My Wishes

Blogging Prompt: It's 11/11/11, make three wishes.

Whenever I answer things like this I feel all this pressure to figure out what the perfect three wishes are!

1. I want my children to grow up with firm sense of who they are and a well-defined sense of the power they hold inside of them.

2. (in relation) I want my children to be HAPPY.

3. World Peace. .... haha. Got ya. Not that world peace wouldn't be great but it's not actually making my list.

3. (take 2) I want to be healthy. In all it's forms. Physically... Emotionally... Spiritually...

Hostage Negotiations

I swear I blogged. The blogger app on my phone is holding it hostage!

I'm waiting for it's demands...

92 Questions

I did this MeMe once before on Facebook but when I was searching about for blogging ideas tonight I came across it again. It amuses me. So here it is... ;)

• Full Name: Anna Camille
• Age: 35
• Birthday: Dec 24 (crap. I'm almost 36.)

1. Last beverage : Ice Water (that was probably my last 50 beverages)
2. Last phone call : Drew
3. Last text message : Denise
4. Last song : Children's Christmas Music
5. Last time you cried : Today

HAVE YOU EVER:

6. Dated someone twice : No
7. Been cheated on : Yes
8. Kissed someone & regretted it: No
9. Lost someone special : Yes
10. Been depressed : Yes
11. Been drunk and threw up : No

LIST THREE FAVORITE COLORS:

12. Deep Blue
13. Turquoise
14. Dark Purple

SINCE LAST YEAR (2010), HAVE YOU:

15. Made a new friend : Yes
16. Fallen out of love : No
17. Laughed until you cried : Yes
18. Met someone who changed you : Yes
19. Found out who your true friends were : I think I already know that.
20. Found out someone was talking about you : No
21. Kissed anyone on your FB friend's list : Yes

GENERAL:

22. How many FB friends do you know in person: In person? They're all people.
24. Do you have any pets : Yes
25. Do you want to change your name : No
26. What did you do for your last birthday: Hung out at my mom's house and had a fantastic dinner, then celebrated Christmas Eve.
27. What time did you wake up today : 1st time? 2 am. 2nd time? 4:30 3rd and Final? 6:30
28. What were you doing at midnight last night : Sleeping.
29. Whats something you can't wait for: Leah's birthday celebration this weekend!
30. Last time you saw your father : When I went to Denver about a month ago.
31. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life? That's an essay not a short answer question.
32. What are you listening to right now: Drew apologizing to me (Don't ask)
33. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom? My dad's name is Tom. My FIL's name is Tom. So ya - a lot.
34. What's getting on your nerves right now : It's cold in here. I'm sick of it being cold in here.
35. Most visited webpage : Facebook
37. Nickname(s): Cam, Jamil, Bife
38. Last Book you read: I'm working on War Breaker by Brandon Sanderson right now.
39. Zodiac Sign : Capricorn
40. He or She: Eh?
41. Elementary : I don't remember all their names. Several.
42. High School : Claremore High School & Westford Academy
43. College: Ricks College & University of Wyoming
44. Hair color : Red
46. Height : 5' 2.5"
47. Do you have a crush on someone? Indeed
48. What do you like about yourself? Lots of things. I'm kind of fantastic. :)
50. Tattoos : No. I have commitment issues. They're so permanent!
51. Righty or lefty : Right

FIRSTS :

52. First surgery: Tonsils
53. First piercing : Ears
54. First best friend: Stacy. I was 5.
55. First sport you joined : When that happens I'll let you know.
56. First vacation : Road trip across the country - Georgia to South Dakota. We went to visit my mom's parents.

RIGHT NOW :

59. Eating: Nothing but I could really go for an ice cream cone.
60. Drinking: Ice Water
61. I'm about to: Finish this note
62. Listening to: Drew is still talking. (still don't ask)
63. Waiting for: Bedtime.

YOUR FUTURE :

64. Want kids? : I have two.
65. Get Married? : I am.
66. Career? :  Mommy

WHICH IS BETTER :

67. Lips or eyes : If I met someone who didn't have one of those things... Well I'd rather not.
68. Hugs or kisses : Both please.
69. Shorter or taller : Taller
70. Older or Younger : Older
71. Romantic or spontaneous : Both
72. Nice stomach or nice arms : Arms
73. Sensitive or loud : Sensitive
74. Hook-up or relationship: Relationship
75. Funny or Shy?: Funny

HAVE YOU EVER :

76. Kissed a stranger : No
77. Drank hard liquor : No
80. Broke someone's heart : I hope not.
81. Had your own heart broken : Yes
82. Been arrested : No
83. Turned someone down : Yes
84. Cried when someone died : Yes

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:

86. Yourself : Yes
87. Miracles : Yes
88. Love at first sight: I believe in like at first site. Love is a lot deeper than that.
89. Heaven : Yes
90. Santa Claus: I am Santa Claus.
91. The tooth fairy: I am the Tooth Fairy.
92. Angels : Yes

That was entertaining to write. Again.

Hannah discovers Mommying

Today Hannah discovered Mommying. She’s been for awhile carrying this Anne Geddes baby that’s dressed like a lady bug. However, today she noticed that baby is always asleep (it has permanently closed eyes) and she was annoyed. “baby awake? baby wake up!” So I got out the bin of dolls (oh yes. there’s a whole bin. don’t ask.) and she immediately picked out these two babies. And all day they have gone everywhere with us. For every meal she said “babies hungry!” and they had to sit in the high chair with her. They had to go with us on any errand. They went with us from room to room, for her naps, when I rocked her. She brought them to me several times “kisses!” and I had to kiss her and both babies.

Hannah: Baby? Cookies? Here baby.


Hannah: Milk Baby! Drink. Drink milk!


Here she is forcing the babies to look at me and say cheese. Could she be any more adorable? I’m thinking not.


Hannah: Done Baby? (then to me) All done Mommy!


And this is just some fantastic fun video of my girls just as dinner was ending…

Just some adorable fun (and a little high pitched scream at the end–although it’s lower than it used to be!)
 

PS The blogging prompt today: Has anything traumatic ever happened to you? Describe the scenes surrounding a particular event.

Well... Yes.  But I can't think of one I want to share or go through the emotional mental process of writing.


My Apologies. ;)

Help Me, Please?

What is the worst way you have ever had someone ask you for help?

Okay. That's not THE blogging prompt for today but it made me laugh out loud. I've had more than one person do this but it's my LEAST favorite, most obnoxious, feels-insanely-manipulative pet peeve way of asking for help.

Needs Help Person: So... How are you?

... I answer. Reciprocate:

NHP: Oh I'm good. What are you up to today?

.... I answer (and if I know the person well I hear the trap being laid)

NHP: Oh! I'm so glad you aren't doing anything important. Can you ________ for me? 

Seriously. I HATE that. It's so obnoxious.

One time my husband told someone I was at home and lonely (this was pre children and he had to work) and said to them that they should do something with me, entertain me, etc. And what did they do for real? Call and say "I heard you weren't doing anything. Can you babysit?"

Nice. Thanks. My feelings were wicked hurt. And guess what? I said yes. That was a different me. Today I would have said no.

I am more than happy to do people favors (and really I rarely do say no) but be up front. Give me the chance to gracefully say no since that is, in fact, my right. Don't make it awkward for me. It's MEAN.

That is all. End of rant. :)

Wasn't that fun?

Random Questions

I went on a site with this enormous list of writing prompts and I picked a few questions that immediate answers came to mind.

What is the best way to treat meddlesome people?

Restrict their access to you!

What would happen if you could fly whenever you wanted? When would you use this ability?

Does this mean fly in a plane whenever I want or that I could physically fly? I don’t know which but I’ll answer both

1. Flying in planes whenever I want – I would travel all over the world. I would literally go everywhere. There is nowhere I don’t want to visit at least once just for the experience. And I would take my girls with me all over the place. I’d love for them to have those kind of experiences to shape who they are!

2. If I could physically fly… When would I use it? Um… ALL. THE. TIME. I’d fly from my room to the kitchen. Are you kidding? I’d fly EVERYWHERE. That would be awesome.

What would happen if you could become invisible whenever you wanted to? What are some of the things you could do that you cannot do now?

I could pee alone. That was my first thought. I could go invisible, sneak down the hall, and PEE. ALL. ALONE.

Where would you prefer to be right now--mountains, desert, beach--and why?

Most of the year my answer would be the mountains but it’s dang cold there right now so I’m going with the beach – preferably a deserted quiet one. I want to lay in the sunshine and the peace and quiet.

And I would never pick the desert. Ick.

If you could give any gift in the world, what would you give and to whom?

My initial answer to this was instantaneous – Fertility. I’d give it to anyone who had ever struggled to have it. Most specifically right now I’d give it to Ann Marie.

Linear

I wish working through grief was more linear. Start here. Take these steps. End here. Wouldn't that be glorious? Then a simple commercial or random TV show wouldn't have the ability to knock you flat when you are least expecting it.

That reminds me of this chart I saw about the path to success. I think that it applies to emotional/grief work too.

Most Attitude Award goes to…

Hannah.

Specifically for this performance...

We set the stage with Leah accidentally stepping on Hannah's foot. Hannah does her annoyed shriek/scream...

Leah: I didn't mean to!

Me: Hug her and tell her sorry.

Leah: Sorry Hannah (as she gently hugs her)

Hannah (with genius timing): Zip it.

and she turns her back on Leah.

That's right. 19 months old. Most attitude.

*****

Today's blogging prompt:

When you are writing, do you prefer to use a pen or a computer?

I'm just gonna be honest. This one is kind of dumb. At least for me. I'm not a writer. I blog. So... ya. On the computer. Because who writes a blog with pen and paper and then types it up? That's a bit nutty.

*****

This morning Leah was just playing with paper. Drawing and writing things. She draws several tents and brings me the picture - where underneath it she believes she's written the word TENTS. But alas - it was the word TITS. Without cracking a smile I explained that wasn't how you spelled tents. And she says: what does it say? uh... So I told her and said it was a rude word for boobs. She laughed and went back to try and spell tents. This is the picture below. (That’s a pond to go fishing on the side there.)

 

I want an award for not busting up laughing at both of these incidents. A big award.

PS It's Daddy that says "zip it". Not that I don't have a goodly amount of attitude but I'm not taking the blame for that one!

Quiet? What?

Can you listen to music and write? What song did you hear today?

Can I listen to music and write…. HAHAHAHA.

It’s never quiet in here. I have to be able to hear a million things and still do a blog post. It can’t always wait for the little bit of peace at night when I’m tired.

At this moment I’m listening to Drew & Hannah watch Despicable Me. Which is not silent, of course. Lots of chatter from Hannah too.

She’s also been on and off my lap at least 6 times.

I’m also carrying on several IMing conversations in Yahoo! and Skype.

And contemplating getting up to make some brownies… but I haven’t had breakfast yet. That might not be healthy. Or I could eat some healthy breakfast while they cook. These are my deep thoughts for this morning.

And I have a cold. And I’m medicated. So it’s a miracle I have any thoughts at all.

Oh – the only music I’ve heard today is my hideous cold voice singing “Itsy Bitsy Spider” to Hannah several times – also while typing this post.

That’s all I’ve got for you today!

PS – I’m doing the thankful days thing in my sidebar. Adding one each day for November.

Crab Please!

If you knew that whatever you ate next would be your last meal, what would you want it to be?

Well that’s an easy one!

I want a crab and sushi buffet.

Snow crab, King Crab, Blue Crab, Dungeness Crab – all of it. There should be some of everything. And if it’s my last meal I want plenty of clarified butter to be dipping it all in!

And for the sushi  - lots of roe (but not salmon roe. I don’t like that), lots of tuna and spicy tuna, eel and avocado, shrimp tempura rolls, some crab in my  sushi too… well you get the idea.

Sushi and Crab.

I had this on Oct. 7th when I was in Castle Rock, CO visiting my mother. I took this picture with my phone. So. GOOD.