Tagged Again!

Ok Amy tagged me so here it is. To play this game of tag, post the rules on your blog. List 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, and 3 random surprising facts about yourself. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names. Let them know they've been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Joys

1. Watching my kids do the right thing. Nothing brings me more joy then seeing that all the hard work has paid off and they are growing up to be good people.

2. Spending time with Todd. Alone time. Time where we can actually carry on a whole conversation with complete sentences. I live for those times.

3. One on one conversations I have with my kids. During one of those conversations Jessi told me that I was her best friend. It made me cry. She talks more to me then any of the other kids right now but I am working on them.

Fears

1. Having a child kidnapped or hurt by someone else. When I had Justin I started having nightmares that someone was trying to take my kids and since I only had two hands and three kids I could never protect them all. I also started having nightmares of bad things happening to Jessi after she could drive and was out alone at night.

2. Loosing Todd. What more could one fear then the loss of their best friend, lover, confidante, the other half of my life.

3. Having my children fall from the church. Since I believe in Eternity and Eternal families. I want them to be with me forever.

Goals

Are we talking long term or short term?

Short term

1. Get dressed before 8:00

2. Organize my house. . . again.

3. Have a ball with my kids this summer instead of focus on all the things I need to do.

Long term

1. Illustrate one of Todd's poems and have it published.

2. Start painting again. I inherited some paintings from my dear friends Pat and Alice. It has inspired me. Some day I will have time for that.

3. Get caught up on all of my scrapbooks. Problem is I want to go back and change all of the scrapbooks I have done up to this point. I want it all digital now, so it will take me forever. I got caught up just before Brecken was born and haven't done anything since. Nesting does have its perks! Maybe I need to have another baby. Not!

Current Obsessions/Collections

1. Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate. Some days I really need it. Not crave. Need. I have gone through all my kids drawers etc. trying to finds some. But to no avail. I actually get shaky. I wonder if they have a rehab for this. Mandy has a sign in her apartment. That says "There is a skinny girl inside of me screaming to get out, but I can usually shut her up with Chocolate." This is my life.

2. Quilt magazines. I love to look at them and plan what I am going to do when I grow up and have time. I have tons of magizines but have never made something from them.

3. A clean house. I can't be happy (nice) when it is a mess. I am not overboard. I don't need everything cleaned with a toothbrush, but I would like the socks picked up off the middle of the floor etc.

Random surprising facts

1. Like Amy, I am not patient. I, as well as my family, am always surprise that people accuse me of this. Patience is not something that is in my vocabulary. If I ask you to do something, I want it done now! If I want to do something, I want to do it now! No questions asked!

2. I like hip hop music. Ok not all of it. Some of it is really obnoxious. Especially when they say the same thing over and over again. But there are some good ones like Temperature by Sean Paul, Yeah by Usher, and Low by Flo-rida. I know some of them are naughty but I don't listen to the words. :)(most of the time you can't understand them anyway)

3. I have the worst possible combination of personality traits. Jessi gave me a test one day. My family answered the questions for me. I think it is biased though, because they don't know me like I know me. They were wrong. But anyway, I am a blue and red. According to Bro. Richards in the Mountain Crest Seminary, that is the worst personality combination. Jessi described it as this. "I am right 50 percent of the time but that is ok because I know if you just did what I said, I would be right 100 percent of the time." Well thats true isn't it?

I tag Kim, Monica, Lezlie,(I know you were tagged once, but this one is different) Sherrie (I have to help her make a blog first). Sorry I don't know anyone else to tag.