Crazy Eight's

I know I haven't blogged in a while. Shoot me. Just kidding! :)

I did however see this on Hailey and Carrie's blog so I thought I would do one as well.

8 TV Shows I Like to Watch
1. Dancing with the Stars
2. Grey's Anatomy
3. The Kardashians
4. Sons of Anarchy
5. Two and a Half Men
6. Ellen
7. House Hunters (I know it's weird)
8. Paula Deen's cooking show



8 Favorite Places to Eat and Drink
1. Pizza Villa
2. Carrabas
3. Thai Kitchen
4. Basanight's Lone Cedar
5. Stillwater on Front Street
6. The Cheesecake Factory
7. Sapparri
8. CHICK-Fil-A (all time favorite)


8 Things I Look Forward To

1. Vacations
2. Birthdays
3. watching McKinley grow and discover new things
4. holidays
5. having children
6. going back to school for my masters
7. remodeling my house
8. seeing my family


8 Things that Happened to me Yesterday
1. came to work
2. read blogs
3. ate lunch at Zaxby's
4. got birthday cards for my dad
5. cooked supper
6. played with McKinley
7. talked to my sister
8. watched Danching with the Stars and My Sister's keeper


8 Things I am Passionate about...
1. My family
2. teaching
3. decorating/renovating
4. having cleans sheets
5. keeping a monthly picture of McKinley to "track" her age
6. my friends
7. religion/ Jesus
8. my clothes


8 Words or Phrases I Use Often
1. I love you
2. Seriously!
3. Be for real
4. McKinley, please quit
5. You are my favorite
6. Boo-baby
7. Pleazzzze
8. Baby-love



8 Things I Have Learned From the Past
1. learn from your mistakes and move on from them
2. Have NO regrets
3. everything happens for a reason
4. If you don't succeed the first time, pick your self up and try again.
5. Always love from your heart
6. Always tell the ones that are closest to you that you love them.
7. Things will not always be easy
8. Always be happy


8 Places I Would Like to Visit/See
1. Antigua
2. St. Lucia
3. St. John
4. Italy
5. Santorini
6. Hawaii
7. Barbados
8. Argentina




8 Things I Currently Want/Need...
1. a new car
2. a teaching job
3. A new camera
4. new bedroom furniture
5. a new dryer
6. a vacation
7. some more makeup
8. a haircut

What is a Mesa?

What is a Mesa you might ask? Well according to McKinley it would be me.

When McKinley was born I would sit around for hours thinking about what she would call me because Meredith is not the easiest word to say as a 12 month old. I thought of Aunt M but it sounded to much like The Wizard of Oz. Well, maybe she can call me Mer or Mer-Mer because that is what Morgan called me when we were little.

WRONG! Out of the blue on day she looked at me and said "Mesa". I looked puzzled. I pointed to my mom and she said "MeMe", pointed to Morgan and she said "Mama" pointed to me and she said "Mesa". I was not happy. Why in the hell is this little creature calling me Mesa? What is a Mesa anyway and where did she come up with this word?

I tried to change what she called me but she was not having it. It started to grow on me. Over the past few months she has started saying Mer or Meredith and I say that is not my name McKinley. My name is Mesa! :)

Do any of you have a "nickname" from a child, family or friends?

It all started

It all started on June 18, 2007. That was the day that I held you for the first time and absolutly fell in love. You were precious and i never could have imagined how much I could love another human being, and you were not even biologically mine!



You were precious and I could not wait to watch you grow up.

Changes

I have decided to make some changes to my blog. I have tried to keep scrapbooks in the past for my niece McKinley because I want her to have memories to look back on when she is old. Also because I know her mama, my sister, is NOT going to do it.

Scrapbboking just takes up too much time and I just don't have the patience. :) I have also done Snapfish books for her in the past but they can also get a little pricey. So I have decided to start documenting her life, starting with the wonderful terrible twos, on this blog.

Enjoy the ride :)