Who knew those quizzes that you get tagged for (or borrow from others) actually had a name? Yep...'meme' . So in honor of that, here goes... What were you doing 10 years ago? I'd just gotten back from my college choir trip to Kenya & Tanzania. I am in denial that it's been 10 years...what an amazing trip. What were you doing 1 year ago? Being pregnant...and loving it! Five snacks you enjoy? Well, they're not snacks I'll be able to enjoy so much any more, now that I'm doing the FAB study, but I really like popcorn, swedish fish, m&m's, cheddar munchies (doritos, cheetos, sun chips and pretzels), and dulce de leche Hagen Daaz Five songs you know all the lyrics to? Only five? Too hard to pick...I'll have to have an addendum on a later post. Five things you'd do if you were a millionaire? Meet with a financial planner and set aside enough to earn some good interest somewhere, pay off my parents' debt, pay off my own debt, travel, donate Five bad habits: Procrastinating, not keeping in touch with friends as much as I should, letting the laundry pile up, picking my cuticles, grinding my teeth when I'm upset Five things you like doing: Hanging out with my family, scrapbooking, other crafty stuff, playing with my camera, watching movies Five things you would never wear again: pinned and/or rolled pants, zubaz, hypercolor shirts, jumpers, tap shoes Five favorite toys: Cabbage Patch Kids, Sit & Spin, Speak & Spell, Transformers, my scooter

Currently Watching The Da Vinci Code (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition) By Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Jean Reno, Paul Bettany see related

I love to read other people's blogs. I don't know why, but I find it so interesting to get a glimpse into other people's lives. One that I found recently that is completely addictive and extremely hilarious is Confessions of a Pioneer Woman. I especially love some of the audio clips...I've laughed out loud.

What blogs do you go to on a regular basis? What keeps you going back?

Currently Reading A Designer's Eye for Scrapbooking By Ali Edwards see related seek. This is my one little word for 2008. Something for me to remember, to hang on to, to proclaim throughout the year. So many ways for me to apply this to many aspects of my life... seek: Christ. balance. creativity. opportunities. quality. health. motivation. Things I'm going to work towards this year: Carving out more time for daily study in the Word Creating one scrapbook page per week (on average; 52 for the year) A photo challenge - taking a self portrait every day for the whole year...nervous about this one! Consistent workouts each week Thinking more consciously about how to spend our family time together Somehow staying motivated to make all of this work...guess that's why I said I'm going to work towards it. Happy 2008 everyone...

What an amazing night last night! We had about 20 neighborhood women come to my house last night for the "Christmas Gathering", where one of our friends' friend gave a little devotional thought. This was an outreach to the friends and neighbors that came. There was a great time of treats, getting caught up with everyone since we're not able to do that as much during the winter, and sharing of traditions (which you know I was way into based on my last entry!). Then Maureen spoke, prayed an invitational prayer, and at the end we passed out notecards and asked everyone to write their thoughts about the evening as well as indicate if they had prayed the prayer and if they were interested in a basic Bible study. There were NINE people that said that they prayed with Maureen! And there were a couple more that were interested in the Bible study! A huge thank you to those of you that were praying for this event - there was definitely spiritual warfare going on, but we know that God had His hand on the whole evening, and hopefully the things that we know were successes are just the beginning of what He has planned for this neighborhood.

Currently Reading A Designer's Eye for Scrapbooking By Ali Edwards see related A lot has happened in the past couple of weeks: We went to a really fun holiday sweater party for the second year in a row. Played a fun game that I think was called hammer-schlager? Carter has progressed from just rolling to doing the worm. It's funny, and he's becoming fast. Especially when he sees the Christmas tree with lights on. Crawling is just around the corner... Work has been crazy. Blech. I went on an amazing girls weekend with Deby and Andrea last week. Managed to get some scrapbooking done, but not as important as just hanging out - I love these girls. First time away from Carter and we all survived. Even Jamie, with Carter having had his flu shot booster before I left. And now Carter goes down way better at night. Bonus. Participated in Northbrook's Luciafest - I sang a solo, and Carter was a tomte. Made krumkake last night - yummy! I'm hosting a neighborhood "Christmas Gathering" tomorrow night with the women in my neighborhood Bible study - it's an outreach sort of thing. Please pray for those that are coming if you think of it - that they would be receptive to the message that is going to be shared. I don't have anything planned during the day on Saturday - I'm SO excited. What is your favorite Christmas tradition? I'm trying to implement new ones this year - like new pajamas for everyone on Christmas Eve. I'd love to get some more ideas!

Currently Listening And So This Is Christmas see related

Carter's second tooth popped through today...that explains a lot.

	Currently Listening Pottery Barn - Classic Christmas see related So much to be thankful for... I love these two guys! We're off to Duluth tomorrow to see Jamie's family. Happy Thanksgiving!