I Was Tagged....

My friend Shannon has tagged me for a meme, and since it will make for a post of sorts, here ya go:

Seven Interesting Odd Facts About Me:

1. I sit in bed at the end of the day surfing the web and watching bad repeats on tv.
2. I find Fridays alone with my boys harder than any day I spend at the office.
3. I have 2 tattoos.
4. I belong to an organization called the Entrepreneur's Organization (EO).
5. Through the EO, I'm going into my third year of a progrma called Entrepreneurial Masters Program (EMP). It's held in Boston for 4 days each year.
6. My mom, my sisters and I all live within 10 minutes of each other.
7. Ken & I struggle with Christmas/Hanukah and how to celebrate or not celebrate them with our children. We still haven't come up with a good solution.

8 Shows I Love to Watch:

Don't know if I have 8 but here it goes:

1. Grey's Anatomy
2. Private Practice
3. Seinfeld
4. Saturday Night Live
5. Mad TV
6. Flight of the Conchords
7. House (Like the show, don't watch it often)
8. The Office

8 Things That Happened Yesterday:

1. Kevin went to the dentist and had a clean bill of mouth-health.
2. I learned the correct procedure for taking Kevin to school late through trial and error.
3. I made an error in judgement involving my mother and her bank account.
4. I had a fight with Ken over how we would be celebrating this holiday season.
5. I made 12 collection phone calls.
6. I took a shower at 9:30 pm and it was wonderful to have alone time.
7. Kevin went to swimming lessons with Ken.
8. Jason watched Cars The Movie for the 689th time.

8 Places I love to Eat:

1. The Thai House
2. Il Jardino
3. Earls
4. White Spot
5. Tapenade
6. Bin 941
7. Taco Del Mar
8. The Keg

8 Things I Am Looking Forward To:

1. My corporate year-end on November 30th so that I can see how well we end up doing.
2. November 6, November 25, and December 5 -- all of my boys' birthdays.
3. Going to the workshop with Ken in a couple of weekends.
4. Going to LaConnor with Ken in December.
5. Getting my kids pictures from Sears that we had taken last weekend. The kids were awesome and I know the pictures are going to be great.
6. Having our friends look after our kids this Saturday so Ken & I can have a date night.
7. My 'Raintree Ritual' body treatment on November 20th.
8. My massage on December 18th.

8 Things On My Wishlist:

1. A new kitchen.
2. A new minivan (ugh -- did I just wish for a minivan???).
3. New flooring.
4. A new kitchen table.
5. More leisure time.
6. Better cashflow for the business.
7. For Tyler's two top teeth to finally poke through.
8. 10% growth each year for the next 5 years.

I'm supposed to tag 8 people, but Shannon tagged the ones that I would have tagged, so this will have to sit with me.:)

Hi, it's been a long time....

So this was precisely the reason I didn't want to start writing a blog....because of the responsibility to do it regularly.

Anyway, here I am: Better late than never.

So we have moved since my last post. We were crammed in our old house. All 6 of us were living in 1800 square feet, with 5 of us sharing one of the two bathrooms. Now we have 2550 square feet and 3 full bathrooms for all of us share. It's like a dream. We actually have enough space to spread out and put everything. And somehow, life seems easier. With a place for everything, it seems as if my life flows smoother. With things staying tidy even when there are a few things out of place, it seems as if I am calmer.

The challenges we face now are the annual birthday, Hannukah, Christmas extravaganza that every November/December brings. Jason is coming up to his third birthday, and on the verge of being completely potty trained (go Jason!). Tyler is coming up on his first birthday (already???) and Kevin is coming up on his sixth (!) birthday. All within a month of each other. To say that this time of year is a whirlwind is an understatement. But it's also fun and amazing to see the kids get big....

And throughout, Ken & I will try to make time for each other. We have plans to get away for a weekend (sans kids) in November and one in December which I am SOOO looking forward to. And come January, we will be taking the family to Tofino for our annual trip.

This is a good time of year.