All Things Hold Together

Dana, of Principled Discovery fame, tagged me with the following meme at her blog Simple Pleasures.

What was I doing ten years ago?

Ten years ago, I was just starting my last semester in college. The D was going on 2 and Big E was only a couple of months old. I was in therapy trying to get up the strength to leave my abusive relationship with their father, which I did four months later.

I would have to say that was a time in my life better forgotten.

Five snacks I enjoy:

• Popcorn (oil popped with lots of salt and some butter)
• Ice Cream
• Corn Chips with Guacamole
• Cheese and Crackers
• Bananas

Five things on my to-do list today:

• Post something on All Things Hold Together
• Work on my home study paperwork for the state (due at the end of the month)
• Get Big E to have something to drink. (You would think I wouldn’t have that problem with a 10-year-old)
• Supervise the kids chores
• Call my sister and see how her driving test went

Things I would do if I were a billionaire:

I hate to sound like a goody-two-shoes, but it has always been my dream to have a lot of money to give away. I would love to buy an RV and travel around the US getting to know people in different areas of the country and helping them out with our fortune.

I would also want to buy a small place on a nice piece of land here in Vermont to come back to.

Five jobs I have had:

• Teen Helper at a daycare
• Prep and lunch shift at an independent pizza house
• Supervisor at Petite Sophisticate (even though I am not 5’4” or under)
• Back end support in a commercial loan office (worst job ever)
• Independent consultant for PartyLite

Five of my bad habits:

• Spending hours online only to realize that I forgot to do what I came online to do
• Letting the kids watch too many shows on the computer
• Going over my grocery budget
• Not following my own schedules
• Leaving my home study enrollment to the last minute!

Five places I have lived:

Prepare to be wowed…

• Rutland, VT
• Pittsford, VT
• Waitsfield, VT
• Orwell, VT
• Burlington, VT

Oh yeah, I meant wowed at what a loser I am!

Five people I would like to get to know better:
Who are under no moral obligation to answer this just because I’m tagging them…

• Renae at Life Nurturing Education
• Michelle at Diary of an Aspiring Loser
• Amber at Bringing Good Home
• PTCakes at Where did the time go?
• KimC at Life in a Shoe

Five random things about me:

• I have a tattoo of a morning glory on my chest. I got it after I finished college, left my ex, and got a good full-time job, to remind me of everything I went through and how strong I can be.
• I ran for City Council (and lost) twice.
• When I was growing up, my mother would not cook with cheese because she hates it, so every year I would ask for a lasagna for my birthday because it was the only time she would make it.
• I bought a tee shirt the other day that says, I [heart] geeks. And I do.
• When I was in third grade, I won a Mr. Yuck! Poster contest for my slogan, “Don’t you get the picture? Kids and poison aren’t a good mixture.” The prize was a $50 savings bond.