Many Little Things

Gosh, it has been a while (probably because today I actually surfed blogging friend's sites), but I have been tagged for a meme by my good blogging buddy, Sheryl. If you have a moment, I highly recommend visiting her site as she is always uplifting, insightful and will put a guaranteed smile on your face.

8 Things That I Want To Do Before I Die:

1. Travel North America in a swanky RV for a couple of years with my husband.
2. Decide on a career path and go to school to get the education to support my career; this would be either becoming a Registered Nurse or obtaining an HR Management Degree.
3. Take a web design course and become a true cyber nerd.
4. Write a published memoir about my life.
5. Run a marathon.
6. Learn to stick to a goal and accomplish it. I get too easily distracted and it gets easy to shelf the desire for "another time".
7. Own a summer home on a lake with a boat.
8. Learn to become a better person.

8 Things That I Say Often:
1. What the Heck?
2. You know what? I have a secret and you can tell someone if you want .... wanna know what it is? Mommy loves you so very very much.
3. Have I told you how much I love you today?
4. F%&k (it is bad .... I know)
5. You are such a wanker
6. I'm Sorry
7. Please
8. I just love you and love you and lovvvvvve youuuuuuuu

8 Songs That I Sing Over and Over Again:
This is a toughy because I am the queen of making up my own words to pretty much any song and I do it on a daily basis. The words are always sung to my children and is about them and usually how much I love them. Kaelen now has caught on and will sing me a few songs every day and make up his own words too. Therefore, I don't really have specific songs that I always sing. Here are a couple of tunes that come to mind though .......

1. The Barney Song ... I Love You
2. Hush Little Baby (Mocking Bird)
3. Low - Flo Rider
4. The Way You Are - Timbaland
5. Piece of Me - Britney Spears
6. First Time, Ever I Saw Your Face - Celine Dion
7. Beautiful Boy - Celine Dion (I also change it to girl for Masyn)
8. Following the Leader - From the Peter Pan Movie

8 Things That I Am Passionate About:
1. My children
2. Helping others
3. Reading
4. Wanting the best out of life for my family
5. Making people around me laugh
6. Letting those I care about know how important they are to me
7. Doing random acts of kindness
8. Being that shoulder to lean on

8 Books That I Have Read Recently:
1. The Washingtoneinne
2. The Venetian Betrayal
3. The Predatory Game
4. Out of Control
5. The Gotham Diaries
6. Peter Pan
7. Toopy & Binoo
8. Z is for Zamboni

8 Things That Attract Me To My Best Friends:
1. Inspiration
2. Patience
3. Humour
4. Loyalty
5. The willingness to disagree and not hold a grudge for it
6. The ability to communicate periodically and being able to pick up where you left off without any discomfort or awkwardness.
7. Honesty
8. Spontaneity

8 People That I Think Should Do This:
1. Christie
2. Jenn
3. Lesley
4. Andrea
5. Ellen
6. Sari
7. Beth
8. Megan