Meme Monday

I’m WAAAYYYY delinquent on doing this . . . so here goes . . . all of them at once! Oh, and before I get started, be sure to stop over at Melanie’s to sign Mr. Linky and check out the other people who’re participating

Thank you to Pam for passing on the I <3 Your Blog award to me I heart your blog, too! I’m still amazed at how many people I’ve gotten to know on the Web. It’s fun to check in and see how everyone’s fam is doing and how they’re dealing with the “things” in their lives.

I’m passing this award on to Ami at Cup Runneth Over. Ami and Rick moved away from our beautiful state a few years ago, and I love being able to check up on her and her three beautiful boys every day.

I was also tagged by Melanie to do the middle name meme. 

1. You must post the rules on your post before you answer the questions.
2. You need to list one fact about yourself using each letter of your middle name. If you don’t have a middle name, use your maiden name instead.
3. When you are finished with your answers, tag one person for each letter of your name.

When I got married, I wanted to keep my maiden name as my regular last name. Hubby had some good reasons why I shouldn’t, and it was more important to him that I take his name than it was to me to keep my own. So, in my infinite wisdom, I kept my middle name AND added my maiden name to my middle name. I will not be using both middle names I’m going to be lazy and use my shorter actual middle name.

Love love love love love the outdoors.
Yo yoing is something I did well as a child.
Nothing makes me happier than spending time with my family.
Neatness is a curse I live with every single day.

Pam tagged me for the 5 things kids meme:

5 things I want my kids to know:

1. How much I love them.
2. How much I love their Dad.
3. How proud I am to be their mother.
4. Very few things can make you feel better than anonymously helping some in need.
5. Nobody is perfect.

5 things you want to tell your children when they are grown up:

1. How proud I am of them.
2. To have an open mind.
3. Always be yourself. You should never change for anyone except yourself.
4. Never say anything about someone that you wouldn’t say directly to them.
5. Don’t forget your friends and family - nothing is more important.

5 things you want to tell your children before you die:

1. You need to work hard. Nothing worth having comes easy.
2. You are the most important things to ever happen to me.
3. You have shown me how to love somebody more than I ever thought was possible.
4. Everyone you meet has some effect on your life. Don’t shortchange anyone.
5. How much I love them.

5 things you want your children to know before they die:

1. Unconditional love from the right man/woman.
2. The absolute complete joy that comes with the toughest job in the world - being a parent.
3. She/he did the best they could every single day.
4. The feeling of pride in their accomplishments.
5. How much I love them.

Say What?! Andrea over at Lifesong high-fived me for this hoopla, and I thought it would be fun.

• Post these rules on your blog.
• List 10 things that won’t likely ever come out of your mouth.
• High-five any amount of people to do the same on their blog.
• Come back here to Lifesong and let me know that you did it.

1. Sign me up for that marathon!
2. Nah, I don’t wanna go to the lake.
3. Liver and onions? I’d LOVE to have that for dinner!
4. No thanks, I don’t like chocolate.
5. We’re going on vacation to Hawaii? I can’t! I have way too much work to do around here.
6. I’d prefer to clean the entire house by myself.
7. I guess I just didn’t like taking pictures of you guys when you were small.
8. I HATE my new Audi TT!
9. We need to move. I can’t STAND looking at these mountains every day.
10. Hey kids - say hello to your new baby sister!

And finally, Pam tagged me for the What Kind of Car Are You? meme Kinda weird how accurate these things can be

I’m a Chevrolet Corvette!

You’re a classic - powerful, athletic, and competitive. You’re all about winning the race and getting the job done. While you have a practical everyday side, you get wild when anyone pushes your pedal. You hate to lose, but you hardly ever do.

Take the Which Sports Car Are You? quiz.