8 Things

This is in response to getting tagged by Danielle.  Now that our domain includes me in the name, I feel like I can finally respond to the tag.  (This is huge, by the way.  Scott has had scottsbaldwin.com as his home on the web for at least 4 years).

8 Things I (Jeana) am passionate about
1. Scott
2. My daughters
3. My friendship with Danielleee
4. My family
5. The gospel
6. The outdoors
7. Races (me being in them)
8. My garden

8 Things I want to do before I die
1. See my kids married in the temple.
2. Learn to kayak…and do it well.
3. Do an adventure race with Scott…or one of my girls way down the road.
4. Learn to play the hymns well enough for people to sing to my accompaniment.
5. Learn sign language better.
6. Learn to speak Spanish.
7. Go to Israel with Scott.
8. Live in England with our family.

8 Books I have read recently
1. Genesis
2. 4th Nephi
3. Eragon (just listened to)
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows
5. I started “The Lightning Thief,” but that Seminary teaching keeps me from anything that’s not in the Old Testament.
6. Runner’s World (magazine, but oh well)
7. Harry Potter’s 1, 2, 3, and 6
8. Pride and Prejudice

8 Things I often say
1. Are you buckled in yet?
2. I know you can make a good decision.
3. Do you need to go the bathroom?
4. That’ll teach.
5. What do you need to say?
6. I’m going to count to 3….
7. Ahh, stinkin’!
8. Oh my goodness!

8 Things that attract me to friends
1. Ability to make me laugh
2. People who have fun
3. Meaningful conversations
4. People who make me want to be better
5. People who are considerate of others
6. People who listen and talk
7. People in similar situations to my own
8. People who make an effort to be my friend so that I don’t have to do all the work

8 Songs and Albums I could listen to over and over again
1. Pachabel’s Canon
2. Enya
3. August and Everything After – Counting Crows
4. Complicated – Avril Lavigne
5. Les Miserables
6. Miss Saigon
7. U2
8. Since u been gone – Kelly Clarkson (please don’t laugh)

8 Things I learned this year
1. To play 3 more hymns on the piano.
2. How to use a compass.
3. Even though they may have the same parents, the same tactics do NOT work on both kids.
4. You shouldn’t leave 3 little girls alone in a closet with a bunch of markers and think everything will be okay.
5. That working takes too much time away from being a mom.
6. How to change a bike tube and tire.
7. How to hop onto the curb with my bike as opposed to crashing into it, putting my feet down, and walking it up on the curb.
8. Getting up at 5 am and preparing lessons every day doesn’t sound very fun, but I really like teaching seminary.

8 Random things about me
1. I love lemons and pickles and have passed the pickle love onto Kate.
2. I teach yoga.
3. I’m a mental health therapist.
4. My right shoulder pops whenever I turn my arm.
5. I contributed to the road kill population for my first time a few weeks ago when I hit a possum. It really grossed me out.
6. I cry when people get booted off of The Biggest Loser and I used to with the Amazing Race too.
7. Someday I dream of doing the Amazing Race with my brother, Brad. (I’m sure I just offended 3 other people by saying that).
8. One of my favorite things is laughing with my sister, Danielle.

8 People I tag
1. Suzanne
2. Becca
3. Jodi
4. Magan
5. Amy
6. Anisa
7. Sandra
8. Bryan (hee hee- that’ll teach your wife to tag me)