I've been tagged!

Maggie Ann over at Knitting Kat has tagged me! Seven Random or Weird things about me! Let's see what I can come up with!

1. I like to watch movies with the captions on. No I'm not deaf. Sometimes I just can't make out what the actors are saying.

2. I dunk my oreo's. I love to dunk them in coffee and cold, cold milk.

3. I'm fascinated by the 30's and 40's. I guess cause my parents grew up in that time. I love watching old movies of the period espeically black and white movies.

4. I love to sing but I can't do it very well but my grandson doesn't seem to mind.

5. I had a photo of Mark Spitz with his 7 gold medals on the back of my bedroom door when I was a teenager. You can read about it here.

6. I love Christmas music and movies. I could listen or watch them all year long.

7. I'm very shy and timid in unfamiliar settings but I'm working on it.

Anyone else want to play along?

I'll tag:

Laurie and Chris at Miss Flower
Connie at Devoted Mama
Hubby at Camera Totin' Idiot
Annie Fannie at Green Acres
Suzanne at Just another Hang Up
Suzy at Suzy's Bloomers
Vixen at Vixen's Den

I've been tagged!

Tracy at Seaside Enchantment has tagged me to do a meme!

The rules of the game get posted at the beginning. Each player answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 4 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answers.

a) What was I doing 10 years ago?
I was working at the same job I am now.
I had 3 children at home under the age of 18 instead of 1!
I was just learning to scrapbook!

b) What are 5 things on my to-do list for today:
Church
Lunch
Laundry
Nap
Clean my craft room

c) Snacks I enjoy:
Strawberries
Chocolate Ice Cream
Milky Way Bars

d) Things I would do if I were a billionaire:
Pay off our loan
Buy a car for me, Lori, Sara, & John
Take a trip with my family somewhere were we never
thought we would be able to go.

e) Places I have lived:
Pekin, Maryland,
Flinstone, Maryland
Cumberland, Maryland

And who am I tagging?

The Camera Totin Idiot!
Devoted Mama
Miss Flower
Suzy's Bloomers

"Christmas Hoopla"!

I've been tagged by Laurie & Chris at Miss Flower to list 12 random things about myself!
Fun fun!

Here are the rules: List 12 random things about yourself that have to do with Christmas. Please refer to it as a 'hoopla' and not the dreaded 'm'-word. You have to specifically tag people when you're done. None of this "if you're reading this, consider yourself tagged" stuff is allowed...then nobody ends up actually doing it. The number of people who you tag is really up to you -- but the more, the merrier to get this 'hoopla' circulating through the blogosphere. Please try and do it as quickly as possible. The Christmas season will be over before we know it and I'd like to get as many people involved as possible. Please give Andrea some link-love as the “Hoopla-Creator!”

Here goes:

1. When I was a little girl our presents from Santa were never wrapped and the presents for each of us were all together in a separate pile.

2. I received a baby doll for Christmas until I was 12 or 13 years old.

3. I thought that Dad paid Santa for our Christmas presents. I can remember visualizing him paying Santa.

4. I quit believing in Santa Claus in 1968 when I was 8 years old. My brother showed me my Barbie Doll which was hidden in my parents room. Bad brother!

5. I like certain Christmas carols sung by certain people. I love Doris Day singing Silver Bells, Dean Martin singing Let it Snow!, Bing Crosby singing White Christmas, Jim Nabors singing Do you Hear what I hear, Johnny Mathis singing Winter Wonderland. There are more too. I'll listen to others sing the songs but these are my favorites.

6. I collect Santa Claus figures. I have at least 50 in all sizes and shapes.

7. I don't snoop. I don't like to know what I'm getting for Christmas until Christmas day.

8. We always open one present on Christmas Eve.

9. My favorite Christmas movies are Scooge with Albert Finney, A Christmas Carol with Alister Simm, The Bishop's Wife with Cary Grant, David Niven, & Loretta Young, and It's a Wonderful Life with Jimmy Stewart. I have all four on DVD.

10. I used to hate the movie A Christmas Story. Now we watch it every Christmas Eve when TBS shows it for 24 hours.

11. After having an artificial tree for 41 years I now want only a real tree.

12. I always put out one of our Manager scenes to remind us all of the TRUE meaning of Christmas. We have three sets. One was my family's when I was little, one is from Paul's family and one is new from my Mother in Law several years ago.

I tag the Camera Totin Idiot, Sandy at Writing in Faith, & Tracy at Seashide Enchantment.

I've been tagged for What's in the middle name?

Linda from Grace Filled Moments has tagged me for...what's in a middle name?

You have to post these rules before you give the facts. Players, you must list one fact that is somehow relevant to your life for each letter of your middle name. If you don’t have a middle name, use the middle name you would have liked to have had. When you are tagged you need to write your own blogpost containing your own middle name game facts. 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 MARIE. I was named Marie by my mother. My brother and sister named me Ann. Although I've never been called Ann Marie. I have always been just called Ann but I have always loved my full name. I liked my middle name Marie so much I gave it to my oldest daughter, Sara Marie. I was always glad I had a little bit of the Virgin Mary's name in my name. Now I am supposed to list something relevant to me that goes with each letter of Marie. Here they are:

M - Marriage – I have been married to my husband Paul for 28½ years. So marriage has been the most important part of my life. We were married at the young age of 19. In all these years we have had good times, sad times, and bad times but we have always managed to get through them together and we have become stronger together because of them. We've raised three wonderful children together! They are our pride and joy. I love you Sweetie!


A - Animals – Since I was little a countless number of animals have been a part of my life. These animals have included dogs. Beauty, Tippy, Skipper, Henry, Brandy, Chip, Ginger, and Buddy are the dogs that have been in our family. Brandy was my dog when I was a teenager. She was sweet toy fox terrier. We played together and slept together. She lived for over 15 years and lived her final years as my sister special friend. Our family has always had cats too. Most of these cats went by the name kitty but three of the most special have been Pete, Hobbes, and Allie. Pete was my kittie for only a little while but he was a great companion. Paul was working out of town during the summer of 1995 and I had a broken foot for 7 weeks and Pete kept me company all that time. I still miss him. Two very special pets were two rabbits I had when I was a little girl. One was white and one was gray. I don’t remember the name of the white one but I remember when she died. I cried and cried. I can remember my sister carrying me inside our house and I was just wailing. Penelope was the other rabbit. She was gray. I’ve always loved the name Penelope but I never used it to name any other animal or child but later in my life my favorite character in my favorite novel is Penelope.

R - Relaxed - I am a very relaxed, comfortable person. I hate things that make me uncomfortable. Such as itchy clothes and shoes that hurt my feet! I love my blue jeans and tennis shoes! I like to relax at our house and have fun with my family. I love to read, watch tv, and do my crafts.

I - Inhibited - A better word for this would be timid. I'm a very shy and timid person in new situations. I'm not a forward person and I won't say Hi to you until you say Hi to me! I don't like going to new places alone. I was always shy in school and never raised my hand to answer a question even if I knew the answer. It has taken me a little while to get comfortable with leaving comments on blogs. But once I'm comfortable with a situation or a new person I'm not shy a bit. In fact I can be quite loud! None of my kids are inhibited. Lori doesn't have a shy bone in her body. So go figure!!!!!!!

E - Enthusiastic - I can get very excited about certain things. My family, a tv show, a new craft, a new food, scrapbooking, paper. I love reading, watching tv, doing my crafts such as Artist trading cards, working on my scrapbooks, finding new artist websites and seeing their work. I've been doing swaps over the past several months and have been excited about sending and receiving them in the mail. I had pen pals when I was a teen and now I feel like I have four or five new pen pals with the swaps I've done and the nice people I've meet on line. I have several tv shows that I don't miss. Lost and CSI are the most exciting. I can't wait until Lost is back on next year. I have several actors and their movies that I love to watch. Cary Grant is my #1 favorite actor. I get excited about his movies. Paul gave me my favorite CG movie for Christmas last year and it was the best present I think I received!

No I'm supposed to tag someone for every letter of Marie but I'm just going to tage 5 people and if you find your name here and want to participate feel free and please let me know and if you don't that's okay too!

Miss Flower - Laurie & Chris
Bean SScene - Clay Mom
Camera Totin Idiot - Paul
Creative Arts and Crafts Spot - ArtKat
artjunkgirl - Lia

Tagged!

Laurie & Chris were tagged for a fun meme and I thought I would participate so here it is:

Four Jobs I have held:

1. My current job is office manager/sale exceutive for TRIAID, Inc. I manage the office here in the US and am the only US employee. I've been here 13 1/2 years!
2. Stay at home mom to my 3 wonderful kids!
3. I worked at a drive in for two summers in 1980 & 1981.
4. Babysitting my husband's cousin's two daughters, Angie & Melanie. They have grown up into 2 lovely ladies.

Four movies I can watch over and over again:

1. Titanic with Leo DiCaprio & Kate Winslet
2. My Favorite Wife with Cary Grant & Irene Dunne
3. Cars
4. Scrooge with Albert Finney

Four places I have lived: (all in Allegany County, Maryland)

1. Pekin, Maryland
2. Flintstone, Maryland
3. Frederick St., Cumberland, Maryland
4. Fairview Ave., Cumberland, Maryland

Four TV shows I watch:

1. Lost
2. Little People, Big World
3. CSI
4. American Idol

Four places I have been on vacation:

1. Clarksville, TN
2. Nashville, TN
3. Bedford, VA
4. Indiana, PA - Jimmy Stewart's Hometown

Four Favorite Foods:

1. Salmon & Rice
2. Mushroom pizza
3. Roast beef & Mashed Pototoes
4. Ham & Dumplings

Four Websites I visit: (I hate to list just 4 so check my side bar for my daily reads)

1. Rose Cottage Lane
2. Confessions of a Pioneer Woman
3. As I See it Now
4. The Bolline Family

Four people I'm tagging:

1. Anyone
2. interested
3. in doing
4. this!

7 Things that Rock! Meme

Lia at Art Junk Girl had a 7 things that rock Meme post today. She said "And if you are reading this...consider yourself tagged!" So here are my 7 things that ROCK!


1. Paper - I love paper for collage, scrapbooking, for just about anything. I love shopping for this paper. You can always find me in the scrapbooking aisle at any of our local stores. You can find some of the things I do with this paper on my art blog here.

2. Road trips with my hubby the Camera Totin Idiot! - I love getting away with just him, taking our cameras, getting in our truck and just going somewhere to take pictures or see the scenery as we drive by.

3. Rascal Flatts - They are my favorite group at the moment! Their music speaks to me right now. Several of their songs fit how I'm feeling at the moment!

4. Ice Tea - The most refreshing drink especially in the summer.

5. Tennessee - We are going to see our son John in August and I can't wait.

6. Rosamunde Pilcher - I just finished reading her novel The Shell Seekers and I loved it again. Her other books are just as great. They speak to my heart. I also need to add Cornwall as a favorite. I would love to visit there someday!

7. Thrift shops, yard sales, & flea markets - I love shopping for ephemera to use in my crafts. Old books and old magazines are my favorites. I just bought a bag full of books at the used book sale our local newspaper hosted. Fun Fun Fun!

Maggie Ann, Tracy, Paul, & Laurie & Chris you guys have been tagged! And anyone else reading this - like Lia said consider yourself tagged! Leave me a comment when you do your post so I can come and visit!