Celebrate 100 Meme

MelNel is celebrating her 100th post. Go congratulate her! When you get back you can read the meme she tagged me for. I’m tagging you. If you would like to play, let me know and I’ll check out your answers!

Celebrate 100
5 favorite desserts
1. Bread pudding
2. Gooey brownies
3. Hot fudge sundae
4. Turtle cheesecake
5. Mini pecan pie muffins from Homemade Gourmet

5 places you want to take a 2 week vacation to
1. Italy
2. Ireland
3. Paris
4. Travel the US–I haven’t seen enough touristy things! (Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Boston, etc.)
5. Disney World–oh what I couldn’t do with two weeks at DW!

5 blogs you read daily
1. Rocks In My Dryer
2. Suburban Turmoil
3. Mom, Ma’am, Me
4. Days To Come
5. aufdeckende Gespraeche

5 things you wish you knew how to do
1. Draw
2. Play the guitar
3. Sing
4. Swing dance
5. Ski really well instead of just barely

5 best restaurants or meals
1. Fleming’s (for steak)
2. The Chalkboard (for Beef Wellington)
3. Mr. B’s Bistro (for crawfish fettucini)
4. Anything mexican
5. Anything italian

5 things you don’t leave home without
1. Kids
2. Sense of humor
3. Sirius radio
4. A book
5. Large iced tea

5 things that help you relax
1. massage
2. a warm bath
3. sitting on my dad’s porch in the mountains
4. talking with my husband
5. reading a good book

5 favorite childhood haunts (0-18 yrs)
1. The living room watching TV
2. Playing baseball/tag/whatever on the hill in the greenbelt out back
3. My bedroom
4. Driving everywhere around town after I turned 16
5. My friend’s house

5 most recent movies you’ve watched
1. Munich
2. Alive
3. Raiders of the Lost Ark
4. Air Bud
5. Chronicles of Narnia

5 phone numbers you have memorized
1. My mom’s house
2. My MIL’s house
3. DH cell
4. DH work
5. Shannon’s

5 favorite flowers/plants
1. tulips
2. hostas
3. pansies
4. the urban ash in our front yard
5. Weeping Willow trees

5 names you’d never give your child
1. Whitemore
2. Helmut
3. Anna Nicole
4. Caesar
5. Pedro

5 most recent books you’ve read
1. The Power of One
2. Obsessive Genius: The Story of Marie Curie
3. In Cold Blood
4. Frog & Toad
5. Walter the Farting Dog

5 pets you’d never want to own
1. Hermit Crab–and yet we have THREE
2. Iguana
3. Dog–so sue me. I’m not a dog person.
4. chickens/roosters
5. Frankly, I don’t really want pets. I’ve had them and I’m done. My pets now are called my kids. 

5 jobs you’re glad you don’t have
1. Cleaning toilets at state parks (but I clean toilets at home)
2. Customer Service anywhere (but I am head of CS at home)
3. Waitress (but I’m THE waitress at home)
4. Wall Street floor trader (but I’m the negotiator at home
5. Bomb squad (but I diffuse sticky situations daily at home)

5 favorite posts on your blog
1. What’s Your Management Style?
2. Artsy Fartsy
3. Watch Out for that … Spatula?
4. The Seedy Underbelly of Blog Addiction
5. T-Ball Game 1

5 gifts you’ve given
1. Tickets to Phantom of the Opera (not the movie)
2. Tickets to The Lion King (again, not the movie)
3. Bicycles
4. Tools
5. Motorcycle gear

5 things that scare you
1. spiders
2. rapists
3. something happening to my children (abduction, abuse, etc.)
4. something happening to my husband (plane crash, car crash, etc.)
5. that weird stop motion in movies (e.g., The Ring)

5 mothers you admire
1. My friend K
2. Shannon
3. Any mom who doesn’t give in to the Bratz and other crazy toy phenomenon
4. Any mom who sticks to her guns
5. Any mom who teaches her children the value of themselves

5 cities you’ve lived in
1. Enid, OK
2. Maryville, MO
3. Anchorage, AK
4. Jefferson, IA
5. Green Country, OK

5 gifts you’ve received
1. Beautiful flower ring
2. DVD player
3. GC to a spa
4. kitchen under-cupboard CD player
5. Sirius radio

5 cars you’ve driven
1. 1981 Honda Accord
2. 198? Subaru
3. 1992 Mitsubishi wind-up truck
4. 1995 Honda Accord
5. 2001 Honda Odyssey

5 people you’d wish to meet (dead or alive)
1. My husband’s dad
2. The Shark Lady (Eugenie Clark)
3. Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
4. John Steinbeck
5. Marie Curie

5 languages you love to listen to/want to learn
1. German
2. Spanish
3. Russian
4. French
5. Japanese

5 things you’re grateful for
1. My family
2. Financial stability
3. Cute shoes
4. Wine
5. Friends who love to drink wine