The current tag:

10 years ago:

I was a senior in high school. After getting into BYU, I dropped math and physics and added 6th period off-roll. I had a weird obsession with Gap clothes, especially sweaters: I was stocking up for the  Utah winters, which ironically, I ended up hating (and rarely) wearing sweaters in Utah because the indoors was always kept so warm with heaters.

5 Things on my to-do list today:

1. Finish up my YW lesson and make calls to some of the girls to have them take up time during the lesson describing objects that remind them of home (hey, it's in the manual!)

2. Vacuum and wipe down countertops (I know it's Sunday, but our landlord is bringing someone to look at the house)

3. Shower, dress, and do the hair of 4 out of 5 people who live here for church

4. Pack a really good church activity bad because Chad's speaking in Sacrament Meeting and I'm on my own with the kids

5. Probably bake cookies to reward myself for getting through this day

5 snacks I enjoy:

1. Hot Tamales

2. Handfuls of chocolate chips straight out of the freezer

3. Dreyers Butterfinger Ice Cream

4. Kissing my babies' cheeks

5.  Kit Kats (I only snack on junk food if I'm going to snack)

What would I do if I were suddenly a billionaire:

1. Payoff all outstanding debts, e.g. student loans, car, future mortgage)

2. Furnish my dream home

3. Fix myself back up (get my hair colored regularly by someone amazing, get a personal trainer, a makeover and an all new wardrobe)

4. Fix up my husband and my kids' wardrobes, no more Target clothes for us!

5. By Chad his dream dental practice (and I'm thinking the order I'm listing these is the order I'd actually do them in...)

6. Get a personal chef, and a maid, and a gardener (okay, now I'm getting greedy)

7. Start up a philanthropic foundation (there, I redeemed myself)

5 places I've lived:

1. Los Angeles, CA  

2. San Diego, CA

3. Provo, UT

4. Baltimore, MD

5. Austin, TX

Jobs I've had:

1. Babysitter

2. Computer class T.A.

3. Writing Tutor at BYU Writing Center

4. Various writing and editing internships

5. Administrative Assistant and The National Museum of Dentistry

6. Babysitter, oh, I mean Mom...

5 Things You Don't Know About Me:

1. I was a finalist for the Church Magazines Internship and have sold two articles to the New Era

2. I didn't like my wedding dress that much

3. My face sweats when I eat spicy food

4. In third grade I stole rocks from a little boys' rock collection that he brought in for show and tell

5. For all my English-majorness, I've basically subsisted off of Entertainment Weekly magazine for the past year, pausing briefly to read Atonement by Ian McEwan, then right back to EW

I tag all those people whose blogs I don't feel are updated frequently enough, namely: Gaby, Kelli, Darice, and Amanda Jergensen (can't remember your married name right now), and anyone else in search of blog filler...