Saturday Six

Okay, so I'm a couple of days late. I'm blaming it on the long weekend.

But my buddy Heather posted a Saturday Six (she was late for her Friday Five, so it's not just me and she doesn't have a long weekend to blame).

Here are my answers:

1) If you had a theme song, what would it be?
The Sun will come out tomorrow (and not just because it's been raining for 4 days!)

2) What TV show does your life most resemble?
Lost

3) What's your favorite (all-time) comic? (As in strip, not comedian.)
For Better or For Worse.

4) What's a great song to crank up with the windows down while driving around in the summer?
Almost anything by Billy Joel

5) The ice cream truck has just pulled up. You've got a crisp, cool $5 bill in your hand (in other words, plenty o' cash for whatever's on the menu.) What do you get?
An ice cream sandwich. Which then has to be properly eaten. Remove all paper, lick the ice cream around all sides as far as your tongue will let you before eating any of the cookie sandwich.

6) What was the last movie you saw at a drive-in theater?
Move it Move it (which I'm sure has a real title, but I can't remember it and this is what we call it in my house based on the song the animals sing "I like to move it move")

Tag- You're it!

I’ve been tagged… Thanks Deb

Favorite person (outside family)? Our friend Sandy. We've been friends for more then 10 years now, and she has become our family here in the Maritimes.

Favorite food? Anything that Hilary cooks.

Quirks about you? When I get drunk I will only speak in French. You can talk to me in English and I will understand you, but I will answer you in French.

How would the person who loves you most describe you in ten words or less? Hmmm... A caring person who listens and loves my cooking. or Someone who can never put her coffee mug away! Kinda depends on the moment.

Any regrets in life? The years 1999-2003

Favorite Charity/ Cause? Walk for Kids Help phone. Liam and I have participated in this for the past 6 years. The Help Phone is a national (Canadian) 800# that kids can call if they are being bullied, abused or just need a safe grown up to talk to.

Favorite Blog recently? matt, liz and madeline

Something you can’t get enough of? Chocolate

Worst job you’ve ever had? Selling cube freezers to apartment dwellers in downtown Toronto by cold calling names from the phone book.

What job would you pay NOT to have? Working in a meat processing plant.

Favorite Bible verse right now? As an atheist, I don't have one.

Guilty Pleasure? Reading blogs!

Got any confessions? None that I'm willing to share here.

If you HAD to spend $1,000 on YOURSELF, how would you spend it? Getting my teeth fixed up.

Favorite thing about your house? We have a great back yard, it's such a fun place to watch Liam play.

Least favorite thing about your house? No storage space! We rent out the basement, there is no attic and the upstairs bedrooms don't even have closets.

One thing you’re good at? Microsoft Excel. Having failed math in high school it amazes me what I can do with a computer program!

If you could change something about your circumstances, what? I wish that we had enough money so that I could be a SAHM.

Who would you like to meet someday? My half-sister Madelaine

What makes you feel sexy? My new red bra. I've never owned a red bra (or any colour other then white) before.

Who is your real life hero? Jean Vanier for starting L'Arche

What is the hardest part of your job? Dealing with stupid people.

When are you most relaxed? Laying in bed with Liam after his bedtime story so that we can have an end of day cuddle.

What stresses you out? Being late. I will leave the house 10 minutes early to get to the bus stop 100 feet from our door out of fear of missing the bus and being late to get somewhere.

What can you not live without? Hilary and Liam

Do you agree or disagree with the recent article that reported that blogs are authored by narcissists? Isn't everyone narcissistic to some degree?

Why do you blog? I use it as an outlet to share things about life and adoption that I don't want to share with my real life friends.

Who are you tagging?

New/Newer bloggers: Heather and Momof3
Bloggy friends: Jenn and Coco

Bloggers you’d like to get to know better: AlexandErin

Bloggers you don’t think will respond, but you hope will :Velcrometer and Tudu


Rules:

1. Answer the questions
2. Link back to whoever tagged you
3. Tag eight bloggers to do the same, 2 from each category.


• New/ newer bloggers (since we want to share the love and send them traffic)
  
• Bloggy friends
  
• Bloggers you’d like to get to know better
  
• Bloggers you don’t think will respond, but you hope will

Three things I'm proud of as a mother

This tag couldn't come at a better time. I really do need to reflect on the good side of things right now. Liam has been in a mood the last few days and has managed to push my every button and reduce me to tears more then once.

So without futher ado.....


1) We laugh every day. Even on the really bad days we find a way to laugh. A well timed joke (or since Liam is 5 - a well timed fart), sneaking up to tickle someone or just being together and laughing about life.

2) I listen. Growing up I never felt that I was listened to.... and it SUCKED! I make time to listen to Liam - actively listen - and I let him know that I hear what he is saying. Because he has some great stuff to say!

3) I let Liam own his own feelings. He has the right to be angry, sad, happy, pissed off, grumpy, tired, giddy. I do not have the right to impose my feelings on him or tell him that his feelings are wrong. This is another kick back from my childhood. I was frequently told "Just stop crying, there's no reason to be upset" Well, obviously there was a reason to me or I wouldn't have been crying!

So to all the fabulous Moms out there... consider yourself tagged and share the 3 things that you are proud of!

Pass it on ~

Coco over at http://cocokrispybeans.wordpress.com/ honoured me with this:

I would like to pass it on to the great women at the blogs that I read that all give me inspiration:

DebiP at http://ourboysourlives.wordpress.com/ for being a good friend and someone to turn to.

Jenn at http://jennsthoughts.wordpress.com/ for helping me to see adoption through her eyes and how she sees things from 2 sides of the same lens

Jenna at http://thechroniclesofmunchkinland.com/ for letting me glimpse into the world of a first mom and helping me to better understand what Liam's mom might be going through.

Lori at http://weebleswobblog.blogspot.com/ for being funny and supportive and having great games on her blog!

And really, it should go to everyone else that I read too. Because if you weren't amazing, I wouldn't be reading!!

Pass it on!