The One With the Meme
Ok, here's the thing with me and memes. They bug me. They really really do. And yet, I am always interested to read them because they reveal so much about the blogger. Since my darling friend the Daring Young Mom tagged me the other day I've been trying to figure out a way to get out of it, but none of my ideas seem very feasible. I thought of maybe calling her to say that my fingers were run over by a truck, so I can't type anymore. But I knew she'd figure that one out, because you can't dial a phone with smooshed fingers. I pondered hiring someone to kidnap me and send my friends and family a note that said I would only be released if I swore never to post a meme on my blog. This seemed overly dramatic, somehow, so I decided against that one. The only other thing I could think of was faking my death, but just thinking about the work involved in such a grand-scale deceit made me need to take a nap, so I decided to sit my lazy butt down in this chair and just do the dang meme. (It's just meme-ing cats and dogs in blogland, isn't it Jenn?)
Let's learn a little bit about me with the Seven Sevens meme:
Seven things I hope to do before I die:
1) Raise all of my children to be strong, moral, self-confident adults.
2) Spend a summer in Italy.
3) Publish a great work.
4) Reclaim my flat stomach (it seems to be missing... I've been looking everywhere).
5) Adopt a child.
6) Have my very own library room, complete with a wonderful rolling ladder.
7) Leave a legacy of love and compassion that outshines my life, and my death.
Seven things I cannot do:
1) Sing in front of anyone, even though I can TOTALLY rock it in the car!
2) Get a song out of my head once it sticks itself in there.
3) Fall asleep. I am a horrible faller-asleeper. I suck at it, and it always takes me forever. I usually lie awake for hours every night. I SO want this.
4) Watch scary movies. Oh, the nightmares.
5) Ski. Not one, tiny little bit. But I can fall really well!
6) Stop loving Ben Folds. The love for that genius musician man, it is everlasting.
7) Spank my children. I am adamantly opposed.
Seven things that attract me to my spouse (significant other, best friend):
1) His strength of character.
2) His dimples.
3) His loyalty.
4) His crazy smart brains.
5) His glorious bottom. Yeah I said it.
6) How much he believes in me.
7) What a loving and dedicated father he is to our girls.
Seven things I say often:
1) Dude.
2) Just a minute!
3) Do you have to go potty?
4) D'oh!
5) Oh fiddlesticks! (not really, but I think I'm going to start incorporating that one.)
6) Your turn to change her.
7) I love you.
Seven books or book series I love:
1) "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. My all-time favorite book ever.
2) "Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe" by Edgar Allen Poe. My all-time favorite poet ever.
3) "The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger.
4) "Dr. Seuss's ABC" by Dr. Seuss. (Young Yolanda Yorgensen is yelling on his back!)
5) The "Little House" series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. These books solidified my love for reading and literature when I was very young.
6) "Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child" by Dr. John Gottman. The best parenting book out there, my friends. No contest.
7) "The Giver" by Lois Lowry. So very thinky and symbolic.
Seven movies I could watch over and over again:
1) "Harvey" starring Jimmy Stewart, it's my favorite!
2) The new "Pride and Prejudice" as long as you don't mind a few tears.
3) "A Christmas Story". You'll shoot yer eye out, kid.
4) "Little Women" with Winona Ryder. I am such a girl.
5) Anything with Jerry Lewis. That guy invented funny.
6) "Mary Poppins". I love the Julie Andrews/ Dick Van Dyke combo. And also the penguin dance.
7) "Finding Nemo". The only movie my kids watch that I am not sick of yet. Knock on wood.
Seven people I want to join in this “Seven Sevens” meme:
1) Karen from The Big Trade-Off. Tag, you're it!
2) Kestrel from The Muttering Muse. Let's get those grad school brains working!
3) The illustrious Sarcastic Journalist, because we have so much in common it scares me sometimes.
4) Chris-daddy of Rude Cactus. C'mom, dude. I DARE you!
5) The lovely Leah from Life as Lou.
6) Cheese goddess Heather from Morceaux de Fromage.
7) Anyone else who feels the need to meme. Have at it.
Let's learn a little bit about me with the Seven Sevens meme:
Seven things I hope to do before I die:
1) Raise all of my children to be strong, moral, self-confident adults.
2) Spend a summer in Italy.
3) Publish a great work.
4) Reclaim my flat stomach (it seems to be missing... I've been looking everywhere).
5) Adopt a child.
6) Have my very own library room, complete with a wonderful rolling ladder.
7) Leave a legacy of love and compassion that outshines my life, and my death.
Seven things I cannot do:
1) Sing in front of anyone, even though I can TOTALLY rock it in the car!
2) Get a song out of my head once it sticks itself in there.
3) Fall asleep. I am a horrible faller-asleeper. I suck at it, and it always takes me forever. I usually lie awake for hours every night. I SO want this.
4) Watch scary movies. Oh, the nightmares.
5) Ski. Not one, tiny little bit. But I can fall really well!
6) Stop loving Ben Folds. The love for that genius musician man, it is everlasting.
7) Spank my children. I am adamantly opposed.
Seven things that attract me to my spouse (significant other, best friend):
1) His strength of character.
2) His dimples.
3) His loyalty.
4) His crazy smart brains.
5) His glorious bottom. Yeah I said it.
6) How much he believes in me.
7) What a loving and dedicated father he is to our girls.
Seven things I say often:
1) Dude.
2) Just a minute!
3) Do you have to go potty?
4) D'oh!
5) Oh fiddlesticks! (not really, but I think I'm going to start incorporating that one.)
6) Your turn to change her.
7) I love you.
Seven books or book series I love:
1) "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. My all-time favorite book ever.
2) "Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe" by Edgar Allen Poe. My all-time favorite poet ever.
3) "The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger.
4) "Dr. Seuss's ABC" by Dr. Seuss. (Young Yolanda Yorgensen is yelling on his back!)
5) The "Little House" series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. These books solidified my love for reading and literature when I was very young.
6) "Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child" by Dr. John Gottman. The best parenting book out there, my friends. No contest.
7) "The Giver" by Lois Lowry. So very thinky and symbolic.
Seven movies I could watch over and over again:
1) "Harvey" starring Jimmy Stewart, it's my favorite!
2) The new "Pride and Prejudice" as long as you don't mind a few tears.
3) "A Christmas Story". You'll shoot yer eye out, kid.
4) "Little Women" with Winona Ryder. I am such a girl.
5) Anything with Jerry Lewis. That guy invented funny.
6) "Mary Poppins". I love the Julie Andrews/ Dick Van Dyke combo. And also the penguin dance.
7) "Finding Nemo". The only movie my kids watch that I am not sick of yet. Knock on wood.
Seven people I want to join in this “Seven Sevens” meme:
1) Karen from The Big Trade-Off. Tag, you're it!
2) Kestrel from The Muttering Muse. Let's get those grad school brains working!
3) The illustrious Sarcastic Journalist, because we have so much in common it scares me sometimes.
4) Chris-daddy of Rude Cactus. C'mom, dude. I DARE you!
5) The lovely Leah from Life as Lou.
6) Cheese goddess Heather from Morceaux de Fromage.
7) Anyone else who feels the need to meme. Have at it.
December 10, 2005