Tagged Again!

So, my SWEET little sis tagged me awhile ago, so I will FINALLY get to it.

RULES: Post these rules on your blog. List 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, and 3 random surprising facts about yourself. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names. Let them know then have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

3 JOYS

1: My family

2: Accomplishing goals whether they be big or small

3: Losing myself in a good book

3 FEARS

1: Becoming obese :) (I better change something...and fast!!)

2: Failing at motherhood

3: Speaking in front of large groups of people

3 GOALS

1: Go back to school and get a degree

2: Use up all the scrapbooking supplies I have stockpiled!

3: Lose 35-40 pounds!!!

3 CURRENT OBSESSIONS/COLLECTIONS

1: Reading. I have so many books that I want to read. My housework is falling behind. I need to be able to schedule in reading time so that I won't neglect the things that need to be done.

2: Scrapbook supplies. Like I mentioned before, I've been stockpiling. I buy way more than I use!

3: Flowers in my hair. I took some of the flowers from my before mentioned scrapbook supplies and attached them to bobby pins. I've had a flower in my hair almost every day for the past few weeks.

3 RANDOM SURPRISING FACTS

1: I enjoy drawing blood! Okay, not in a violent scratch you up, chick fight sort of way but a stick you with a needle in a lab sort of way. I even tend to look at people's veins sometimes and think, "Man, that is a NICE vein. I bet it's a squirter!!!"

Okay, I can't think of any other fun surprising facts and well, rules were made to be broken right? So, on that trend, I think I'm going to rebel and I will choose to skip the tagging 5 other people part. I KNOW some of you just sighed in relief!

Big Boys Don't Cry????

A couple of hours ago, I was trying to get Scotty settled down for his nap and he was doing a lot of crying. After I got him to go to sleep, Derrick came in the room pretending to rub his eyes. You know, how people do when they are making fun of someone who has been crying. I asked him if he was crying. He said that he was showing me that he is tired. He then said, "What? I NEVER cry. When is the last time I cried?" I said, "Oh, probably a couple of weeks ago when we watched Juno!" He then said, "Actually it was this morning." I said, "Yeah right, what made you cry this morning." He said, "Barnyard Animals movie. I was watching it with Scotty. You know, the cow missed his dad so much and then his baby's momma named their baby after him."

Awwwwwww! The big boys do cry at silly little things...... just like the women that they tease for doing the same exact thing!

Kate Voegele

If you haven't noticed by the songs on my playlist right now, one of my favorite new artists is Kate Voegele. She has been featured a lot on the TV show One Tree Hill (yes, I am a fan of this show which is how I was introduced to this awesome singer--don't be a hater!)Not only can she sing, but she can act as well. AND she's beautiful. She has a lot going for her and I hope she's around for the long haul.
Just an after thought, for any of you who do tune in to One Tree Hill (probably nobody?), I can't believe Lucas told Payton that he hates her. And, Brooke and the surgeon are SOOOOO going to get together! ;p

The Joys of Living in the Desert

On Saturday, as we were getting the hose out to wash cars, I noticed a hole in the ground with fresh dirt all around it like a gopher had just recently dug the hole. This "hole" is right next to the gate that goes into our tiny little backyard area where I let Scotty play. I hadn't given the "hole" much more thought since then. But, today I was walking by the large arched window in our living room and saw something moving from the corner of my eye. I looked and saw a big snake shooting out of the "hole." It was by my guess, a little more than 3 feet long. I watched it glide it's way up into the bushes on the side of the house. CREEPY!!! Scotty and I sat there and watched it for awhile as I explained to him that we NEVER, EVER touch or go near snakes. I left the window after awhile to do some things. After about 20 minutes, I went back to see if it was still out there. I didn't see it but.............Standing right beside the window was a roadrunner with a big grasshopper hanging out of it's mouth.
It looked like it was watching something in the window sill, so I looked to the left and there was a lizard running along the outside of the window.
The bird ran away and ran right over the snake hole. About 30 seconds later, the snake comes shooting out of the hole again and slithers to the bushes. The lizard just sat there very still until the snake was into the bushes and then ran away. I had looked closely at the snake, looked online and found that it is most likely a Sonoran gopher snake. Not poisonous but still SCARY. Now I don't feel like I can let Scotty play outside anymore. Man, the desert sucks!!