First, a small update. My brother-in-law, Rob, was up in Chicago today for a job interview (pray for him and my sister and their family concerning this) and afterwards, he came down this way and visited with us a bit. Instead of him taking the train back up to the airport, I drove him. It was nice because I always like chatting with him and we didn’t have the kids interrupting during the drive. Plus, I was able to have some time to myself on the way back where I turned up the music and sang with the songs on the radio. I am really enjoying ShineFM up here in Chicago. Good station. It’s mostly at the south part of Chicago though. When we go up toward the west/northwest, I have to turn the station to K-Love which doesn’t come through in the southern suburbs, but that’s no big deal. Same kind of songs on both stations.

I’m feeling better, but I am stressing about some things that have to do with our house we are trying to sell and stuff. The stressing has given me a headache and now I’m having trouble sleeping. I played a few games of Scramble (game like Boggle) on Facebook, but that didn’t help much this time, so I think I’ll just do this meme thingy that Crystal had posted on her blog.

Four things about me (in 12 different categories) that you may or may
Not have known–in any particular order.

Four jobs I have had in my life:

1. Nursery help - from the time I was 14 to around 17, I was paid to help in different church nurseries
2. Librarian assistant or somthing like that - while at Missouri Baptist College (now University), I did work in the library and totally loved it.
3. Chick-Fil-A - My only full time job that I worked starting the summer before Jeremy and I got married and quit when I lost our baby.
4. Wal-mart - cashier from 9pm to 1am. When James was a baby. Jeremy worked days and I worked nights and napped when the kids did.

Four movies I’ve watched more than once (I could list a whole lot more than four! How about four that I like to watch over and over):

1. The Princess Bride
2. Narnia - The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe (totally looking forward to Prince Caspian)
3. Lord of the Rings (Any of them)
4. Ever After (It satisfies the romantic in me sometimes)

Four Places I have lived (Hmmm, another one which I could list many more than four):

1. Tennessee (GO VOLS!) - Rutledge and then Kingsport
2. Lake George, NY
3. Missouri - O’Fallon and Elsberry
4. Illinois - Alton, Sullivan, and now Chicago

Four TV. Shows that I watch (thanks to Netflix):

1. Psych
2. Monk
3. CSI: Miami
4. Law and Order: Criminal Intent (you don’t think I like detective/murder mystery stuff, do you? Oh, I just found Columbo on Netflix, I look forward to seeing those again.)

Four favorite pastime activities:

1. singing, listening to music, playing my instruments, dancing with my kids
2. having a girls night out with other girls who are prone to giggle when guys aren’t around
3. reading
4. internet stuff… blog, twitter, facebook

Four places I have been (another more than 4 one) :

1. Massachussetts, to see my Grandparents
2. Indiana, to see my other Grandparents or aunts, uncles, and cousins or for Indy 500 time trials
3. Canada, with my Dad’s family, it was beautiful
4. National Parks - Yellowstone, Yosemite, Smoky Mountains (the mountains are my favorites)

Four People who e-mail me regularly:

1. Melody
2. My Mom
3. My sister, Jill
4. My aunt Trish (we talk cat stuff all the time as well as updates on our kids)

Four of my favorite foods:

1. PIZZA
2. chocolate
3. Beef and Broccoli stirfry with rice… Jeremy makes it so very delicious
4. Fajitas, steak is best, but chicken is good too.

Four places I would like to visit:

1. Washington and Oregon (never been up there, want to see the mountains there)
2. New Zealand
3. Ireland/Scotland
4. St Edward Island (Anne of Green Gables series are some of my favorite books)

Four friends I think will respond:

1. ??
2. ??
3. ??
4. ??

Four things I am looking forward to in the coming year:

1. a visit with my sister in the fall :-)
2. sell our house??? (please pray for this one)
3. a visit to my parents, hopefully in the spring
4. ????? (I know there should be more, but my brain is stressing and not feeling too UP at the moment, sorry)

Four things I am not looking forward to in the coming year:

1. another move, I hate moving, I just want to find somewhere permanent
2. dr’s appointments… I am afraid of going to the dr to find out what is causing some of my sight problems
3. being lonely (still haven’t found anyone nearby that I can hang with or talk to face to face when I get stressed and I need that so badly, especially right now.)
4. changing out the clothes in the spring and again in the fall… really crazy with five kids