Wednesday, April 22, 2015

A List in Fours

Ah! The break of silence after a super long pause...

I find myself rattling off the saying, "The spirit is willing, but the flesh is so weak" quite often and it absolutely applies here. I have tons of things I want to write about, but very little "free time" to make it happen.

So, in the effort of easing back into it, here's a silly little questionnaire about a bunch of random things.

FOUR THINGS:

Nicknames-
1. Katey (Katherine is my "real" name)
2. Tots (the progression of this one is quite a stretch...Katey> Katers> Kater-tots> Tots...and there are various forms of it as well)
3. Snuggle Muffin (as a wee one...my parents even had a sweatshirt made with this one)
4. Aunt Katey (by some of our former students/friends and actual nieces and nephew)

Jobs I've Had-
1. Chick-Fil-A (very first job ever...I was 15!)
2. Daycare, Babysitter, Nanny
3. Camp Kitchen
4. Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship (best one yet)

Movies I've Watched More Than Once (and could probably quote verbatim)-
1. Little Women (About a thousand times, give or take a few)
2.The Sandlot
3. Elf (every.single.Christmas)
4. A League of Their Own

Items in My Purse (when not lugging a giant diaper bag)-
1. Wallet
2. Gum/mints
3. BBW body spray
4. Hand sanitizer

Cars I've "Owned"-
(fun fact: I've actually never owned a car...they've all been given to me...Thank you, Jesus.)
1. Oldsmobile Something-Something (My first car ever that I got when my grandmother passed away)
2. Toyota Camry
3. Toyota Corolla
4. Toyota Sequoia 

Places I've Lived-
1. Willowood (Houston)
2. Huntsville, TX
3. Cypress, TX
4. Houston, TX (like, HOUSTON...inner-city, downtown-ish, the concrete jungle...sort-of)

Places I've Visited-
1. Holland
2. Kazakhstan
3. Egypt
4. Azerbaijan

Places I'd Like to Visit-
1. Maryland
2. West Coast (San Fran, San Diego, someplace like that)
3. Austrailia
4. Somewhere in South America (These last two because they're the only continents, besides Antarctica, that I haven't visited.

Favorite Foods-
1. Pizza
2. Ice Cream
3. A good salad
4. Chips and queso

Foods I'd Never (voluntarily) Eat-
1. Mayonaisse
2. Caviar/Escargot
3. Raw Sushi
4. Olives

Books I Reccommend-
1. The Bible
2. Live Dead journals
3. Knowledge of the Holy
4. L'Abri

TV Shows I Watch-
1. Just finished Parks and Rec (finally)
2. Re-starting The Office (for the 5th or 6th time)
3. Property Brothers, Love it or List it, Chopped, etc (something home improvement or cooking...with Matt)
4. Curious George (totally by choice, obvi)

Looking Forward to in 2015-
1. Visiting Egypt again (also...meeting my newest niece and hugging tightly family and friends that live there)
2. Vacation to Phoenix (sans circus clowns my lovely children)
3. Lydia's First Birthday
4. the birth of my niece/nephew in November (!!!)