firsts & lasts

FIRST REAL BEST FRIEND: tie, Tammy Marshall, Kathleen Russell & Shannon West

FIRST SCHOOL: Russell School, Mansfield

FIRST CELL PHONE: Cellular 1

FIRST FUNERAL: I think my great aunt's

FIRST PET: Cindy Lou

FIRST BIG TRIP: Disneyland with my Granny Bernice & Aunt Dot

FIRST FIGHT: see first friend, Kathleen Russell kicks my a**

FIRST CELEBRITY CRUSH: Peter Frampton

FIRST KISS: P-John Christenberry

FIRST TIME OUT OF THE COUNTRY?: mexico when I was a kid with my mom

FIRST JOB: Lee's Supermarket, Mansfield

FIRST MYSPACE FRIEND: Katelyn

EVERYONE HAS THEIR LASTS:

LAST PERSON YOU HUGGED: a patient's mom while ago

LAST CAR RIDE: car, this morning on the way to work...ambulance, a few minutes ago

LAST TIME YOU CRIED?: this morning

LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED: Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Santa

LAST FOOD YOU ATE: noodles

LAST ITEM BOUGHT: tea

LAST SHIRT WORN: this ugly uniform shirt

LAST PHONE CALL: Robert

LAST TEXT MESSAGE: Kevin

LAST THING YOU TOUCHED: laptop

LAST FUNERAL: Dad's

LAST TIME AT THE MALL: last week with Mindi

LAST TIME YOU WERE EXCITED FOR SOMETHING:

LAST PERSON YOU SAW: this person I am working with

LAST THING YOU DRANK: tea

LAST PERSON THAT BROKE YOUR HEART: my siblings

LAST TIME YOU WERE REALLY HONESTLY HAPPY?: not today

Christmas meme

Christmas Goodies

1. Post the rules on your blog.
2. Fill out the questions below
3. Tag 5-7 people at the end of your post.
4. Pass on the tag.Have FUN!!

1.Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot Chocolate with lots of mini marshmellows

2.Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
sit them out

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
white on the tree and house

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
If we have some.

5. When do you put your decorations up?
Thanksgiving weekend

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
I don't know, let me taste them again....

7. Favorite holiday memory as a child:
When I was small and we all gathered at Granny Todd's and Papaw's. There would be 30or 40 people there. Loud, loving and lots of love.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
I woke up Christmas morning to find the toys out were the toys hidden in my mom's shower the day before.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
no


10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? white lights, then little Santa Claus lights, tons of Hallmark ornaments mostly supplied by Granny Glenda (what will I do when I have to actually give them to the kids they belong to?), some pretty braided wood stars, special ornaments made by the kids and new this year, some red beads.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
Snow in Texas? very rare

12. Can you ice skate?
Never tried.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
I got a princess telephone with a note with my new very own number and the hookup date, December 26th when I was a teenager from my mom

14. What is the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
remembering Jesus' birth and spending time with my family

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
not much on desserts

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
We are having to make new traditions.

17. What tops your tree?
a star of braided wood

18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving?
both are funbut I love finding gifts that when they are opened that brings a sincere suprised smile and not the "oh you shouldn't have" smile.

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?"
it was a story called Small One on a Burl Ives Christmas album my mom had when I was a kid. I have searched for a copy and can't find it, I would LOVE to have a copy of that.

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum?
yucky

21. What do you want for Christmas?


22. Do you attend an annual Christmas Party?
no

23. Do you dress up on Christmas or wear PJs?
comfy clothes

24. Do you own a santa hat?
yes

25. Who do you normally spend Christmas with?
christmas day, my kids and kevin. my siblings & I started a new thing 2 years ago, the saturday before christmas eve we gather, eat and have chinese christmas. FUN!

I'm not good about tagging people, but if you want to play, join us and let me know so I can come and read your answers