I was looking through some old threads I started and came across this one. I thought it might be fun to do, so I'm posting it again (also fitting in with my resolution to be more active around here). I was 21 when I first posted these (now 26) so much has changed. I won't even comment on how long I've been around here...

New answers in blue. The old one's in black still apply. In no particular order...


Seven Things To Do Before I Die:
1. Have or adopt more children, we have 2 beautiful boys so far!
2. Travel the world with DH
3. Gain financial freedom (certainly before I die, looking like in next 2 years Dave Ramsay, anyone?)
4. Buy and renovate a home
5. Regain and maintain my health
6. Run a marathon
7. Enjoy every day

Seven Things I Cannot Do (or have a hard time doing):
1. Rollerblade
2. Drink (w/o vomiting for a whole day afterwards) still true but I quit years ago...I said I was 21 when I first wrote this!
3. Sing well
4. Be alone
5. Paint the fingernails on my right hand
6. Be away from my children
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 There's that 21 y/o coming out again, lol
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) yipes, try not to around the boys...getting better
6. My children's names
7. And??

Seven Books (or Series) I love:
1. The Color Purple
2. Cookbooks, too many to list
3. many sociological study type books (like Random Family)
4. Pride and Prejudice
5. I Know This Much is True
6. anything by Jennifer Weiner
7. Total Money Makeover

Seven Movies I Would Watch Over and Over Again:
1. Never Been Kissed
2. Fargo
3. Crybaby
4. Flushed Away (DS2s favorite)
5. Friday
6. Goofy Movie (both boys love this one)
7. Closer


What are your answers?

Seven Things To Do Before I Die:
1. Visit Greece
2. Get married
3. Get a job I love
4. Buy my own home
5. Get into 'normal' size clothes
6. Get a breast reduction, reconstruction & lift
7. Make the most of the time I have with my babies

Seven Things I Cannot Do (or have a hard time doing):
1. Losing weight
2. Stay up past 9pm
3. Feel confident dancing in front of others
4. Sustain a healthy relationship
5. Say no to my 4yo
6. Feel calm when my babies are in cars with someone else
7. Keep my car tidy on the inside

Seven Things That Attract Me To My Spouse (or Significant Other, Best Friend, etc.): Best Friend
1. She's generous
2. She's kind
3. She always puts others ahead of herself
4. She doesn't have a mean bone in her body
5. She loves my babies
6. She has dreams
7. She makes me laugh

Seven Things I Say (or Write) Most Often:
1. Gabrielle
2. Emersyn
3. F*ck
4. Frick Frick Frickedy Frick
5. What????
6. I love you
7. I'm so proud of you

Seven Books (or Series) I love:
1. White Oleander
2. the Tudor series (Phillipa Gregory)
3. Kay Scarpetta series (Patricia Cornwell)
4. Alex Cross series (James Patterson)
5. P.S. I Love You
6. Alex
7. the Bone Setters Daughter

Seven Movies I Would Watch Over and Over Again:
1. Grease
2. Dirty Dancing
3. The Ugly Truth
4. Cool Runnings
5. Armageddon
6. Knocked Up
7. Finding Nemo

Seven Things to Do Before I die:
1) Academic goals: Doctorate and two Masters.
2) Publish several papers related to field study (outside thesis) and a book.
3) Pay off student loans.
4) Get to my best weight again. And stay there.
5) Raise my daughter to be a beautiful, happy, intelligent and independant woman who is successful in her own career.
6) Run. Every. Single. Day!
7) Dream job - One of the following: Live in Australia and actually get paid to study the endemic wildlife OR Smithsonian field researcher.

Seven Things I Cannot Do (or have a hard time doing):
1) Whistle.
2) Depend on a man to support me financially. Or in any way really.
3) Sacrifice my career goals for anyone. Ever.
4) Leave my daughter with strangers.
5) Worship a God of any kind. I ask too many questions for that sort of thing.
6) Be around stupid people.
7) Listen to country music.

Seven Things That Attract Me To My Spouse (or Significant Other, Best Friend, etc.):
1) I
2) Am
3) Recently
4) And
5) Happily
6) Divorced.
7) But thanks for asking.

Seven Things I Say (or Write) Most Often:
1) I love you!
2) That does not make sense.
3) LOL
4) My name in signature.
5) The date on paperwork.
6) (some bad words here)
7) What time?


Seven Books (or Series) I love:
1 - 7 All 1970's Chemistry books. They were my dads.

Seven Movies I Would Watch Over and Over Again:
1) Practical Magic
2) IQ
3) Star Wars Series WHOO!
4) Mary Poppins.
5) The Fifth Element
6) Contact
7) Boondock Saints

Seven Things To Do Before I Die:
1. Marry the love of my life
2. Have children
3. Write a novel
4. Be Happy
5. Own my own business
6. Be healthy
7. Be financially secure

Seven Things I Cannot Do (or have a hard time doing):
1. Focus
2. Drive
3. Sing
4. Stay angry
5. Dance
6. Lose weight (working on it though)
7. Hate

Seven Things That Attract Me To My Spouse (or Significant Other, Best Friend, etc.): Fiance
1. His eyes
2. His personality
3. His sense of humor
4. His voice
5. His facial hair
6. His passion
7. His honor

Seven Things I Say (or Write) Most Often:
1. I love you
2. Babe
3. Hun
4. Fiance's name
5. Mom
6. Dad
7. Cats names

Seven Books (or Series) I love:
1. Anna and the French Kiss
2. Harry Potter Series
3. The Glass Lake (Maeve Binchy)
4. The Gargoyle
5. The Stone Angel
6. Macbeth
7. Love You Forever

Seven Movies I Would Watch Over and Over Again:
1. any of the "Brat Pack" movies
2. The Princess Bride
3. Airplane
4. MST3K version of Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
5. Secondhand Lions
6. Mean Girls
7. YPF (I don't want to put the whole name of the movie here because it will get censored, but it's a great adult oriented comedy)