It's harder than it looks!

Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real, not made up (if you can help it). If the person before you has the same first initial, you must use different answers. You cannot use any word twice and you can't use your name for the boy/girl name question.

Have Fun!

1. What is your name: Holly
2. A four Letter Word: Hand
3. A boy's Name: Henry
4. A girl's Name: Heidi
5. An occupation: Horticulturist
6. A color: Hazel
7. Something you wear: Helmet
8. A food: Hamburger
9. Something found in the bathroom: Hand prints
10. A place: Holland
11. A reason for being late: Headache
12. Something you shout: Help!
13. A movie title: Hang 'Em High
14. Something you drink: Hot tea
15. A musical group: Hatebreed
16. An animal: Hawksbill sea turtle
17. A street name: Haight
18. A type of car: HHR (by Chevy)
19. Something scary: Health Insurance
20. Ice cream flavor: Honey

I tag anyone who wants to participate.

Thursday's Five Things - 2/5/09

5 Things I love - 2/5/09


• I love the sight of

My desk covered with new clients and jobs.

• I love the sound of

J laughing.

• I love the feel of

Fuzzy fleece slipper-socks.

• I love the taste of

Scrambled eggs with sauteed onions,
spinach and cheese for dinner.

• I love the smell of

Chai tea.

Wordless Wednesday - 2/4/09 (Chili and Cornbread)

Wordless Wednesday - 2/4/09

Chili and cornbread.


For more Wordless Wednesday photos, or to participate click here.

Another "about me" post

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
My middle name is from one of my mother's friends.

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
Sunday after watching a father baptize his son. Very touching.

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
Cursive - no. Print - yes.

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
If I'm going to eat lunch meat: Hickory Smoked Turkey, or Peppered Turkey.

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?
Not yet. Unless you count Kira as a child. ;)

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
Yes. Who wouldn't? (See #7)

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM?
Now why would I ever do that? Yes, of course. (See #6)

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?
Yes.

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?
I think I'd skydive before bungee jumping. I don't like the idea of having my legs/hips jarred so roughly.

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?
Hmm I like lots of cereal. Life, Kix, Wheat Chex, Trix (the original kind), Cheerios...

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
Usually.

12. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?
Too many! Coffee, Cookies 'N Cream, Mint Chocolate Chip, Cherry Garcia...

13. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?
Their smile and eyes.

14. RED OR PINK?
Red goes well with my eyes and hair, but over the past few years I like pink more than I ever use to.

15. WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?
I'm indecisive and sometimes I take things too personally.

16. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?
My family. None of them live very close, and can't visit often.

17. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?
Black. I had a meeting with a client today.

18. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
CSI on TV

19. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
Violet or Jungle Green (I always loved those shades).

20. FAVORITE SMELLS?
Bread baking, clean laundry, vanilla, rain.

21. WHAT IS THE LAST THING YOU ATE?
After dinner, a small piece of cake.

22. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
A client.

23. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
Hockey, of course. Go Wings!

24. HAIR COLOR?
Light brown with tones of blond and red.

25. EYE COLOR?
Hazel.

26. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
No. I just use glasses for working on the computer or reading.

27. FAVORITE FOOD?
Too many! Mexican, Italian, Chinese, Thai, Tex-Mex...

28. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?
Action, martial art movies, Kung Fu, comedies, cartoons, animations, goofy movies...

29. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
Hellboy II - The Golden Army

30. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?
Red.

31. SUMMER OR WINTER?
Fall. Then I'd say summer (these days since I don't get to play in the snow anymore).

32. HUGS OR KISSES?
Hugs. You can give them and receive them from just about anyone, and they're a cure-all for a bad day.

33. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING ?
"Sacred Marriage".

34. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
Other than my mouse and my hand? Nothing. It's black and has a gel wrist pad.

35. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT?
Some of the Super Bowl with our Life Group. The ladies hung out in the dining room and were able to catch some of the game while we talked and laughed (rather loudly), until the men hushed us. ;)

36. FAVORITE SOUND(S).
Laughter, singing, orchestras playing great works by Mozart/Bach/etc., concerts...

37. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?
Beatles.

38. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?
Playa Del Carmen, Mexico / Niagara Falls, Canada / Cooperstown, New York / Key West, Florida

39. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?
Yes.

40 WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
Pontiac, Michigan.

41. HOW DID YOU MEET YOUR SPOUSE/SIGNIFICANT OTHER?
We met at college.

What about the babies?

Who was more insane? The single mother, her parents, or the doctors?

"Hundreds of requests have been made since Nadya Suleman gave birth to six boys and two girls a week ago, said Joann Killeen, president of Killeen Furtney Group, a public relations company.

'She’s the most sought-after mom in the world right now,” Killeen said. “Everyone wants to talk to her.' "

Hmm, I wonder why that is.

Maybe they want to know why she would have eight babies, from an unknown donor after already having six children from the same donor, and all while being a single mother. It may also have something to do with her living with her parents who are having financial difficulties bankrupt.

What kind of woman with six children under the age of eight has eight frozen embryos implanted and gives birth to octuplets?

Perhaps it's because the doctors should never have implanted all eight eggs in the first place. Meanwhile, those same doctors are being investigated. Reason being, couples who see doctors for fertility drugs or in-vitro fertilization rarely have more than 4 to 6 eggs or embryos implanted at one time. There are regulations, but it seems as though someone didn't follow protocol.

Who thought that implanting eight fertilized eggs would be a good idea for anyone? Seriously people.

Nadya Suleman's mother is so upset about the situation that she said she will have moved out by the time her daughter returned from the hospital.

That is very sad, but many times people put these situations on themselves. I hope she can take care of her now fourteen (yes, 14) children successfully, and properly. I hope the children will have safe, healthy, and "normal" lives.

I understand that Nadya Suleman "loooves" children and that's why she decided to have them on her own, but I am concerned about their well-being. At what point does CPS need to step in? Hopefully not when it's too late or when the situation has gone from bad to worse. Like one article stated, she could have just been a kindergarten teacher if she loved kids so much.

Being a single parent of one or two children must be hard enough. We're talking about fourteen here, with a 33 year old mother. Chances are that it will be very difficult to care for so many children, even if Nadya does receive assistance.

I hope something good will come of all this. For everyone involved.