firsts, lasts, nexts

tagged by kai

FIRSTS:

1. First kiss: My husband.
2. First love: My husband.
3. First heartbreak: Not counting high school crushes, my husband - we broke up while we were dating in college. Nasty.
4. First car: Chrysler Sundance
5. First pet: Nestor, the family cat. Sootica, my cat, was my first pet, who was mine.
6. First word: not sure. I think it had something to do with Nestor, our family cat.
7. First concert: Dr. Alban, the Nigerian dentist-turned-rapper. Hello Africa, tell me how you're doing? Don't ask.
8. First sexual partner: My husband.
9. First alcoholic beverage: Wine.
10. First time you stayed out all night: I think it was the theatre club lock-in during sophomore. Does that count?
11. First best friend: Michaela
12. First job: Horse Riding camp counselor
13. First school: Does play school count? Michaela's mother Penny ran a play school.
12. First movie you watched in a theater: Not sure. We didn't really go see a lot of movies - it was a huge treat. The first one I think I remember seeing was Little Mermaid.
13. First thing you really saved up money for: I believe it was for horse riding clothes.
14. First run in with the Law: Speeding ticket in a construction zone - with a sign that said "When No Workers Present". Um, there were no workers present, and I still had to go to court and pay $300 in fines plus my lawyer's fees.
15. First date: My prom date. Uh, yeah, he took me to see Fiddler on the Roof at Waubonsie Valley High School, and promptly asked me if I wanted to date him. This was the night before prom. Um, no thanks. Talk about awkward.

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LASTS:

1. Last kiss: My husband.
2. Last person you hugged: Co-worker who is leaving the company next week.
3. Last person you spoke to: My husband.
4. Last alcoholic beverage: Rum and coke at the party for said co-worker's farewell party.
5. Last sexual partner: My husband.
6. Last movie: Corpse Bride
7. Last person you thought of: My paternal grandmother
8. Last school you went to: College of DuPage
9. Last person you said " I love you" to: My husband
10. Last run in with the Law: Car accident last April - I was rear-ended. Twice.
11. Last fight you were in: I think it was probably an argument with...my husband.
12. Last bar/club/concert/party you went to: McNally's, an Irish bar in St. Charles.
13. Last person you e-mailed: Client I do some graphic design for.
14. Last thing you ate: Wendy's Combo #1 (shhh, I'm supposed to be on South Beach Diet Phase 1)
15. Last thing you saved up money for: Furniture for our house. Specifically it was our couch.

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NEXT

1. Next person you want to kiss: My husband
2. Next movie you want to see: V for Vendetta
3. Next person you want to go out with: My husband
4. Next car you want to have: Ford Escape Hybrid, good choice, Karen!
5. Next time you're going out: Friday night (tomorrow)
6. Next time you're going to move: In 5 years or so hopefully into a single family home.
7. Next thing you are going to save money for: Mac Mini.
8. Next time that you will drink alcohol: No clue. Perhaps Sunday when we have dinner with my parents.
9. Next person you are going to call: Probably my parents. If not then either my sister or grandmother, both of whom are in England.
10. Next place you'll take vacation: London
11. Next thing you are going to do after filling this survey out: Watch the Office and go to sleep.
12. Next thing you are going to eat: Laughing Cow cheese (the best invention E-VAH!)
13. Next time you plan to be drunk: Not sure. Don't get drunk a whole lot anymore.
14. Next thing you are going to do outside: Run a mile. Tomorrow. I swear.
15. Next person you'd like to see fill this out: Fat Little Pug.

i married such a handyman...

I worked really late on Friday night, not getting home until 10 pm. When I walked in the door, my husband was nowhere to be found. I eventually found him in our walk-in closet. This is what I found:

He is amazing. He built our dining room table, installed the kitchen light and patched the ceiling and now he's completely reorganized our closet. I am so lucky.

on the heels of a "lame lazy blogger"...

You Are 44% Evil

You are evil, but you haven't yet mastered the dark side.Fear not though - you are on your way to world domination.

How Evil Are You?

from fat little pug

American Idol

So I'm sitting here at home, putting my sister's birthday present together to send to her next week. And I'm watching American Idol, Stevie Wonder version.

It's great. I know I'm a dork, but I have been really sucked into it. This is the first season I've watched all the way, and I definitely have my favourites.

In no particular order, I think the following have the most potential:

Elliot, Mandisa, Katharine, Taylor and last but in no way least, Chris Daughtry.

Stevie Wonder is really hard to sing, and it seems to me that these five have really been able to be the most consistent and show the most natural talent the whole way through. While the others have all had the talent to make it to the show, these few have really impressed me.

I can't believe I'm sitting here critiquing the talents of American Idol wannabes.

Anyway, life has begun to settle down now. The job is becoming a little more comfortable, and I'm doing some side graphic design work. Mike and I went to Oregon, IL for the weekend, with my parents, to a weekend home that some family friends own. It was great just to kick back even for a few short hours and just get away from it all.

It's been such a busy two years, and I feel like I am only just now starting to focus on the things I used to do before we got engaged. I suddenly have been missing my horse riding so much. I rode a horse called Rocky for two years and we did well together. In particular I miss my teacher so much - she came to the wedding and it meant to much to me that she and her husband came all the way from their new home to celebrate with us. I should go visit her soon.

Sigh.