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Moms View Message Board: General Discussion Archive: Archive September 2005: Did You Know? A new game
All you have to say, is "Did you know...." and complete with the phrase with something about you. I will start.
Did you know that I miss being a stay at home mommy??
Did you know I was the first New Year's baby in my county in 1967?
Do you know, that DisneyWorld is my most favorite place to be...(I always wanted to live in Cinderella's castle LOL
Did you know I love Madonna, Aerosmith, and Lenny Kravitz tunes?
Did you know Alex stayed home today because of a bad bad dream and is driving me nuts..(you all would of let him stay home too if you would of know the dream)
Did you know...that I love flip flops. Tevas are my fav.
Did you know that....I am an only child.
Did you know that I participate in Fantasy Football and am currently beating my husband in the College Pick 'em league?
Did you know that I love scary movies, but can't watch them alone, and I can't be alone when they are over because I am scared?
LOL...Rayanne...I'm the SAME way! All lights HAVE to be ON!!
Did you know.... that when DH has duty or is away for the night I make sure to lock every door and window in the house. I make sure to check that they are locked a few times. I keep the tv on downstairs and have Kaitlyn sleep in bed with me at night. I'm still afraid of being alone, even though I have lived by myself.
Did you know that I am a only child also(Kathy) no fun getting board games for Christmas.
Did you know... that I am a closet Elvis fan and have been to Graceland 5 times.
did you know i have no clue what my kids are going to be for halloween
LOL Letishe, Know that feeling with the games!
Did you know that I was supposed to be named Sandy?
Did you know that I am a professional mixologist {bartender}. Had my schooling and all. Do in on the side at times now. Use to do it on a regular bases until about 5 years ago.
Did you know that I played softball from first grade till 10th grade ? I was really good in grade school but by high school i STUNK at playing!
Did you know that I was captain of the cheerleading squad from 5th grade to my senior year?
Did you know... that I drive over an hour away to get my cavities filled by laser so I don't have to get a needle? {{blush}}
Did you know that I am the baby of 3 girls and I dislike it very much!
Did you know that the movie Pet Sematary has given me nightmares every time I have seen it? (Always involving the college kid that died and came back to warn the dad).
Did you know that my favorite movie is Cinderella?
Did you know that I always finish my Christmas shopping by October. I shop all year long and complete the "last minute" shopping at the end of September/early October.
Did you know that... I was having a REALLY bad day today and my boy just gave me a hug and things don't seem so bad. :-)
Did you know that I'm sitting in stunned silence after reading Yvonne's post? Whoa.
did you know that I Tivo the Wiggles so I can rest for 3o extra minutes when Chrisotpher wakes up to early?
Did you know that my dh and I watch the game show network everynight to see reruns of the Amazing Race, even though we already know who won? It's the only thing on that we agree on watching....during the summer months anyway.
Did you know that dh and I are HUGE Survivor fans?
Tayjar
Did you know that I am missing my dh right now, he has been gone since Saturday
I DID know that one Emily! Hang in there...
Did you know that I am watching Chris O'Donnell on the Ellen show and I find him very handsome! LOL
Did you know that I collect frankoma pottery?
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Did you know that i am supposed to be reading a few chapters for my Research class for my Master's Degree? Did you know that i find the topic of research verrrrry boring? Did you know that i am a procrastinator? LOL
Did you know that neither my dh or myself can stand scarty movies- to the point that we have to change the channel if a commercial for one comes on! lol sad but true!
Did you know I watch Sweet Home Alabama every other week just to get my Patrick Dempsey fix since Grey's Anatomy has been off the air during the summer? It's a schoolgirl crush at 28!
Did you know that my favorite color is pink...and I dearly love photography...and someday I hope to get a book published.
Did you know that I start school next Monday, and it will only take me a year to graduate! I will get to stop waiting tables!
Did you know that someone broke into our home today, kicking in our back door. We think the mailman, slipping our mail through the slot, may have frightened the intruder because, NOTHING WAS RIFLED OR TAKEN. We are feeling pretty shaken though.
Freaky, Bea!
Did you know that the movie I hate the most is Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds?
Did u know that i cant sleep alone with the light off and that i wont turn the light even if someone else is in the room with me i mean i make hubby turn it out or it stays on ...
Did you know that I HATE HATE HATE Jim Carrey? He gets under my skin SO badly, I refuse to watch any movie he is in.
Did you know that my husband and I have favorite coffee mugs and both are a little annoyed when company uses them..not that we'd ever say anything..but we both admitted that to each other a week or so ago..too funny..
Did you know that my parents got a divorce when I was only 18 months old. My mom had custody of me my whole childhood, but since I have my own family, I want to move to Florida to be close to my dad and I call my dad more than I call my mom
Did you know that Jim Carrey grew up in the town next to me, and that I can't stand him either??
Did you know that My brother(Brad) and I are both named after Soap Opera charactors? I think it's the Young and The Restless?
Did you know that my dh missed a plane in Costa Rica on Tuesday morning due to being stuck in traffic after a man was hit and killed on the road? He finally got on a plane to Miami (not where he needed to go) Tuesday night (after sitting in airport for the entire day) had to stay the night in Miami, get up early catch plane to Dallas, then *finally* made it home around noon Wednesday!!!!!!! He and his co-worker were exhausted when I picked them up. lol They didnt have much nice to say about Costa Rica airport officials. lol They were at their gate in Costa Rica 45 minutes before the plane took off, you have to be there exactly 1 hour before take off or they wont let you on the plane.
Did you know that after all the kids are out of the house, I plan on selling everything, buying an RV and never having a permanent address again?
Did you know I secretly want 1 more child (a boy this time), but won't tell DH because he doesn't want anymore so it will just always be a dream of mine...*sigh*
Did you know that I missed a layover flight because I thought that Cincinnati was on Central time? I just sat there, eating lunch and reading a magazine for 2 hours at a cafe (since they change the gate positions there all the time) and showed up at the gate, only to find out they just closed the door?
Did you know, when I was single and still living at home(around 21)I kissed the magizine salesmen that came to our house(in our house) ...for some reason, people think that is funny... I guess 20 yrs later, I can laugh about it as well..
Did you know that...
Did you now that I would LOVE to be pregnant, but am not sure I actually want anymore kids! LOL- not sure that is possible!
Did you know that I instantly think of my dh anytime I hear the "sssshhhhh clink clink" of a skateboard being ridden on the sidewalk?
Did you know that i recently found out that my sister (also my best friend) and I have the SAME EXACT reoccuring dream?
Did you know that I sang professionally in the 60s with a folk group called The Springhill Singers. We cut two single records.."Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" and "Sinner Man"\flip side. Also "The Springhill Mining Disaster" with "Betty and Dupree"\flip. We were locally popular, and sang at many Hootenannies and frat parties.
Did you know that... I went after baseball players in high school. Something about those tight pants, lol! Sexy! Oh, and DH was a baseball player. I went to all his games just to see him in his uniform.
did you know that I play competitive tennis? I was very accomplished in high school and only didn't play in college because I had no idea how that worked. When I finally figured it out, I hadn't played in a year and missed making it by one match. (at a&m). I quit playing altogher at that point and started back 2 years ago, very serious, about 9 hours a week.
Did you know that I think I am wierd because I really like too go deep sea fishing and dream of catching a Marlin to put on my wall?
Did you know that... I was in hard labor for 49 hours straight with my second dd.
Did you know I will only buy JIF peanut butter, and that my girls are as big of PB lovers as I am?
Did you know that I ran track and cross-country in HS, and now have trouble keeping up with the kids? (shameful)
Did you know that I just recv'd my first shipment of Proactive for my pimple covered face??? I feel like I just won the lottery.
did you know i have to work tonight and i'm dreading it and that i wish i could quit..
did you know i'm enjoying annoying my 10 year old it's been getting easier to do lately too lol..
Did you know that my 2nd child was born 80 minutes after getting to the hospital. She was born before my dr could get there, and the nurse literally had to catch her.
Did you know that I absolutely LOVE to antique or that (opposite of My3cuties) I DO NOT want anymore children?
Did you know that I have never owned a dishwasher and still do dishes by hand all the time!
lol Reds, it is officially over DH is getting a vasectomy.
did you know kathy is crazy :p (read the dishwasher comment!)
Did you know I have 12 rolls of film in my drawer yet to be developed??
Did you know that at one point I owned 12 vacuum cleaners?
did u know im going to have gastric by pass sergury on the 24th and i have been working towards this for two years. jumping thru insurance hooops and such. im so excited and cant wait to wake up to my new life!!!
LOL Kaye!!!
Oh, I love reading these...each and every one!
I didn't know girls played rugy Heidi! My dh played rugby in college (Purdue University). Are the girls as drunk as the guys are? I didn't think one could be sober and play that game! LOL My dh was the weirdo because he doesn't drink at all, and the only sideline beverage is beer!!!
Did you know my very favorite season is fall, and now I love it even more because my little daughter was born in October? (She was actually due on Halloween, but came early!)
LOL! They *can* get fairly drunk...the only thing I could be accused of is taking my ibuprofen BEFORE the game even started! LOL You can tell your DH that I never did "Shoot the Boot"!
LOL @ 12 vacuums.
Did you know that I play the piano and sing and accompanied a ballet school for almost 5 yrs. as ONE of my jobs in college?
This is so fun BTW!
Did you know that I thrive on chaos and like to have a few projects going at once.
IloveTom, I just have to ask, what the heck is the Peanut Butter Jelly Time Dance???
Did you know... I love power tools! I want a nail gun so bad!!
LOL Kathy. It's peanut butter jelly time! It's a song by Buckwheat someone and it's really sorta stupid.
IloveTom, Would this be the dance????
lol Ilovetom, My brain is so mommy mode, I thought you were saying you could do the PB&J otter "use your noodle" dance. Oh brother time for some adult time. LOL
Kathy- you are such a genius! That's it. LOL.
Did you know I consider myself lucky to get 1 bath a day. I usually have to sneak one at 3 a.m. when the girls are sleeping. *sigh*
Did you know that my siblings and I were not given middle names? My mom thought our last name was too long! It had nine letters! LOL
***Remembering those days***. It's only gets better. I beg my girls to hang out with me now!
Did you know that my hair has been purple, red, platinum, green, and black??? LOL What was I thinking???
Ilovetom, did you know I have a cousin by the name of JANE ELLEN?
Did you know that my anniversary falls on Thanksgiving this year, and DH, me and the girls are going to get a cabin in Gatlinburg and seclude ourselves on Turkey Day. DH said he will not postpone our anniversary to be with extended family.
Did you know that I dissected insects in college as one of my jobs to get me through?
Did you know... that I am probably the oldest (32 yrs old) Dawson's Creek junkie ever. I have all seasons on DVD (except the last one) and watch them at least once a month!!
Did you know I used to have a mohawk? And vowed I would never have children? Oh, and I also hate Florida.....:o)
Did you know I let my son get a mohawk ---just a few weeks ago. Addison has been begging me for months to get a mohawk haircut. I think he looks adorable. Yes it is a radical cut and probably if he were in public school it would not be a good thing. I try to pick my battles and think a haircut is not a big issue---granted the mohawk is a compromise. He wanted it green too and I said no way to that. I hope when it grows in he will be sick of it.
Did you know that I LONG to live back in Colorado? The weather there is SO nice....aaahhhh...
LOL JTSMOM...I am 32 and a Dawsons Creek Junkie too!!!!Too Funny!!!!
Oh, Candis! Sounds like Heaven! I love Gatlinburg--just beautiful! Have fun!
Kim, *I* knew you once had a mohawk! Did you know that I would love to take photographs for a living? Every day/all day, I see things that I think would be great photos and wish I could do that to earn money. I just don't know enough about it to do it.
Oh Karen, me too!! My camera is always around my neck!!
Eve...I couldn't agree more...it's the same people that start off their stories like, "you wouldn't believe what happened to me as a kid..." and then they don't elaborate. They literally wait for you to ask, "So, what happened?" urgh. It sounds so insensitive, but people who are always looking for attention like that drive me nuts. The whole "woe is me" thing...urgh...
Did you know... that it is 11:30am and I am still in my PJ's! I just haven't been motivated enough to get a shower and get dressed!
Do you know, Im so inpatient, that I wont wait in a fast food drive thru lane, if there is more then 4 cars in line... quicker to go in
Did you know...that my beautiful daughter has been going through a gothic/punk stage for the past two years?! She dyed her beautiful blonde hair black and it is currently purple over the black (somehow, it still looks cute
Did you know... I'm a descendant of a a Mayflower head priest, and am a member of the Mayflower Society?
Did you know...that I must be one boring person. LOL I can't think of a darn interesting thing to say!! LOL
Did you know that my best friend is someone I have never seen face-to-face? That we talk every day via IM and that we met right here on Momsview?
Did you know I would love to learn to snow ski?
Did you know I have a pencil point embedded in my face? It's been there since I was 4 years old.
Did you know that I snow skied for years. It was my favorite winter sport. I have not skied since I moved to Florida in 1991
Did you know that my dh and I LOVE to watched the O.C.?
Crystal, did you know I have one embedded in my right hand? It's been there since first grade!
Did you know that I'm a HUGE Sex and the City fan and have almost all of the seasons on DVD or that I would love to NOT live in Indiana?
Did you know this is the only 'game thread' I've had any interest in?
Did you know i love living in Indiana = )
Me too KATE!!! LOL
Did you know that I'm addicted to sunflower seeds??
Did you know my 2 year old runs around naked most days because she dislikes clothes? And when someone comes to the door I hurry to get clothes on her.
Did you know that when I was young I wanted to work on a cruise ship but my Mom flipped out and wouldnt allow it?!! lol
Did you know that those flinstone vitamin commercials make me cry! (the one with the little boy with the huge backpack on that sits on the log and falls backwards! And most hallmark commercials! What a sap I am!
Did you know that I won't let dh read stuff on Momsview over my shoulder? It is MY own "getaway" and it bugs me when he wants to know what we are talking about here.
Did you know that I wanted to be a photographer too Karen? I went to college for that before I quit to raise my stepchildren.
Did you know I collect children's books and have over 300? (and those are the ones that aren't for dd's hands, HER books are a whole different story!!!LOL)
Did you know that my cats are named after pop singers?
Did you know that all of our cats are named after cars? We have had or currently have a McLaren, a Porsche, a Hummer, an Enzo (Ferrari), and a Bentley.
Did you know that one of my most prized possessions is an autographed copy of "To Kill a Mockingbird?" I actually packed it up in Rubbermaid, along with our photo albums, when Katrina came through...just in case.
Did you know that I have pencil in my knee from when I was three years old, and my dd has a piece in the same place from when she was three years old?
Crystal, Karen and Conni- I have pencil lead in the side of my face !!! Seems to be common, oddly enough!
Did you know, that I hate to cook YET just spent the last 2 and a half hours making homemade oatmeal/rasin and oatmeal/peanut butter cookies?
Marcia, I love sunflower seeds, too. Only when I have PMS, though.
Did you know that DH has a large birthmark on his foot that is on the same foot and spot that his mother spilled boiling water on herself while she was pregnant with him?
Did you know that my DH was supposed to be an extra on Beverly Hills 90210?
Did you know that I was 4th runner up in the Little Miss Cotton pageant and now I hate pageants?
Did you know that I just went to a concert with the Jacksonville Symphony and Dennis Deyoung doing the music of Styx! So Fun!!!
Did you know that my dh's and my prized possessions are the different paintings, photos, and drawings we have on our walls?
Did you know that the first thing I crocheted was a scarf for my stepfather when I was 12?
Did you know that in jr. high my best friend and I were the biggest New Kids on the Block fans ever?? We went to tons of concerts with our moms, had front row seats after waiting in the snow four hours 3am-7am, and we sobbed uncontrollably during that concert? They were our Beatles. Those were the days!!LOL
LOL Deanna, i would have DIED to be you . I wanted to marry Joey McIntyre.
Did you know that my dh and I got divorced 7 years ago and remarried each other 13 days later? We would like to forget that it ever happened except that I still get a "child support" check from him that is payroll deducted. LOL!!
LOL Katherine. Really, though that is pretty cool that ya'll remarried.
Katherine, that is too funny!!!!!
Did you know that I HATE putting away laundry?
Did you know that when i was in high school i was a JV basketball and football cheerleader and I HATED every minute of it? My good friends got to be Varsity cheerleaders. The only reason that i tried out was because my friends were cheerleaders and I wanted to be with them. I also learned that I am SO not the cheerleading type!
Did you know that I have met a lot of famous people, but when the Red Hot Chili Peppers came to my house, I was out of town?
Did you know that before Beverly Hills 90210 was really popular,Brian Austin Green and Luke Perry were on my plane going to Florida? They were in First Class and of course i was in coach. I recognized them from one of the Teen Magazines, but didn't know who they were till I saw 90210!
Did you know I, along with everyone else eating at the time, was asked to leave McDonalds so that Princess Di and her sons could come in and eat undisturbed?
Did you know that I met Malcauly Caukin (sp?) and Michael Jackson?
Did you know that I have met Tom Seleck (sp??) and spent probably 2 hours talking with him, before I realized who it was?
Y'all are cracking me up with all these famous people! I've never met anyone truly famous.
Did you know that I met Mariah Carey when I worked at Busch Gardens? She was totally not a nice person. I stopped liking her that day.
Did you know that I helped my freshman dd get ready for her homecoming dance (going with friends) and I told her I will not help her dress for her wedding. She must rely on her matron of honor. If she relies on me she won't be alive to walk down the aisle! Lol
Did you know that it only took one time buying something on ebay and now I am hooked?? I check it all the time and have bid on 4 other things since then and won 2 so far. I am helpless!! LOL
Did you know that I have walked across the entire Golden Gate bridge?
Did you know that I haven't posted anything on this thread b/c nothing exciting ever happens to me
Paula, I've posted a few times on this thread. Nothing exciting about my life...just a tidbit from my life or memories.
Did you know that I am very shy, and work very hard to overcome that, even on the net.
Did you know... that my DH and I took a one month honeymoon and drove cross country and back.
What a cool honeymoon Sarah!
Did you know that I have NEVER missed the Academy Awards since I was in the 9th grade? I'm 37 now. I am the only one in the house who gets into it, but I must watch the whole thing every year and my friends know not to call me on the Sunday night of the Oscars.
Did you know that I was in a beauty pageant when I was 9 years old and I won the title Young Miss California Universe?
Did you know that our family has a summer tradition of doing The Ride the Rockies? It's a bike ride through the Rocky Mountains...about 400 miles in 6-7 days. We had 3 generations doing it at one point!
Did you know that my DH and I are living in "our" dream house? When we were dating we would always take walks together around the neighborhood that my DH grew up in. He was still leaving with his father at the time. We would always go by this cute little cape and admire how nice it was. We always said no one would ever give up that house! After we got married we moved into an apartment with the plan to buy a home before our lease was up. Well we couldnt find a house anywhere! and right before we had to renew our lease, that cute cape popped up for sale!!! And we won the bid! Now I take walks with DH, DD and loved where we live.
Did you know that the girls and I just came back from doing a 6km walk, for the 25th anniversary of the Terry Fox Marathon of Hope??
Did you know that when my ds was a few hours old, the nurse brought him to me in the nursery screaming and crying because he was hungry. When I said "it's o.k. baby boy, mommy's here" he immediately stopped crying and turned to look at me?
Did you know that I have three tattoos and several piercings? Nothing too wild, though.
Did you know that we moved to this town when I was three and I've never lived anywhere else? Would it surprise you to know that I'm DESPERATE to move out of state, preferably to Oregon or Washington?
Did you know that I was an Army spouse for 28 years......moving 11 times during those years and that my youngest son was born in Germany. He has German and American citizenship.
Did you know that I have lived in 19 different houses and I am 34 years old? I did spend 9 years in one place though. I was raised in the army and when dad went off to wherever we always moved closer to my mom's mom.
Did you know that my father, at age 52, had a child even after having a vascectomy 20 years earlier? His oldest is 32 and his youngest is 8!
Did you know my oldest sister and I have the same mom but different dads AND...we were born on the same date 10years apart, I was born at 8:25am she was born 8:25pm, I weighed 8.6 she weighed 6.8. Isn't that weird????
Did you know that I should be putting 5 kids to bed, and instead I snuck on here for a minute??
Marcia, did you know I do that almost every day???
Did you know that it has been 127 days since I last saw my husband. But... only 76 more days until his 2 week R&R!!! Yeah!
I have another one...
Did you know that I stepped on a tiny piece of glass a couple of days ago, and still can't get it out?
Did you know that I never, in a million years, imagined that I would EVER be a SAHM? Now I can't imagine it any other way and I'm so thankful that we're in a financial position to do so. (I can't wait to go back to work but everything is wonderful just the way it is right now!)
Did you know...
Did you know that from elementary school through my sophomore year in college that I planned on being either a neonatalogist or a neurologist? As a result, I am just 3 classes short of a minor in chemistry and I HATE chemistry. In hindsight, I am so glad that I am not a physician. I much prefer my chosen career.
Crystal, I am doing pretty good most of the time. Thank you for asking.
Oh God mrsheidi that freaks me out LOL! My bf and I are both fixed....sure we don't want more children (we're both parents from a previous marriage) Hmmmm maybe I should break out the condoms lol He's 48 I'm 30.
Did you know that I am married to my childhood sweetheart. We were friends all our life, dated in school till I was a senior, broke up, we both got married, both got divorced them got back together and married.
Did you know...that my DH and I were in the same classroom back in the 4th/5th grade? (It was a combined-grade classroom) We didn't date until I was a senior in high school
Did you know I only knew my husband for 3 months before we got married? lol
Did you know that... I went to church with Jonathan Taylor Thomas (Home Improvement) but he only attended our church briefly because it was interrupting sermons and sunday school?
Did you know that I dated my husband when I was 14 and then did not see him again until I was 29! We were married a year later later!
Did you know that our interim pastor in Missouri baptized Brad Pitt as a child in his church? His son and Brad were childhood friends from Springfield, MO.
Did you know that DH and I met at our first job when we were 16 and he was fired 6 months later because he kept goofing off and interrupting me at work.
Did you know that when i was a freshman in college my car was broken in to while i was at my then boyfriend's house? They broke my window just to steal my brand new walkman, although the car was packed with stuff because i was going home for the summer the next day. I felt so violated and was so upset.
Cool stories about meeting and getting married to your dh's!
Did you know that I have a little sister who is 29 years younger than me? She is 3 months old this month..lol
Did you know... Steel Magnolias is my all time favorite movie!
Did you know that my dh and I met at the house right across the street from where my mom lives? My dh and his dad build spec houses. They were building right across from where my mom was building her house. Dh looked bored stiff at the house so my brother and I went over to say hi to him and talk to him. It turns out that he was "watching the concrete dry"..making sure no kids ran through it. The next day we saw him at church where he was a liturgical minister LOL....that won my mom's heart!
Pam...wow. Brad Pitt...wuh-woo!!
Did you know I met my DH in an AOL chatroom - in 1996?
Did you know that DH and I were in the same class in 3rd grade? We still have our class picture with both of us in it. He sat behind me and taught me how to draw biplanes--LOL. We started dating in 11th grade.
Did you know that I just started back to school to get my masters in occupational therapy?
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