Mi Vida Ocupada: My Busy Life!

High School Questionnaire

1. Did you date someone from your school? A few, but also a few who had already graduated and then one who went to another HS

2. What kind of car did you drive? My parents' 1989 Ford Taurus Wagon (until a drunk driver hit me and the car was totaled)

3. What was the most embarrassing moment of HS? I have many moments from Jr High but can't really recall anything embarrassing happening to me in HS

4. Were you a party animal? I went to a lot of parties, wouldn't say I was a party animal - not until I was legal, anyway ;)

5. Were you considered a flirt? More than likely!

6. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? No Music in HS for me!

7. Were you a nerd? As far as taking advanced classes and being smart yes.  I doubt anyone would've considered me a nerd though, I was pretty cool ;

8. Were you on any varsity teams? JV soccer

9. Did you get suspended/expelled? No, absolutely not!

10. Can you still sing the fight song?  Yes

11. Who were your favorite teachers?  Drawing a huge blank.  Isn't that sad? Probably my speech teacher but I can't remember his name or even what he looked like :(

12. Where did you sit during lunch? Depends on the year, but I remember South Campus, Jr year the best sitting with Jeanine & Kelly

13. School mascot? Bears

14. Did you go to homecoming, and with who? Craig-Freshmen Year  Dayan- Senior Year. I had boyfriends in soph & Jr year but didn't go to the Homecoming dance.  I should find my old dance pictures, then scan & post!!

15. If you could go back and do it again, would you? No way, not HS.  College yes

16. What do you remember most about graduation? I was never more nervous in my life.  I also had stayed up all night long the previous night and had zero sleep.

17. Where did you go senior skip day? Valley Fair

18. Were you in any clubs? I started a SADD chapter at my school just after I was hit by the drunk driver.  I was President.

19. Have you gained some weight since then? Sadly, I am about 35-40 lbs heavier now

20. Who was your prom date? I was dumped by my BF two days before Jr Prom and instead ended up going with a friend's older brother, Ken.  Senior year I went with my boyfriend Otho

21. Are you planning on going to your 10 year reunion? Nope, didn't go to 10 year because I was at Matt & Colleen's wedding.  My 15 year is next summer, probably go to that.

22. Looking back, what advice would you give yourself?  Continue to stay focused on school and look into careers other than special education

My Favorites Survey

1. Favorite Alcoholic Drink: Margarita (although I drink very seldomly)

2. Favorite Non-Alcoholic Drink: Water & Lemonade

3. Favorite Places to Visit: Arizona & Mexico (that's where I have been the most!) but I have many, many places on my list to visit.

4. Favorite Breakfast Food: I LOVE breakfast.  Breakfast burritos, omelets, French Toast, Buttermilk Pancakes

5. Favorite Vehicle: Corvette

6. Favorite Fast Food Spot: Culver's

7. Favorite Shoes: I am not a shoe person but I'll say flip flops or black boots

8. Favorite Sport: Basketball, Boxing

9. Favorite Thing to do in my Free Time: Read, Hang Out, Compute, Take pictures

10. Favorite Snack/Junk Food: Chips & Salsa

11. Favorite Musicians: Prince

12. Favorite Bands: Sevendust

13.  Favorite Store: Target

14. Favorite Weather: sunny and 70

15. Favorite Authors: Jodi Picoult, Dan Brown, Nora Roberts, JK Rowling

16. Favorite TV Shows: Grey's Anatomy, Monster Quest, Man vs. Food, No Reservations, Bizarre Foods

17. Favorite Cartoon: Its been YEARS so I have to say Scooby Doo, Flintstones, Jetson's, Snorks (yes, OLD school!)

18. Favorite Candy: I don't eat candy (except for chocolate) so  Snickers, Dove or Godiva are my faves

19. Favorite Artist: De Grazia (from AZ)

20. Favorite Animals: Tiger (Liger is pretty sweet too! I love all big cats and also the Great Apes are my faves too)

21. Favorite Sweet Treat: Ice Cream

22. Favorite Animated Disney Movie: Lion King

23. Favorite Colors: Teal & purple

25 Random Things

Both Lindsay and Anne (and several people on Facebook) posted 25 Random things about themselves this week and since their posts were quite enjoyable, I thought it would be fun to post 25 random things about myself that I have probably not already divulged in my last 1,030 blog posts.

1. I was born on February 11th, 1977, one month premature.  My dad didn't believe that my mom was in labor, so they barely made it to the hospital before I was born.  

2. I went to Montessorri for pre-school and learned to read at the age of 4.  I could also do fractions and count in bases other than 10.

3. When I was 3 or 4 years old, I fell off the bed while jumping and put my tooth right through my lip.  I have an ugly scar to prove it.

4.  Speaking of lips, I have had no feeling in my lower lip or in my chin since I was 15 years old due to a severed nerve from my mandibular osteotomy.  That's a fancy name for jaw surgery.  The surgery took 8 hours and I have 6 titanium screws in my lower jaw.  Food on my face or chewing through my lip are common occurences.

5.  I used to be a scrapbooker and LOVED it but have lost all desire to do it anymore.  I have only scrapped twice in the past year and don't know if/when I'll ever want to do it again. 

6.  My favorite past-time is reading.  I have read thousands of books in my lifetime and hope to read thousands more.  I'd read over watching TV 95% of the time.

7.  I believe in angels.  My guardian angel saved my life back in 1994 when I was in a bad car accident, hit by a drunk driver.  I am VERY anti drinking and driving.

8. The two longest friendships I have had have been since I was three years old (almost 29 years!), with Bradie and Leslie.  They are both very dear to me and I still talk to each on a regular basis :)

9. I never got to meet my paternal grandparents, they both died before I was born.

10.  I have ear and hearing problems.  I am slightly hard of hearing and also have auditory discrimination problem and an auditory processing delay.  I can hear vowels but can't always make out the word, so it sometimes takes me awhile to decipher what a person is saying.  If words are mumbled, I will not be able to understand them.  If there is noise in the foreground, I cannot hear anything in the background.  It is extremely frustrating.  I also have a lot of pain in my left ear that has been nagging at me for 2 1/2 years and has been associated with my severe jaw problems (TMJ).

11. I have magically lost a bunch of weight in the past year.  (All I really did was quit drinking soda and switched my BCP).  I weigh significantly less than I did at my biggest weight, which was in 2006 after my knee surgery.  I do not feel any smaller but all my clothes are way too big on me.  It would be great if I magically lose another 40 lbs!

12. My lifelong career aspiration was to be a Dr. one day.  Like an M.D.  That changed when I was 17 and discovered that my true calling was to become a teacher.  I am happy with my decision (for the most part) but would surely love to trade my salary for that of an M.D. any day!!

13. I have been to Mexico 20 times.  Some of the places I have visited (some multiple times!) include: Nogales, Puerto Penasco, Puerta Vallarta, Acapulco, Cancun, Playa del Carmen, Cozumel, Mexico City, Taxco, Guadalajara, Tijuana.

14. I watched the movie House Bunny a few nights ago and thought it was pretty funny.  I can't remember the name of the actress (she is also in the Scary Movie series), but she is hilarious!!!

15. I don't watch much TV at all but if I do, I love watching Travel Channel, Discovery and History.  You will probably never catch me watching Prime Time Reality TV, it just isn't my thing.

16.  I have 900+ albums on my iTunes but I have never had an iPod.  What's wrong with that picture??!

17. This is weird, but I have HUGE sinuses.  Three times the size of normal.  One ENT Dr. even told me I have the biggest sinuses he has ever seen.  I am not prone to infections but have chronic stuffiness (for which I need to take meds).  I suffered from major headaches for years and always thought it was my sinuses, turns out it was my jaw.

18.  Growing up, I hated seafood or rather I thought I hated it because the smell was so strong.  My parents are Catholic and eat seafood every Friday during Lent.  It wasn't until I was 20 years old and came home from college for Easter that I finally tried seafood.  On Good Friday of that year I had crab legs and sword fish and have loved seafood ever since! I was really mad at myself for not trying it sooner.

19.  Speaking of food, I am obsessed.  I love to eat.  I had major stomach issues and never ate anything fatty or spicy until I quit smoking cigarettes in the year 2000.  Once I quit, all of my stomach problems went away and I started to eat all the delicious things I could never eat before.  Hence all the weight gain (a lot of which I have since lost...see #11 above).

20.  I have one of the worst singing voices you'll ever hear! Seriously.  I think its because singing high notes is foreign to me....I can only sing low (and even that sounds terrible).  I try not to sing out loud unless I am by myself and even then I can barely tolerate to hear myself! LOL

21. I do not consume any products with aspartame because it gives me the worst headaches.  I have also been 99% caffeine free for the past 10 years.  The 1% is an occasional piece of chocolate or cup of cocoa.

22. I am allergic to bee stings.  I have been stung three times in my life, each time with much worse symptoms.  Its been 16 years since I was last stung and I am supposd to carry an epi-pen during bee season, but it has been about 5 years since I last had it refilled.

23. I lived and did my student teaching on the Tohono O'Odham Indian Nation in southern AZ ten years ago.  The school I taught at was in a village less than 15 miles from the Mexican border.  This experience was similar to living in a foreign country.

24.  Speaking of foreign countries, I got a passport two years ago and have not yet had a chance to use it.  I have never been overseas but would love to visit many places.  Top of my list includes Spain, Costa Rica, Japan, Brazil, Italy, but I would travel almost anywhere as long as it is safe.  I love to learn about people and places around the world.

25. I don't ever take naps.  The only times in my life that I have taken naps is when I was in college (too many late nights of partying) or when I was really sick.  I like to sleep but often see it as a waste of time.  I usually function on 5-6 hours of sleep per night.

 

Addicted.

I was tagged by Ms. Samara to make a list of five things I am totally addicted to.  To some this is very easy, but when I think about my addictions, all I can think about is FOOD.  So let's look at some of the foods that I have a hard time saying No to ;)

1.  Sweets.  I do not eat candy, but I have a hard time passing up desserts! My favorites are carrot cake, cheesecake, German chocolate cake, chocolate chip cookies, and ice cream!!!

2.  Buffalo Chicken.  I love wings (and sandwiches) with a lot of buffalo sauce and bleu cheese on the side!

3.  Pizza.  I love it!  My favorite local places are Davannis, Cossettas and Wildwood Pizza.

4.  Mexican Food.  There are very few Mexican foods that I will pass up (menudo is one I can do without). I prefer Authentic Mex to Tex-Mex, but love them both.  Margaritas fall into this addiction as well :)

5. Sushi.  I will eat many different varieties but my favorites are spicy tuna roll and hamachi sashimi.

I am not going to tag anyone in particular, but please feel free to blog about your addictions....food or otherwise!

Have you?

Bold the ones you have done.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii (I will someday)
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo (SCARY thought)
11. Bungee jumped (NEVER will)
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Been to the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables (this might be the year!)
19. Seen pyramids of an Ancient Civilization
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Visited the Caribbean
27. Run a Marathon (No way)
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language (Spanish is a work in progress)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Been to a World Series game
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted (does a caricature count?)
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten sushi
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone's life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day

Right Now....

i am: looking forward to having a 4-day weekend

i know: there are things I need to work on

i want: to go on a warm vacation

i have: a lot to be thankful for

i miss: my friends I don't spend enough time with

i feel: pretty good

i hear: heater fan humming

i smell: hand sanitizer

i crave: pizza

i cry: about sentimental things

i search: Google on a daily basis

i wonder: what happened to the co-worker who suddenly took a leave for the rest of the year

i regret: not listening when I should really listen

i love: to eat

i worry: I won't get to visit all the places on my list

i remember: the good times with good people

i dance: when the spirit moves me

i don't: ever take naps

i argue: very seldom

i write: restaurant reviews

i win: because I am in it to win it

i lose: my patience on the road

i wish: the economy would turn around

i listen: to a variety of musical genres

i can usually be found: with my Macbook Pro

i am scared: of things I can't control

i need: a Christmas Fairy to do all of my shopping for me

i forget: more than I used to

i am: looking forward to having a 4-day weekend

i know: there are things I need to work on

i want: to go on a warm vacation

i have: a lot to be thankful for

i miss: my friends I don't spend enough time with

i feel: pretty good

i hear: heater fan humming

i smell: hand sanitizer

i crave: pizza

i cry: about sentimental things

i search: Google on a daily basis

i wonder: what happened to the co-worker who suddenly took a leave for the rest of the year

i regret: not listening when I should really listen

i love: to eat

i worry: I won't get to visit all the places on my list

i remember: the good times with good people

i dance: when the spirit moves me

i don't: ever take naps

i argue: very seldom

i write: restaurant reviews

i win: because I am in it to win it

i lose: my patience on the road

i wish: the economy would turn around

i listen: to a variety of musical genres

i can usually be found: with my Macbook Pro

i am scared: of things I can't control

i need: a Christmas Fairy to do all of my shopping for me

i forget: more than I used to

ABC's

A= Attached or Single: Attached
B= Best Friend: Mary, Kim, Sonja, Lanee (Bradie & Kara too!)
C= Cake or Pie:  That's a toss up, I don't resist either very well!
D= Day of Choice:  Friday and Saturday
E= Essential Item: Make-up
F= Flavor of Icecream: Peppermint Bon Bon
G= Gummy Bears or Worms: Neither, I do not eat candy
H= Hometown: Vadnais Heights, MN
I= Indulgence: Food (I typically overindulge)
J= January or July: July
K= Kids: Hopefully within the next couple of years?!
L= Last movie I saw at a theater: Indiana Jones
M= Musician: Prince
N= Number of Siblings: 2- Brian & Jeff
O= Oranges or Apples: Honeycrisp Apples
P= Phobias or Fears: Claustrophobia
Q= Quote: "The only problem with resisting temptation is you never know if you'll get another chance"
R= Reason to Smile: BFF dinner tonight, D & D's wedding tomorrow!
S= Season: Spring & Fall
T= Travel Dreams: Costa Rica, Spain, Italy, Japan
U= Unknown fact: I have never had a cavity in my life
V= vegetarian or oppressor of Animals: Meatatarian
W= Worst habit: Not thinking three steps ahead
X= Xray or Ultrasound: Have had several of both
Y= Your favorite food: Mexican and Thai
Z= Zodiac sign: Aquarius baby!!!

Birthday Data....

Visited this site to get some interesting data about the day I was born ( 2/11/77).  Thought it was interesting enough to post!

• Your date of conception was on or about 21 May 1976 which was a Friday. (I was born a month early, so I was actually conceived at the end of June)
• You were born on a Friday under the astrological sign Aquarius.

•  Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 1/31/1976 and ending 2/17/1977. You were born in the Chinese year of the Dragon. ( I didn't know this! I always thought I was a snake!)
  
• Your Native American Zodiac sign is Otter; your plant is Fern.
• You were born in the Egyptian month of Parmuthy, the fourth month of the season of Poret (Emergence - Fertile soil).
• Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 23 Shevat 5737. 
  
• The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.18.3.11.1 which is 12 baktun 18 katun 3 tun 11 uinal 1 kin
• The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Friday, 21 Safar 1397 (1397-2-21).
• The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 10 April 1977.
•  As of 5/28/2008 9:40:08 AM EDT You are 31 years old. You are 375 months old. You are 1,633 weeks old. You are 11,429 days old. You are 274,305 hours old. You are 16,458,340 minutes old. You are 987,500,408 seconds old.

• Celebrities who share your birthday: Kelly Rowland (1981) Matt Lawrence (1980) Brandy (1979) Mike Shinoda (1977) Jennifer Aniston (1969) Sheryl Crow (1963) Segio Mendes (1941) Bobby 'Boris' Pickett (1940) Burt Reynolds (1936) Tina Louise (1934) Leslie Nielsen (1926) Eva Gabor (1921) Sidney Sheldon (1917) Thomas Alva Edison (1847)

• Top songs of 1977: You Light Up My Life by Debby Boone Best of My Love by Emotions I Just Want to Be Your Everything by Andy Gibb How Deep Is Your Love by Bee Gees Evergreen (from 'A Star Is Born') by Barbra Streisand Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder Torn Between Two Lovers by Mary MacGregor Rich Girl by Daryl Hall & John Oates Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band by Meco Got to Give It Up by Marvin Gaye
• Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 4.47318982387476 years old. (You're still chasing cats!)
•  Your lucky day is Saturday. Your lucky number is 4 & 8.
• Your ruling planet(s) is Saturn & Uranus. Your lucky dates are 1st, 10th, 19th, 28th. Your opposition sign is Leo. Your opposition number(s) is 1.
•  Today is not one of your lucky days!
• There are 259 days till your next birthday on which your cake will have 32 candles. Those 32 candles produce 32 BTUs, or 8,064 calories of heat (that's only 8.0640 food Calories!) . You can boil 3.66 US ounces of water with that many candles.
• In 1977 there were approximately 3.1 million births in the US. In 1977 the US population was approximately 203,302,031 people, 57.4 persons per square mile.
• In 1977 in the US there were approximately 2,152,662 marriages (10.1%) and 1,036,000 divorces (4.9%)
• In 1977 in the US there were approximately 1,921,000 deaths (9.5 per 1000) In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds. In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.
• Your birthstone is Amethyst-  Amethyst is used to increase spiritually Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources) Bloodstone, Onyx, Moonstone
• Your birth tree is Cedar, the Confidence Of rare beauty, knows how to adapt, likes luxury, of good health not in the least shy, tends to look down on others, self-confident, determined, impatient, wants to impress others, many talents, industrious, healthy, optimism, waiting for the one true love, able to make quick decisions.
• There are 211 days till Christmas 2008!
• The moon's phase on the day you were born was in its last quarter.

Everybody's doing it.....

I had to finish the sentence.....

1. maybe i should start studying for my upcoming exams
2. i love the smell of fresh laundry and food cooking
3. people would say that i’m easy going, hardworking, caring, funny
4. i don’t understand why teachers aren't paid better
   
5. when i wake up in the morning I try to recall what is on my agenda for the day
6. i lost 7 lbs.  hooray
   
7. life is full of ups and downs
   
8. my past is full of mostly good memories
   
9. i get annoyed when people act ignorant
   
10. parties are the best when all your best friends can be together
    
11. i wish I had the power to teleport like Harry Potter
12. dogs are stinky but seem cool...I've never had one
    
13. cats like mine are the best in the world!
    
14. tomorrow  I will be testing students, then grad school all night
15. i have low tolerance for racism
16. i’m totally terrified of leeches
    
17. i wonder why some people do the things they do
    
18. never in my life have i been to Canada
19. high school has good memories for me
    
20. when i’m nervous I get thirsty and sick to my stomach
21. one time at a family gathering we had to hide under the pool table because a tornado was coming right at us
22. take my advice: don't ever drink and drive
    
23. making my bed almost never happens unless I do it myself
    
24. i'm almost always in a good mood
25. i’m addicted to food. 
    
26. i want someone to fund my world travels
    

One of these again :)

Saw that my little sis Michelle wants all her blogger buddies and friends to do this survey.  Why not?! We may as well give the little mama some reading material while she waits out this last month on bedrest 'til Baby Bennett is born :)

1. What is your occupation?  Gifted Services Specialist (aka teacher of high-ability kids)
 
2. What color are your socks right now?   black
 
3. What are you listening to right now?  hum of the heater in my classroom
 
4. last thing that you ate? Tres leches cake...OMG, it is amazing!!
 
5. Can you drive a stick shift? Yes, very successfully.  Vroom vroom ;)
 
6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?  stupidest question ever!!
 
7. Last person you spoke to on the phone?  Laura blonde...she just had a baby last night!! Congrats Laura and Jeff!
 
8. How old are you today? 29 (okay, I'm busted. 31)
 
10. What is your favorite sport to watch?  basketball, boxing
 
11. Have you ever dyed your hair? Yes, all the time.  Going to keep dying it until I die.  Already got a few grays.  Boo Hoo.
 
12. Pets?  quatro gatos y muchos pescados
 
13. Favorite food?  Mexican, Chinese, Thai, Italian...I love food
 
14. What was the last movie you watched?   The Lake House with Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves
 
15. Favorite day of the year? Several I love

16. What do you do to vent anger?   Depends on who/what it is.  I don't like confrontation.  I usually just call Mary, Lanee or Bradie to bitch about whatever is tickin me off!
 
17. What was your favorite toy as a child?  Cabbage Patch Kids and My Little Ponies
 
18. What is your favorite, fall or spring? I agree with Michelle...I love spring because it signals the end of winter, but fall is so beautiful and the weather is perfect. I guess it's a tie!
 
19. hug or kisses?  Hugs
 
20. Cherries or Blueberry?  Fresh cherries 
 
21. Do you want your friends to email you?  I am obsessed with e-mail even though I am bad about responding
 
24. Current living situation?   Same as the past 6 1/2 years!
 
25. When was the last time you cried?   Not sure, Its been a long time
 
26. Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending this to? Bradie.  We've been friends since we were 2 or 3!
 
28. Favorite smells?  Food, flowers
 
29. What inspires you?   So much inspiration everywhere!
   
30. What are you afraid of?  Too many fears
 
31. Plain, cheese or spicy hamburgers? bacon, guacamole and peperjack
 
32. Favorite dog breed?  All beef :)  Oh, did you mean like a fuzzy dog? Probably King Charles Spaniel
 
33. How many years at your current job? I've been employed with my district for 9 years, 5 different schools
 
34. Favorite days of the week? Weekends
 
35. How many countries have you lived in? Uno
 
36. Ever driven a Motorcycle or heavy machinery? Um, heck NO!!!
 
37. Who's your favorite sports team?   It was Twolves until KG was traded
 
38. Do you have a house phone that is NOT cordless? I don't have a house phone, so no.
39. Do you like finding out more about people in your life?  Too much.  I always ask way too many questions.  How else do you find out about people??!!
 
40. What is your goal for 2008?  Besides winning the lottery, I would like to remain in the same schools w/o my position getting cut, and finish my additional teaching licenses

Go ahead and give it a try. 

Saw that my little sis Michelle wants all her blogger buddies and friends to do this survey.  Why not?! We may as well give the little mama some reading material while she waits out this last month on bedrest 'til Baby Bennett is born :)

1. What is your occupation?  Gifted Services Specialist (aka teacher of high-ability kids)
 
2. What color are your socks right now?   black
 
3. What are you listening to right now?  hum of the heater in my classroom
 
4. last thing that you ate? Tres leches cake...OMG, it is amazing!!
 
5. Can you drive a stick shift? Yes, very successfully.  Vroom vroom ;)
 
6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?  stupidest question ever!!
 
7. Last person you spoke to on the phone?  Laura blonde...she just had a baby last night!! Congrats Laura and Jeff!
 
8. How old are you today? 29 (okay, I'm busted. 31)
 
10. What is your favorite sport to watch?  basketball, boxing
 
11. Have you ever dyed your hair? Yes, all the time.  Going to keep dying it until I die.  Already got a few grays.  Boo Hoo.
 
12. Pets?  quatro gatos y muchos pescados
 
13. Favorite food?  Mexican, Chinese, Thai, Italian...I love food
 
14. What was the last movie you watched?   The Lake House with Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves
 
15. Favorite day of the year? Several I love

16. What do you do to vent anger?   Depends on who/what it is.  I don't like confrontation.  I usually just call Mary, Lanee or Bradie to bitch about whatever is tickin me off!
 
17. What was your favorite toy as a child?  Cabbage Patch Kids and My Little Ponies
 
18. What is your favorite, fall or spring? I agree with Michelle...I love spring because it signals the end of winter, but fall is so beautiful and the weather is perfect. I guess it's a tie!
 
19. hug or kisses?  Hugs
 
20. Cherries or Blueberry?  Fresh cherries 
 
21. Do you want your friends to email you?  I am obsessed with e-mail even though I am bad about responding
 
24. Current living situation?   Same as the past 6 1/2 years!
 
25. When was the last time you cried?   Not sure, Its been a long time
 
26. Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending this to? Bradie.  We've been friends since we were 2 or 3!
 
28. Favorite smells?  Food, flowers
 
29. What inspires you?   So much inspiration everywhere!
   
30. What are you afraid of?  Too many fears
 
31. Plain, cheese or spicy hamburgers? bacon, guacamole and peperjack
 
32. Favorite dog breed?  All beef :)  Oh, did you mean like a fuzzy dog? Probably King Charles Spaniel
 
33. How many years at your current job? I've been employed with my district for 9 years, 5 different schools
 
34. Favorite days of the week? Weekends
 
35. How many countries have you lived in? Uno
 
36. Ever driven a Motorcycle or heavy machinery? Um, heck NO!!!
 
37. Who's your favorite sports team?   It was Twolves until KG was traded
 
38. Do you have a house phone that is NOT cordless? I don't have a house phone, so no.
39. Do you like finding out more about people in your life?  Too much.  I always ask way too many questions.  How else do you find out about people??!!
 
40. What is your goal for 2008?  Besides winning the lottery, I would like to remain in the same schools w/o my position getting cut, and finish my additional teaching licenses

Go ahead and give it a try. 

Old School Adventures.....

I am putting a twist on the "7random" post that everyone is doing these days.  Since it took so long to get to this post after being tagged by a million people, I am going to go all out and tell ya seven adventures I've had that were pretty scary at the time....

1.  Once in the middle of winter when I was 16 years old, my friend Amy and I went out with our friends, Keith and Eric.  She had a 12 am curfew and lived on the opposite side of the lake from where we happened to be and we only had about 5 minutes to make her curfew. We were near a boat launch and Keith got this great idea that we would "take a short cut" across the lake....in the car!  I thought he was kidding until we found ourselves on the ice.  We got about half way across the lake when the piece of crap car keith was driving got STUCK in the snow.  Like majorly STUCK.   It was freezing A$$ out, this was before the days of cell phones, and we were SOL.  We tried rocking that dang car to get it unstuck, but no such luck.  We walked around the lake, knocking on fish shacks to see if anyone was around to help us.  No luck.  We knew we were in trouble in more ways than one.  About 30-45 minutes after we got out on the lake, a miracle happened.  A huge truck happened to appear about 1/4 mile away...we were able to flag the fishermen who were driving it down and they somehow helped us get unstuck.  We made it back to Amy's house over an hour late, frozen to the bone.  Thank GOD she had a huge hot tub that we could all warm up in.  I have been terrified to drive out ont he ice ever since then.  How stupid was that idea!!!?? Do you remember that Keith? I know you're reading :)

2.  Speaking of Keith, we used to hang out and get in all sorts of adventures together.... how about another time when we were 16.....the entire Sauer clan (that means all the aunts, uncles and cousins) stayed at the Embassy Suites downtown St Paul for a family get together.  The weekend we were staying there also happned to be right before my 16th birthday and was taking place during the St Paul Winter Carnival, so my dad let me invite a few friends to come hang out at the hotel pool, etc.  There were at least a million people staying in the hotel that weekend, including the entire Winter Carnival Royalty.  To make a long story short, my friends Keith, Amy and Eric were sitting in the sauna and I was just about to go in the sauna too.  Well keith was just messing around "pretending" he was going to punch the little glass window in the sauna door.  Unfortunately he slipped on some water that was right in front of the door and put his fist right through, with me standing right in front of the door on the other side.  Not only did Keith cut the fu*k out of his entire hand, I had pieces of glass embedded in my face and all over my chest and stomach and arms, each with trickles of blood flowing down my body.  It must've looked really bad! I didn't dare move for risk of cutting my feet up on the glass that was everywhere, so i stood there until help could come clean the glass up.  The hotel managment thought I was one of the carnival princesses and was tring to find my "chaperone".  Moral of that story...don't ever even pretend to put your fist through a window because it really sucks when it happens!

3.  One year while on spring break in Cancun, my friends Kim, Katy and Laura and I went on an excursion called the Jungle Tour.  They put us on these old-school (like 20 years old) giant 2-person jetskis that we would drive across the ocean to a coral reef where we would then snorkle.  So I am driving the machine and Kim is on the back of it with me.  I had never driven one of these effin things before and it happened to be a very windy day and the swells were like 4 feet high.  Every time we would gain speed we would crash into a wave and go all slow again.  Well this was a pretty scary experience.....we were with a guided group, but ended up being very far behind the rest, to the point that we couldn't see them anymore.  So we are trying to catch up and I am holding on the the steering wheel for dear life because there was NO WAY I was trying to fall off in the middle of the ocean.  So we hit the biggest wave ever and then the jetski suddenly stopped.  I was like, omg kim, that was scary.  Then I realized Kim was no longer behind me.  OMG, where is KIM???? KIMMY!!! I am in the middle of the ocean, waves 4 feet high and I cannot see my best friend anywhere.  The killswitch had been attached to her so when she fell off, the jetski killed.  I was stuck and could not go anywhere, just bouncing in the waves looking for Kim, hoping I would find her before the hungry sharks did.  I saw her head bouncing up and down about 50 yards away, but I could not paddle the large jetski in the waves with just my arms.  It was terrifying for me, imagine how Kim felt! Finally I got to her.  We ended up waiting on the jetski until the tour guide realized we were missing and had to come back looking for us.  This incident has caused a deep fear of large waves and small boats for me.  I haven't ridden a jetski since and I will never again do so in the ocean.

4.  One time in 7th grade Bradie and I had the day off of school.  I had slept at her house the night before and in the morning since we had no school, we walked a block to my house so I could take a shower and get dressed, with the plans to hang out and enjoy our day off of school.  Unfortunately when we got to my house, all the doors were locked and no one was home.  So I did what we sometimes had to do in this situation....crawl through the basement window.  I let Bradie in the front door and then jumped in the shower.  5 minutes later Bradie come in the bathroom and was like, "The police are here".  But she says it in a non-dramatic way so I told her to shut up and get out of the bathroom!  A few minutes later she comes back in and says, "I am serious, krissy! The police are here and they want to talk to you.  So I quickly get dressed and find a couple fo officers standing in my house, letting me know the neighbors had called the police about a break-in.  They needed to verify that I did indeed live there.  Despite the fact that my picture was all over the house, they needed to call my parents, who were extremely hard to track down that day.  My dad had just started a new job and I didn't know how to get ahold of him.  Finally they did and my dad verified I was indeed his daughter, that I was NOT skipping school.  But the whole thing pretty much sucked.  I don't think I ever broke in that way again!

5.  Another story with Bradie.... One night when I was in 8th grade my parents went out for the night to the Whitney Houston concert, so I had some of my girlfriends over....Jessie, Jenny, Andrea and Amy were already at my house and Bradie and Chelsea were walking on their way over from Bradie's house.  Before Bradie and Chelsea got to my house, there was a knock on my bedroom window.  I looked out and no one was there.  It wasn't for about 5-10 minutes that Bradie and Chelsea showed up.  I was like" Thanks for knocking on the window, real funny!" Bradie swore that she didn't do it, but I didn't believe her because she liked to prank me every once in awhile.  So we were all hanging out for a few hours and then later Chelsea's mom had to come pick her up.  We were all sitting in the living room watching out the picture window for Cheslea's mom, when out of the bush on the side of the house come two men wearing all black with black ski masks on.  We screamed bloody murder and the men ran across the yard and scaled the fence.  Amy's dad was a sheriff so she called him right away and he came over in his squad.  They combed the neighborhood but never found anyone.  Luckily he stayed until my parents came home late that night.  I was scared out of my mind for weeks!!!  A few weeks later some weird creepy kid who lived in my neighborhood called me out of the blue and confessed that he had been watching me in my back yard on several occasions and that it was him and a friend that night.

6. One time back when I was in college I went camping with Lanee, Kim, Sonja, Danielle and a few other friends.  We were at Willow River State Park in east central MN, a very secluded campground with very few other campers that weekend.  There weren't any bathroom facilities anywhere, just a water pump an an outhouse several hundred feet from our campsite.  So late one night Lanee and I walked to the pump to brush our teeth before going to bed...it was pitch-black out and we had but a measley little flashlight with us.  We had just finished at the waterpump when we heard movement in the woods right next to us and then we a flash of something white- something big....I screamed bloody murder and then ran as fast as I could back to the campsite, Lanee following me.  I didn't dare turn around to see what was chasing us, but I just knew it was either Bigfoot, a bear or worse...a psychopath who was lurking in the woods watching us (yes, I have a great imagination!).  Some of the guys went to investigate and saw a large patch of grass that had been matted down from whatever creature (probably just a deer) had been laying there.  I don't know who was more scared, me or the deer, but its a miracle I didn't PIMP!!! 

7.  Speaking of PIMP, I will admit about the last time it ever happened to me.  I was a 7th grader and it was fall, so it was dark really early.  A week or two earlier, Jacob Wetterling, a boy who lived about an hour and a half north of the Twin Cities, was abducted while walking down the street with his brother and friend.  The thought of being kidnapped scared the crap outta me, and since they never found out who did it or ever found Jacob for that matter (still no word on him 18 years later), the kidnapper was still at large.  I was walking home from Bradie's house with my friend Tracy, when a car that was driving behind us suddenly started slowing down, then stopped behind us.  As we walked a little further, the car would again move a little further then stop.  After this happened halfway down the block, Tracy and I just KNEW that is was the kidnapper and that he was coming to get us.  I was scared for my life as I ran through the backyards to get to my house.  And yes, I PIMP I was so scared.  Turns out our kidnapper was really just the evening newspaper delivery man, but he sure scared the piss out of me!!! Literally.

So there ya have it ;)  A few random adventures in the life of kristi.

I hope you enjoyed that...it took forever to type! LOL

Does that count as two days worth of posts or what??!!  Oh shoot, tomorrow is Thoughts for Thursday.  I'll be back!

Can you pass the 8th grade science test?

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Good thing I can ;) I am learning in my science methods class that although content is important, the process to acquire knowledge is even more important.

**PS I neglected to mention I got a C- the first time I took this.  It was NOT EASY.  I knew which ones I guessed on and got an A the 2nd time around!

Kinda fun.....

Found this on the Are we Having fun yet? Blog

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car), Tanya RX300 

2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie), Peppermint Macadamia Nut

3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name), K-Sau

4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal), Teal Tiger

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born), Elizabeth St Paul

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first), Sau-Kr

7. SUPERHERO NAME: (”The” + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink), The Purple Margarita

8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers), Norbert Jerome

9. STRIPPER NAME: ( the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy), Aqua di Snickers

10.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names ), Ann Robert

11. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (Your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter), Peterson Phoenix 

12. SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday, flower). Halloween Tulip

13. CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now + “ie” or “y”) Melon Hoody

14. HIPPY NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree), Apple Willow

15. YOUR ROCKSTAR TOUR NAME: (”The” + Your fave hobby/craft, fave weather element + “Tour”), The Scappin' Thunder Tour.

Long time, no see!

Has it only been 3 days since I last posted??  Seems like weeks ago now!!

Instead of writing on my blog I am now writing papers and reading, reading, reading for my classes.

Its all good.  Except when you don't look at the syllabus correctly and read and respond to the wrong chapter.  Ooops.

For lack of anything great to post about today, I am going to post this little survey that Kayla had on her blog

1. When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up? Doctor
2. What are you wearing? silky brown dressy shirt and tan slacks

3. What are your nicknames? Krissy, Fristy, Tissy, Kritti, Kritti-kat, Kristi Kris, T-butt

4. Favorite food? anything Mexican
5. Ever have braces? yes, from 14-16 (and major jaw surgery)

6. Where would you rather be: mountains, beach, city, suburbs or desert? I love to visit all kinds of places, depends on my mood!

7. What was the name of your first pet? Tanya

8. Name a weird fact about yourself: ??? Can't think of anything right now
9. What's your favorite quote? "The only problem with resisting temptation is you never know when you'll get another chance"

10. Single? far from it!
11. If not, how long have you not been single? going on 9 years with E-Rock

12. What would you rather read: People Magazine, the Bible, Harry Potter or the New York Times?Harry Potter

13. Lucky number? 3
14. Have any tattoos? If so, how many, and what are they? 5 (unfortunately I should've listened to my mom!)  angel, moon, rose, sun, gecko
15. Do you smoke or drink? I haven't touched a cig in almost 8 years and I drink on occasion (not often though)

16. What kind of car do you drive? Lexus Rx300

17. Are you happy with your appearance? I have some nice features, but I hate that I have gained so much weight throughout my 20's
18. What are you listening to right now? The low hum of traffic in the distance

19. Are you in school? If so, what's your GPA? Unfortunately YES.  My GPA for my Masters was 3.97.  I am hard-core

20. What are your pet peeves? Most of them have to do with driving (See this previous post)

Other stuff:

Remember when I talked about the Hometown Invasion Tour last fall?  Well, Justin Sailor aka Bugsy has made it to all 50 states in exactly on year and made it home last week!  Congrats to him on this amazing journey and accomplishment!!

Add youself!

I saw this on Nicole's blog and had to steal it! Just click below the map where it says "Sign Guestbook" and then add a pic of yourself and your location.  I hope to see many of you :)

This list is courtesy of Simone

Your Hair: Just got it cut with blonde and copper streaks...super cute!
Your Mother: Beautiful, jack-of-all-trades
Your Father: King Cool
Your Dream Last Night: I haven't been able to remember any of my dreams lately, but they've been strange!
Your Favorite Drink: agua
Your Dream Car: Corvette
Dream Home: Somewhere with a great view, has a scraproom
You Are In: Hugo
Your Fear: Too many to name them all.  I'm a big baby
Who You Hung Out With Last Night: Erick and Rich
One of Your Wish List Items: New cameras
The Last Thing You Did: Got my hair done at the salon
You Are Wearing: comfy clothes
Your Favorite Weather: sunny and 75'
Your Favorite Book: Memoirs of a Geisha, A Million Little Pieces, Tenth Circle, Time Travelers Wife, DaVinci Code
You Ate: Sushi
Your Life: Busy
Your Mood: Happy
Your Best Friend: Mary, Lanee, Sonja, Kim
What Are You Thinking About Right Now: How to make a Myspace page using Dreamweaver.  I wish they would've taught us more than the basic basics in my class
Your Car: Lexi
What Are You Doing At The Moment: Typing this crap
Relationship Status: Happily domesticated with life-long friend and partner EML
What Is On Your TV: Spurs vs. Jazz western conf game #5 (Spurs are spanking Utah)
What Is The Weather Like: Raining
When Is The Last Time You Laughed: 5  minutes ago

Answered.

Its been a week or so since I advertised that I would be willing to answer the random questions you've always wanted to know about me...... here are the questions and my answers :)
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I'll start it off. I wanted to put a list of books on the side of my blog like you have, and was wondering how to do it? Is it something that can be done on blogger? I don't think this was the type of question you were thinking of, but hey, that's me! I also wanted to know where you do your shopping? You always have the cutest clothes!

Posted by: Jessica | May 09, 2007 at 01:40 PM

Thanks for your questions, Jess.  As for the books that are displayed on my sidebar,  Typepad has templates that allow users to simply put in the ISBN # from Amazon and the image of the book, title and author info is automatically displayed.  Not a Typepad user? No problemo...there is some html code that you can use to do the same thing (although it is a lot more work).  This is the code: to link an image with a website:  <a href="SiteURL"><img src="ImageURL" border="0"></a>  (where SiteURL = the site you are connecting to, and ImageURL is the image file.)
Oh, and I do pretty much all my clothes shopping at Fashion Bug. I hate the mall so I avoid it whenever possible!  I am not into name-brand fashion or spending a ton of $$ on clothes, so I buy what I think is cute and fits!!

If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?

Posted by: Kirsten | May 09, 2007 at 04:29 PM 

Thats a tough one, because I can envision myself living in many different places.  As much as I want to travel and see the world, I don't think I'd want to live outside the US.  Well, Canada would be really cool too...preferably BC.  You know, for most of my life I wanted to live in Tucson, AZ.  I lived there for the winter during my senior year of college (98-99) and had a job lined up to teach special education in Nogales, AZ once I graduated.  I absolutely loved AZ, but I had to come back to MN to graduate that spring.  I had planned to move back to AZ at the end of the summer, but the closer it got to moving, the more reasons I had to stay right here in the Twin Cities!!  Its a long story but I have never regretted my decision.  At some point in the future I can see myself having dual-residences or moving somewhere on the west coast.

How many books do you read in a given month? Have you ever made a list of all the books you read in one year? Or the ones you plan on reading within a specific self-imposed period of time?

Posted by: Maria | May 10, 2007 at 02:26 AM 

Hey Maria, great question about the books! I've maintained a reading log for about the last 8 years that I've been teaching. Our district has a 25-books-a-year reading campaign for all students and staff, so we are all encouraged to keep a log.   For the past two years that I have been blogging, I have been able to keep a visual record right here on my site.  I still love to read, but I have to admit that I don't set time aside for it like I used to.  I spend way more time on my laptop.  I still average 2-3 books per month.

Oh and I got just one more, if you had to pick just one book as your all time favorite, which one would it be and why?

Posted by: Maria | May 10, 2007 at 02:29 AM 

Not a fair question to ask a bookworm to pick just one book, so I'll tell you a few of my favorites: Memoirs of a Geisha, Davinci Code, The Time Traveler's Wife, and Tenth Circle.  I also love Harry Potter :)

Totally Totally TOtally cool!! I'm copying this.  Ok... my question... hmm...

1) If you could change one thing about your life, what would it be?

Posted by: Nicole Barczak | May 10, 2007 at 06:37 AM 

I am not a person who dwells on the "could've been's" or anything, but I seriously wonder if maybe I should've gone to college to do something other than teaching.  I enjoy what I do for the most part and I believe I am pretty good at it, but it is more difficult than non-teachers could ever comprehend.  I think I could be great at just about anything I wanted to do.  Other than that, I am pretty satisfied with who I am and what I have done.

What's your favorite kitchen gadget?

Posted by: Jennifer | May 10, 2007 at 08:33 AM 

The toaster oven.  We use ours almost daily, not just for toasting! Its a fabulous way to re-heat leftovers :) I can't believe that some people still don't have one?!  I know that is more of an appliance, but I am not a gadgety-type of person in the kitchen

If money was NO object, what is the ONE thing you would like to do?

Posted by: Adrienne | May 10, 2007 at 08:33 AM 

TRAVEL.  I'd go to all the cool places I've seen, heard or read about.

Where do you find the time to do all this and still always look so pretty?
No, seriously, I'm busy but I ain't pretty.

Posted by: simone | May 10, 2007 at 09:56 AM 

Simone, you are so sweet for saying that I am pretty! Thank you :)  The truth is that it takes me about 10 minutes to apply my makeup and approximately another 5-10 minutes to do my hair.  Easy schmeasy

What are you doing this summer?
(hope I could ask two)

I am hoping I get called to teach summer school, but if not, I will need to find some type of job.  I would also love to go on a trip....just got my passport last week!!  My days are usually spent in the pool or out on the lake, nights dining out, going to concerts, etc.  I am especially looking forward to not having to have knee surgery like I did last summer.  Never take your mobility for granted!

Posted by: simone | May 10, 2007 at 09:58 AM 

How did your TMJ and surgery manifest itself?

I got braces when I was 14 and once they started to straighten my teeth, we realized that I had a significant overbite.  The options were to wear head-gear 24/7 for the next few years or have surgery to pull my lower jaw forward.  The thought of looking like the chick wearing head-gear in Sixteen Candles made me opt for the surgery.  It sucked, majorly.  I had to have my mouth wired shut for weeks, so couldn't eat anything that couldn't be passed through a plastic syringe to the back of my mouth.  I lost feeling in my lower lip and chin and to this day I am still numb and drool at times or get food on my face!!

Approximately how many LO do you do a month?

Boy, that all depends on the month!  I have more time do work on layouts in the summer when I am only working part-time.  On average, I would say 6 double-pagers.

Posted by: Oscar T. Grouch | May 10, 2007 at 03:28 PM 

What inspired you to become a teacher?

Posted by: Rolana | May 10, 2007 at 08:51 PM 

Up until the time I was 16, I had aspirations to become a Doctor (my mom planted the idea in my head on the day I was born and I let it grow for many years).  Then during my junior year of high school I took a class working with severely challenged students in the special ed school that was attached to our high school.  I enjoyed working with those kids so much, I volunteered for additional time every day.  It was at that time that I decided I wanted to be a special ed teacher.  I continued to work with behavioral/mentally challenged kids throughout high school and college, but it was the toughest job! (I actually have enough horror stories to write a book of my experiences, but I have tried to repress those memories).  I decided I would get licensed to teach kids with learning disabilities instead of the severe kids.  I taught for only one year before going back to get my Masters degree in Gifted Education.  I prefer the smart ones :)

Would you like to have kids one day?

Posted by: Rolana | May 10, 2007 at 08:51 PM 

Yes, but I can't imagine being a teacher AND being a parent.  Kids overstimulate me!!!!!

What is the one thing in the world that really irritates you?

Posted by: Rolana | May 10, 2007 at 08:53 PM 

I don't get irritated that easy, but I guess I am personally the most irritated when people lie.  Oh, and I get irritated on the road quite easily!!!

What's your favorite beauty product or secret that you'd like to share with your blog readers?

Posted by: Rolana | May 10, 2007 at 08:53 PM 

Ummm, my only real beauty secret is make-up. 

Do you eat cereal?  And, if so, what's your favorite kind?  LOL  But seriously, answer the question.

Posted by: LesleMora | May 10, 2007 at 11:12 PM 

Yes I eat cereal...it is one of my favorite foods!  If all else fails, cereal always hits the spot.  I grew up on the non-sugar variety such as Cheerios, Kix, Crispix and Raisin Bran.  My favorites today are Honey Bunches of Oats, Basic 4 and Frosted Flakes!  I also like Captain Crunch Berries, but only buy those maybe once a year.

Oh, and I forgot to ask . . . How do you like my new blog name, casadelesle . com? I hope you like it, 'cuz I've already bought it. =:-O

Posted by: LesleMora | May 10, 2007 at 11:14 PM 

Very cool name, Lesle!!!  Its great to have your own domain name :)

What store do you shop at the most?  (For clothes)

Posted by: Julie | May 11, 2007 at 09:32 AM 

Fashion Bug :)

Well, I wasn't going to comment on this one until I had a really good question, but this one now comes to mind! When are you coming to Chicago for a visit? Don't you like us??? It's been a while since you were here! :)

Posted by: Dana | May 11, 2007 at 03:30 PM 

Dana!!  Yes we still like you, silly!!!!  Since I don't have much to do this summer, I can come to Chicago just about any time!  I just have to talk to E and to Uncle and find out when it would be cool to come.  Any special events I should plan around?

Can we do Sushi when I get home?? Oh and how 'bout this one....If you could have one super power, what would it be? (thats from Blake LOL)

Posted by: Jessie | May 15, 2007 at 12:03 PM 

Jessie!!! 16 days and counting until you and the kids come home!!!  Yes, we can go have sushi :) Bradie, Dana and I also want to plan a girls dinner to El Alamancer on the Wesssssssssssst Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiide in your honor.  Maybe the 1st week of June if you feel settled enough ;)

If I could have any super power, I would want to be able to Teleport myself anywhere in the world instantaneously.  I would have lunch in a different country every day of the year!!!

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That was fun :)

Ask away.....

You know how sometimes bloggers will allow their readers to ask questions about anything and everything and they will respond to them? (See this post on Kristina Contes Blog if you don't know what I am talking about, her readers asked at least 100 questions and kristi answered every single one of them).  Example: "What one thing is your house missing? It can be furniture, accessories, features. What do you really wish you had in your home that you don't?. " 

I want to give this a try :)

So go ahead and ask me anything you want to know and I will do my best to put the answers in a post within the next few days. 

PS for those of you who never comment, it really isn't that scary! All you have to do is click "comments" below and type in your question.  You don't necessarily have to leave your name or e-mail!

Thanks, this should be fun.  Hopefully I will get more than 5 questions!

Haven't done one of these in awhile...

Stole this from Scott.

1.Whats your name spelt backwards? itsirk

2. What did you do last night? Made dinner and hung out at home.  Read my scrap mags and dreamt of scrappin again sometime soon.

3. The last thing you downloaded onto your computer? Google Video player, Myspace IM

4. Have you ever licked a 9 volt battery? No, and why would anyone have done this?

5. Last time you swam in a pool? Last Labor Day at E's parents house.

6. What are you wearing? Pj pants and a tee

7. How many cars have you owned? 4, The Silver Bullet, Bessie, Bessie, and Lexi.

8. Type of music you dislike most? In general I have to say Hee haw.  I know most of you country-lovers will hate me, but I just don't get the twang!

9. Are you registered to vote? Of course.

10. Do you have cable? Regular, not digital yet.  Only because I'm too lazy to make the call to upgrade! But I'd LOVE to have DVR.  Maybe I wouldn't be so out of it then!

11. What kind of computer do you use? HP Pavilion Notebook PC.  Its the best!

12. Ever made a prank phone call? all the time when I was young and dumb...long before caller ID!.

13. You like anyone right now? A few crushes.  Just kidding!

14. Would you go bungee jumping or sky diving? Heck no, Not in a million years

15. Furthest place you ever travelled? Acapulco, MX

16.Do you have a garden? No, but only becasue I live in this effin association.  I do have potted flowers and house plants!

17. What's your favorite comic strip? Say what?  I don't read comics

18. Do you know all the words to the national anthem? Yes, but I'd scare the heck out of you if I ever sang it, my voice is the worst!!! I scare myself.

19. Shower, morning or night? Morning but I like to shower at night too. 

20. Best movie you've seen in the past month? The Departed

21. Favorite pizza toppings? Pepperoni, sausage, mushroom, green pepper, onion.  Also enjoy pineapple and canadian bacon :)

22. Chips or popcorn? Fresh pico de gallo or guacamole with tortilla chips!

23. What cell phone provider do you have? Cingular..the old and NEW AT &T

24. Have you ever smoked peanut shells? Why would I have done that?

25. Have you ever been in a beauty pageant? Not a chance.  I was never a girly girl

26. Orange Juice or apple? Lots of pulp in my OJ, love apple juice too

27. Who were the last people you sat at lunch with? E

28. Favorite chocolate bar? Snickers

29. Who is your longest friend and how long? Bradie ( Hesse) Leopold- 27 1/2 years

30. Last time you ate a homegrown tomato? Last summer

31. Have you ever won a trophy? Ribbons and other awards, but never a trophy

32. Favorite artist? DeGrazia (de Arizona)

33. Favorite computer game? Does Weffriddles count?  I haven't even visited that site in 2 weeks now...it got so hard after level 45, I haven't had time to work on them

34. Ever ordered from an infomercial? No

35. Sprite or 7-UP? Either one now that 7Up is all natural.

36. Have you ever had to wear a uniform to school/work? My first two jobs ( food industry)

37. Last thing you bought at the store? All my new bedding!

38. Ever thrown up in public? Unfortunately yes...on my 21st birthday.  And once at a bar with cassie when I lived in AZ.  Both times I had been drinking tequila shots!!

39. Would you prefer being a millionaire or finding true love? Millionaire.

40. Do you believe in love at first sight? yes

41.Can exes just be friends? Depends on the situation.  Probably not immediately after the breakup.

42. Who was the last person you visited in the hospital? Michelle and baby Bianca on 1-20-07

43. Did you have long hair as a young kid? I did until my aunt Carol got ahold of it...she was in beauty school and often used me as a guinea pig.

44. What message is on your voicemail machine? Same one thats been on there for about 8 years now

45. Where would you like to go right now? This is a touchy subject since I don't have a passport.  I'd settle for anyplace I could have fun, relax by a pool and get tan.

46. What was the name of your first pet? Tanya

47. What kind of back pack do you have, and what's in it? Nope, just my little kokopelli bag that I carry back and forth to school every day.

48. Last incoming/outgoing call on your phone? Lanee

49. What is one thing you are grateful for today? Gorgeous spring weather

Its beginning to look a lot like.....

Christmas!

Only 21 days to go, so I thought I'd better make a new banner for the holidays and change up the colors.  This gorgeous photo was taken by xk8jag2000 at Flickr.

 

My friend Jessie sent this to me in an e-mail and thought it would be fun to post! Feel free to use :)

Welcome to the Christmas edition of getting to know your friends. 'Tis
the Season to be NICE!
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper
2. Real tree or artificial? Neither as of now. 
3. When do you put up the tree? No tree at my house...too many cats...but I'd love to have one if I knew they wouldn't tear it apart.  Naughty kitties!!
4. When do you take the tree down? NA
5. Do you like eggnog? Yes, in small doses.  I like Hot chocolate much better!
6. Favorite gift received as a child? My Cabbage Patch in '83...Dottie Darlene was her name
7. Do you have a nativity scene? No, but I have a great ceramic village that my mom painted back in the 80's
8. Hardest person to buy for? E's dad
9. Easiest person to buy for? Annika...I want to buy her everything I see!
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail, but I haven't sent them the past few years
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? I really don't remember getting anything I didn't like.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? The Night They Saved Christmas
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Two weeks before, if not up until a few days before.  I do not enjoy Christmas shopping at ALL.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Not that I can remember!
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? My mom's caramel rolls and Christmas Eve fondue
16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? Clear
17. Favorite Christmas song? Silent Night, Oh Come all ye Faithful
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Stay in the Cities, but visit with our families.
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeers? Yes and I can probably sing all the songs about them too!
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Angel
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas Eve
22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? Parking a million miles away from the Mall entrance when it is 15 below zero!  Feeling guilty every time I walk past a bell ringer and having nothing to contribute because they have already gotten all my change!
23. Do you have Jesus in your heart this Christmas? Yes all the time!
24. Favorite Christmas Tradition? Christmas Eve fondue
25. Outdoor decorations? I love Christmas Bling! Thinking about taking a limo tour of the lights with some friends this year!

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Now if only I could get in the mood to do some of my holiday shopping!

Still haven't made my wish list, but I am working on it! I have spent so much money on myself in the past few weeks with the Cricut, new computer and new vehicle, I almost feel guilty asking for anything else!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween, ya'll.  Doesn't seem like many people I know dressed up or did anything too great this year??? Is that what happens once you have kids?  You dress them up, but not yourself???  I still plan to go out tomorrow and find something cheap/discounted to put together for next year!

Anyway, I was tagged awhile back but didn't have the time to do it until now.  Here goes....

"5 weird things about me"

1.  I do not take naps.  Ever.  I might say sometimes that I want to take a nap, but I never, ever do.  Sleeping during the day is a total waste of time (unless I am sick!)

2.  I have an irrational fear of leeches.  I can't talk or think about them too much, or I will have nightmares tonight.  They are the grossest, nastiest things on earth and I would rather die than have one on me.  I have been teased with them since I was a kid, and I just cannot get over it.  I will never swim in a lake for this reason alone!

3. I think I am more than a little obsessed with Prince.  Everyone knows I have always been a huge fan (I have seen him in concert and have hung out at Paisley Park several times), but I also have dreams about meeting him or hanging out with him all the time.  Different scenarios each time, at least 15 of these dreams in the past few years! I wish someday I could actually meet him, it would be a dream come true! LOL

4. I don't know how to whistle.  I have tried and tried over the years, but nothing comes out of my mouth when I try!  I can't sing worth a darn either....my voice is terrible!!!!

5. I am obsessed with flossing.  I have a little mouth and tightly spaced-teeth and I cannot stand the feeling of anything in my teeth. I have to take care of it immediately after eating or I'll go crazy!!  If I do not have floss or a tooth pick, I will figure out another method to work the junk free.  This habit of mine drives a few people insane!

I can't really think of too many more weird things about myself???!!!

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Other stuff:

I got a big package of new scrap stuff in the mail last night :)  I spent the evening picking out new papers to go with all my new pictures.  Can't wait to get started! I have about 20 layouts to do, plus a mini-book of our Girls' Madeline Island trip before I catch up.  No prob! Lol.

Here are the layouts I created the other night when Lanee was over.

and

Hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable evening!!

History of My Name

I was tagged by RebekehBoo to name 5 random things about myself.  Instead, I am going to be random and tell you at least 5 things about the history of my name.  Gonna throw in some old-school pics of me too (which do not necssarily correspond to the info)

  *There is a lonnnnng History to my name.  The name on my birth certificate is "Kristen Elizabeth Sauer", but my parents and family have called me "Kristi" since the day I was born.  They loved this name, but wanted me to have a more formal legal name.  I think it also sounds better with my middle name too.  They spelled it "Kristy" but I changed it to "Kristi" when I was about 10.

*If that isn't confusing enough, I was called "Kristen" by all of my elementary classmates and teachers up until 6th grade or so. It started on the first day of 1st grade when Mrs. Fullerton read my name out and I was too shy to tell her it was "Kristi, not Kristen".   

*It got shortened to just "Kris" when I got to Jr. High and from 7th-10th grade everyone knew me as "Krissauer", like it was all one word! It sounded grown-up and I didn't mind it until the end of my sophmore year.

*I added the name "Ashley" to my middle name when I was 14.  "Kristen Elizabeth Ashley" or "Kristi Elizabeth Ashley"

*By the end of my sohpmore year, I was suddenly aware of how many people at my school (class of 650) were named Chris/Kris....most of them seemed to be boys.  I wanted there to be no doubt that if you heard my name, you'd know I was female! (Yes, I was very sassy back then!) So by the beginning of 11th grade, I started to ask those who didn't already know me as Kristi, to start calling me that again. 

*In addition to being called "Kristi", some people also called me "Ashley" (remember the second middle name I added when I was 14?!).  My science teacher in 12th grade always called me Ashley!! My dad went to conferences and had no idea who my teacher was talking about when he started referring to me as Ashley! LOL

*For the past 12 years now, I have been known as nothing other than Kristi.  It is my preferred name for myself. Although I do like the name Kristen, It just doesn't feel like me. Often when I run into old people from HS, they still call me Kris.  It sounds and feels so weird!!!

Now, about my nicknames!!!!!!

*I called myself T-T until I was old enough to say it right.

*My childhood neighborhood friend, Bradie, has called me "Krissy" since we were three years old.  She still does!

*My Gram calls me "Fristy"

*My Aunt Patti calls me "Tissy"

*My Aunt Carol used to call me T-Butt.  This was another nickname amongst friends in 6-7th grade.

*Erick, Rich, Rusty, Leaf, Boe, Sonja and Heather call me "Kritti".  I don't remember who came up with it first, but I think it was an accident.  So now thats what they call me!

*Heather started calling me "Kryo-Kritti" this past summer when I had to wear the kryo-Kuff to ice my knee. 

*Heather also calls me "Kristi-Kat"

*And I better not forget "Sweet Sauer"!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, thats probably it (but maybe not!)

Hope you enjoyed!!!!!!

US History

How well do you know the History of the US? I recently found these online quizzes that the state of Texas gives to all high school students before they graduate.  Thought you might want to see how you do! Each quiz has 40 questions......

US History Quiz 1

US History Quiz 2

US History Quiz 3

Have fun!

Tagged-Twice!

Both Maria and Nicole tagged me today so here goes!

Four jobs you've had in your life:

Toys R' Us

Group Home

Learning Disabilities Teacher

Gifted Education Specialist

Four movies you would watch over and over:

Donnie Darko

Son in Law

40 Year old Virgin

Dave Chapelle Show

Four places you have lived:

Vadanis Heights, MN

St Cloud, MN

Sells, AZ  & Tucson, AZ

Hugo, MN

Four T.V. shows you love to watch:

That 70's Show

Law & Order

Any Travel Channel show

Taste of America

Four places you have been on vacation:

Acapulco, MX

Puerta Vallarta, MX

Cancun, MX

San Diego, CA

Four websites you visit daily:

Scrapjazz

MySpace

Typepad

Google

Four of your favorite foods (You can't limit a girl like me to just four favorites.  That just isn't right!)

Anything and everything Mexican

Pad Thai Noodles

Pizza

French Toast

Four places you would rather be right now:

In a tropical environment....Costa Rica, Mexico, Fiji, Hawaii or Thailand

Having a massage

Having dinner with friends

Cold Stone Creamery (Ice cream sound so good right now, even though I am freezing my bootie off!)

Four bloggers you are tagging:

Adrienne

Barbara

Jen

Sarah

Four jobs you've had in your life:

Toys R' Us

Group Home

Learning Disabilities Teacher

Gifted Education Specialist

Four movies you would watch over and over:

Donnie Darko

Son in Law

40 Year old Virgin

Dave Chapelle Show

Four places you have lived:

Vadanis Heights, MN

St Cloud, MN

Sells, AZ  & Tucson, AZ

Hugo, MN

Four T.V. shows you love to watch:

That 70's Show

Law & Order

Any Travel Channel show

Taste of America

Four places you have been on vacation:

Acapulco, MX

Puerta Vallarta, MX

Cancun, MX

San Diego, CA

Four websites you visit daily:

Scrapjazz

MySpace

Typepad

Google

Four of your favorite foods (You can't limit a girl like me to just four favorites.  That just isn't right!)

Anything and everything Mexican

Pad Thai Noodles

Pizza

French Toast

Four places you would rather be right now:

In a tropical environment....Costa Rica, Mexico, Fiji, Hawaii or Thailand

Having a massage

Having dinner with friends

Cold Stone Creamery (Ice cream sound so good right now, even though I am freezing my bootie off!)

Four bloggers you are tagging:

Adrienne

Barbara

Jen

Sarah

Who knows me?

I found this cute little idea on Jamie's Blog....  a little quiz that she made up to see how well her readers know her.  So I took her idea and made My Own Quiz.  This is mainly to see how well you guys know me, based on some of things that I talk about in my blog.  Try it out and see how you do!

Food and a Holiday banner!

New Banner!

Finally got around to changing my banner....this one is of the centerpiece my mom made for their dining room table.  Isn't it gorgeous?  All of her holiday decorations are elegant and matching....gold and red.

I got this little survey about food, thought I'd post it here.  This one might make you hungry!

Favorite cereal: Basic 4, Captain Crunch Berries

Favorite breakfast food: Hard one! My favorite meal.... french toast or omelette (bacon, shrooms, salsa, cojack) How you like your eggs: omellete, or fried

Favorite fruit: bananas, strawberries

Favorite veggie: tomato

Salad toppings: buffalo chicken, cheese, croutons, ranch

Sandwich: smoked turkey or corned beef & swiss

Soup: ham wild rice, hot & sour, vegetable beef Ideal pizza toppings: pepperoni, mushroom, g. pepper, chunky tomato

Best pizza place: savoy, cosseta, or davanis deep dish

Whats in your Chipotle burrito: hmm....changes each time! either pollo with black beans or barbacoa with brown. *Guacamole, tomatoes, medium salsa, cheese & sour cream

Burger toppings: jack, bacon, guacamole

How do you like potatoes? fried or frenched

Meat of choice: chicken

Favorite seafood: crab, shrimp

Favorite chinese foods: sesame chicken, hot & sour soup, flied lice, cc wonton

Favorite Italian foods: manicotti, ravioli, lasagna

Favorite Mexican foods: I could go on and on! fajitas, enchilada, tacos, tamales, chile rellenos, flautas, chimis, etc

Favorite Thai foods: Noodles, chicken in peanut sauce

Favorite American food: Buffalo wings, burger

Favorite home-cooked meal: beef pot roast, shish-ka-bobs

Favorite salty treat: chips salsa/guac

Favorite sweet treat: ice cream, cheesecake

Ice Cream toppings/flavors: strawberry/banana malt or hot fudge/PB sundae

Favorite type of beer/wine: Bud/Coors light, white Zin

Favorite mixed drink: margarita, pina colada, malibu/oj

Love, Like or Hate?

Onions: like when mixed or cooked

Cilantro: love

Curry: like? don't eat much

Garlic: love

Olives: hate

Tobasco: like

Jalapenos: like

Hot dogs: love

Sushi: like

Cheez whiz: probably hate

SPAM: probably hate

Tuna: like

JellO: like

Tofu: like

ketchup: like

peanut butter: love

2 x 2

Lately I just have not had any time to post about anything real spectacular! Working all the time also means that I haven't done much with my girlfriends........keep in mind girls that I have Dec 17-Jan 2 off from work.....let me know now if you'd like to make plans!

And because I am so boring lately, I am going with this pre-made list of questions.  A little insight to me :)

names you go by
1.kristi
2.kritti (this is what E's friends all call me!)

2 parts of your heritage
1. 5/8 german
2. 1/8 irish 1/8 french, 1/8 belgian

2 things that scare you
1. leeches
2. driving in the dark

2 of your everyday essentials
1. makeup
2. lotion

2 things you are wearing right now
1. jeans
2. diamond earrings

2 of your favorite bands or musical artists (at the moment)
1. Prince.  Always and forever my #1
2. 30 Seconds to Mars

2 favorite songs (at the moment)
1. Heaven (Armor for Sleep)
2. Echo (Fear Factory)

2 things you want in a relationship (other than real love)
1. good lovin' .....several times a week ;)
2. a best friend

2 truths
1. i hate working so much
2. I am WAY behind in my scrappin'

2 physical things that appeal to you (in the opposite sex)
1. sense of humor
2. intelligence

2 of your favorite hobbies (besides scrapbooking??)
1. reading/internet
2. watching Timberwolves BBall

2 things you want really badly
1. To wake up with a hot bod...without having to do the work
2. To meet all my online friends some day

2 places you want to go on vacation
1.  Birmingham for the Etcetera Event April 2006
2. Costa Rica

2 things you want to do before you die
1. Travel travel travel
2. Get my PhD

2 ways that you are stereotypically a dude/chick
1. i am very sensitive
2. i like to look pretty

2 things you are thinking about now
1.No school tomorrow....need to get report cards done
2.When can I scrap again

2 stores you shop at
1. Target
2. Fashion Bug

2 people you are thinking about
1. Sonja
2. Jenny

I am a "pure nerd"!!

I have always had my suspicions, but not it is official.  I am a pure nerd!!  I was reading my little brother Jeff's blog earlier and saw that he had taken this dork/nerd/geek quiz....I had to try it out for myself.  These are my results:

Pure Nerd 78 % Nerd, 13% Geek, 13% Dork

For The Record: A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one. A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions. You scored better than half in Nerd, earning you the title of: Pure Nerd. The times, they are a-changing. It used to be that being exceptionally smart led to being unpopular, which would ultimately lead to picking up all of the traits and tendences associated with the "dork." No-longer. Being smart isn't as socially crippling as it once was, and even more so as you get older: eventually being a Pure Nerd will likely be replaced with the following label: Purely Successful. Now to all my friends: Would you like to know your nerd/dork.geek status??  Take the The Nerd? Geek? or dork? test and post your results in the comments :)

Summer's Over!

We've been back to school for a week now....this means summer is officially over.  Things have been going okay at work....I have done an interesting activity with my 5-6th grade classes as a "get to know you" activity....I made students think of things they have done before that they think no one else in the class has done... and I've made my own list.  These are things off the top of my head that I have done that I don't think any of you have ever done! Please let me know if you HAVE done any of these things, then go create your own list of things that only YOU have done and post it on your Blogs!!

• Been to Mexico 20 times
• Driven a classic Corvette every day in the summer
• Lived on an Indian Reservation
• Bred Leopard geckos
• Camped in the mountains in January
• Walked across the Mississippi River
• Broke my elbow
• Visited Ground Zero a few months after 9/11
• Dressed up as a Mensa Brainiac for Halloween
• Had a pretend wedding in Ele. school...complete with gifts and treats
• Rented a limo to look at Christmas lights
• Bought a Rock Star a drink
• Ran a mile in 6 minutes (YEARS ago!)
• Went to Vegas for New Years Eve, 1999
• Lived in a Haunted dorm room
• Studied flute with an orchestra member in 2nd grade
• Put my tooth through my lip
• Walked 4 miles in high heels
• Encountered a pack of coyotes while walking in the desert
• Had a cow that belonged to someone else in my front yard

And to close, here is a collage of some of my favorite summer photos:

I've been tagged!

My gorgeous, smart Canadian friend Lindsay T has tagged me.  I worked my way backward from her blog to see all the others who have been "tagged"...this is fun! So here are the 5 random facts about little Ms Sweet Sauer. 

1.  I lived on the Tohono O'Odham Indian Reservation in AZ during my senior year of college (1998-99) and taught at a school in a small village about 15 miles away from the Mexcian border.  My university offered a student teaching experience there and I couldn't pass it up! It was a very difficult experience in some ways, but I also learned a ton and made some great friends.  One of these friends, Jenny, has become one of the closest and dearest people to my heart.

2. I have been to Mexico 20 times.  The first time I visited was when I was just a year old and the last was this past April.  Some of the cities and towns that I have visited are: Nogales, Puerto Penasco, Puerta Vallarta, Tijuana, Cozumel, Cancun, Acapulco, Taxco, Guadalajara and Mexico City.  The ironic thing is that I live in Minnesota and have never been to Canada, which is just about a 5-6 hour drive to the border!

3. I have a Guardian Angel.  I was in a pretty bad car accident when I was 17 but believe my life was saved because a voise whispered in my ear and told me to put on my seat belt, just one block away from where the accident happened about 30 seconds later.  PS The driver was drunk and had 3 or 4 previous DWI's before he hit me.   

4. E and I have known each other since 7th grade.  We are now 28! He used to sit next to me in 8th grade Geography class and had a crush on me but apparently I was a little snob and gave away the roses he gave me to my friend Andrea M for her birthday.  I did this because I was already dating Jeff R, the guy who later became Homecoming King in HS! (Andrea, do you remember that???!!! I didn't, but E sure does) I broke his heart and he will never buy me roses again.  I can't believe he forgave me enough to give me another chance years later!

5.  I played Soccer for 12 years.  I started when I was four and played year-round until I was injured in the car accident I mentioned earlier.  I played mid-fielder and forward but NEVER goalie...I could score them, but not save them! 

Extra Random Fact: ***Edited because this is a muuuuch better one!***

The freshman dorm room that I lived in and shared with my childhood friend Bradie was haunted.  The ghost was a boy named Peter and he was a prankster...threw stuff around the room and made noises in front of several witnesses.  Bradie found a Ouija board and it was incredible the things it would say that ended up being true.  It became VERY scary and I will never touch one again!!!!! I would never sleep in that room or be in there alone!

Now it is time for me to tag the incredibly creative and talented Christina P and I am also going to tag Alexandra W!

You know what?????  I'd like to tag everybody on my effin blog list!  Nicole, Jess, Hillary, Elizabeth and so on and so on!!   These random facts are so fun, I want everyone to do it!!!

Another list!!

My friends Kim, Kara and Mandie all sent this to me today, so I figured why not do it too!?

I know all you other bloggers LOVE lists so much!!

1] when was the last time you went to the bathroom outside? Outhouse at the Taste of MN

[2] when was the last time you saw one of your parents? Just today, we went boating

[3] which family member do you most resemble? The Sauers
[4] do you wear cologne/perfume? no
[5] do you wear deodorant? yes, anti-perspirant/deodorant
[6] do you 'clean up nice'? I like to think so!
[7] when was the last time you tripped and fell? Hmmm. Last Halloween at Hillsheim's party...down a whole flight of stairs.  Bruised the heck out of my foot! Before that it was when I tripped and broke my elbow near New Years of 2003.  I have very bad luck around stairs!                                                                                                            

[8] where was the last place you slept besides your home? Krystal Cancun, April  2005                                                            

[9] what are you listening to right now? E and Kyle playing NBA Live! (PS2 Game)
[10] have you ever started an uncontrollable fire? No, thank God!!  (anyone remember my near-fire incident from Father's Day?!)
[11] ever run out of gas on the road?  No, but came close a few times
[12] would you rather cut the grass or rake the leaves?  Cut the grass.
[13] Your name spelled backwards. itsirk
[14] What is the last thing you downloaded onto your computer? Mozilla Firefox
[15] Last time you swam in a pool. Last week
[16] Have you ever been in a school play? a couple, and I've also directed a couple as a teacher!
[17] How many kids do you want? one, to start with! But I'd love to have twins :) 

[18] Type of music you dislike most? Country (but I haven't listen to any country in like 10 years, so I might actually like it now.  Any recommendations??  Nothing too twangy!!)
[19] Are you registered to vote? yes
[20] Do you have cable? Yes
[21] Ever prank call anybody?  yes, and I still think they are funny -
[22] Best friends? Mary, Sonja, Lanee, Kim, Bradie.  And so many more awesome friends too! I love all of my girls.
[23]Would you go bungee jumping or sky diving? NO WAY.  NEVER.

[24] Do you have a garden? No, but I will when I have control of my yard! (I live in an association)
[25] What's your favorite comic strip? Don't read any of them
[26] Bath or Shower, morning or night? Both.

[27] Best movie you've seen in the past month?  Garden State
[28] Favorite pizza topping? Pepperoni, real shrooms, garlic, roma or stewed tomatoes

[29] Chips or popcorn?  chips (with salsa or guacamole)
[30] What color lipstick do you usually wear? a coppery, peach color

[31] Have you ever smoked peanut shells? Is this question serious???
[32] Orange Juice or apple? orange
[33] Favorite type of chocolate bar? snickers
[34] When was the last time you voted at the polls?  Last year.
[35] Last time you ate a homegrown tomato? Sometime at my parents' house
[36] Are you a good cook?  I have learned a lot and I have a lot yet to learn!
[37] Ever order anything from an infomercial? No.
[38] Sprite or 7-up? Sprite
[39] Have you ever had to wear a uniform to work? Yes...BK.
[40] Ever thrown up in public? yes, on my 21st Bday
[41] Would you prefer being a millionaire or find true love? Millionare.  J/K. True love!!!
[42] Do you believe in love at first sight?  No, I believe in lust at first sight. True love take time
[43] Can ex's be friends?  I haven’t had any luck, but I know my friends have 
[44] Who was the last person you visited in a hospital? Last Thursday to see my SIL Michelle and newborn niece, Annika
[45] Did you have a lot of hair as a baby? No, I don't think so
[46] What message is on your answering machine? This is Kristi, please leave me a message!
[47] What do you think about most? How much I appreciate my life and everything in it; the good and the bad!

Firsts and Lasts

I saw this list on my friend Kim's blog.  Thought I'd do one too!

Firsts and Lasts

First best friend: Erin Robinson
First car: (That I drove) 1989 Ford Taurus wagon.  First car that I owned was a 1986 Dodge Daytona...The Silver Bullet!
First date: Ben Dolan

First kiss: Eric Messbarger

First screen name: sauerteach
First self purchased album: Michael's Jackson's Thriller.  I was 6!
First funeral: My great grandma
First wedding: I was a flower girl in aunt Patti's wedding age 4
First house: Rambler on Valley Oaks Lived there from 0-21 years

First teacher: Ms. Fall
First pet: Tanya the cat when I was 9. Many fish even earlier

First piercing/tattoo: My aunt Carol took me to get my ears pierced when I was 4. My first tat was when I was 18...an angel on my ankle
First job: Burger King
First credit card: Dayton's
First friend: Bradie Hesse and Leslie Schwartz
First big trip: Cross country road trip with my parents at 16 months old
First music you remember hearing in your house: 70's stuff

Last cigarette: July 2000. YUCK.  I'll never EVER even think of taking a drag again.
Last alcoholic drink: A beer at John's on Tuesday
Last car ride: This afternoon to grocery store
Last kiss: Earlier today
Last good cry: A few months ago, maybe? Its been quite awhile.  I'll be bawling like  a baby at Mary's wedding!
Last food consumed: Yogurt for desert (but E made the best ribs for dinner!)
Last phone call: Sonja, a few minutes ago.  Lori right before her.
Last time showered: 5am this morning

Last shoes worn: My flip flops
Last cd played: Snoop Dogg's greatest hits
Last item bought: Groceries from Cub
Last annoyance: Cats
Last shirt worn: Turquoise tank
Last website visited: Kim's Blog at myspace
Last person you imed: Nicole

I'm a Margarita Chiquita

I saw this "Which umbrella drink are you?" Quiz from tickle.com on Lindsay's blog. (Have to give credit where credit is due!)  Here are my results: Doies this sound like me, or what?!

kristi, you're a Margarita Chiquita

No doubt about it, you're a fun-loving mamacita. And no drink suits you better than a saucy margarita. From frozen and frothy to easy and on-the-rocks, you've always got good times on your mind, whether you're out to dance the night away, spice up a fancy dinner party, or add some flair to your knitting club.

And even when you just need a relaxing night at home, you can always find a way to keep things interesting. Like your sassy signature drink, you brighten up any occasion and remind people that any event — from a backyard barbeque to a mani/pedi extravaganza — is better when you call it a party. Olé!

ABC Questionnaire

A friend sent me this little questionnaire...thought I'd post it instead of sending it out!

A - Act your age – 28

B - Breast size? Nevermind!! Pretty big

C - Chore you hate ? cleaning bathrooms, catboxes

D - Dad's name ? Jim

E - Essential make up item ? all of it

F - Favorite singer ? Prince

G - Gold or silver ? silver, white gold

H - Hometown – Vadnais Heights, MN (22 years) but my parents no longer live there

I - Ice Cream – chocolate with peanut butter, peppermint bon bon, strawberry

J - Job title - Gifted Education specialist

K - Kisses, what kind do you prefer? – passionate

L - Living Arrangements - twinhome with BF  AND Phoenix, Pharaoh, Isis and Dusty (our cats)

M- Meats, what's you're favorite? beef, chicken

N - Number of children you have: none of my own!

O - Overnight hospital stays – 3

P- Packing habits (for moving/vacation)? For vacation--one day prior...for moving....1 month

Q - Quote you like?"The only problem with resisting temptation is that you may never get another chance"

R - Religious affiliation – Ummm.......born Catholic, but not a very good one

S - Siblings - 2 brothers, Brian 26 (SIL Michelle), Jeffrey 24

T - Time you wake up? 6am (soon to be 5am when summer school starts)

U - Underwear of choice? cotton bikini's mostly

V - Vegetable you refuse to eat?  Collard Greens

W - Worst habit? Spending money

X - X-rays you've had – Everywhere...I am accident prone

Y - Yummy food you make - Calzones

Z - Zodiac Sign? Aquarius