Many, Many Birds. One Stone.
MeMePhobia (noun): The morbid fear of geting tagged and being unable to fughettaboudit.
This post is a combination of 13 tags from Serina, Bren, T With Honey, Melody, Mango Marie, Queeny and Andrea.
Question #1: 8 things I'm passionate about:
1- My husband
2- My son
3- My pets
4- My family
5- The environment
6- Human rights
7- Animal rights
8- Exploring
Question #2: 8 Things I want to do before I die:
1- Be happily married for 60ish years
2- Travel more
3- Worry less
4- Suprise myself more
5- Be a rocking Grandma
6- Volunteer more
7- Climb a very big mountain
8- Not completely suck at being a MIL
Question #3: 8 Things I say often:
1- No!
2- Stop!
3- Nope!
4- NOOO.
5- No touch.
6- NO. WAY.
7- Sorry, no.
8- I'm just sayin'... (an implied no)
Question #4: 8 Books I’ve read recently:
1- Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
2- Wikinomics - Don Tapscott
3- The World is Flat - Thomas Friedman
4- What to Expect The Toddler Years - Heidi Murkoff (an oxy-moron)
5- The Cat in The Hat - Dr. Seuss
6- Green Eggs and Ham - Dr. Seuss
7- Fox in Sox - Dr. Seuss
8- Lorax - Dr. Seuss
Question #5: 8 Songs I Could Listen to Over and Over
1- Falling Slowly - Glen Hansard
2- Baba O' Reilly - The Who
3- Feeling This - Blink 182
4- Crash - DMB
5- As Is - Ani DiFranco
6- Rain - Breaking Benjamin
7- River - Joni Mitcell
8- I'll Take My Chances - Mary Chapin
Question #6: 8 Things that Attract Me to My Best Friends:
1- Honesty
2- Sincerity
3- Loyalty
4- Humor
5- A lot of humor
6- Fun loving
7- Adventurous
8- Easy going
Question #7: Books and more books
1- A book that changed my life: A Mighty Heart - Mariane Pearl
2- A book I read more than once: Photography Bible - Daniel Lezano
3- A book you’d want on a desert island: Survival Book - Tony Greenbank
4- A book that made me laugh: If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries - Erma Bombeck
5- A book that made me cry: A Mighty Heart - Mariane Pearl
6- A book I wish I wrote: Green Eggs and Ham - Dr. Seuss
7- A book I wish was never written: Confessions of a Heiress - Paris Hilton
8- A book I am currently reading: Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
9- A book I’ve been meaning to read: Age of Turbulence - Alan Greenspan
Question #8: 5-10 courses you would take to fix your life
1- How To Cook and Like It
2- How To Clean and Like It
3- How To Change Diapers Without Gagging
4- How To Teach Your Dog To Clean Up His Own Output
5- How To Chill Out
Question #9: My discipline philosophy
1- Always be united and enforce tough love when needed.
Question #10: Use the 1st letter of your name to answer
1. Famous Singer: Mann, Aimee
2. Four Letter Word: Moan
3. Street: Main
4. Color: Magenta
5. Gifts/Present: Mister Twister
6. Vehicle: Mazaradi
7. Things in a Souvenir Shop: Men
8. Boy Name: Mike
9. Girl Name: Mikaela
10. Movie title: Mississippi Burning
11. Drink: Milk
12. Occupation: Mom
13. Celebrity: Michael J. Fox
14. Magazine: Moms-R-Us
15. City: Milwaukee
16. Sports: Motorsports
17. Fruit: Mango
18. Reason for Being Late to work: Man
19. Something you throw away: Messy diapers
20. Something you shout: Move!
Question #11: Favorite travel destionation and why.
Fiji. It's an island in the middle of nowhere. Need I say more?
Question #12: Qualities you do not like in people.
I dislike people with big mouths and small brains.
Question #13: A letter to your 13 year old self.
Dear 13 Year Old Self,
Life is very short and often hard. Have fun and finish medical school.
Peace. out.
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Very clever TT. What year did you get married?
SusieJ, ADHD Remedies
Wow. That is one way to knock them out at once....
LOVE IT! Totally cool! My fav. letter to your 13 year old self! Thanks for sharing yourself with us!
Fun TT list. How many more years before you hit your 70th? I'm not even half way there and I've been married ForEVER!
TM
You are th bomb!! (Is it still cool to say that?) Anyway to combine 13 tags into one post, I am impressed.
I also,second the letter to the 13 year old, send me a copy.
Great post (as always)!!!!
I second JennWa. You're too cool for school.
Calli
I need to do this - combine all the tags I have neglected to get to - you are brillant!! This was fun and now I know that your name starts with an M and I will be trying to figure that out for a while (I love a name guessing game as I stated in my post - M is for make me laugh - where I was trying to guess the M name of Alexis' gymnastics teacher).
Thanks for your support - you are a good friend and I hope you know that I am here to support you as well. Thanks and I'll see you soon. Kellan
I love these things. I had no idea you were such an animal lover.
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Wow. There's so much information here! "River" is my new favorite song. Love it, even after Christmas. And your letter to your younger self was great. (Thanks for visiting my TT)
The World is Flat - I have read that as well.
The Age of Turbulence - I want to read that too if I can find the time.
You put a lot of work into this- holy cow!
Great way to get them all done! Cool facts.
Talk about multi-tasking...
GREAT list!
great job.....and I have to go to pandora now to listen to some of your favorite songs because most did not even ring a bell!!! I wonder if I am showing my age!
That's a lot of "no"s. Boy. I'd love to know what you say "yes" to - I bet it's really delicious!! And, it's never too late to finish medical school! :)
Happy TT!
that is an awesome meme/tt!!!
xoxo
Good for you. Me? I pretend not to have seen Meme's. But I must admit I like to read them.
Wow -- long TT. Love your #13. Thanks for stopping by mine.
You just crack me up. Tolstoy & Dr. Seuss. Only you, m'dear! Didn't Anna make you cry?
That was great and so clever! I'd like to add you to my blog link -- really enjoyed your post!!
Happy TT!
You are such the popular blogger! ;) Do you get tired playing tag all the time? lol LOVED all your answers, but this one cracks me up and I SO agree!
Question #12: Qualities you do not like in people.
I dislike people with big mouths and small brains.
LOLOLOL
~melody~
Way to kill 13 birds with one stone. :)
Well then, that about covers it!! lol...great list. Now I really feel like I know you better:) Happy TT and thanks for stopping by.
Interesting post. It kept you busy!
SJR
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Impressive!! Whew..that was a lot!
I loved this! I could especially relate to the courses you mentioned. Can I sign up, too?
Now THIS is the way to do memes....
Heidi :)
Okay, I have memephobia, too. This one awaits me. So does the Band one. I haven't even had the courage to look and see what that is. Thanks for being an inspiration to get it done!
Great post. Love the sayings. No is a staple in my house too.
Way to rock the tags and TT!
I just have one question...
Where is this souvenir shop you speak of? ;)
"Things in a Souvenir Shop: Men"
I'm with ya on that last dislike. And now I simply must read A Mighty Heart.Very interesting - thanks!
I'm so glad you did all of those memes. It was really fun to read all of that about you. Don't you love those "What to expect" books.
Wow! This just screams out 'Gotta get these done and get that nagging feeling off my bloggy conscience.'
And it was really fun to read. I promise not to tag you for any memes for a few months. ;)
Whew, that was like a meme marathon! Awesome though. I feel like BFF's!
I don't know if I'll live long enough to be married to anyone for 60 years, so I'll live vicariously through you on that one!
What an excellent way to knock off all those memes!
Medical school to Software Engineer to SAHMgineer? Now that's a post just waiting to happen! Will my quest to be a perfect Mama interfere down the road with achieving #2/8?
I think my head just exploded. That was a heck of a lot of memes rolled all into one. Well done!
I love that. I too have a problem with big mouthed, little brained people. That was a really fun meme.
Unfortunately, I suspect that the traits in #12 (big mouth and small brain) are all too often inextricably combined. :)
If you should find the course "How To Clean and Like It," let me know--I could use it, too!
great stuff-
wondering if you saw the movie version of the Marianne Pearl book?
Have been sitting on it for a week and have yet to watch it-- afraid it would be too sad
That's some serious multitasking, my friend. You're my new idol.
Love it! :)
Seriously...you are whack and I totally can relate to that about you!
That was fun!
I'm with you on the Falling Slowly shout-out. That soundtrack is rocking my January world.
And mad props to you for working through Anna K. I aim to read Brothers K by Dostoevsky at some point, honest!!
Thanks for stopping by my blog today!
Dude! I'm so sorry you've been tagged so many times. If I ever tag you again, just send me a "no"! I'll understand :0 How long must've that list taken you...hmmm...come by and see my DOT post today -- pup I might get. You're gonna love'm!
This has to be the Mother of All Memes, my mysterious friend whose name starts with "M." And medical school, huh? You are full of surprises!
Best. Meme. EVER!
You are brilliant!
*Loved* your "coures"! You are very funny!
Holy lot-o-info Batman! Now I feel guilty, I have some major meme catching up to do myself...
all of this, great
Whew! How long did that post take to write?!
Also, I love that under "Leave your comment" you wrote: Word.
Sweet.
Dude.
Out.
ROFL! Seriously. HA HA HA
Memephobia!
OMG. LOVE IT!
Wow . . . what a quick way to get to know you and PHEW! Holy Cow you are a mega-tasker!
I love your letter to your 13-year-old self as well!
Whoa. That was a lot for you to do. I'm glad you took the time to do them, though.
I have one question: does the M stand for MamaGeek...or your actual name??
ps: I just caught on now that this was also a Thursday Thirteen post. How creative!!
Too much. #3 & #8 - Me. As my son would say, It's me!
I have a small mouth to go with my small brain, is that okay?
This is fun to read. My imagination is working double time at answer 10.18. PG rating. Sorry. Heheh.
I love reading this post, so full of wit! :D
Excellent list- I love the letter to your thirteen old self. So true! I have a few choice words for my thirteen old self. Like, "Your life is not that bad. Quit complaining!"
13 tags in one post...you are obviously a pro.