50 things about me...

1. What time did you get up this morning?
4:00 a.m. with Ms. Shannon, was up for an hour and a half tossing and turning and then was up for good at 7:00

2. Diamonds or pearls?
Diamonds for sure...

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
Marley and Me

4. What is your favorite TV show?
Don't really have ONE favourite. My regulars are: Lost, Heroes, Amazing Race, Biggest Loser (don't ask why - I'm addicted to this show!), and Survivor

5. What do you usually have for breakfast?
Depends how much time I have. Either granola and yogurt or something with eggs in it

6. What is your middle name?
Charmaine, Andrea, Elizabeth

7. What food do you dislike?
Most fish, and Liver - blech!

8. What is your favorite CD at the moment?
Em Gryner - Asian Blue

9. What kind of car do you drive?
Honda Odyssey - A.K.A the kid-mobile

10. Favorite sandwich?
I made the BEST sandwich ever yesterday: Grilled Turkey with Spicy Havarti on Whole Wheat bread - YUM!

11.What characteristic do you despise?
Unreliability

12. Favorite item of clothing?
Yoga pants - and a good hat for all the bad hair days!

13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go?
It's a toss-up between Australia and Hawaii. Somewhere that doesn't have ANY snow!

14. Favorite brand of clothing
Don't really have a favorite. Anything that fits well. Doesn't even matter.

15.Where would you retire to?
Retirement? I can't even FATHOM that right now!! ;-)

16.What was your most recent memorable birthday?
My 30th

17. Favorite sport to watch?
Football, March Madness basketball, Playoff hockey, and tennis

18. Furthest place you are sending this?
n/a

19. Person you expect to send it back first?
N/A

20. When is your birthday?
September 21st

21. Are you a morning person or a night person?
Ummmm...... I think I'm more of a mid-day person. Mornings aren't pretty until I've had my coffee, and lately I'm too tired for anything most nights!


22. What is your shoe size?
7.5

23. Pets?
Do children count?

24. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with us?
Not really. We're off to the Great Wolf Lodge for a family get-away which we're really excited about!

25. What did you want to be when you were little?
I honestly can't remember. I do remember that I was infatuated with joining the armed forces at one point in time....

26. How are you today?
Good - excited about our trip.

27. What is your favorite candy?
Jelly-Beans or Ju-jubs

28. What is your favorite flower?
Tulips

29. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to?
Not really a specific day since we don't know exactly when it's going to happen but the birth of baby 4 will be pretty damn exciting!

30. What is your favorite pastime?
Spending time with friends

31. What are you listening to right now?
The radio via the Internet

32. What was the last thing you ate
Tim Horton's breakfast sandwich - with sausage. Sooooo..... bad for you, but soooo... tasty! (in my defense, I did have it on a whole-wheat bagel instead of the biscut!)

33. Do you wish on stars?
Nope.

34. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
Burnt Orange

35. How is the weather right now?
COLD and snowing - as per usual this winter!

36. The first person you spoke to on the phone today?
Haven't talked on the phone yet

37. Favorite soft drink?
Mmmm..... Dr Pepper or Cherry Coke

38. Favorite restaurant?
Don't really have a favourite but I LOVE going out for good Thai food (which doesn't happen very often here!)

39. Real hair color?
Can't remember! I believe it's some shade of light brown

40. What was your favorite toy as a child?
I loved my pogo stick, and my toy kitchen

41. Summer or winter?
Summer

42. Hugs or kisses?
BOTH

43. Chocolate or Vanilla?
Vanilla with chocolate swirl (nothing can be simple can it!!)

44. Coffee or tea?
Coffee in the a.m., tea in the p.m.

46. When was the last time you cried?
Can't remember - I'm not much of a cryer

47. What is under your bed?
Aside from lots of dust bunnies? A storage container

48. What did you do last night?
Went to a friend's son's birthday party, packed for our trip while watching LOST and crashed

49. What are you afraid of?
Anything happening to someone in my family

50. Salty or sweet?
I like salty and sweet combined (chocolate covered pretzels come to mind... mmmmmmm!!)