Yesterday morning I realized that I had just posted my 97th post and started wondering if this number included the drafts or not. (FYI – this does included the drafts, so I am not really quite that high because I had a few posts that I never finished. So you anxious readers will have to wait just alittle longer to see what I have in store for my 100th post.) When reviewing my drafts I remember that I had never completed this post from June which was in response to where Jennie tagged me (and I bet she thinks I forgot – which I kind of did). Anyway here goes –
1. What was I doing 10 years ago?
Tom and I were married in June of 1998. We were suppose to close on our home the week before we were married. But, the renters who were living in the house at the time would not move out. So we spent the summer living in the attic of Tom’s parent’s home in the Bronx. There was no A/C, it was a very hot summer and there was only a single bed. It was a pretty interesting Summer. During part of August we did house sit for someone that lived in Scarsdale and they had A/C. I was working at a mortgage broker in Greenwich, CT. As it turned out, it was a great opportunity to gt to know Tom’s father because he passed away at the end of August that Summer. That trial really did end up being a hugh blessing in my life.
2. Five Snacks I Enjoy
Healthy or not – here goes:
1. chcoolate
2. potato chips
3. apples w/cheese
4. cookies
5. ice cream
3. Five Things On My To Do List Today:
1. Private adult sewing class
2. Do wash to prepare for our trip to Alaska
3. Charge all the batteries for our toys (i-pod, camera, mini DVD player, etc)
4. Piece three blocks for the Generation Unites quilt so I can do the embrodiery work on them on the plane.
5. Hang flyes for Children’s sewing classes and do the follow-up billing for the summer camps.
4. Things I would do if I were a billionaire:
*Hire someone to clean my house regularly.
*Make arrangements with a private jet company to have a retainer with them so that my family can fly any time they want. That way when Autumn’s wants to come and see Grandma she doesn’t have to wait so long.
*Consider moving to a larger house so that Tom could have a giant train room. This home would also have to include a great studio for me (but I do love my studio now).
5. Five jobs that I have had.
1. Children’s sewing teacher
2. Quilting teacher and lecturer.
3. Mortgage banking industry
A. Assistant underwriter
B. Lock-in coordinator
C. Loan processor
4. Receptionist
5. Organized and hosted Japanses teenage tour groups This included arranging for host families, teaching English as a Second Language classes and acting a tour guide for their stay in Colorado.
6. Five of my bad habits.
1. Eating just to be eating
2. Buying fabric just because it is a good deal.
3. Thinking I can get more done in a day than is possible.
4. Not staying on contact with Friends and family members as much as I would like.
5. Queen of the last minute!
7. Four places I have lived
1. New York
2. Maryland
3. Colorado
4. Utah
5. Oregon
6. Idaho (whoops that is six)
8. Five People I Want to Get to Know Better: A nice way of saying “Tag. You’re it!”
1. Teri
2. Renee
3. Deanna
4. Christy
5. Lurkers of this blog (please let me know if you do respond so I can read your responses.)
9. 6 Random Things:
1. I went to Japan for 6 weeks on an exchange program between my 7th and 8th grades of school. The part of Japan I was staying in had polluted water so they had to cook our fish. One week-end we went to see Mt. Fuji (which I never saw because of all the clouds) and while at a restaurant they brought out this pink slimmy looking stuff. I asked the Uncle (who spoke perfect English) if this was raw fish – his response was “When in Roman do as the Romans”, so I ate the raw fish.
2. I have made both my wedding dresses and both Emily and Jennie’s wedding dresses. Also, for a friend who called me on Monday and asked if I could help her out because the person that was going to make her dress could not do it. There was one catch – the wedding was on Saturday. Needless to say, I spent most of the week sewing wedding dress.
3. I have yet to dye my hair (this includes even when I was a teenager), but I do color by eyebrows.
4. This year I will trun 50 years old. I am busy working on finishing my UFO (unfinished objects (or quilts) for the big 50 1/2 birthday party in June 2009 where we are going to hang all my quilts and have a great afternoon. I will look forward to seeing you all there.
5. When I was five years old my father came home from the farm and told my mom that the migrants workers had left a dog with her puppies. My mom said definately not. But the next day my Dad took me to work with him and home came the puppies. It was a very hot day and on the way home we stopped by the canal and dipped each puppy in the water before going home.
6. Tom and I met over the internet. I was living in the DC area at the time. When he contacted me through LDSsingles.com and said that he loved the outdoors and camping and he lived in New York City I thought this was kind of a strange combination. But after living in New York for 10 years I understand it now.
It was great quitling last night! 
