Blog Every Day in May -- Day 7

May 7 --  What thing(s)  are you most afraid of.

1.  Death --  Thinking about death, well......it quite frankly scares me to death.  Now I know that this sounds weird, given my upbringing in the LDS church and my knowledge of the plan of salvation and all the great and wonderful things that the next life will bring, but I am afraid of dying.  Call it shaky faith I guess, but the thought of not being alive -- it's just not something I like to think about.

2.  Spiders -- My paralyzing fear of spiders is almost to the point of phobia.  Spiders give me the heebie jeebies.....and not just real ones.  Pictures of them, seeing them in movies or tv, even cartoon spiders scare the heck out of me.  My husband has spent many years trying to help me overcome this fear, but having me kill little spiders, but it has literally paralyzed me and brought me to tears when I've had to do it.

3.  The Dark --  I hate not being able to see, and so the dark is not my friend.  I mean, I know that for the most part I'm not in any danger, but it's a silly childhood fear that I've not been able to let go of.

Blog Every Day in May -- Day 6

May 6- If you couldn't answer with your job, how would you answer the question "what do you do"?

Since I work full-time outside the home, I feel it's worth mentioning.  I'm an administration clerk for Alberta Mental Health.  I have been with this branch of Alberta Health Services for almost a year and a half and I love it.  

I certainly don't define who I am by my 9-to-5 job though.

I'm a daughter, a wife, a mother, and a best friend.

So I do a lot of things.....

I love - I laugh - I explore - I read - I write - I dream - I create - I work - I hug - I play

I dream of the future - I dance with no music on - I laugh when it's inappropriate - I sing like I'm a freakin' rock star - I struggle - I fail - I plan - I do better - I over analyze - I think 

I try to live every day to it's fullest - I foster relationships with people I care about

Oh, and Pinterest.......I could make a career out of wasting time there, er......pinning.

I'm me.......and I'm still working on it.

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Blog Every Day in May

May 5 - Publicly profess your love and devotion for one of your blogger friends.
What makes them great? Why do you love them?

This one is kind of a difficult on for me.  I don't really have any blogger friends.  The only people who's blogs I read are people that I already know.  So, I'm going to stray a bit from the norm and give you a list of some of my favorite websites to visit:                     

1.  Pinterest --  Probably my favorite time waster on the internet.  Full of everything from home decor ideas, party plans, recipes...well, just about anything you can imagine

2.  Stumbleupon -- Another great time waster.  This website allows you to state your interests, and then "stumble upon" a zillion different websites that suite your interests.

3.  Think Geek -- A great website feature gifts for the "geeks" and/or "nerds" in your life.  My boys love practically everything on this site.

4.  Songza -- A great website for listening to music and for finding new tunes that you've never heard of.  I have the app on my iPhone for listening on the go.

5.  Pogo -- A great website when you want to play games

Blog Every Day in May -- Day 4

May 4 -- Favorite Quote and why you love it

I love it because it's completely true, and something that I think we all need to be reminded of.

Blog Every Day in May -- Day 3

May 3 - Things that make you uncomfortable


* parents yelling at their kids, or people demeaning their spouse in public

* confrontation of any kind.....I avoid it like the plague and often will keep my feelings and opinions bottled up to avoid any sort of conflict

* psychotic sports parents who are so obsessed with the win that they forget to teach their children good sportsmanship and love of the game

* women who can't walk in heels (seriously, don't wear heels if you have to walk like a newborn calf in them)

* knocking on the door of a house I've never been to

* strangers invading my space

* people who mispronounce the words library and supposedly, and those who use the word "preggers" or "prego" to describe pregnancy, people who say "seen" instead of "saw" or "have seen".....basically anything that comes out of your mouth that makes you sound uneducated

* men in tiny jogging shorts of bathing suits

* wedgies

* beauty pageants featuring anyone under the age of 18......and the younger the contestants, the more uncomfortable I feel

Blog Every Day in May ----- Days 1 &2

OK, so I know I 'm a horrible blogger and I missed the entire month of April, including my oldest son's birthday and our adventures at the Calgary Comic Expo.....but I figured I would do a huge birthday post of all the boys at the end of May. 

Insted to get me back on track with my blogging, I've decided to join some fellow bloggers in the Blog Every Day in May challenge.  There are thirty-one prompts for all thirty-one days.  It's a way for bloggers to get back to basics. You know, writing without all the pressure. Since some of the prompts only require brief answers, I may end up combining some of the days.....we'll just see how I feel.

May 1 -- The Story of your Life in 250 Words or Less

I was born in Magrath, Canada in the fall of 1976.  My mom married the only dad I've ever known the summer before my 1st birthday.  I was a musical artist born into an athletic family, which was both a blessing and a curse as I both stood out and was left in the shadows.  I grew up with a younger sister and 2 brothers.  I entered school as a fantastic speller and reader, talked way too much and didn't study near enough.  I was a show choir nerd with motley assortment of friends from all walks of life.  I had the same boyfriend all 4 years of high school.  He was a year older than me and broke up with me in a letter 2 months after he left for university.  I met my husband the summer after high school when we both worked for the same resort in Waterton. We had our first son 11 months after we met and were married 6 months after he was born.  My second pregnancy ended in a miscarriage, which was difficult for a girl of 22.....but I had two more successful pregnancies and now have three wonderful, amazing sons.  Because of the nature of my husband's job, I have had the opportunity to live in 3 different provinces and 2 different states.  I met my biological father when I was 27 and found out that I had 4 more younger siblings.  I love to sing, get irritated by poor spelling and grammar.  I'm a voracious reader and a total night owl.  I love life.

I know it said 250 words or less, but that's exactly 250.


I win.


May 2 -- Educate us on something you know a lot about or are good at

I'm not going to lie. Today's topic really stumped me. I can't draw. I'm a medocre cook. I can't sew. I can sing but that's not really something you can educate people on.  What does that leave? I'm an awesome mom. I'm even a pretty darn good employee.

Those are all boring though, right? Then it hit me as I was reading various blog posts this morning...

You people are getting an English lesson.

1. their, there, they're

These words are used and spelled differently.

• Their is a possessive adjective.

• There refers to a place.

• They're means they are.

Examples:

• Erin and Mirra are fixing their hair.

• My purse is over there.

• They're watching The Vampire Diaries. 


2. to, too, two

Again, these words are used and spelled differently.

• Use to as a preposition before a noun or as an infinitive before a verb.

• Use too as a synonym for also or to indicate excessiveness before a verb.

• Use two to spell out the number 2. Duh.

Examples:

• I'm going to the movies. --or-- I really don't need to buy another pair of shoes.

• I'm going to the movies, too! --or-- I do not have too many shoes!

• I'll have two margaritas, please.

3. your, you're

For this one, I leave you an 8 second instructional video courtesy of Ross Geller.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=STYDAb_iCjg


Hey!


That's one talent I definitely have.

Give me a subject, any subject, and I can relate it to an episode of Friends.

Go ahead.

Try me.

That's a whole 'nother word, people




     

Easter

"I think that of all the days since the beginning of this world’s history, that Friday was the darkest.  But the doom of that day did not endure.  The despair did not linger because on Sunday, the resurrected Lord burst the bonds of death. He ascended from the grave and appeared gloriously triumphant as the Savior of all mankind.  Each of us will have our own Fridays—those days when the universe itself seems shattered and the shards of our world lie littered about us in pieces. We all will experience those broken times when it seems we can never be put together again. We will all have our Fridays.  But I testify to you in the name of the One who conquered death—Sunday will come. In the darkness of our sorrow, Sunday will come.  No matter our desperation, no matter our grief, Sunday will come. In this life or the next, Sunday will come."       Joseph B. Wirthlin