ammogirl

So, the lovely Miss D tagged me yet again, and this time is engaging in some bullying tactics, what with the “just do it” and all that. I’m frightened at what might happen if I don’t complete this ‘meme’, which, don’t ask me – nobody seems to know exactly what that means. It does sound fancy though, no? Moving along:

MEME

What were you doing 10 years ago?
Hmm… ten years ago I was stationed at Eielson AFB, which is about 30 minutes away from Fairbanks, Alaska. I was 24, and Taylor had recently been born. Lindsey was just under two years old, so while I don’t remember exactly what I was doing at that time I am fairly certain it included changing diapers and making bottles. A LOT of them.  Oh, and I can confidently say that there was snow, and it was cold, and probably dark for a large part of the day – for the record, I really hated living in Alaska. Or, more specifically, the INTERIOR of Alaska. I wouldn’t mind the southern-ish region – Elemendorf is a base we are highly interested in going to after Italy. It’s located nearby Anchorage, and it always seemed so much nicer down there. However, Fairbanks DOES have it’s own Coldstone’s now…hmmm…nah.

5 years ago
I was living in Layton, Utah, stationed at Hill AFB. It was just me and the girlies, because John was still up in Alaska, and I was totally depressed that I had to be away from him. He had just proposed to me, on Valentines Day, so I was starting to plan the wedding, and that was fun, as was the actual wedding, but all in all 5 years ago I was living the worst year ever. Leaving John behind was very hard, and I was working at a job I did not like, and I had no air conditioning in my car, and if you didn’t know, UTAH IS HOT; the temps got to 100+ around May and NEVER dropped below 95 the rest of the summer. Plus, as we all know, 9/11, right? And that job I was working at but didn’t like? We were VERY INVOLVED in the coordination of what was going on immediately after the attacks, and the subsequent invasion of the Stans - and it sounds so cheesy, but that’s all I can tell you, or else…yes…I’d have to kill you. With my mad ninja skilz. Anyway, this job had me working many hours a day, many days a week – and being a single parent at the time, that was not convenient. I NEVER saw my poor girls. Fortunately, I had a good friend, Wendy, who would pick them up from day care, do their homework with them, get them cleaned, fed, and around their bedtime I would pick them up, drive home, and put them and me to bed. God, it’s depressing just to think about it. I got two half days off a week – mine were Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. Again, Wendy (who I…never talk to… god, I SUCK at staying in touch with people!) watched the girls on Saturday mornings, and I took them to work with me on Sundays. That’s the year that, as soon as they started letting people out – I turned in my paperwork, because I had had enough. Yet, here I am, and all I can say about that is me = dumb.
     Anyway, that was also the year of the Mormons, and I don’t want to say much because I don’t want to offend anyone that IS Mormon, but y’all, I always thought it was creepy that all those Mormon families were exactly the same: brown haired/brown eyed Mom and Dad, and thier eight thousand BLONDE haired/BLUE eyed kids. How does that happen? There CANNOT be that many recessive genes in the state of Utah.

1 year ago
Um, gosh, what WAS I doing one year ago? I don’t think I had gotten my orders to be stationed here in Korea yet…hmm. I think I will be safe in saying I was immensely enjoying our routine of working Monday through Friday, attending the weekly Williams/Sady Families’ Friday Night Out, which started at either Red Robin or El Torito, and ended at Coldstone’s Creamery, and doing random fun things on the weekends. Sighh… I would give anything to be doing that right now. Angel, this meme is doing nothing but making me sad!!! *sniff*

Five snacks you enjoy:
Ice Cream
Cheetos
Cashews
Movie Popcorn
Chips and Salsa (but only John’s salsa – it is the best EVER)

Five songs (you think) you know by heart:
Crush - Dave Matthews Band
Nth Degree - Morningwood
Wrong Way - Sublime
Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles version
Lola - The Kinks

Five things you would do with a LOT of money:
Buy an Infiniti G35. What? I don’t know the names of any fancier cars, and I really want one of these.
Buy John a fishing boat, a ski boat, and jet skis
Can you say “Lindsey and Taylor, LET’S GO SHOPPING!!!”
Investment properties, investment properties, investment properties
Open my own Coldstone’s – free ice cream for family and friends!

Five things you would never wear:
Short shorts
Ruffles
Tennis Shoe Boots
Embroidered blouses (Kathy, remember the one you took to Vegas? Hee!)
Gold jewelry

Five things you never should have worn:
Paisley
Leggings
Frosty blue and pink eye shadow – at the same time
My hair in the color blonde (ugh, bad, BAD Treena)
Neon – ditto, Angel

Five things I enjoy doing:
Hanging out on the lake with my fam and friends
Reading
Going to see good movies in the theatre
Working out
Reading celebrity gossip blogs

Five bad habits:
I am extremely nosy
I have a bad problem with interrupting people
I procrastinate horribly at times
Worrying too much
Talking without thinking

And there you have it! I like doing these because they don’t require a whole lot of effort, yet they take up a lot of space. It’s Friday, y’all, I hope you have a great weekend!!!

CIAO!