100th Post... Okay It Might Be A Little Late

A while ago I posted about my 100th post was about to come up and instead of posting a 100 things about me, I was going to post 10 things and answer some questions. Well, my 100th post might have been a couple... or few... handful... a week or so... ago. So here are some interesting and not so interesting things about Motherhood For Dummies.

1. I was born and raised in Alaska, in the same house... man... even in the same bedroom my whole entire life. I don't cope with change very well and now you can understand why.
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2. I am the youngest of 6 crazy kids and now that I am a mom.... I have a whole new respect for my mom and what she has done... especially since we are all still alive and breathing.

3. I play 3 instruments; piano, guitar, and cello. I am best at piano then guitar and last cello. I still need to fully learn and master the cello, which is an instrument that I think is just beautiful. I have a talent for learning instruments fairly easily and my goal is to learn as many as I can.

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4. I have lived in London.... and LOVED it!
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5. I have married a man that grew up in throughout South America: Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, and Chile. So he speaks English, Spanish, and Portuguese..... and yet I took Spanish 101 three times throughout High School. Languages are NOT my forte.

6. I have been a cheerleader for Purdue and UCLA college basketball

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7. While in London, I lived next door to Matthew Mcconaughey. Some roommates and I would actually sit out on our stoop and do homework or read so we could see him come home. Yea... I use to think he was dreeeeamy. He was there apparently filming part of the movie Sahara.

8. I was born on Mother's day... I was the best peasant ever

9. SheDaisy was actually at my wedding reception. My husband lived in Tennessee for a little while and they go to the same church. Curtis's parents are friends with their family, so two of the three sisters were there.

10. I always have an unquenchable hunger for caramel apples, rice crispy squares, and laffy taffy.

Heidi from Viking Conquest asked,

"How warm does it get in Alaska during the summer, how cold does it get during the winter. Differences in lifestyle, have you've noticed a differnce between Alaska and other places in the US. Do you plan on settling in Alaska?"

Alaska actually has really nice weather. The summers are in the 70's-80's and everything is just green and beautiful. We get a nice breeze that keeps it from getting too hot, but wont mess up your hair. Plus with all the daylight my husband and I will play tennis till 11 PM. The winters aren't too bad either.... yea it can get come, but since the wind doesn't go crazy here it doesn't feel that cold. It isn't humid either... so if you take out that wet cold and the bitting wind cold... it actually isn't bad. I really like the winters here, they always have a really good Christmas and cozy feeling.

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As for the difference in life style... yes... Alaskan are a lot more laid back. They only place I can compair it too is Hawaii. We are basically a cold version of Hawaii. People are really friendly, laid back, we kind of do our own thing up here sometimes.

And yes we plan on staying up here. We both just love it up here and love what Alaska has to offer. Sorry, I know I am going on and on, but I love it up here :)

April from Thoughts In My Tumultuos Brain asked,

"If you were stranded on a desert island and could only bring THREE ITEMS (not including hubby and baby) what would they be?? And why??"

I don't know if this counts... but 1. A lifetime subscription to UsWeekly, InTouch, and all the other gossip magazines. I seriously have an addiction to them... I can have a crazy flustering day, but when my honey brings me home a magazine.... ahhhh... kick back on the couch and read my mag, always a good end to a day. 2. iPod... boring I know, but I could have some movies, music and my books on tape. I would go crazy if I didn't have music. I always have it playing throughout the house. 3. A family photo album... I'm sure it would probably make me more sad seeing the photos everyday, but I couldn't go very long without them.

jkribbit asked,

"3 favorite movies, 3 favorite books, 3 favorite CDs/musicians of all time?"

My three favorite movies are, "The Power of One", "Crash", and "50 First Dates".

My three favorite books are, "Harry Potters", "To Kill a Mocking Bird", and "The Alchemist".

My three favorite musicians are, "ABBA", "Jack Johnson", and "Queen".... I have to throw in Aerosmith, The Ataris, and Simon & Garfunkle.

OhMommy from Classy Chaos asked,

"What makes you happy? Use all 5 senses"

Sight - Daffodils... those always make me happy... always.

Taste - Frozen Yogurt, I can always eat frozen yogurt... not a fan of ice cream.

Touch - Um... this might sound weird, but my ears. I have the softest and smoothest ears, with practically no cartilage. I find myself playing and fiddling with my ears a lot.

Smell - Plumerias! If you ever go to Hawaii... when you walk off that plane and take your first step off into the airport that smell that hits you of all the plumerias... oh my gosh. Nothing will ever smell better.

Hear - My Lucy laughing, she doesn't laugh very often, but she does smiles a lot. So every time she laughs it just melts my heart.

Thanks for all the great questions and I will answer more later, but this post has surprising taken a lot of time and if I answer anymore I think I am going to be up tooooooo late :) So.... hurray!!!! A 100 posts! Yea! And hopefully a 100 more to come... at least :)

Don't forget that Monday is coming up, so that means...... Family Moment Monday. Feel free to participate, just blog about something that is great to do as a family. Anything from fun family games, to appropriate movies, to tradition, or even subject to teach and talk to your children about. I will have Mr. Linky up and running again :)

What's In My Purse

Well, I feel pretty cool, I got tagged by two people for the same meme. I was asked by Kristen over at Loving Our Simple Life and by Wendi from Because Wendi Said So, to show what kind of purse/bolder I am caring around with me these days and to flash you a peak inside.

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Okay, so I am going to be completely honest...I may have cleaned my purse out a few days ago when I knew I was going to be showing the world the inner working of my purse. What can I say.... I have sooo much space in this bag I can and DO cram whatever I can into it. Seriously, if you are looking for a good "sneaking food into a movie" type bag, then this is what you need! I think I have gotten two big sodas, two pretzels with cheese, a giant case of Nerds and it still will hold everything else I usually carry around with me without breaking a sweat.

Well first things first....baby stuff. I don't usually carry around this many baby toys, but I had just gotten done picking my daughter up from my sister's place. She was being a sweet heart and watched Lucy while I went to the doctors, so I had to bring toys I knew that would keep Lucy happy. There is nothing more that I hate then asking someone to watch my kid and then having baby freak out the whole time. So, I try to pack something for every 'Lucy' situation that might arise.

And here we have the second season of "The Office". I have been caring it around with me trying to remind myself that I need to drop it off at my sister's house so she can finally watch it. Plus we probably should get it out of the house... we have been addicted to "The Office" for a while and probably need a break :)

Here is Lucy's church dress that I found crumpled up in the side pocket. I am guessing that Lucy got the dress all messy and my hubby needed to get her out of it and apparently stuffed it into a closed side pocket. Yea..nothing like finding an old rotting dress stuffed away in your bag to make you love it more :)

Here are all the receipts that I have been hanging on to. I am a receipt junkie! I seriously hold on to every one I get just in case I need to return seomthing. I hate going to the stores having the clerk say, "Oh sorry, if you don't have the receipt we can't refund your money." Then after fighting them tooth and nail about it I can finally get the response, "Well, I guess we can give you in-store credit". Yea... I hate that, so I just jam every receipt into my special pocket.

And here is a rear item that one will rarely find in my bag..... MONEY...more specifically CASH! Ohhhh fun cash. I never seem to have it these days and when I finally do I hang on to it forever until I finally break down and buy myself a nice cold Italian Soda or warm Steamer. And thank goodness for this post or else I wouldn't have found this cash floating around in my purse!

So thanks again to Wendi and Kristen for wondering what I have been caring in my purse. This has been one of my favorite memes that has been flying around the blogging world. And I would just love to see what these hot mamas have in their purses/diaper bags...

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One sassy lady from the Big Apple Mrs. Mogul. Always sharing the inside scoop of the pop culture world with a nice splash and dash of her own input!

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A good friend to my husband and I, Natalie over at Team Harris. Everyone needs to check out her sweet little lad Colton.

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I am dying to see what Mother of Shrek it lugging around with her these days. She always has a great sense of humor and writes about the most fun facts, crazy pictures, and the awareness of Autism.

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My wonderfully witty and charismatic sister Michell over at Scribbit! She always seems to have something fun to write about; between Alaskan adventures, crazy husband lawyers, and sweet wonderful children....there is always something good!