Lollipops and Fields of Flowers

Sometimes things go on that just aren't bloggable. For me anyway. Let's just say that I agree with Not Your Aunt Bea that things are a bit craptastic right now.

How about some healthy denial, otherwise known as "Lollipops and fields of flowers!" Let's make a Christmas meme. If one already exists, sue me.

Favorite Christmas Carol: O Holy Night (when sung WELL)
Favorite Christmas Cookie: These coconut-rice krispie-date things our neighbors used to make. Anyone have the recipe?
Favorite Christmas Movie: It's a Wonderful Life (Which is also my favorite movie, period.)
Favorite Christmas Tradition: Lighting candles and singing "Silent Night" at the Christmas Eve service, then driving home to see the luminaries our neighbors line the street with each year.
Christmas Dinner: Usually ham or roast beef
Best Childhood Christmas Present: When I was 11, I asked for books, and I received about 15. I spent a lot of time putting them in the order I wanted to read them. (Yeah, yeah. NERD.)
What do you do with Christmas Cards? We keep them in a basket on the entertainment center.
Sitting on Santa's lap: fun or scary? Scary!
EDITED: New questions from MzEll!
What is the best gift you've given?
Wow, probably the little door to my Mom's college mailbox, purchased from the college after the building burned down.
What is your favorite Christmas book?
I LOVE Christmas books. My favorite is the story "Christmas Every Day."
When did you find out the truth about Santa?
I was pretty young, but I thought it was fun to keep "believing" till I was 9 or 10.
Christina adds:
Where is your favorite place to celebrate Christmas?
Our house.
If you think of more questions, I'll add them. Otherwise, consider yourself TAGGED. EDITED: or, you can answer some or all of the questions in the comment section. Come back and let me know if you post the answers on your blog!

Twitter Tag

Hellokittiemama tagged me with a Twitter meme, which is good because I was out of inspiration today. Also, if you aren't on Twitter, come join us! It's fun!

I'm supposed to share six things no one knows about me, which is hard since I have family members reading this. I'm going to share six things other bloggers don't know about me. Unless I've mentioned them before. I'm boring, dudes.

1. I'm a lefty.
2. I ran cross country for two years in high school.
   
3. I love Diana Gabaldon's books. I was so happy to put down all of my English Lit books and never look back.
4. Right before K. was born, I had Scott take his pet cockatiel to his parents' house so it wouldn't wake our newborn. It's seven years later, and they still have him. Sorry, Sydni.
5. I'm addicted to Bravo's reality shows.
6. I teach a Sunday School class for two- and three-year olds.

I tag:

1. MommyDaisy
2. MimiAllMe
3. SaLy
4. Shannon
5. LoriD
6. Moo

The Rules:
If you’ve been tagged with the meme game from Twitter, you must post 6 things no one knows about you on your blog. Then you tag 6 more people. (don’t forget to let them know they’ve been tagged.) Leave me a message letting me know that you’ve accepted the tag. Let me know when you’ve posted your list. Have fun!!!

Middle Name Meme

In honor of Beck's birthday, I will finally do the meme she tagged me with. With which she tagged me.

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. You have to post these rules before you give the facts.
2. You must list one fact that is somehow relevant to your life for each letter of their middle name. If you don’t have a middle name, use the middle name you would have liked to have had.
3. When you are tagged, you need to write your own blog post containing your own middle name game facts.
4. At the end of your blog post, you need to choose one person for each letter of your middle name to tag. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

My middle name is Jane. (Sarah Jane! Bet you never heard that name before.) I am the seventh-generation Jane on my mom's side of the family. Katherine is the eighth.

J - Just. Just went to Katherine's Kindergarten orientation yesterday. On Wednesday, I met with the nurse, the school secretary, and K's teacher to discuss her allergy and the importance of all of the medications being in the classroom. I am working on a longer post about this, but overall, everything went well.

A- Anxious. I am still anxious about her being at school, though. There are just so many variables and accidents that could happen. It is difficult to have faith that everything will be fine.

N- Nose. Eli keeps beeping my nose, complete with sound effects. "Bweep!"

E- Eating. I am eating my breakfast off of Katherine's new tea set, in the company of K and her Felicity doll. Very dainty. Now K. is playing her new Nintendo DS game. She is a woman of many interests.

So, let's see, for J-A-N-E I will tag Janelle, Alisa, A Garden of Nna Moy, and He Can't Eat That. (Cut me some slack, I didn't have enough blogs beginning with the right letters.)

Eight Things

Theflyingmum tagged me for the 8 Things Meme forever ago. I lifted the rules from her, and she got them from Beck. And so it goes.

A. Each player lists 8 facts/habits about themselves.

B. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning before those facts/habits are listed.

C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 8 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

1. I am left handed.
2. I have been asked to be a product reviewer for Go Dairy Free by the wonderful Alisa. Unfortunately, no one in my family cares for the first product I am reviewing. I promised myself that I would not put up a new post until I finished the review and published it. Ahem.
   
3. I am very, very good at rationalizing and procrastinating.
   
4. The air conditioner in our new-to-us minivan quit halfway across Ohio on our trip to Kentucky. We drove for four hours in 90-plus-degree weather with no A/C and the windows rolled down. Scott and I were miserable, but the kids thought it was fun. They rode along with their arms up over their heads like they were on a roller coaster. They are a happy people.
   
5. Our souvenir from Kentucky is a new $800 compressor for our van's A/C.
6. Yesterday, my OB told me I should be finished with morning sickness by now. I am not.
7. Scott and I always have an easy time selecting girl names and a difficult time with boy names. Why is that?
8. This is what I look like, about seven weeks pregnant, throwing my sister a bridal shower with my friends and neighbors Heather and Renee. Heather is in the blue shirt, and Renee is taking the photo.

I will tag Alisa, for when she starts a personal blog, and whoever else might be reading this who hasn't already done this meme. Although I am probably the end of the chain.

Meme? Moi?

Theflyingmum has tagged me for my first meme: seven songs I'm listening to. She will drag me into the 21st century, slowly but surely. ;)

1. At Christmastime, my Aunt Jenny sent us Mike and Peggy Seeger's American Folk Songs for Children, and we've been listening to it in the car ever since. Katherine likes "Bought Me a Cat," Eli bounces around to "Who Built the Ark: Noah, Noah," and I have "Who's That Tapping at the Window?" stuck in my head a lot. Like right now. I'd love to get the accompanying book to go with it.
2. Jenny also sent us The Ultimate Lullaby Album, which is a beautiful collection of classical music. Maybe if I listen to "Summertime" enough times, Spring will arrive.
   
3. I am never very far from my Judybats CDs, but it looks as if their reunion plans have crashed and burned. I'll link to former lead singer Jeff Heiskell's new release instead, which includes songs like "Gasoline."
4. "Adrift" - Who else have I loved since college? Barenaked Ladies. Scott got me the deluxe addition of Barenaked Ladies are Me, which includes the Barenaked Ladies are Men disc.
   
5. Shameless plug for Idiosympathy, my future brother-in-law Jarred's band! Here's a link to their song, "Run Me Over."
6. I like all of The Be Good Tanyas music, but my all-time favorite song, especially in the Spring, is "The Littlest Birds."
7. I'm going to leave number seven blank for now because Scott is making me a mix to listen to when I go walking. Wonder what's on it? "Whip it up, baby..."
   

Who would I tag? Hmm, maybe if I tag Mark, Kathryn, Jarred, and Emily, they'll all start blogs. What are the chances?