When Mike and Karen were here we took a tour of Santa Barbara called the "Land Shark". We drove through down town and then drove right into the water and cruised around in the ocean a bit. The Sea Lions were very entertaining.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Kim Tagged Me
All right, I'll play for you Kim.
Here are the rules. 1)Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves. (2) People who are tagged need to write a post on their own blog (about their eight things) and post these rules. (3) At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names. (4) Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.
8 things…
1. Paul and I were asked to be on a children’s show in China. I guess it was something comparable to Barney because they had costumes for us to wear and we weren’t going to have to speak Chinese, just dance around. Unfortunately the costumes were not big enough for us so we didn’t get to do it.
2. Another time in China a man whom we had met once called Paul and I at our apartment. After Paul tried to understand anything he was saying I thought I would give it a try and he finally kept repeating a phrase. He said “Wo Ai Ni” over and I over and I thought, “I know that, he’s saying I love you.” He totally freaked me out and I hung up the phone!
3. I have a horrible memory for the names of famous people. One time while dining at a restaurant with Paul in Lubbock, I saw Bobby Knight (basketball coach), and said hey, Paul, there’s “Bobby McKnight.”
4. I have a plethora of embarrassing moments, many of which come from the year I was teaching high school. One morning, instead of carpooling, I drove the hour trip by myself and ate trail mix while driving in the car. When I began teaching first period a student yelled out, “Mrs. Miller what did you do?” and began to scoff and laugh. I had dropped one of the chocolate covered raisins into my seat in the car and it melted into my pants and looked like I had had a different kind of accident in my seat!
5. It kind of embarrasses me now that I chose to walk down the aisle to “Endless Love.” How Cheesy. The fun part though is that I walked so slow (following the strict orders of whoever was in charge of the wedding) that the singers (Jason, Stewart, Angie, Selandra and Flee- I think) had to sing an extra round of the song. Yes, I liked all the attention.
6. To answer the question "where do your girls get their red hair"... The answer is: I have (on my mom's side) two red headed grandparents, one red headed aunt, a red headed cousin and a red headed sister. From Paul's side the girls have two red headed uncles, one red headed aunt (by marriage) and two red headed cousins. From what I know they have Scottish, Irish, German, Danish, English from my side and then Welch, German, English, and Mexican from Paul's side. So, yes, it runs in the family.
7. I wear a mask over my eyes when I’m sleeping. It’s become almost like an obsessive compulsive thing…gotta have it or it ruins the whole night.
8. When I was in the second grade I slapped a girl across the face while waiting for the bus at the bus stop. I also hit a boy across the face when I was like 16 because he wouldn’t let the girls play football with him in P.E. class. So much for Miss Nice.
I'm tagging Marci, Carolyn, Flee, Erin, Angie and Amy.
Here are the rules. 1)Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves. (2) People who are tagged need to write a post on their own blog (about their eight things) and post these rules. (3) At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names. (4) Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.
8 things…
1. Paul and I were asked to be on a children’s show in China. I guess it was something comparable to Barney because they had costumes for us to wear and we weren’t going to have to speak Chinese, just dance around. Unfortunately the costumes were not big enough for us so we didn’t get to do it.
2. Another time in China a man whom we had met once called Paul and I at our apartment. After Paul tried to understand anything he was saying I thought I would give it a try and he finally kept repeating a phrase. He said “Wo Ai Ni” over and I over and I thought, “I know that, he’s saying I love you.” He totally freaked me out and I hung up the phone!
3. I have a horrible memory for the names of famous people. One time while dining at a restaurant with Paul in Lubbock, I saw Bobby Knight (basketball coach), and said hey, Paul, there’s “Bobby McKnight.”
4. I have a plethora of embarrassing moments, many of which come from the year I was teaching high school. One morning, instead of carpooling, I drove the hour trip by myself and ate trail mix while driving in the car. When I began teaching first period a student yelled out, “Mrs. Miller what did you do?” and began to scoff and laugh. I had dropped one of the chocolate covered raisins into my seat in the car and it melted into my pants and looked like I had had a different kind of accident in my seat!
5. It kind of embarrasses me now that I chose to walk down the aisle to “Endless Love.” How Cheesy. The fun part though is that I walked so slow (following the strict orders of whoever was in charge of the wedding) that the singers (Jason, Stewart, Angie, Selandra and Flee- I think) had to sing an extra round of the song. Yes, I liked all the attention.
6. To answer the question "where do your girls get their red hair"... The answer is: I have (on my mom's side) two red headed grandparents, one red headed aunt, a red headed cousin and a red headed sister. From Paul's side the girls have two red headed uncles, one red headed aunt (by marriage) and two red headed cousins. From what I know they have Scottish, Irish, German, Danish, English from my side and then Welch, German, English, and Mexican from Paul's side. So, yes, it runs in the family.
7. I wear a mask over my eyes when I’m sleeping. It’s become almost like an obsessive compulsive thing…gotta have it or it ruins the whole night.
8. When I was in the second grade I slapped a girl across the face while waiting for the bus at the bus stop. I also hit a boy across the face when I was like 16 because he wouldn’t let the girls play football with him in P.E. class. So much for Miss Nice.
I'm tagging Marci, Carolyn, Flee, Erin, Angie and Amy.
Monday, September 24, 2007
Just One
Paul's parents left today. I feel fine now, but felt really sad after they left. Family is such a good thing. It's so revitalizing to be around people you know love you 100% without any judgement. Really, that's how I feel about my in-laws! So, it was a great visit, and of course it is always great to have people love on your kids. Karen kindly let me copy her 500 or so photos that she took, so now I have something of value to share. And somehow for tonight I narrowed it down to just one...
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