25 Things you may not know about Me

So, this is going around, and I have been tagged a TON of times, so here is my list...

1. My goal for this year is to BECOME. I am feeling successful so far and am quite enjoying the changes I am seeing and feeling.
2. One of my many nicknames is BB. Thanks Dad! :) BB stands for Big Bunny and my rabbit Tickles that I had as a child was LB Little Bunny. :) Cute, I know
3. I had a bunny named Tickles when I was a child. I think I was 11 or 12 when I got him, and as soon as I saw him Cmas morning, I knew that his name was Tickles.
4. I have been married for 10 1/2 years now. WOW!
5. I would SO LOVE to be the size I was at my high school graduation.
6.I struggle with Depression and I was {this close} to dropping out of high school my senior year do to this struggle. I do much better now. Sunshine is wonderful, isn't it?
7. I have to fight every day to get out of bed and get showered.
8. I am still friends with a girl that I have known since I was 4. I attended preschool at her home and have memories of being there for school.
9. My cousin also attended with me and one of my first memories is of her Dad driving us to preschool in his big brown truck.
10. I look WAY better with mascarra on than without.
11. I don't mind ironing. It's actually kindof relaxing to me.
12. I used to hate cleaning toilets, but now I hate mopping the floor.
13. I don't like the taste of Apple Juice, but quite enjoy warm Apple Cider. Weird, I know.
14. I have never tried sushi.
15. I have never seen Anne of Green Gables. I KNOW, can you BELIEVE IT!!! :)
16. I really enjoy listening to talk radio--thanks Dad for that one, too! :)
17. When I was in high school, I got grounded only once. For sitting out in a boys car in the driveway talking til 1 in the morning, and my Dad was in the house waiting for me... I thought he was at work. oops.
18. I love to make cards, and feel I am quite good at it.
19. I love to sew. Right now it's silly stuffed animals. I will post on that soon, and hope to show picts.
20. I don't enjoy scrapbooking. At all.
21. My first was born about 8:40pm after working a full 8 hour shift. By emergency C-section.
22. I have successfully delivered the other two kiddos via v-back. and, I don't mind labor and delivery. I feel proud that I have been able to deliver two on my own.
23. I am a true believer of epidurals, though.
24. I love canning.
25. I wish I were better at taking pictures.

It's amazing how a mind wanders isn't it. :)

Hope you enjoyed this menagerie of thoughts. :)

Jadell

word for 2009

I am hoping that if I write it down it will become more real to me.


I follow a blog written by Ali Edwards. She is very insipring to me. She decides on a "word" for the year and focuses on it for the entire year. She encourages us to do the same. So, this year, my word is:

BECOME

definintion: to grow to be; change or develop into by growth

I plan on becoming a better wife, and mother.
I plan on becoming a better friend.
I plan on becoming more spiritual and closer to my Heavenly Father through pryaer and scripture study.
I plan on becoming more organized
I plan on becoming a better housewife. ie sort through, organize, clean out, better meals... BECOME.


It's what I need. this is something I have been thinking about for about 6 months now. It's what I need in my life and really hope to see real changes within myself through BECOMING in the year 2009. Wish me luck! :)

HAPPY '09!

Happy new year to all my friends in blogging world. I hope this year is only better than 08! We have been so blessed this year, I hope you have been too!

This year we:

started 08 with a 10 day old healthy baby girl.

{A} turned 5, and enrolled in kindergarten

sold our home in 8 days, count 'em 8!

finished our preschool co-op

moved twice within 6 weeks

bought our second home

updated a bit and fixed up the yard

{K} turned 3 and had his tonsils taken out

{A} started kindergarten at a completely different school than we had planned on

--he LOVES it, by the way, and it LOVES him! He has grown and matured so much this year

{a} turned one

we had a very blessed Christmas and finished the whole thing off with dinner with friends! Thanks D's for a nice dinner. :)