The Never Ending Survey

Name: Heather
Age: 32
Hair Color: Light brown with blonde highlights on top
Eye Color: Green
Pet(s) & Their Name(s): 2 dogs Bart and Daisy, Kitty Harley, and fish Charlie
Birthplace: Memfo
Nickname(s): Heddo
Most Widespread Nickname: Heddo but only by people who have known me a really long time
Height: 5'5"
Mood Right Now: Stressed, Ava has been screaming her head off, Colton somehow got a DVD stuck in the player behind the thing you put the DVD in and now it won't close and he just stopped crying to watch a movie. Agghhh!!!!!

~Favorites~
Color: Red
Animal: I am not too much of an animal person since I had kids
Number: 4, the number of people in my family
Gum: Big Red because it reminds me of my husband's kisses in the early days. Hey me too Ashley. Big Red and Drakkar cologne was what he always smelled like.
Sport: Baseball... Go Cardinals winners of the 2006 World Series, Yeah Baby!
Season: A tie between fall and spring
Candy: Dark Chocolate
Song: about anything by AC/DC or Aerosmith
Actor: Tom Hanks & Chris Farley (so sad he's dead)
TV Show: Saturday Night Live although I rarely am up late enough to watch the new ones, My Name is Earl, 24

~This or That~
Morning or Evening: Evening
Hugs or Kisses: Hugs-please no kisses unless you are my hubby or one of my babies
Love or Money: Love
Movies or Music: Movies
Big Crowds or Little Crowds: Little crowds
Beach or Mountains: Beach although I love the mountains too
Six Flags or Carowinds: Disneyworld
Percussion or Strings: Strings
Skateboard or Skooter: Skooter I guess, I've never been on a skateboard, but I did almost kill myself on a skooter...I'll take cars.
Heels or Sneakers: Heels the higher the better
Black or White: Black
Red or Green: Red
Skittles or M&Ms: M& M's (peanut or dark chocolate ones please)
Sun or Moon: Sun
Water or Fire: Water

~Have You Ever~

Danced in the Rain: not that I remember
Honked a Car Horn at Strangers: when I was a teenager
Done Something You Regret: Of course who hasn't
Cried in a Full Theater: Yes many times, the stupidest movie I cried over in a full theater was Edward Scissorhands, Sheesh!
Done Drugs: No
Smiled for No Reason: yes
Thought About Something and Laughed Really Loud: Yes, usually about something Brooke said
Done Something Stupid in Front of Your Crush: I remember that from many years ago
Said Something No One Else Got: yes
Acted/Sang on Stage: I was in a couple dramas and have had some assembly parts
Had a Cavity: I have some right now I think
Said Something That Others Took Wrong: Very often
Been Told to Get Your Mind Out of the Gutter: yep
Been in Love: Yeah, I have been for 14 years
Fallen Down in Public: Yes
Been Stupid in Front of a Lot of People: Yep
Done Something Someone Said You Could Never Do: yep

~Do You~

Sing Well: No and I don't in front of people except my kids
Dance Well: No, but I do it anyway.
Embarrassed Easily: Yes
Consider Yourself a Morning Person: No definatly not, especially after being up all night with the baby
Take Walks in the Rain: only when I have to
Keep Your Promises: Yes, I try my best anyway
Like to Talk: only to people I am very comfortable around
Speak Your Mind: I wish I could
Trust Others Easily: yes

~Movies & Music~

Best Movie You've Seen in Theaters Lately: I have seen 2 movies in the theater in the past 2 years and neither were very good.
Saddest Movie: A River Runs Through It
Cutest Movie: can't think of any right now
Movie You Find Yourself Quoting: Tommy Boy, Napoleon Dynamite, There's Something About Mary (the edited TV version), and Almost Heroes (Bidwell, Can you hear me?)
Ever Made Movies With Your Friends: no, but Ashley and I were going to do Little Women in which I was going to play Meg and she was going to play the part of Jo, we never got around to it. You remember that Ashley?
Radio Station You Listen to Most: Any one that's playing a song I like at the moment
Song Currently Stuck in Your Head: Time to Say Goodbye by Andrea Bocelli (It's Colton's nap song)
Stupidest Song You've Heard Lately: The theme to Wonder Pets and all of the other kids show theme songs that get in my mind and never leave
Song You Hear Most on the Radio: I don't listen often enough to notice

Would You EVER

Skydive: if the plane was crashing
Do You Think There's Gold on the Other End of a Rainbow? No, but Colton has just learned to dig for gold. In his nose that is. Yuck! I guess it was bound to happen.
What CD Have You Listened to Most Lately? AC/DC Back in Black and Mary Had a Little Amp
Have you everr Held a Snake or Tarantula? snake
Do You Like Scary Movies? not really
What's Your Pet Peeve? guilt trips
Do You Have a Type A Personality? no I don't think so
What Would YOU Do for a Klondike Bar? Nothing, I don't really like them. Now a Dove bar might be a different story.
What's the One Thing You Would Bring With You to a Deserted Island? a fishing pole, I don't know.
Ever Been Tubing? Yes, it's fun when the river is actually moving, otherwise not so much
Drove a Jetski? no
Do You Believe in Love at First Sight? No, but I believe in attraction at first sight.
Introvert or Extrovert? both, it depends on how comfortable I am with the people and situation
Do You Like Big Crowds? yes sometimes
What's Your Favorite Quote from a Friend? I love the saying on Tina's Blog. Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday, and all is well.
Word Do You Use Too Much? like
Can You Sing Your ABC's Backward's? I could if I felt like concentrating that hard.
What's the Latest You've Ever Stayed Up? All night
Have You Ever Been Betrayed? Yeah
What's Your Greatest Strength(s)? I try to keep peace with everyone
Weakness(es)? trying to keep peace with everyone and not being able to tell people what I really think
You Laugh a Lot? Yes.
Are You a Leader or a Follower? A follower, but I hope to my kids a leader
Do You WANT to Be Like Everyone Else? No
'What's the Compliment You Receive Most? that I have sweet kids
Do You March to the Beat of Your OWN Drummer? yes
Can You Talk Extremely Fast? yes

To Be Rich

I was thinking how nice it would be to be rich. Not that I want a big house, designer clothes, or a fancy car. What I would like is a nanny to watch the baby at night and a personal maid for Colton. After my day yesterday I am doubting my ability to care for two children at one time. Especially with one of them being in the terrible twos stage.
This was my part of my day yesterday...
Colton was being quiet so I went to check on him and he had gotten into the pantry and poured out an entire container of dry bread crumbs and he was spreading them all over the floor. I got a phone call so I couldn't clean them right away. Next thing I know he is into the container of oatmeal. Before I could get any of it cleaned up, he got into the closet that I keep cleaning supplies in which has a door knob cover that is suppose to be child proof, and he had a spray bottle of fabric refresher spraying it onto the bread crumbs. He also had plastic cups spread out among the crumbs and when I came around the corner he took a drink out of one of the cups and started gagging. That's when I saw the fabric refresher and noticed that he had sprayed it into the cup and that's what he drank. I frantically called poison control, who's number is as etched into my brain as 911 because of calling it so often. While on the phone to poison control he got into the same closet and got yellow craft paint and as I was yelling NO, he opened it and poured it onto the floor. Thank goodness I have hardwood floors. Today my day is already starting out much the same. He has already poured coffee grounds onto the floor. Just when I think I can't take anymore he does something incredibly cute or sweet. We were reading the Bible Story about Jonah and I asked him what ate Jonah and he said, "tyrannosaurus rex".

Little Monsters

No one ever told me that having 2 kids was going to be so difficult. I guess the hardest thing for me so far is not feeling like I can get out. And my lack of adult conversation and company (until Heath gets home anyway). It is so hard to just get out of the house. With 2 kids to get dressed and one that hates getting out of his jammies. It is a battle and one that I haven't fought too many times in the past month. Then with the little one it never fails that she is hungry right when we are walking out.
Last week after being depressed about constantly being home, I decided to bite the bullet and go to my favorite store which I have desperately missed, Target. I was very brave taking 2 kids and taking them pretty close to nap time. I just had to get out. Colton did great through Target but then we had to go grocery shopping at Wally World. A store that makes the sanest person crazy, so I guess I can't blame him to much for this. He did very good until it was time to leave. He wanted some Reeses Pieces, I agreed since he had been so good. Then he kept standing in the cart, I kept telling him no. So I took the candy and put it back. He had a complete and total meltdown. The first one in public. I was proud of myself for not giving in and giving him the candy back, and for not feeling at all embarassed as everyone looked at my child and then me.
Yesterday we returned to Walmart for groceries and no meltdown occured. But as we were walking out I realized that I had forgotten something that I came for. I was talking to the sweet old lady that watches the exit about her watching my cart so I could run back and get the thing I needed. Colton made a mad dash out the door. I was forced to run after him and trust that the sweet old lady would make sure sleeping Ava was ok. He was running for the Big Bird ride that he is obsessed with. He scared me to death. I'm not sure how you are suppose to shop for groceries with 2 kids. Do the people who make carts think that nobody has more than one child? Ava is in the top part because with a carrier in the bottom part there is no where for groceries. So Colton sits in the bottom part surrounded by groceries. And when they are bagged there is no more room for Colton. How do people with more than 2 kids grocery shop? I don't know if next week I will brave Walmart again by myself.
I am determined to not let this house get to me anymore. I am not a home body and never have been. I had almost at anytime be anywhere but home. That must be where Colton gets it. Every time we are driving home and get close he starts saying, "No home". I guess I'm just going to have to get use to this and deal with it.