A different kind of meme

POINT OF PRIVILEGE
I saw this over at Lemon Stand and found it interesting.

But first, a legal disclaimer:
Premise: bold each of the statements that applies.

Original source: The list is based on an exercise developed by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University. The exercise developers ask that if you participate in this blog game, you acknowledge their copyright.
So noted, and if anyone wants to participate, please do the same.

And now on to the list:

Father went to college (I don’t think he even began high school, but he provided for his family well)

Father finished college

Mother went to college (my mom earned her GED when I was in high school after my father died)

Mother finished college

Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor (no attorneys, no professors except by marriage)

Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers(I guess)

Had more than 50 books in your childhood home (we went to the library a lot)

Had more than 500 books in your childhood home (My children could bold this one)

Were read children’s books by a parent

Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18 (piano and saxaphone… I’m not very musical, can’t play either now)

Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18 (and voice)

The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively (I guess?)

Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18 (I got one when I was 18)

Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs (about half, I had scholarships for much of it and I worked after my Freshman year)

Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs

Went to a private high school (public grade schools, 2 public high schools and 2 private)

Went to summer camp (YMCA 4 years, canoes and horses, it was great)

Had a private tutor before you turned 18

Family vacations involved staying at hotels (we camped, a lot, even all the way to and in Disney World, we did stay at a hotel on one vacation to California when I was 4)

Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18

Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them (I didn’t have a car until my 3rd year of college, and that one had 100K miles on it)

There was original art in your house when you were a child (only the ones taped to the fridge)

Had a phone in your room before you turned 18 (lol)

You and your family lived in a single family house

Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home(my dad built our home from a kit, and it's a good solid little house that I went to visit a few years ago)

You had your own room as a child(Not all the time, my sister moved downstairs when I was about 10 and moved out when I was 12)

Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course (no, but I did have a hangover the day I took the test, luckily I still did well)

Had your own TV in your room in High School

Owned a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College [lol]

Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16 [once, to CA)

Went on a cruise with your family [went with another family when I was 18)

Went on more than one cruise with your family (I’ve never gone with family, but I’ve been on 3 cruises all before I was 21)

Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up (do science museums count?)

You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family(we had a propane tank outside, I have no idea what it cost to fill it up)

What's New?

Updates:
Still haven't found the Halloween candy...I've given up. It's in a red backpack. Maybe Hubby will find it when he's home on R&R in February.

I went to the mall today...the dreaded mall. I hate shopping. Well not shopping exactly, I hate people in my way when I shop. I want to go in, get what I want and get the hell out of there. Have you ever noticed that some people walk extremely slow! Geeesh, can't you tell that there is a woman on a mission? She has a sitter for 2 hours and needs to buy clothes, fast! Get out of my way!
My neighbor watched the kids while I shopped. I could bring the kids, but I've found that E3 is very quick, can easily crawl under the dressing room door, and usually chooses to do so when I'm naked. Therefore, I haven't bought any new clothes in many, many months.
My sizes have changed...I have a number on the jeans that I bought that I have not seen in a looong time. It is a single digit! WhooHoo!

The kids still miss Pumpkin, but are doing well. They have already asked for another dog. I told them that instead of adopting another dog, lets just pay extra special attention to the two that we have, Sparky and Roxie. That's what we've been doing and the dogs are very happy. Roxie is a little lost, Pumpkin was like a mother to her.

We started a paper chain to count down the days until Hubby/Daddy is home for R&R. It's less that 100 days now and E2 needs something visual so she knows she will be seeing Daddy again. Every time she speaks to him on the phone she says "I wish you should come home now Daddy". In the sweetest voice imaginable. It nearly breaks your heart.

The upcoming weekend looks busy, but fun. How's everyone else doing?

Like looking in a mirror...

I ran across this "celebrity look-alike" face-recognition thingy.
I realize that I must always be the one behind the camera, because there are very few photos of me. I couldn't find one that was acceptable to upload so I could find the answer to the question "who do I look like?"
I took a picture with my webcam and uploaded it...here are the results.
not.bad.
but I'm guessing the site just flatters you so you post the results...then they have more free advertising.
Like I would be posting these if they told me I looked like Hilary Clinton.

It's All About Me...and Tag, You're It!

Stephanie at She Who Waits and A Soldiers Wife both just tagged me with my first meme. I need to reveal 7 things that most people don’t know about me. This is hard … I reveal the oddest things on posts and comments sometimes.
1. Most don’t know that although I have 3 kids now, we went through years of infertility. I’m done now.
2. I regret to say that I am on my second marriage. The first was right out of college. It was closer to an episode of “Cops” than a marriage. When I finally left my first husband, I left with some clothes and my sanity and vowed to never marry again…then I met Hubby ☺ My wonderful Hubby said the reason for the marriage must have been to keep me off the market long enough to meet him.
3. My doggies full names are:
Pumpkinhead(large orange head and Jack-o-lantern smile)
Sparky-the-Space Dog(from an old episode of SNL)
and Roxie (as in dumb as a box of rocks)
4.My relatives include psychologists, farmers, rocket scientists, bank robbers, and everything in between. I’m the “between”.
5. I can’t lie to save my life.
6. I don’t like receiving jewelry as a gift…or flowers…it’s just not “me”. Hubby learned this early.
7. I raced ONE time on my dirt-bike. Just to say I finished, many did not. It was 2 hours of hell through the desert by 29 Palms. Lets just say that sand and a 2-stroke 125 do not play well together. I’m too polite to race, I let people by if they want to pass. I did place 1st in my class…old lady. I enjoy screaming around and finding little jumps a lot better. I’ve hung up my helmet for now and plan to get a calmer bike when Hubby returns.

The toughest part is who to tag… I want to know more about these people...tag...you’re it!

Shelly
ilvmygi08
ABW
Claire
Buck
LAW
and last but not least:
Guard Wife