Friday Fives: 5 Things you don't know...

5 THINGS YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME...

1. I love talk radio!... When I used to be a career woman, I listened to NPR every morning on my way to work & on the way home & I LOVED it! I had SUCH a long commute everyday, and the Top 40 & country radio stations always played the same crap over and over again & it was so annoying! My hubby listens to talk radio so he had a few of the stations pre-set in the car and I turned it on one day when I couldn't take anymore of the other radio stations & fell in love once I gave it at chance {Let's be honest, before when hubs & I would ride in the car together & he put it on talk radio, it totally got on my nerves, but I was just being a brat about it and never bothered to listen to it then ;) }... Now that I'm not in the car as much, I miss listening to all my favorite morning people on NPR. Sometimes when I have to be up early & am on the road for something like a doctor's appointment, it makes me feel so happy to drink my hot coffee & listen to talk radio- just like the old days! LOL :)

Plus since I've been taking Baby Girl to swim lessons everyday, I've gotten to listen to Dave Ramsey on the way home & get my talk radio fix!... I love it! :)

2. I can't stand Miracle Whip!... I am "Team Mayo" all the way!! I always ask for extra mayonnaise on everything & even dip my french fries in mayo! Miracle Whip is totally against my religion! LOL :)

3. I was allergic to my engagement ring!... A few weeks after I got engaged, I broke out with a bumpy, itchy rash from my ring finger all the way to my elbow!!... Turns out, I am allergic to white gold! My doctor ordered my "then" soon-to-be hubby to have my ring redone in platinum!... SERIOUSLY! ;)

4. Driving over big bodies of water terrify me!... If I have to drive over a bridge, you don't want to be the car behind me because I'm usually going 20 miles an hour!... And if the bridge it a small two lane one, I'll probably come to a complete stop if a big truck is passing in the other lane!

5. I shave my arms! ... if I didn't, I would be one hairy beast- especially since I have dark hair! :) I started waxing my arms in high school & hated that because it was so painful so I eventually started shaving them & I LOVE it! I would eventually like to get that laser hair removal all over my body, but for now shaving them works just fine... Plus, I've been doing it so long that now when it grows back it's not as nearly as wilda-beast as it used to be! ;)

Also, if I can pass along one piece of advice to you almost engaged, brunette ladies, if you happen to know when you & your man are going shopping for that engagement ring- make sure you shave your knuckles!!! Just imagine trying on so many beautiful, sparkly rings while everyone stares at your finger... nothing kills the mood like big, black hairs poking out from under that rock!- TRUST ME, I learned the hard way! :)

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Friday Fives: 5 Things on your Bucket list...

This week's topic on Beth's (http://www.mcclintockb.blogspot.com/) Friday Fives is "5 Things on your Bucket list"... I am really excited about this topic (as I am every week! They have all been so fun!)



I created my "bucket list", which I have titled "Jayne's Life List" on my computer, right around the time I got married. My dear friend, Stephanie, told me about her life list and I never even thought about having one of my own until then but when I heard about it, it made so much sense!... I always knew in my mind a few of the things I wanted to accomplish, see & do in my lifetime but for some reason it never occurred to me to put those things down on paper until then! And once I started, I had over 30 things on my list... and I know I could add a lot more!!



I actually haven't even looked at this list in a couple years... I just opened the document to refresh my memory so it would be easier to write this post... I have to say, I LOVED reading all the things I said I wanted to do when I originally wrote it 4 years ago when I was a newlywed! (it was like reading an old diary)... And I LOVE IT EVEN MORE that looking at it now, I can cross a few of those things off!!



Since we have to limit this post to 5, you're lucky I'm not going to bore you with all 34 things on my life list right now! Ha... So here are five of the LONG list of things I want to do before I leave this earth...






1. Be debt free!- So this is pretty much a no brainer, right! I really don't count our mortgage or our car payment as debt... And I'm very happy to say that hubs & I do not have any credit card debt, but it's gonna be a LOOOOOOOOONG road to get my student loans paid off!... Especially since about one month after I graduated with my Bachelor's degree in Business Management, I found out I was pregnant & walked away from my thriving career as a bank manager to be a stay-at-home mommy {ahhh, we're all on God's clock not our own right?!}... :)




2. Learn to change a flat tire- I've had several flat tires in my lifetime, but never have I ever changed one myself! {I play the damsel in distress well! LOL ;) } but even though I really don't what to EVER have to change my own tire, there is a certain independence in knowing that I could do it myself if I wanted!...





3. Catch a fish- Ok so I know this is pretty random, but I don't know why I want to accomplish this so bad?! I am NOT an outdoorsy kinda girl at all & I have only been fishing two times in my life... The last time I was with my hubby & his brother & I got really excited because I thought I caught something, but it turned out I just got my line tangled in the trolling motor!... It was a disaster! :( So I'm hoping when our family lake house is done this Spring, I'll be able to cross this one off by the end of the Summer!... and come back to the house and have a big ole' fish fry! {YeeHaw!} ;)



4. Have my picture taken at the Eiffel Tower- So there is a BIG chunk of my life list that pertains to traveling & seeing the world, but going to Paris and having my picture taken in front of the Eiffel Tower holds a special place in my heart! I used to be obsessed (and still am a little) with all things Paris, France & Eiffel Tower! When I was single, my apartment was decorated with lots of beautiful black & white Paris, France & Eiffel Tower pictures & I even had silver Eiffel Tower lamps! But the closest I have been to seeing the Eiffel Tower is at the Paris hotel in Las Vegas...





And here I am in front of the "Eiffel Tower" in Paris, Tennessee! LOL ;) ...

But one day... I hope to get here!...

and when I do, I'll probably be one of those silly American tourists that cry at the sight of it!!

5. Be an audience member at the Oprah Show- I realize her last season is next year and I will more than likely NOT accomplish this one since the tickets are SUPER hard to get, but I felt I needed to include it anyway because you always have a better chance of accomplishing your dreams if you put them out into the universe!... So here it is... I always wanted to take a trip with my girlfriends to Chicago and see a taping of the Oprah show for my 30th birthday... I'll be 29 in August so, let's get crackin' universe! ;)

What are some of the things on ya'lls bucket list? Hop over to Beth's Blog(http://www.mcclintock.blogspot.com/) and join her McLinky! ;)

Friday Fives: 5 things on my to-do list...

This week's topic on Beth's (http://www.mcclintockb.blogspot.com/) Friday Fives is "Things on your to-do list"... I am a BIG list maker!... Especially To-Do lists! I love to-do lists!! I love making them & more than anything crossing things off of them!!! ;)

I do, however, have a few items on my to-do list that I cannot seem to cross off! Some of these things have literally been on here for MONTHS!... Here is just 5 of the things on my always, ever-growing to do list...

1. Finish crocheting baby blanket- I started crocheting baby girl a blanket when I was pregnant. I spend a lot of time at it when I was on bed rest... (Here I am when I first started)

Well, like 10 months & 3 gigantic balls of yard later, I'm still not done with it!!! I've never really crocheted a blanket before, but got a kit at the hobby store and watched a "how to" video on YouTube. ;) I wasn't working from a pattern or anything, I just basically went at it... Well my dimensions were a little off when I was doing the length of it so its turned into more of a queen size afghan instead of a baby blanket because now I have to make it as wide and it is long! LOL

If I just take the time to do it, I could be done in a week... but its just that there is SO LITTLE free time in baby land that it has fallen off my priority list...

2. Steam clean my carpets- I got a steam carpet cleaner this past Christmas and I haven't even taken it out of the box yet!!! (I'm partially waiting for Hubs to put it together)... I get so disgusted looking at my carpets everyday too, and since baby girl is starting to scoot around a little more this one will for sure be getting crossed off before too long! PROMISE!!

3. Send thank you notes- I embarrassingly enough still have some thank-you notes to send from baby gifts I received a couple months ago!

4. Clean out dresser & night stand drawers- I have a couple drawers that need serious organizing! I am not a fan of "junk drawers"- where its just one huge messy pile... I like things organized, so it gives me anxiety every time I open these drawers upstairs in our bedroom. One is a drawer I used to keep all my jewelry & headbands in. I got a beautiful jewelry box last year as a graduation gift and have since moved the jewelry I wear in there & what's left over is junk that really needs to be thrown away- or given away because a lot of it just isn't my style anymore!


5. Clean out bathroom cabinets- My bathroom is OVERFLOWING with make-up I haven't used in years, almost empty bottles of lotion I seem to be saving for a "special occasion", and tubes & tubes of lipstick & lip gloss that didn't work out or I have simply forgotten & moved on to something new!... The last two times my mom has come to visit I sent her home with TONS of beauty products- some even brand new!! I just need to take a few hours and organize, give away & throw away!... AND STOP BUYING MORE! ;)

Friday Fives: 5 things you will never catch me doing...

So this week's topic on Beth's "Friday Fives" (http://www.mcclintockb.blogspot.com/) is all about things you would never catch me doing... When I first read this topic, I thought "I'm going to have a hard time coming up with anything"... I'm the type of person who thinks "Never say never" but after I sat down and started writing things I hope to NEVER see myself doing came easier than I thought...

1. Buying a fake Coach bag- Call me brand loyal, but you will never see me purchasing or wearing a "knock-off" Coach!... I just can't do it!... PERIOD...

2. Wearing "mom-jeans" as a regular part of my wardrobe- Now I say "regular" because I have worn a pair as part of a Tacky Christmas Sweater outfit...

But God help me that I will not turn into a "mom-jean" wearing mommy when I get older!!
3. Keep my kid on a child leash- So I may be second guessing this decision in a couple years when sweet baby girl is bouncing off the walls, but so help me, I will not keep her on a leash like a dog!...

4. Wear a thong bikini- You wouldn't catch me in a thong bikini bottom before baby, and you SURELY won't see me in a thong out in public now!! Enough said...

5. Have a female mullet- REALLY!?! I just DO NOT understand women with this hair style??

So there you have it!... Now you know if you guys ever see me walking down the street, coming out of the hair salon with a freshly trimmed mullet, carrying my fake Coach bag in one hand and a child leashed baby girl in the other, with my mom jeans over my thong bikini heading to the beach, just shoot me with a tranquilizer gun and drag me to the loony bin because I have lost my mind!! LOL ;)

Friday Fives: "What's in my purse"...

My dear friend, Beth ( http://www.mcclintockb.blogspot.com/ ), just started a new blog schedule called "Friday Fives"... This week's topic is "Five Things you Always Have in Your Purse"... Since I'm down for all things purse related, I told her I would play today! ;)

These days, my daily "purse" is usually thrown in sweet baby girl's diaper bag...

Here are a few of "my" things that you can ALWAYS find in there...

1. My iPhone- So just like most of us iPhone-addicts, mine is usually ALWAYS in my hand, but when it does come un-glued it goes in the diaper bag...
2. Chapstick- I ALWAYS keep something on my lips! I am addicted!! This is the one I wear when I go out of the house because it has just a hint of color & is SUPER moisturizing...

3. My Camelbak water bottle- Since I'm a breastfeeding momma, I need to stay hydrated... I drink water all day long so I ALWAYS have this with me! Besides my cup of coffee in the morning, this is usually all I drink throughout the day & it goes where ever I go...

4. Hand Sanitizer- Because I am a total germ-a-phob!!!...

5. Miracles of our Lord booklet- My family is Catholic & my mom gave me this booklet and told me to keep it with me where ever I go because it will protect me, so I'm just following orders & keep it in sweet baby girl's diaper bag! :)