I've Been Tagged by Karen.....

Here's how this one works:

• The rules are posted at the beginning
• Each player answers the questions about themselves
• At the end of the post the player tags people they want to know more about (I think that's right)... or anyone who wants to respond :)

What I was doing 10 years ago (1998)

• Living in Owensboro Kentucky
• Working as an assistant controller
• Moving into a new house (in May actually)
• Planning a trip to Hawaii in October of that year
• Joseph & I had been married for 7 years and living the life of "dinks" (dual income no kids)

Five things on my To-Do-List today

• Dental appointments for Samuel and myself this afternoon
• Piano recital rehearsal for Samuel at 4:30
• Piano recital at 6:00
• Baseball practice at 5:30 (if we can make it after recital)
• Watch American Idol after I crash

Things I would do if we were billionaires

• Pay off our house!
• Give generously to a children's hospital, American Diabetic Association, church
• Pay off my parent's house so they could quit working and travel
• Take our families on some trips (Hawaii & Italy)
• Buy a cottage on a beach somewhere & a condo on a ski slope somewhere

Three bad habits

• Being late (and not letting it bother me)
• Trying to do too much (and obsessing about getting it done)
• Not returning phone calls (I am soooo bad about this so don't take it personally)

Five places I have lived

• Winfield, Alabama
• Fayette, Alabama (three whole months)
• Owensboro, Kentucky
• Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Five jobs I have had

• Wife & Mom (the best job of all)
• Accountant at our church
• Auditor & tax prep for a public accounting firm
• Assistant Controller for oil & gas company
• Accounting teacher at a Junior College

Five people I want to know more about

• Julie
• Anna
• Anyone else who wants to respond

Red Wings Back on Top

Our little team pulled out a big win at Saturday's game with a final score of 22 to 0! After the weekend games, the Red Wings are back in first place. We play one of the other really good teams on Thursday night at 7:30. Thank goodness school is out on Friday! I took my camera but it is hard to get good action shots from the field they play on.

Keeping Life Interesting

John Michael is now pulling up and on the go. He has 4 teeth on top and 2 on bottom (and likes to use them). He LOVES his big brother, his daddy, and Rose Bud; Loves to be outside and play with his toys; Rolls all over the living room floor, scoots backwards and in circles, and, as of yesterday, is pulling up on his walker. I have a feeling things are about to really change around the Jennings household. This little one knows what he wants and when he wants it! His first words were Da Da (Daddy) and Du (for Dog). I'm sure I come in fourth, right behind his Daddy, his dog, and his brother. He will be 10 months old this Sunday. I can't believe we are only 2 months away from his first birthday. It's hard to believe that he was only as we could imagine him this time last year.

Happenings

Ever had a root canal? I had my first yesterday and hopefully my last! Not a lot of fun but not as bad as I had anticipated either. I don't really know what all he did and quite honestly, I don't want to know. I know there were alot of scary tools involved such as a blow torch like thing, a hot glue gun type thing, and I don't even know what else. I do know I had my mouth open for about an hour and fifteen minutes. Anyway, I'm glad it's over! Another ballgame last night for the Red Wings and their first loss of the season. It was not pretty either. They didn't look like the only undefeated team in the 7-year old league that's for sure. Bad night I guess and I'm sure they will pull it back together for Saturday's game. I hope anyway for their sake. Their coaches were not real happy with them last night! They forget sometime, I think, that they are only 7 years old. Tomorrow Samuel gets to go see Seussical. I can't wait to go this weekend myself. Good luck to all our UCC kids who are participating!

Our Little Baseball Player(s) - Present & Future

Go Redwings!!! We had another game last night and barely pulled out another win leaving the Redwings undefeated. They are having a great time and doing a great job. Samuel is playing first base and John Michael is leading the cheers from the stands. Well, not exactly but he is clapping right along with everyone else. I still need to get some good action shots.

Not Michael Johns!!!!

For those of you keeping up with this season's American Idol were you as shocked as we were at last night's elimination? Our entire family was so upset as Michael Johns was our favorite! I really thought it would come down to either him or David Cook as the winner. I almost cried this morning when I had a chance to actually watch it and see his reaction. I think everyone was shocked and did not agree. I thought it would be Carly this week. I must admit that this is our first time to keep up with American Idol or any reality TV show for that matter. But it has been a fun family thing. We all look forward to it each week. Oh well, who will be next?!?

Read Harry Potter.... Who ME?

A while back I saw somewhere that over 40% of Americans didn't read an entire book cover to cover last year. I couldn't believe it! But, when thinking back (especially to last year, being pregnant and all) I'm not sure that I read a book COVER TO COVER. I always have books that I am reading, usually motivational, spiritual, or self-help types of books, and I read a chapter here and there. And I probably read dozens of children's books with Samuel, but does that count? Anyway, I decided to do much better this year. I started out with "90 Minutes in Heaven" which I enjoyed. This past weekend I spent some time with my sister who teaches third grade and is an avid reader. She and her husband read all the time! She mentioned that she has been reading the Harry Potter books to her class this year and she loves them herself. So we were browsing through books at B&N (which I could spend hours doing) and I came across the Harry Potter series and decided to buy the first book of the series, thinking if nothing else Joseph could read it with Samuel over the summer. I started reading it and haven't been able to put it down! I surprised myself! But if you look at all of the awards the book was given it isn't surprising at all I guess. Anyway, you might be surprised too!

Spring & Baseball

Well, Spring is here and so is baseball! John Michael is learning all about the ballfield and loving watching his big brother, or anyone for that matter, play ball. Samuel is having a great time on the Red Wings. He looks forward to his games each week and informed me this morning that he was supposed to be there today at 4:30 (for a 5:30 game) but he wanted to get there at 4:15 so he could get in some extra batting practice. Okay!! As if it isn't hard enough to be there on time, let alone 15 minutes earlier! I should be proud of his dedication and should support his efforts, right? And what's 15 MORE minutes spent at the ballfield this week! It's not like I have anything to do at home (like laundry)! I will post some pics one of these days when I can actually remember to take the camera to the ballfield!