Organized, Loving, Caring
38. What’s the craziest thing you’ve done?  not sure
39. What’s the funniest thing you’ve done?  ??
40. What are 3 things you’ve never done, but you would like to try?  Sailing, a Cruise, and Hang gliding

One Thousand Gifts

Finding the Joy in everyday life can be a challenge especially when dealing with the after affects of combat, PTSD, and mTBI. These are the things which can suck the life right out of us all. But I ran across a challenge to find 1000 gifts in a year, nothing special but those every day things we would take for granted.

What a wonderful idea to help brighten up everyday. This is been really easy to do. So here is some Joys from the last few days.

1/5/2013 - In My Bag, In the Fridge, In My Heart...yarn, chicken, love

1/6/2013 - 3 Graces from people I love...a hug, a kiss, time

1/7/2013 - Dusky Light, Reflection, Shadow...our bedroom light, my reflection, outside in January

1/8/2013 - Gift Held, Passed By, Sat With...DH's hand, missed opportunities, my mom

1/9/2013 - Gift Sour, Gift Sweet, Gift Just Right...Bite from a Pickle of DD, Chocolate from DH, hearing my DH laugh

I have not completed today's list since I did go a little out of order and would like to get back on track. These are all very basic but they have helped me to remember the Joy in life. Check out One Thousand Gifts for more information or to start your own list of Joy!