25 Things About Me

Andrea from Mommy Snacks tagged me with this latest meme.

Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 5 people to be tagged.

Here is goes:

1. I am the mother of a daughter who was born in Russia.
2. I am soon to be the mother of a son that was also born in Russia.
3. I have been dancing since I can remember.  I started lessons when I was 5 and am still taking them.  
4. 3 of those years I was ballroom dancing at Arthur Murray, stopped when got married since my husband wouldn't join me.  
5. I am 35 years young.  I know I am not old because my 42 year young husband isn't old yet.
6. I love the TV series Supernatural.  It's my favorite.
7. I used to share a place with Carrie from MoneySavingMethods
8. I met my husband at work.
9. My husband asked me to marry him at a University of Dayton Basketball game using the score board on Valentine's Day 1999.  We married that November.
10. My favorite vacation was an Alaskan Cruise that I took with my husband, my parents, and my mother in law. 
11. I knit and crochet when time allows.
12. I graduated from college in 1996 from Miami University with a bachelor of science in Finance and Marketing.
13. I don't take criticism well when it comes from someone I love.  (The rest of you can criticize all you want, I don't care.)
14. I love that my daughter likes to cuddle.
15. I cry when overwhelmed or stressed and it makes me feel better.  (My husband hates it and it makes him feel bad that he couldn't prevent my tears.)
16. I love going down the slide in our backyard almost as much as my daughter does.
17. I think I like playing in my daughters sandbox more than she does, and she really likes it.
18. I can eat a whole pound of bacon in one sitting.  (I love bacon.)
19. I would love to write a children's book for the preteen age group.  I started a story in High School that I think has potential.
20. My hair is long and has not been cut above my shoulders since before I was 5.
21. The first food I made in Home Economics in 7th grade was blueberry muffins.  I make it every Monday now for my husband to take to work for breakfast throughout the week.
22. I don't drink tea, coffee, pop, or orange juice.  But, I love water, especially with a lemon.
23. I have promised myself that I will have a garden this summer.  This is a promise I have made for the last couple of years.  We will see if it happens this year.
24. I live on 3 acres of land.  (Plenty of room for a nice garden.)
25. Christmas morning we had no snow but I did have a coyote in our backyard.  (Deer are common but coyote aren't.)

I am tagging:

Emily @ CreativeCouponing101

Lee @ Creative 2x Mom

Frugal Dieting

Erin @ Coupon Cravings

A Recipe A Day