55 questions all devoted to ME.

Yeah, I know, you are probably sick of reading these tags, but I think they are fun. Plus the fact that I am behind on getting more pictures of the kids on here and this is my lame attempt to keep all of you entertained until I do so. I plucked this little jewel from my friend Amy’s Blog. If you, too, want to answer 55 random questions about yourself, let me know and I will read yours, too!

1. What time did you get up this morning? Well I got up with Breanna at about 1:30 A.M. I guess you can call that morning... but I went back to bed and later got up at 6:45 A.M. This is the typical time that I get up on a weekday. I have to get the kids up and get them ready and get myself ready and get all of us out the door to various destinations depending on the day. Today everyone was sick so I tucked a couple back in bed got myself ready and headed out to work. FYI I am NOT a morning person and I absolutely hate to get up in the morning. I feel bad for Ron cause he is usually the unlucky soul who has to drag my butt out of bed.

2. Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds, they are a girl’s best friend.


3. Last movie you saw at a cinema? Iron Man, I went to go see it with my good friend Wendy (I love girls night out!) It was actually a really good movie. There weren’t any good chic flicks or we would have gone to see one of those. Hey Wendy, are you up for another Girls night?


4. What is your favorite TV show? Survivor... although this season is not that great! No one I really like. I also watch Amazing Race, Biggest Loser... I guess I like contest type shows. I also watch a bunch that I probably shouldn’t and are kind of embarrassing to admit to watching like America’s Next Top Model, Desperate Housewives, Brothers & Sisters, Grey’s Anatomy. There are a myriad of children’s show like The Spectacular Spiderman, TMNT, Word World, Curious George, Reading Rainbow that the kids and I watch on various days of the week. Wow it looks like all I ever do is watch TV but in reality we really don’t have it on too much and we don’t watch every episode. I like to have the TV off on most days.


5. What do you usually have for breakfast? If Ron is not cooking I have Cereal, Oatmeal or Yogurt with granola. If Ron is cooking it could be anything from Biscuits and Gravy to pancakes to Hashbrowns with eggs. I like it when Ron cooks but it is healthier for me when he doesn’t. Today I had a bowl of plain Cheerios.


6. What is your middle name? Leigh, not sure why I have that middle name or why my parents gave it to me. That would be a good question to ask some day. When I was little I always spelled it wrong (Lee). I like the way my mom spelled it. She did tell me that she spelled it that way so if when I was older and didn’t want to go by Candace that I could go by Leigh.


7. What food do you dislike? Bacon, I hate the smell of it cooking. Reminds me of having morning sickness. I forbid the stuff in my house! Plus it is really unhealthy (Ron can thank me later when I have kept his arteries partly clear) I am also not a fan of Pickles (Ron does appreciate this one cause he gets all my pickles and I also have a hunch that when he orders my food he conveniently forgets this point just so he can get the extra pickles).


8. What is your favorite CD at the moment? Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, I like it cause it is clean language/content good lyrics and yes it is ROCK. I love to crank the radio on my way home from work or anywhere that I am alone and sing at the top of my lungs. Other favorite bands are Hoobastank, Paramore, No Doubt, Nickelback, All-American Rejects... mostly Alternative/Rock.


9. What kind of car do you drive? Kia Sedona and Mazda 626.


10. Favorite sandwich? I love sandwiches as long as they don’t have bacon or pickles on them but my favorite is probably a BBQ pulled pork sandwich.


11. What characteristic do you despise? People who are really sweat and act like they are your friend to your face but behind your back they are completely not your friend.


12. Favorite item of clothing? Ron bought me these really funny flannel PJ that have pictures of black and pink bras and undies all over them. I love these jammies, they are super comfy and they are cute to boot.


13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? I have always wanted to go to Hawaii. I have heard so many fun stories from people who have gone there. Plus that fact that Ron has been there and I haven’t makes me want to go even more. I also want to go to Australia and New Zealand for the same reasons.


14. Are you an organized person? Yes and No. Some things I am anally organized about and other things I am not that way. You know OCD on some things and not on others.


15. Where would you retire to? Preferably someplace warm but anywhere close to my kids and hopefully grandkids (according to Cameron I will have several grandkids).


16. What was your most recent memorable birthday? We do the same thing every year... go to my mom’s, have dinner, and eat cake or some other kind of dessert. No surprises, no special outings, no one jumping out of a cake, no huge sac of money (kind of boring)


17. What are you going to do when you finish this? Probably read more blogs and find more tags and then post the tags on my blog and annoy everyone with more information then they care to know about me.


18. Farthest place you are sending this? I am putting this on my blog so who knows how far it will be sent... I think Albert might read it and he is in Australia.


19. Person you expect to send it back first? Well, no one, since I’m blogging this one instead of emailing it. BUT if you DO do it, let me know!


20. When is your birthday? March 14th


21 . Morning person or a night person? See #1. I am definitely NOT a morning person. When Ron and I got married he and his whole family were morning persons... I would get phone calls from Ron’s parents before the butt crack of dawn. Ron of course was already up and off to work which left me having to answer the phone. Needless to say I was not a very cheerful person when I answered. Example "Hello" in my most unfriendly morning voice. " Oh hey Candy, has Ron gone off to work?" in their most cheerfully exuberant voice. "YES" practically growling at them. "Oh did I wake you?" again with the happiness. "YES" holding back profanity. "Oh, then I will just call him there then. You can go back to sleep"Stupid morning people! "..." CLICK!!! 1..2..3.. "Mommy, can I get up?" Either Ron told them or they figured it out after fourty times that you do NOT call me in the morning... especially before the sun is up! A bonus though... Ron is no longer an EXTREME morning person!!!


22. What is your shoe size? 6-7 wide-width, depending on the shoe. I have my fathers Fred Flintstone feet. (Thanks Dad)


23. Pets? No pets until the kids can clean up the poop and feed the critter. And no inside pets unless they are in a cage.


24. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? Burton just finished up his Wolf! I can see the tip of Breanna’s first tooth! Cameron ran and puked in the garbage can instead of on my couch last night! Oh wait this is supposed to be about me... um I don’t have grey hair yet! That is pretty darn exciting.


25. What did you want to be when you were little? An Interior Designer or an Architect... I used to watch This Old House when I was like 6 years old.


26. How are you today? Tired. Hungry. Tired. Cold. Did I mention I was Tired... Aunt Flow will be visiting soon so and she always makes me extra tired. TMI - I know.


27. What is your favorite flower? Daffodils, Lilac, Gerber Daisies, Lavender, Hyacinths, Magnolia, Hydrangeas, Tulips, Etc... I can’t pick just one, and I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a flower I didn’t like.


28. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? Halloween... Just a few more days.

29. What are you listening to right now? Nothing... I am at work and they don’t like my music choices. Oh wait the phone is ringing...

30. What was the last thing you ate? See #5. And it is way past lunch time so I better hustle through this and go eat something.

32. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Black, it is universal and essential

33. How is the weather right now? Sunny and slightly chilly.

34. Last person you spoke to on the phone? The nice girl from Freeway Propane calling to check on a propane tank and to apologize for her not so nice co-worker who got mad at me earlier.

35. Favorite soft drink? Pepsi, I prefer the Caffeine Free Pepsi so I don’t get addicted again and so that I am not up until the wee hours of the morning trying to get a couple hours sleep.

36. Favorite restaurant? Sushi Ya for sushi, Los Hermanos for mexican, ABC Mandarin for Chinese, Brick Oven for italian, Bombay House for indian, Carl’s Jr. for fast food burgers, Cold stone for a treat... it just depends on what I am in the mood for

37. Hair color? Brown.

38. What was your favorite toy as a child? Barbie! We had the works... three story house, spa tub, pink Corvette, Barbie and the rockers stage and all the friends to go with it, clothes and shoes and bags galore.

39. Summer or Winter? It’s a toss up, because fall and spring are my favorite seasons.

41. Chocolate or Vanilla? Chocolate, the darker the better! (Sorry Amy, I am stealing a bunch of your answers cuz they fit)

42. Coffee or tea? I miss drinking coffee, but now I drink some herbal teas or Hot chocolate.

43. Do you want your friends to email you back? Yes I always love comments and whatever from my friends... Heck I like it when I get comments from strangers.

44. When was the last time you cried? No crying, to girly... No really I am not a big crier so I have no idea when I cried last... probably when I was pregnant. I felt like crying when I locked myself out of my house last week... does that count?

45. What is under your bed? Slippers, dust, monsters, my step for exercising, weights, stretchy bands, and whatever Ron is hiding on his side

46. What did you do last night? Cleaned up a bit of Cameron’s spew that didn’t quite make the garbage, read scriptures, Put all the kidlets in bed, watched Amazing Race and some of those other shows that are embarrassing to mention.

47. What are you afraid of? Grasshoppers, Moths, Crickets. I totally freak in the presence of these stupid little bugs that cannot even hurt me. All I can do is run in the house when I see them. It is one of those stupid fears that make no sense to me. There is no reason for me to be scared of them.

48. Salty or sweet? Sweet I have to be in the mood for salty things but I can eat something sweet anytime.

49. How many keys on your key ring? Four... 2 car keys, 1 house key, 1 work key

50. How many years at your current job? I have been with the county for about 10 years and this particular job I have been doing for 4 years.

51. Favorite day of the week? Whatever day Ron has off.

52. Do you make friends easily? No. I wish I did, though.

53. How many people will you send this to? Whomever reads my blog.

54. How many people will reply? Not sure. I hope a lot! See #43

55. Do you like finding out all this stuff about your friends? Yes!