Life on Kim Roundtree's Planet

1. I have a late-in-the-year birthday, so I was always the youngest kid in school.
2. The older I get, the darker God makes my hair. I'm just thankful I still have lots of it!
3. I am a TV junkie since we got our DVR- how cool to forward through those annoying commercials.
4. I think I am a fantastic driver. (Except for the ambulance I scrapped up at the new Base 2...but in my defense, that yellow pole WAS in a bad spot!!:) )
5. Don't laugh, but when I hear a snippet of C& C Music Factory, I immediately think of my friend Alaini and I dancing all night at the Athens clubs.
6. I love tomatoes in a sauce form, like salsa and spaghetti, but I detest them raw like in a salad or on a burger.
7. I freely admit I send a chatty Christmas newsletter. In it, I usually include photos of the girls, and news about what we've been doing. After all, we can't see all our friends every year.
8. The idea of growing an organic garden sounds wonderful, but I have a black thumb. I can't even keep pansies alive!
9. I don't think you are ever too old to decide what you want to be when you grow up. After all, I still don't know myself, but I do believe we have different seasons in our career journey.
10. That said, working for EMS was the BEST JOB Ever. I truly felt led to my job, that I made a tangible difference in the lives of many patients, and that I prayed for every person I dealt with during the day. I still remember the first patient that I saw die after an unsuccessful CPR, and I remember the 3 SIDS babies that didn't make it. Some things don't ever leave you.
11. I converted to Catholicism in my early 20's. I'm not completely sure what my parents thought about it- they were probably just glad I was in a church at all!
12. When I'm with my friend April, we have been known to laugh so hard we peed our pants. Everyone needs a friend like that!!
13. Before I had children, I had cats. When I had to put my precious Van Gogh to sleep when he developed cancer, I literally cried for a month at the very thought of him. He was the coolest, most loving cat I ever knew.
14. Eco-friendly? I really try hard but I'm just not so sure. I recycle as much trash as I throw away, but I drive a big SUV. I make sure my cleaning folks only use organic, green cleansers, and my girls only bathe with organic/chemical free shampoos and lotions, yet I turn around and let them occasionally have super-processed McDonalds chicken nuggets. Can't win every Mom of the Year contest!
15. As a teen I prayed for larger breasts, but after nursing 2 children for over a year each, I realized this wasn't what I had envisioned. OK God, you can take them back now!!
16. I completely believe in angels.
17. Everyone needs to have one boy/girlfriend in their past that is filthy-stinkin' rich, so you can fully appreciate that money is NOT everything if you have to put up with them. **Thank you, Gianni, for helping me with this lesson. Your Ferrari was nice, and I loved dinners at La Biblioteque, but no thanks to dating someone as old as my father.
18. I had really bad post-par tum depression after I stopped nursing both my children. It doesn't have to begin right after birth, it can start with any great hormonal shift. But it is serious, so don't mess around if you think you have it- call me to talk!
19. I just don't get the Justin Timberlake appeal- he's a scrawny kid who needs to shave and sings like a girl. Whatever.
20. I like to have big, no expense-spared birthday parties for my girls. I can only think my parents must have neglected me in some way to make me like this...One day, maybe I can go on Oprah to figure it out. :)
21. Last summer I had Maddie Grace over-scheduled with VBS, Summer camps, vacation weeks, tennis lessons, etc. This year I want to have a lazy, boring summer just hanging out at the club pool and staying at the beach. Bums- I want us to be big bums.
22. OK- I confess it- I rarely check my voice mails. Not at home, or on the cell, Sorry, I just don't. I have no idea why, it is just one of those things.
23. I love my Georgia Bulldawgs, but I haven't been back to a game in years and years. I would love to, I just kept putting it off with children. Maybe I'll try to get there this year for a football game!
24. When Maddie Grace was born, for the first 3 years, I whispered in her ear as she went to sleep, "You're going to Duke on a scholarship", over and over. Wishful thinking on my part, trying to save myself a little cash down the road! 2 years ago, I broke down and bought her a Duke piggy bank, just in case, as a back up plan.

Thanks for putting up with my insanely long list- if you think this is bad, you should hear my voicemails...