Crazy Eights Meme

Jen at Lords of The Manor tagged me for this meme.

8 Things I am Passionate About

1. my kids
2. my husband
3. my family
4. my love for animals
5. my desire to live a healthier, more active life
6. writing (and eventually making a living from it)
7. chocolate
8. cooking healthy meals and removing crap from our diets

8 Things I Say Often

1. What?
2. Stop hitting the cat.
3. Go pee in the potty and then wash your hands with soap.
4. Eastern Animal Hospital, This is Kayris, How can I help you?
5. Please stop banging the wall/floor/steps/door/window, your sister is sleeping.
6. What day is it?
7. Do we have any chocolate?
8. I would rather poke myself in the eye with a fork than vote for Hilary Clinton/jump out of an airplane/eat crickets/drive a minivan. (However, you can see how well I follow up with this because I now drive a minivan and still have use of both my eyes.)

8 Books I've Read Recently

1. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
2. The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
3. Chicken Soup For The Cat Lover's Soul by Marty Becker et al
4. The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen
5. Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
6. The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher
7. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
8. these aren't books, but I'm reading through a pile of issues of Guideposts and Prevention magazine

8 Things I Want To Do Before I Die

1. learn to knit
2. stopping drinking soda
3. live in a house that needs absolutely nothing done to it
4. own a Great Dane
5. read the entire Bible
6. get paid to write
7. visit Ireland, Scotland and Yorkshire, England
8. run a 5K (and not keel over dead at the finish line)

8 Songs I Can Listen To Over and Over

1. (Everything I Do) I Do It For You by Bryan Adams
2. Never There by Cake
3. Annie's Song by John Denver
4. Istanbul by They Might Be Giants
5. A Rainy Night In Soho by Shane Macgowan and the Popes
6. Crazy by Patsy Cline
7. Hallelujah Chorus from 'The Messiah' by George Frederick Handel
8. Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland

8 Things That Attract Me To My Friends

1. sense of humor
2. loyalty
3. open mindedness
4. sensitivity
5. honesty
6. similar interests
7. willingness to help out
8. faith

8 Things I Learned In The Past Year

1. It takes much longer to get over joint pain after having your second baby.
2. Even so, joint pain is not an excuse to sit on the couch and moan about being fat and tired.
3. Even the smartest, funniest, sweetest little boy can drive his mother to the brink of insanity.
4. Potty training is really not all that hard.
5. Modern medicine is full of ways to fail patients.
6. As enlightened as this country tries to be, things have not really changed and the USA is not ready for a black man or a woman to be President.
7. It doesn't matter if a food label says it is cholesterol free; if it's full of saturated fat, that's just as bad.
8. I really do love Baltimore, despite it just being named the second most murderous city (Detroit was first). If we could find an affordable house in a good school district with a decent sized yard, I would love to stay in the city.

Okay, this one was really hard! Up Next: Erin, Jane, Kelly, Mary, Kiki, VDog, Kateri