O.K. O.K. O.K.!!!

So, Lance has shamed me into posting!!! He is so incredibly inspiring with his writing AND is impatiently tapping his foot! However, with limited time due to "grading week" at school, I have not gone to get the NYC pictures developed (Yeah, I know, get a digital camera) but will try to this weekend....so, what you get, for now, is a fun but lame, meme thing, so you will know everything you may have wanted or not wanted to know about me! So, there!

Fascinating Fours

4 things I need each morning
*the snooze button, at least twice
*a hug from the goddess girl
*my badge to get into the school
*Nelson & Terry in the morning on 105.1 The Buzz

4 things that turn me off
*bad manners
*self important people
*bad grammer
*mean people

4 things I believe in
*the Spirit
*the unconditional love of my family
*the power of prayer
*goodness and truth

4 things I am afraid of
*not being around to see my daughter to adulthood
*dissappointing people (have to work on and redefine that!)
*dying young
*oh, fine...things that crawl fast!

4 things I do everyday
*read
*pray
*music
*journal

4 things I want to do before I die
*live in Ireland
*see my daughter as a happy, healthy adult
*become a master teacher
*be comfortable with death

4 people I want to see
*my best friend from living in AZ, Kirstin
*my first love in Bellingham, Washington (I know, be careful what you wish for!)
*my brother and his partner, who have been in Thailand since October
*my dad who passed away 15 years ago, even for just a day

4 numbers that rule my life
*my cell phone number
*20....mph in school zones on the way to work
*6 and 8...the channels for my two favorite shows
*what ever dates Irish dance competitions fall on

4 favorite colors
*black (dresses and pants)
*blue
*green
*lavender
(I am a Monet freak!!)

4 parts of my heritage
*half Austrian (grandparents moved to Washington from Austria)
*half Irish
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(I am sure other things are mixed in with the Irish ;-)

4 favorite songs (for today, because this is ever changing. I have favorites from chorus, favorites from radio, CD's, movies etc.)
*Tis the Last Rose of Summer (sung by the goddess girl at dance competitions)
*We Are (by Sweet Honey in the Rock)
*Jesus Take the Wheel (by Carrie Underwood)
*anything Andrea Bocelli wants to crone to me as I am dropping off to sleep

4 hobbies
*reading
*drum circle
*chorus, rehearsing, performing
*Irish dance mom (a wee bit like a second job around St. Patrick's Day)

4 places I want to visit
*Ireland (of course)
*Greece (in a little house right by the sea)
*Australia
*NYC again!

4 ways I am unsteriotypically female (this is hard...I am such a GIRL!)
*I don't especially like to shop, at least not without a mission.
*I LOVE power tools and am really pissed that Home Depot has cheaper "toys" than girly stores.
*I dont' like to sit around and gossip with other women...actually most of the women I know don't like gossip. (Thus, the word stereotype?)
*I watch evey game of MARCH MADNESS!!!!!

4 people I want to tag...
well, they probably won't do it because they are busy writing "real" stuff but I am interested in Lance (tapping my foot waiting!) and Pirate (who needs to stay away from the hand washing, so has extra time). Then there is Pacific Mom (who needs a new post more than I do) and Blither (who one can never know too much about because she is so adorable).