I’d put it toward my trip to Vegas with “the girls” in 2010 for our 40ths. I’m guessing any extra cash I can come up with for that trip would be helpful. I can not wait. Good friends, warmth, and my first time in Vegas.

I love pajamas and would wear them all the time if the people in the office wouldn’t freak. Not that I’ve asked but seeing as I’m not suppose to wear jeans except on Fridays, I think they might frown on pajamas.

TXPoppet’s questions, that is.

This whole interview business was started by Immoral Matriarch. And it marches on here.

THE QUESTIONS:

1. Four boys begs the obvious question, do you keep enough seltzer on hand for daily burping contests? Also, how many members of your household can burp the alphabet and are you one of them?

I keep quite a bit of seltzer on hand since that’s all I drink besides coffee and wine. Fortunately, the boys all hate it. Because of that they don’t burp nearly as often as I do. I think the fact I am a champion burper and can out burp them at every turn has dissuaded them from attempting anything like the alphabet. The farting on the other hand is out of control.

2. What do the boys do that makes you laugh nearly every day?

The littles, as I call the younger two, are quite silly and like to shake their booties with abandon. That makes me laugh. The older two are 12 and 14 so there isn’t much going on in the make mom laugh area right now. It is more of the eye rolling, sighing, “parents are so dumb” type stuff. I will say that when the littles taunt the older two and make them insane with rage – that’s pretty funny. Lately, that type of thing is a daily occurrence.

3. In an alternate reality, what would your double be doing right now?

My double is right now sitting on a beach in Bimini with a good book, frosty drink and a hot cabana boy fanning me with a palm frond. Oh, and she looks fabulous in a bathing suit.

4. In your Jan. 21st meme you mentioned that you are teaching.  What are you teaching at night?

It is hysterical that you asked this. I had to go back read what you were talking about and then look at a calendar because for the life of me I couldn’t figure it out. Now I see that my youngest had a cub scout meeting and myself and another mom were teaching them a little sign language.

Now that I’ve said that, I will say that THANK GOD I do not have to do that again any time soon. There were six 8 year old boys, one 10 year old (mine), and one 5 year old girl (friend’s). The meeting was held at my home and at one point Zach, my youngest, was literally climbing on my head. The other boys were fabulous. I think Zach was a wee bit excited over the meeting being at our house and having mom instead of dad working with them. To say he was bouncing off the walls would be an understatement.

Even with the insanity of an eight year old they all managed to learn the alphabet and how to say, “My name is [their name]. What is your name?” in American Sign Language. After taking an intense 3 week ASL course this summer I am saddened to say I don’t remember much more than that.

5. If you could hug any person you’ve never actually met, who would it be and why?

Oh, this is a hard one. I would have to say Sharon. Or Cursingmama. Or Kinnicchick. Or ecined. Yes, they’re all blogging friends. But they are most definitely friends. I’m hoping one of these days to meet all these lovely ladies and give them that hug. They have all supported me during some less than fun times and I’d love to be able to show them how much their friendship has meant to me.

Whew! That was tough. Hopefully it will tell you all a little more about me. If anyone else has a question, feel free to ask away. If you’d like for ME to ask YOU some questions…

Want to be part of it? Follow these instructions:
1. Leave me a comment saying, “Interview me.”
2. I will respond by emailing you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
3. You will update your blog with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone
else in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them
five questions.

I read abigvictory’s one word list, she tagged everyone who read it, and I have a ton of work to do so here it is:

1. Where is your cell phone? desk
2. Your significant other? Jeff
3. Your hair? bangs!
4. Your mother? wonderful
5. Your father? dead
6. Your favorite thing? children
7. Your dream last night? positive
8. Your favorite drink? Coffee
9. Your dream/goal? success
10. What room you are in? cube
11. Your hobby? photography
12. Your fear? illness
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? happy
14. Where were you last night? home
16. Muffins? chocolate
17. Wish list item? lensbaby
18. Where you grew up? Uxbridge
19. Last thing you did? e-mail
20. What are you wearing? scarf
21. Your TV? flat
22. Your pets? Max
23. Friends? rule
24. Your life? chaotic
25. Your mood? hopeful
26. Missing some one? friend
27. Car? minivan
28. Something you’re not wearing? gloves
29. Your favorite store? book
30. Your favorite color? black
33. When is the last time you laughed? hour
34. Last time you cried? Sunday
35. Who will resend this? ?
36. One place that I go to over and over?  store
37. One person who emails me regularly? Jeff
38. My favorite place to eat? kitchen
39. Why you participated in this survey? busy
40. What are you doing tonight? teaching

Now it’s your turn. Leave a comment with the address to your post or you can do it in the comments. Can’t wait to read it.

It seems as if the very air is filled with hope this morning. As the morning progresses and people start their days it seems to increase. It is only 7:42 in the morning and I’ve been up for 2 hours. As I made my way into work this morning there was a perfect snow falling. It’s like a giant snow-globe with drifting snow. No cars in snowbanks. No wind whipping the flakes into your face. Just beautiful. It’s still pretty dark out and I’m the only one in the office so far but I’m still bursting with positive feelings.

I realized this morning that being filled with hope effects behavior. That may be its greatest strength. A President can’t change the world him (or her) self but if they infuse the world with hope, the human race can make the change. It is a huge burden to put on one person. It is also a huge accomplishment to achieve. The giving of the gift of hope.

The thing is, it’s not just this country who is filled with hope. The world is hoping right along with us. And if we’re all hoping and believing how can we not change? How can the world not change?

Yesterday my eight year old told me today was a big day. He was very excited because something great was happening today. Then he asked if I knew what great thing was going to happen. Honestly, at that moment I thought he might be confused and think today was ski club. But no. He was talking about “Obama is becoming our president.” He feels the hope in the air. He is excited. I can not honestly remember ever being the slightest bit interested in the President until High School. It was just a very vague thing that was discussed in class right before the election and then not spoken about for four more years. It amazes me what strong beliefs my children have. It amazes me they have such interest. It amazes me that it does not seem so momentous that we are hours away from having a black president. That in fact they can’t comprehend why the grown ups keep making a big deal about it. “Why wouldn’t we have a black president? What does that have to do with being president?” It actually brings tears to my eyes that they feel this way. It makes me feel like I succeeded at at least one thing in raising them. Even if I can’t really take credit because it is the entire country’s success. I am thankful the country has helped me in this aspect of raising my children right.

So thank you. And enjoy today. Keep the hope in your hearts and together we can make things better. We’ve made a great start already.