Loopy Thursday

I posted this earlier, but I ended up deleted it because it copied on so terribly...  I am just having a perfectly loopy day---drained and overwhelmed!  Driving in circles, toddler tantrums, and errands can do that to me.  I feel like that lady with the leash tied around her neck, being led down the street by the 12 foot tall 4 year old... 

I need a holiday---we BOTH NEED a holiday...  Hubby's business is doing FANTASTIC, but poor guy is so over worked...  We both look like two drained, zoned out zombies. Our kids have more of a social life than we do!!  Well, I booked a hotel for hubby and I for our anniversary in April.  We both need time away from the zoo.  HA HA HA...  It's still a few months away, but hey--something to look forward to, right?!   I feel better already just thinking about it. 

Okay, here is the meme...(AGAIN)

A meme to peel away the layers of you.  (From Goddess of the Meme's, DAWN)

LAYER ONE:
-- Name: Julie
-- Birth date: April 4
-- Birthplace: Santa Cruz, CA
-- Current Location: the study
-- Eye Color: brown

-- Hair Color: brownish red
-- Height: 5'6"
-- Righty or Lefty: righty
-- Zodiac Sign: Aries

LAYER TWO:
-- Your heritage: 100% Portuguese/American--as much as I know! 
-- The shoes you wore today: Black Ballet flats
-- Your weakness: Chocolate
-- Your fears: Natural disasters, War, Illness...I could go on and on...ya' know

-- Your perfect pizza: Vegetarian--with lots of artichokes please!

-- Goal you'd like to achieve: I'd like to start walking 5 miles a week atleast--need to walk off those chocolate truffles!!

LAYER THREE:
-- Your most overused phrase: "No means no, and I don't have to make sense, because I'm the mom!"

-- Your first waking thoughts: "Is it 6 a.m. already?"
-- Your best physical feature: hair

-- Your most missed memory: Driving the car with my Dad.

LAYER FOUR:
-- Pepsi or Coke: I'll drink them both--just has to be diet.  I prefer Dr. Pepper though..
-- McDonald's or Burger King: McD's
-- Single or group dates: Doesn't matter..just as long as I'm with hubby man. 
-- Adidas or Nike: ...I have them both--doesn't make a difference to me.

-- Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Lipton Tea--I grew up seeing the old man holding the tea bag on those red and yellow boxes.  There is a Lipton Plant near my mom's house.  I learned to drive around it's parking lot!

-- Chocolate or vanilla: Chocolate--duh..  Although, vanilla is one of my most favorite scents! 

-- Cappuccino or coffee: Cappuccino.

LAYER FIVE:

-- Smoke: Nope

-- Cuss:Occasionally.
-- Sing: Daily, in the car.  It keeps me sane, and makes the passerbys think I'm crazy.  They leave me alone and give me lots of room.

-- Take a shower everyday: Yes--but I was the hair every other day..
-- Do you think you've been in love: I know it.
-- Want to go to college: Might like to go back one day..
-- Liked high school: It was alright.
-- Want to get married: Only to re-do our vows again--that would be nice.
-- Believe in yourself: yes
-- Get motion sickness: Sometimes in the car.
-- Think you're attractive: Depends on how my mood is.

-- Think you're a health freak: Wish I was more of one.
-- Get along with your parent(s): For the most part..
-- Like thunderstorms: When I'm home with the family--not when I'm driving though. 
-- Play an instrument: Used to play the clarinet.  Wanted to play the flute, but couldn't do it!  I can still read music though..

LAYER SIX: In the past month...
-- Drank alcohol: Yes--always during the holidays.
-- Smoked: I don't smoke.
-- Done a drug: Nope, not a druggie either

-- Made Out: Yeah, with husband.
-- Gone on a date: Yes..with husband again.

-- Gone to the mall: Yes, far too many times.

-- Eaten an entire box of Oreos: No.  Do people actually do that?!
-- Eaten sushi: No--don't like raw fish--or really any fish for that matter. 
-- Been on stage: Yes, but didn't perform. 

-- Been dumped: Thankfully no. 
-- Gone skating: Only in my dreams. 
-- Made homemade cookies: Lots of Christmas cookies! 
-- Gone skinny dipping: No--too shy.

-- Dyed your hair: Yes, and I'm due for another box of color!
-- Stolen anything: If I did, it was totally unintentionally! 

LAYER SEVEN: Ever...
-- Played a game that required removal of clothing: Nope--too shy, remember?
-- Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: Never drink more than two cups of Port Wine--note to self.. 
-- Been caught "doing something": yes
-- Been called a tease: Does "temptress" count?

-- Gotten beaten up: Emotionally--yes.

-- Shoplifted: Nah

-- Changed who you were to fit in: I honestly don't ever remember doing that as a child. 

LAYER EIGHT:
-- Age you hope to be married: For as long as I live.

-- Numbers and names of children: Liz 19, Matthew 17, Andrew 13, Nicholas 4-yes--he was the "surprise." 

-- Describe your dream wedding: A blue sky, and a sandy white beach.

-- How do you want to die: old, in bed having a beautiful dream that I never want to wake up from.

-- Where you want to go to college: Close to home.
-- What do you want to be when you grow up: I haven't figured that one yet.

-- What country would you most like to visit: What country do I NOT want to visit?!  Let's start in Europe!  All of it! 

LAYER NINE:
-- Number of drugs taken illegally: I'm not a druggie, remember?

-- Number of people I could trust with my life: 10

-- Number of CDs that I own: maybe 50?

-- Number of piercings: one on each ear--the other two grew in. 
-- Number of tattoos: I don't do needles.

-- Number of times my name has appeared in the newspaper: Oh gosh, not very often..may be 3, or 4 times? 

-- Number of scars on my body: 1---if you don't count stretch marks! 
-- Number of things in my past that I regret: I'm a product of my past...  I wouldn't change a thing.  I'm a much happier person than I was 20 years ago--that is all that matters.