A MEME

I'm not sure what it stands for, but it's passed around on blogs. I found it, so I'm going to use it. I'm not currently pregnant, so I've had a drink. I hope it doesn't show.

Where I was....
10 years ago (1995)
Starting my senior year of high school. Figuring out what I was going to do with my life, where to go to college, how to afford college without having my parents kill each other over the money. Such are the joys of a divorced family. My dad still lived in Vancouver with the second wife, aka wicked stepmother. My buddy Glen took me to homecoming, and I was still dating Erick Curtis who was off at school in Indiana. Sarah was my closest girlfriend, and I have no idea where she is now. I was a hotshot in concert choir and still hanging onto my baby fat. I was also still a virgin, to my complete dismay.

5 years ago (2000)
I've passed my NCLEX, working as a nurse but not yet full time at my current hospital. Living with lovely Lori, who chose our apartment because it was close to the boy who would become her main squeeze. Because he leaves our place at 3am, it's not technically spending the night. Kevin and I are more serious. He's living down the road in his very own big boy apartment with dirty dishes and a gross bathroom.

1 year ago (2004)
My dad has been dead almost one year, and I continue to really miss having a dad. I'm at odds with his side of the family, and that has not improved. His will continues to be in limbo, and the boys and I figure that we'll never see anything special that belonged to our dad. Kevin and I are planning a trip to Hawaii, our honeymoon two years late. The dogs are wonderful. Life is pretty good.

Yesterday
I worked. Long and boring day. Nice family, nice baby.

5 songs I know the words to
Come Monday by Jimmy Buffett
The Heather on the Hill from Brigadoon
And We Danced by Brad Paisley
Please Come To Boston by Dave Loggins
All of Me, the Frank version

5 snacks I love
Figs with Quark and honey
goldfish crackers
spumoni ice cream
carrot cake with cream cheese from Costco
wine...that's a snack, a liquid one

What I would do with 100 million dollars
Pay off student loans, mine, Kevin's, David's, and John Michael's
Put loads of money into a ROTH and 401K
Money to the Tacoma Humane Society, TLT, Tacoma Opera
Buy waterfront property on the penninsula, and a BIG boat
Buy a NEW Subaru Outback, not a used one
Take my Mom on vacation, where ever she liked

5 Places I Like To Go
My bedroom
Owen Beach
My Mom's house
Vin Grotto
Borders'

5 things I'll NEVER wear
capris
strapless anything
skinny strapped summer dresses without a bra
shoes that lace up the leg
sweatshirts with puff paint, "world's best...", kittens, bedazzling

5 favorite books
The Eight by Katherine Neville
Beauty by Robin McKinley
Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Coming Home by Rosemund Plicher

5 greatest joys
My husband
Our dogs
My friends
My mom, stepmom, and grandmother
Good wine, romance novels, and bubble bath

5 favorite toys
Internet
DVD
portable keyboard
walkman for walking the dogs
digital camera

Current read
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
And multiple gardening books