Not to Take that Quiz on Facebook

There are so many quizzes on Facebook that it's getting ridiculous. A lot of them are fun, but here are eight you'll never catch me doing!

1. What periodic element are you? I couldn't name more than five peridodic elements anyway.
2. Anything that tests my grammar knowledge. Seriously? A Facebook quiz is going to tell me more than that B I got in advanced grammer in college?
3. What kind of dog are you? I'm not a pet person.
4. How many kids will you have? Again, not really up to the Facebook people.
5. What should you get pierced? I don't plan on getting anything pierced.
6. What's your old lady name? My name is already kind of an old-lady name. I like it.
7. What body part are you? I've seen other people's results. I don't want to go there.
8. What pro wrestler are you? I'll leave that one for my husband.

And a eight I did do!
1. Which Twilight character are you? Alice
2. What do I not leave the house without? wallet, iPod, diapers, fruit snacks, camera
3. TV shows I've seen ever episode of- Gilmore Girls, Dawson's Creek, Friends, Saved by the Bell, A Different World
4. Five Books I love: ESV study Bible, Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, The Oxford Anthology of Eng. Lit, vol. 5, Victorian Prose and Poetry, Little Women, and Stepping Heaveanward
5. What literary period are you? Romantic period.
6. Are you a true okie? Yes, even though I didn't know Oklahoma had a state rock song, but I do know all the words to the state song, and I know the rose rock is the state rock.
7. What Office character are you? Pam- that one was easy to rig.
8. 5 best TV shows ever: Gilmore Girls, Northern Exposure, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Dawson's Creek, The Office

I'm Glad I Don't Have a Teenage Girl

We went to the mall this week. This list is inspired by that mall trip.

1. Prom dresses
2. Victoria's Secret
3. Sweat pants with words across the rear
4. Low cut jeans
5. Miley Cyrus (If my 16 year old introduced me to the 20 year old former underwear model she was dating, there would be words.)
6. Shopping (I'm in and out as fast as possible.)
7. Britney Spears
8. I don't know how to do hair. Or makeup.

I think God knew what He was doing giving me boys.

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I'm Like My Mom

One of my favorite plays is The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (just ask the seniors of NBCS in 2004 who labored through it with me!). In the play Wilde wrote, "All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his."

When my now husband was going to meet my mom for the first time I warned him, "If you don't like her, you won't like me in a few years." My entire life I have been told I look like my mom. I hope I'm not flattering myself too much by saying we're a lot a like in other ways too. Here are eight reasons I'm like my mom...and eight reasons I'm not!

1. By the time we were thirty, we both had two kids. I have two boys, she had two girls.

2. We both have light skin and blond hair. She told me the freckles would fade like hers did in college, mine haven't faded.

3. Talbots is our favorite store. I can get in and out much faster than she can.

4. We both love to cook. I rarely use a recipe, she always uses a recipe.

5. We both started a new workout program in the same week, without talking about it first. She goes to the gym, I do a DVD at home.

6. We keep our chocolate in the refrigerator. She doesn't have to share hers as often as I have to share mine.

7. We like to garden. She focuses on flowers, I grow vegetables.

8. Reading is our favorite hobby. She reads mostly fiction, I read mostly non-fiction.

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Twitter Is Like High School at Lunch Time

I really like Twitter. It reminds me of lunch time at high school. Here are eight reasons why:

1. When you first start to Twitter, you feel like you are walking into the lunch room on the first day of school. You want to scream out "I'm here" but no one is paying attention. Yet. Just like those first 20 or 30 Tweets, when you still think it's all about you, and people really want to know what you had for breakfast.

2. Then you make a few friends and sit at their table. You may even have IRL friends (in real life) on Twitter. You find something you have in common and you start to "talk" about it. This happened for me when I Twittered about my son's first day of preschool. I found out there were four of us sending our sons off to preschool for the first time. We talked (in less than 140 characters) about the experience.

3. At some point, you realize there are cool kids- in the caf and on Twitter. Unlike high school, you aren't considered weird if you listen in on their conversations. Have a favorite actor, musician, or even preacher? He may be on there.

4. Also like high school, you realize the cool kids are more like you than you thought. Soleil Moon Frye takes her daughters out for ice cream. Hugh Jackman really appreciates that you went to see his new movie, and liked it enough to Twitter about it!

5. There are some Twitter accounts that just make announcements, like your class president over the intercom. These accounts are usually by blogs you read, like Today's Housewife. You can even set up a direct feed from your blog to your Twitter account. Similar to high school, some people ignore the announcements. But it's still a good way to reach a lot of people at one time.

6. There are "club meetings" galore on Twitter. Want to be in the "Future Writers Club?" Follow agents and publishers, like Michael Hyatt (CEO of Thomas Nelson Pub.) Want to talk to fans of Twilight? Have your own "fan club" meeting on Twitter. You can follow fake characters and even the real Kristen Stewart.

7. Now days, the cafeteria may have a TV with the news running. Follow Fox News or ESPN if you like to be the first to know.

8. As you get used to Twitter, you realize it's not about just telling the cyber world that it's raining at your house. You can get advice, make some friends, get more people to read your blog, and even get prayer and encouragement. Just like high school, the people you meet may not be "forever friends" but that really doesn't matter. Twitter, lunch time at high school- it's all just for fun!

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To Give into Peer Pressure

Here are eight things I've done lately, mainly because every one else is doing them!

1. Re-read books in the Twilight Saga.
2. Done some serious spring cleaning (like Simple Mom).
3. Made my own bread (just bought Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day).
4. Started the 30 Day Shred with Jillian Michales.
5. Got a blog makeover at Today's Housewife.
6. Followed Ashton Kutcher on Twitter. He was the first to one million followers, and yes, I was one of the million!
7. Shopped (and saved $$) at CVS.
8. Worn flip-flops when it's only 60 degrees outside.

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To Garden with Your Kids

We planted our garden this weekend. My three and a half year old helped. By helped, I mean he threw dirt in places it shouldn't go, dropped seeds in places other than the hole, and got more water on himself than in the garden. But, it was still a lot of fun! Here are eight reasons to garden with your kids!

1. They need to learn that food doesn't come from the grocery store. It comes from the ground.
2. The more time outside the better!
3. They might be more willing to try a new vegetable if they "grew" it themselves.
4. We will pass on the extras from the garden, which helps them learn generosity.
5. It's fun to get dirty.
6. We learn patience. The day after we planted the seeds my son thought he saw plants growing. So, he will learn to patiently wait for the produce, and I will learn to patiently explain everyday that we must wait.
7. Gardening is hard work. And everyone needs to do a little hard work.
8. The hard work is more fun when done together!

We Like Rainy Days

1. Yet another excuse not to get dressed.
2. It's good for the garden.
3. The boys usually nap longer since it's dark.
4. I have a good reason for making warm food- like soup or chili.
5. We talk about Noah, and remember it's not going to rain forever.
6. We snuggle up on the couch under a blanket.
7. We do projects that I've been waiting to do.
8. I got the three disk edition of Twilight. I'm not obsessed, but it's fun to watch on a rainy day since the movie is set in rainy Forks, Washington.

Click over to Today's Housewife this week for our ideas for rainy day fun!

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