I’m feeling a little mentally overwhelmed. So to clear my brain I’m going to do a MeMe I was tagged with eons ago by Natalie:

8 things I’m passionate about:
My Family
My Faith
Chocolate
Buckling up (including carseats for kids)
Equality and Fairness
My Novel
Gun safety

8 things I want to do before I die:
Visit Europe, Africa, Australia, Asia (I want to be well traveled in general-but those would be a good start!)
Be in good physical shape
Serve a service/humanitarian mission for my church
learn how to play the guitar

publish a book
learn how to take fabulous pictures
live outside the country for an extended amount of time
be involved in local politics

8 things I say often:
Do you need to go potty?
Go ask Daddy to help you
Stop beating your sister!
Don’t lean back on your chair
sit down and eat
I like to make you eat disgusting food
Just a minute!
I love you

8 books I’ve recently read:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Cell by Stephen King
The Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephan L. Carter
The Vampire Trilogy by Stephanie Meyers
Charms for the Simple Life by Kaye Gibbons
Act of Treason by Vince Flynn

8 songs I could listen to over and over:
I’m just going to share 8 of my favorite artists
KT Tunstull
Martina McBride
Keith Urban
Brandi Carlile
Sheryl Crow
Josh Groban
Courtney Jaye

8 things that attract me to my best friends:
Sense of Humor
Not easily offended
lately- kids of similar ages to mine
availably
Willing to be honest with me
similar values
imperfection
intelligence

8 things Ive learned this past year:
Life happens and you roll with it
Apartments really really suck
I hate fruit flies
moving still sucks, but whining about it doesn’t make it better
If you want to write, then write and the ideas will come
How to make thai food (well, like three things)
How much I love the resiliency and sense of ‘team’ I feel with my extended family
That Steve and I can work through trials together and become stronger for it
How blessed I really am

8 people I think should do Crazy 8’s
Anyone who wants to feel free and link back here!

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