6 Random Things

My friend Mindy tagged me to blog 6 random things about me...about 1 month or so ago. I have been such a slack blogger lately. Finally, here are my six random things:

1. A major pet peeve of mine is having empty hangers on a door knob. I can't stand to hear the jingly noise that it makes.

2. My favorite go to comfort food is a bowl of junky cereal. Usually I eat Honey Bunches of Oats or other low sugar, healthier option of cereal, but especially in the evenings if I need a comfort food then I love to have a bowl of cereal like cinnamon toast crunch or something else that the 3 boys in the house are eating.

3. A couple of years ago I said that I wanted to start a collection of food ornaments...fruits and vegetables, healthy starches, etc...so that eventually I can have a "food" christmas tree in my office at work. I haven't started this collection yet but I still want to.

4. One of my favorite things to do is plan the next fun trip/vacation/outing. I just love the process of thinking about and planning our next fun trip. Also, I love to have a "next" trip to look forward to. For example, at Ocean Lakes you can book your campsites up to 18 months in advance. I am patiently waiting for January to arrive so that I can book our campsite for June 2010! (you really have to do this if you want a specific date or site in the summer)

5. I am easily distracted. Not when working or doing a concentrated task, but say when I am getting ready in the morning or straightening the house. I am known to start about 5 different cleaning projects at one time when I have a day off to work in the house. Brent has been humored and, irritated at times, about this trait of mine. Nolan has picked up on it already and Elijah is sure to catch on soon. For example, Nolan says "mom, can I have some chocolate milk?" "sure" I go to the kitchen and get out a cup, the chocolate powder, and milk. I walk towards the opposite end of the kitchen to get a spoon out of the drawer. On the way, I see something sitting on the dining room table that I need to fill out and put away, then I see something in the living room that needs to be put away... "Mom, did you forget what you are doing?" "OH, yeah, I was making your chocolate milk, wasn't I? I'm sorry."

6. I am obsessed with our "budget". I never actually did a budget until 1 year ago. Yes, I took the Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University course before that, but I decided that we could do what he described without a budget. Oops. Not so...I continued to have financial problems. One day I was talking to Leeann and Bonnie about it and Leeann said that I needed a budget. She came over shortly thereafter and helped me create a budget using her form on Excel. Now, I am a stickler for that thing and it has helped save our financial life!!

OK there it is...6 random things