fracas

I know. I’m irresponsible, a bad girl and even sometimes a bitch. Bluepaintred tagged me  with this meme two weeks ago and I’m only posting it now. I couldn’t help it. First there were other memes I had to do since I’d gotten myself into meme hell, and then… then posts about boob jobs, porn actresses and blog idols had me sidetracked a bit. I’m sure y’all forgive me for that. Well, I hope so, since bluepaintred lives only a few minutes from me and you know, I was getting worried she’d drive over and bop me one for taking so long. I hear she’s no stranger to taking on neighbours that piss her off (wink wink).

So…

INSTRUCTIONS: Remove the blog in the top spot from the following list and bump everyone up one place. Then add your blog to the bottom slot, like so:

1. Are We there Yet??
2. It’s A Blog Eat Blog World
3. More Random Than Average
4. Bluepaintred
5. Fracas

NEXT select five people to tag:

(This one’s a challenge – trying to tag people I haven’t already pissed off while getting myself out of meme hell.)

1. Iced Mocha – ’cause I haven’t tagged her in a while and miss her friendly face over here.
2. Diva from Blogitude – ’cause Mark will kill me if I tag him and I’d like to know more about Diva ’cause she writes awesome posts over there.
3. Daddy Papersurfer – ’cause he’s such a smart ass, he should’ve known I’d tag him sooner or later.
4. Diogenes – ’cause I just did one for Dio, so now Dio owes me one!
5. Kate – ’cause Kate is interesting… and then she’ll tag Rootie (who is also interesting) but then Rootie won’t get mad at me for always tagging her.

(Whew. I think I planned that well this time!)

THEN answer the following Questions:

What were you doing 10 years ago?
changing diapers
house hunting
ice-skating in July, in the West Edmonton Mall with the kids
sweating like a pig (no central air)
praying a lot – lots of reasons

What were you doing 1 year ago?
worrying about/visiting my daughter in the hospital
sweating like a pig (no central air)
digging up some part of my yard
sorting out stuff for a garage/yard sale
picking nanking cherries and making jam

Five snacks you enjoy:
chocolate
coffee
strawberries
sunflower seeds
nuts

Five songs to which you know all the lyrics:
O Canada – Umm.. it’s our National Anthem here in Canada
Building A Mystery – Sarah McLachlan
Baby Beluga – Raffi
Good Mother – Jann Arden
These Are Days – Natalie Merchant/10,000 Maniacs

Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:
put money aside for the kids
renovate the house
a great family holiday
philanthropy – to be determined, too many ideas
buy more shoes!

Five bad habits:
swearing
blogging
staying up too late
not checking my email often enough
putting myself last

Five things you like doing:
writing
gardening
reading
shoe shopping (not other shopping, just shoes)
singing (even though I suck at it)

Five things you would never wear again:
bad bras
anything mesh (hello 80’s)
“mom” jeans
ruffles
tube tops

Five favorite toys:
computer
various garden implements and powertools
digital camera
scissors (great for running with)
paintshop pro