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Old 12-29-2005, 08:24 PM   #1  
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Lightbulb My Seven Answers: What are yours?

I keep coming across this in blogs I read regularly. I thought it'd be interesting to get some of your answers and tell ya'll mine.

Seven Things To Do Before I Die:
1. Have children
2. Travel the world with my (not so distant future) husband
3. Gain financial stability
4. Have a home built
5. Buy my mom and dad a home
6. Regain and maintain my health
7. Live, love, and laugh

Seven Things I Cannot Do (or have a hard time doing):
1. Rollerblade
2. Drink (w/o vomiting for a whole day afterwards)
3. Sing well
4. Be alone
5. Paint the fingernails on my right hand
6. Stop buying DVD's
7. Keep my car washed (lol)

Seven Things That Attract Me To My Spouse (or Significant Other, Best Friend, etc.):
1. He's intelligent
2. He's hilarious
3. He's loyal
4. Great lover
5. He dotes on me
6. Hardworking
7. Family-oriented

Seven Things I Say (or Write) Most Often:
1. I love you
2. Hella
3. Baby
4. What?
5. F**king (when mad)
6. Ya'll
7. And??

Seven Books (or Series) I love:
1. The Color Purple
2. The Coldest Winter Ever
3. many sociological study type books (like Random Family)
4. She's Come Undone
5. I Know This Much is True
6. anything by Jennifer Weiner
7. Bridal magazines (not sure if it counts but it's what I'm reading right now!)

Seven Movies I Would Watch Over and Over Again:
1. Never Been Kissed
2. Fargo
3. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
4. Shawn of the Dead
5. Friday
6. Where the Heart Is
7. Conspiracy Theory
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Old 12-29-2005, 08:57 PM   #2  
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7 things before i die
1 - get finacial stability (pay our mortgage)
2 - travel around the world
3 - have grandchildren (& spoil them rotten)
4 - get a challanging career
5 - buy a monaro (holden)
6 - get into a plane (never been in one)
7 - be happy with myself, and make the best choices i can

7 things I cannot do
1 - sing
2 - dance
3 - eat prawns
4 - wear a bikini
5 - stay angry at DH
6 - stand my MIL and FIL
7 - be morbidly obese ever ever again

Seven Things That Attract Me To My Spouse (being brutally honest!)
1 - he was older had a car (i was only 16)
2 - he is naive (very easily lead)
3 - he is fit
4 - he is honest
5 - would do anything for me
6 - would never look at another woman (sexually)
7 - trys his hardest to please

Seven Things I Say (or Write) Most Often:
1 - for crying out loud
2 - am i your slave
3 - what the?
4 - REBEKKA! (daughters name!, usually yelled)
5 - JESSIE! (other daughters name! usually yelled)
6 - what do you think?
7 - OIY!

Seven Books (or Series) I love ( i should say fav authors.. i have so many fav books i have read over and over)
1 - robert jordan (wheels of time)
2 - any Dean Koontz
3 - any Mathew Reilly
4 - any Clive Cussler
5 - any Ann Rice
6 - any John Grisham
7 - Anything with a front cover, back cover and words between LOL!!!!!

Seven Movies I Would Watch Over and Over Again
1 - Pretty Woman
2 - Bridget Jones 1
3 - Beaches
4 - Matrix (all 3)
5 - Chicago (with richard gere)
6 - the last samari
7 - coyote ugly

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This really makes me realise i should tell my family i love them more! it sometimes gets lost amongst all the frustration of being a mother, cleaner, financier, ........ and everything else.
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Old 12-29-2005, 10:17 PM   #3  
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Seven Things To Do Before I Die:
1. Run a marathon
2. Climb Pikes Peak
3. Travel the world
4. Own a Viper (learn to drive stick)
5. Meet SlipKnot
6. Graduate college
7. Develop my faith

Seven Things I Cannot Do (or have a hard time doing):
1. Be alone (Its #1 for a reason)
2. Remember anything
3. Keep my mouth shut
4. Sing
5. Listen to authority
6. Play team sports
7. Draw

Seven Things That Attract Me To My Spouse (or Significant Other, Best Friend, etc.):
1. He's intelligent
2. He's beautiful
3. His values (Honest, hardworking, etc.)
4. His faith
5. Great in bed
6. His warped sense of humor
7. His strength

Seven Things I Say (or Write) Most Often:
1. Honey
2. I love you
3. I'm going to **** in a handbasket
4. F*ckin' A$$hole!
5. Hey!
6. Silly
7. I'll kick your butt!

Seven Books (or Series) I love:
1. Anything by Anne Rice
2. Most non-fiction especially psychology, sexuality, or religion
3. House of God
4. I Know This Much Is True
5. ******* out of Carolina
6. Where the Heart is
7. The Bible

Seven Movies I Would Watch Over and Over Again
1. Girl Interrupted
2. Clue (dont ask )
3. Secretary
4. Office Space
5. Dogma
6. Night of the Living Dead
7. In a Lonely Place
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Old 12-30-2005, 02:58 PM   #4  
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Seven Things To Do Before I Die:
1. Have children
2. Buy our bungalow or four-square home in the country
3. Become independently wealthy...lol
4. Swim with dolphins
5. Swim with manatees
6. Own a horse or horses again
7. Be the healthiest and happiest person I can be

Seven Things I Cannot Do (or have a hard time doing):
1. Ice skating
2. standing up for myself
3. start IV's ugggghhhh
4. shop by myself
5. apply eyeliner the right way
6. confront people
7. Keep the house spotless

Seven Things That Attract Me To My Spouse (or Significant Other, Best Friend, etc.):
1. He's funny
2. He's the life of the party
3. He's loyal
4. He's strong
5. He thinks the world of me
6. Hardworking
7. He's a cutie

Seven Things I Say (or Write) Most Often:
1. Bye
2. "that's a shame" (seinfeld)
3. WTF??
4. Ummm.....?
5. How are you? (i'm a nurse)
6. SIMBA!!!!!! (yelling at the cat)
7. crap!!!!

Seven Books (or Series) I love:
1. Chicken Soup for the Nurses Soul
2. The Wizard of Oz Collectors Guide
3. Haunted Wisconsin
4. Wisconsin Road Guide to Haunted Places (by a local author)
5. All the Little House books
6. Inside the Bungalow
7. Outside the Bungalow

Seven Movies I Would Watch Over and Over Again:
1. Wizard of Oz
2. Gone with the Wind
3. Cheaper by the Dozen (the old one)
4. Chicago
5. Dazed and Confused
6. Stand by Me
7. Tommy Boy
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Old 12-30-2005, 03:45 PM   #5  
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Old 01-02-2006, 11:16 AM   #6  
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Seven Things To Do Before I Die:
1. Become a foster family
2. Open my own restaurant/catering business
3. Learn to snow ski
4. Get over my fear of dying (not me dying - everyone else I love)
5. Raise good hearted, caring, empathetic, confident children
6. Reach a weight I'm comfortable with and stay there
7. Get my house EXACTLY like I want it - including refinishing the antiques from my great grandmother.

Seven Things I Cannot Do (or have a hard time doing):
1. Keep my photograhs organized
2. Draw or paint
3. Flossing my teeth as often as I should
4. Walk away from confrontation
5. Speak a second language
6. See a piece of junk for what it could be instead for what it is (thanks to my creative sister I am getting better at this though!)
7. Change the tire or oil of a car

Seven Things That Attract Me To My Spouse (or Significant Other, Best Friend, etc.):
1. He makes me laugh - A LOT
2. He takes my temper patiently
3. He's smart and knows things - things that I'm never quite sure how or why he knows. He's full of random trivia.
4. He isn't helpless or too dependent - but he needs me just enough (he'd never find his keys, glasses, or wallet without me. )
5. He is a hands on father and husband
6. He understands that being a SAHM is a full time job and recognizes that it is as demanding as his and is happy to help pick up any slack around the house (or tolerate the mess if we are both too tired to tackle it)
7. He is honest, trustworthy, hardworking, and helps me be a better person

Seven Things I Say (or Write) Most Often:
1. I can't narrow it down to particulars but suffice it to say I talk like a sailor (when the kids aren't around)
2. What do you want for dinner (breakfast/lunch/snack)?
3. Okay, we're gonna take a vote (have you ever tried to get three kids and a husband all to agree on ONE thing?)
4. I don't HAVE to give you a reason (I get asked "why" A LOT but I refuse to turn into my mother by saying "because I said so, that's why!")
5. I love you
6. Hey, monkey
7. Yeah, right

Seven Books (or Series) I love:
1. Circle of Friends (HATED the movie, BTW)
2. Bridget Jones' Diary
3. If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, Why am I always in the Pits? by Erma Bombeck (this is the first "grown up" book I remember reading when I was younger).
4. Anything by Chris Rock
5. Big George: The Autobiography of an Angel by James (Jim) Jennings
6. Where the Sidewalk Ends
7. An Underground Education by Richard Zacks

Seven Movies I Would Watch Over and Over Again:
1. Fight Club
2. Stranger's With Candy DVDs (okay, not technically a movie but I can watch every season in one sitting just like a movie).
3. Bourne Identity
4. Bridget Jones' Diary (just the first one)
5. Wedding Crashers
6. Terms of Endearment (I cry EVERY time)
7. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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Old 01-02-2006, 12:27 PM   #7  
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7 things to do before I die
1. White water rafting on the Franklin River
2. Donate ovaries to someone who needs them
3. Climb a mountain
4. Own a puppy
5. Learn a foreign language
6. Travel to Tuscany and really see it
7. Teach my dh to swim

7 things I can't do
1. Sing karaoke
2. Abseil
3. Speak a foreign language
4. Be in a large crowd
5. Wear a bikini
6. Drive
7. Save money

7 things that attract me to my spouse
1. he's unconventional
2. he's very funny
3. he's sensitive
4. he's very silly
5. he's talented
6. he puts up with me
7. he's great at cleaning the house

7 books I love
1. Polyanna
2. The Secret Garden
3. Any by Val McDiarmid
4. 10 secrets of health and happiness by Louise Samways
5. How to be a Domestic Goddess - Nigella Lawson
6. The Cook's Companion - Stephanie Alexander
7. The Lovely Bones

7 movies I would watch over and over again
1. The Princess Bride
2. Lantana
3. Top Gun
4. Babette's Feast
5. Jesus of Montreal
6. Priscilla Queen of the Desert
7. The Sum of Us

7 things I say and write most often
1. Possum (my equivalent of dear)
2. G'day
3. Not a problem
4. Oi!
5. You know what.....
6. He's a roo loose in the top paddock, that one (not the full shilling....)
7. hello you're through to Kylie on the back pain team, how may I help (about 20 times a day!)
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Seven Things To Do Before I Die:
1. Confront my mother about her absence in my life
2. Go on a road trip
3. Have children
4. Take family vacations with said future children
5. Make adorable little cupcakes and stuff for my children to take to school
6. Have a family Christmas card
7. Go back to Spain

Seven Things I Cannot Do (or have a hard time doing):
1. Keep my mouth shut when someone's ticking me off
2. Say "no" when teachers ask me to do things
3. Parallel park
4. Put myself on a budget
5. A cartwheel
6. Stop going out of my way to help friends, even though I know they wouldn't do the same for me
7. Kill an animal (hunting, fishing, eating lobster, etc.)

Seven Things That *Would* Attract Me To A *Potential Spouse*:
1. Intelligence
2. A true gentlemen
3. Similar sense of humor
4. Goal-Oriented
5. Loves kids
6. Open to change
7. Romantic

Seven Things I Say (or Write) Most Often:
1. Yeah
2. lol
3. hey
4. love
5. I
6. OK
7. what's up?

Seven Books (or Series) I love:
1. Tuesdays with Morrie
2. Harry Potter series
3. Dirty Girls Social Club
4. The Laura Ingalls Wilder books (Little House on the Prairie, etc.)
5. The Hannah Swensen Mysteries by JoAnne Fluke
6. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
7. Cookbooks

Seven Movies I Would Watch Over and Over Again:
1. Wedding Crashers
2. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
3. Bridget Jones' Diaries 1 + 2
4. Uncle Buck
5. The First Wives Club
6. Office Space
7. Old School
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Seven Things To Do Before I Die:
1. Fall head over heels, harlenquin romance in love!
2. Travel to Tibet and New Zealand
3. Build a home to my specifications
4. Forgive and be at peace with my dad
5. Get healthy and stay that way
6. Learn a martial art
7. Complete my classical piano training

Seven Things I Cannot Do (or have a hard time doing):
1. Parallel park
2. Stop impulse shopping
3. Avoid chocolate
4. Deal well with crowds
5. Count to ten before I speak my mind
6. Like pictures of myself
7. Get to bed on time

Seven Things That Attract Me To My Future Spouse:
1. Sense of humour (I the english sense of humour)
2. Intelligent
3. Self Confident
4. He's a great lover
5. Supportive
6. Hardworking
7. Family-oriented

Seven Things I Say (or Write) Most Often:
1. TTFN
2. WTF
3. LOL
4. Try that one again
5. I kid you not
6. Okay Dokay
7. Anyhoo

Seven Books (or Series) I love:
1. Narnia Series
2. The Lord of the Rings
3. Anything written by Maeve Binchy (Circle of Friends is up there)
4. Harry Potter Series
5. History about ancient UK, Greece and Rome
6. Anything by Patricia Cromwell
7. Anything by Robin McKinley

Seven Movies I Would Watch Over and Over Again:
1. The Lord of the Rings
2. Spaceballs
3. Star Wars (4, 5 and 6), who I am kidding, anything with Harrison Ford, even the stinkers
4. The Joy Luck Club
5. Ever After
6. Legend
7. Labyrinth

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