Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Tagged

My sister in law, Jen, tagged me. It's getting harder to think of things that people don't already know about me, but here goes:

10 Years Ago:

That would have been 1998. I dated 4 or 5 guys, sometimes at the same time. Kissed a few more. Broke a few hearts. Did my student teaching. Got my first real job in my field of study. Drove from UT to NJ twice. Graduated College. Got engaged. Planned a wedding. Got married. Had a reception, and went on my honeymoon. Ugh. I'm tired just remembering all of that. What a year!

5 Things On my To Do List Today:

1. Book hotel rooms for my upcoming trip.
2. Call Dee to ask if she can watch Benjamin for a few minutes after school while I am the parent helper in Nathaniel's class.
3. Clean off the kitchen island.
4. Finish planting all my seeds.
5. Go to the gym. Today is upper body weight lifting.

If I Had a Billion Dollars:

-"I'd buy some art: a Picasso or a Garfunkel"
-I would pay off my mortgage and the respective mortgages of our parents and siblings.
-I would build a completely self contained house. Geothermal heat, cisterns, solar panels, maybe even composting toilets...if I could find someone to deal with emptying the holding tank.
-I WOULD GET A CLEANING LADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Todd could quit his job and be just as wildly creative or adorably geeky as he wanted to be, but I would make him learn how to do yard work, so he might prefer to keep working.
-Put money away so my kids and their cousins can go to college.
-Travel and eat wherever I want.

Okay, that was a fun little 5 minutes of fantasy.

5 Jobs I've Had:
1. Waitress/Bartender
2. Tumbling Teacher
3. Companion (like a nanny, not a call girl)
4. Music Teacher (Voice, Piano, and Violin)
5. Prep kitchen cook

5 Places I Have Lived:
1. NJ
2. PA
3. WY
4. UT
5. OH

5 Things People May Not Know About Me:
1. I get easily obsessed with things. Once I get interested, I learn EVERYTHING there is to know. And then I stop.
2. I have a secret passion for shoes. It is thwarted by the fact that I have absurdly large feet and am generally too cheap to spend money.
3. I write stories. I've finished two book length stories. (They remain unedited. Todd is my editor because he's insanely good at it, but I won't let him critique me unless he's naked. I figure it makes us more equal: I bare my creative soul, he bares his body. He complained that it was too cold in our house this winter for editing. The weather's warming up, though...)
4. We are trying to adopt a teenager. Because who doesn't want to pay for college ten years before they would otherwise have to? ;)
5. Much to the chagrin of my parents, I am a registered Democrat.

I tag anyone who feels like doing it, but let me know, because it would be fun to see your answers!

5 comments:

Beth said...

Oh so very entertaining my liberal friend. You never cease to enterain and educate me. I particularly like your editing style. It makes me giggle.

Anne Marie said...

Loved reading about you. Emilia, you have got to be one of the funniest people I have ever been friends with. Please publish your books someday. The world needs them.

Marcia Mickelson said...

Your editing style is funny, but I see your point and totally feel the same way. Lucky for Nolan, I had never thought of the naked thing.

Ah, it feels so good to meet another Mormon democrat. I feel so lonely sometimes, especially when people like a man in my ward said that you can't be a democrat and a faithful member of the chuch. Lucky for him, I wasn't there, I just heard about it later.

Jen said...

"3. Companion (like a nanny, not a call girl)"

... or a cute time-travelling accomplice?

Jessica said...

I did this one too. I loved your answers and so appreciate your wit.