Drumroll for socks and tag, you're it

May I have a drumroll please? Or better yet, strike up the band! I finished my first pair of socks! And I understand now why people love hand knit socks. Aside from the fact they are fun to knit, they're lovely to wear. Mmmm, very nice. I've only been working on them for a couple of years since they got pushed aside anytime something else had to be knit. The next pair won't take as long, guaranteed. And, patting myself on the back here, but notice the stripes line up on the socks? Yep, planned it that way!

And finally! I was tagged by:

http://yestheyareallmine-mom.blogspot.com/

I was to go to my photo file, select the 8th photo, write about it, and then tag 8 friends.

This was the eighth photo in my May photo folder. It is of 3 of my grandmunchkins delivering May baskets for the first time. It is a long tradition, started when my sister and I were girls, delivering baskets of flowers on May 1st, knocking on the door, and trying not to get caught. We dropped the tradition when in our teens I think and I picked it back up when my kids were little and up until they were teens. They would get VERY creative about where they took off to or hid once they knocked on the door! I remember one son diving over a wood pile when he heard the door open, not even knowing what was on the other side of the wood pile!

This year our daughter started it up again much to the delight of her grandmother. She said she'd actually been thinking about it a few days before and missing it. These guys got caught at every stop but with practice, after a few years, they'll get it.

Now, if you read my blog, consider yourself tagged! But specifically Mari at Waiting in Ohio, Katie at Only Slightly Bent(s), Christina at chrissmarie5, Katie at Katidids, and Stacey at Hartfeld's Ranch Life.

TAGGED!

TAGGED
Tagged I was tagged by http://fibroknits.blogspot.com/

Rules: The rules of the game get posted at the beginning. Each player answers the questions about himself or herself. At the end of the post, the player then tags five people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

Ten years ago:
lemme see, June,1998, I was working at Nike, our older 3 were working, going to school, but still at home. They were getting ready to do another Mission to Mexico. Our youngest had been with us only 8 months and we were headed to Iowa for a niece's wedding and for her to meet the rest of the family. We stopped in Yellowstone on our way there as well as Chimney Rock. We ate PB and J sandwiches while looking at Chimney Rock. We stopped at Mt. Rushmore on the way back.
Things I'd do if I were a billionaire:
I think a millionaire would suffice but first 10% off the top for the church and another for the missionaries we support. I'd buy my husband a farm and let him have his dream job. I'd buy all my kiddos a home so the moms could stay at home and raise their kids. I'd make sure there was a trust for the grandmunchkins for college and a first home. I'd take a dream trip or trips of which Disney World with all the family would be one. I'd send all the guys to Alaska to bring me back some halibut.
Three bad habits I have:
1. snacking when I don't want to do something
2. talking about people rather than ideas
3. trying to get too much done in too short of a time frame so I'm late. Does addicted to coffee count?
Five places I've lived:
Portland, OR, Beaverton, OR, Cornelius, OR, Hillsboro, OR, Albania--ok, so I only lived there 30 days while waiting for the adoption on our daughter to be final but listing places in Oregon was getting boring!
Five Jobs I've Had:
McDonalds
Medical records at Tuality Hospital
Unit receptionist for the cancer floor at St. Vincent Hospital
lab technician for Nike (longest at 16 years)
and my dream jobs: Mom and Granny
Five things on today's to do list:
my days are pretty much the same routine--care for grandmunchkins, the usual cleaning, cooking, laundry. So I'll list the extras for today:
1. try and make spaghetti on par with my husbands for the freezer for our upcoming camping trip. I already messed this up since I opened tomato sauce instead of tomatoes.
2. Take a walk in the rain...we do live in the Northwet afterall and it is Rose Festival week.
3. start a pillow for G's high school graduation. G is a friend of our daughter's but hard of hearing, not deaf. Still she signs English and they can communicate somewhat. Our daughter signs ASL. I'm making a pillow with the "I Love You" sign on it. Pictures later...I hope!
4. get almost finished with S sweater
5. go to J's kindergarten graduation


And I have only one to tag: thus far
http://chrissmarie5.blogspot.com/