Day 24

day 24- post your favorite quote or verse of scripture and why

I have many quotes that I say often--most are from some silly comedy movie that I've seen far too many times. Or, a lot also come from my favorite show, The Office. I was compelled to put my answer as "that's what she said" because it can be used in so many contexts, but I'll refrain.

Instead, I'm going with part of a speech. This speaker always talks with such dignity and grace. Words just flow out of his mouth like sweet, sweet molasses. He never stumbles, and always knows exactly what to say....

"There's an old saying in Tennessee -- I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee -- that says, fool me once, shame on --shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again."  --George W Bush.

ok, well, at least he's always good for a laugh.

Day 23

day 23- something you crave a lot

Mexican food

 I'm pretty sure that Mexican food is the most delicious food ever created. I would seriously have no problem eating it every day for a long time (at least I think I would be down for that). One of the best things about going to a Mexican restaurant are the chips and salsa--they are usually very tasty and always free -- I eat far too many, but still always manage to gobble my plate down too because it's oh so yummy. And I don't play favorites either--tacos, burritos, enchiladas, nachos, chimichangas--they're all welcome in my mouth. Oh, I just might have to go to El Jardin tonight.

Reese's Blizzard

What a better way to follow up a yummy Mexican dinner than with a Reese's peanut butter cup Blizzard?! Ice cream AND candy--you just can't go wrong there. mmmm

Day 22

day 22- what makes you different from everyone else

This is a toughy. I honestly don't really know what makes me different. The fact that I have twin boys makes me different from all of my friends. I'm the only one I know who has a set of twin boys. But that only sets me apart from the people I know, which probably isn't that many now that I live a life of a secluded mom. That's also too easy of a response, most likely.

So, what else can I say? I put on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse for the boys, but I'm the one who watches it.  I like to go to the beach, but I don't like to go in the ocean. I have a fear of seaweed touching my feet--if I get grazed by it I freak out and am done with my ocean experience. I eat far too much candy and ice cream despite the fact that my teeth are far from perfect. I suffer from what I like to call "itchy ear syndrome." Sometimes I scratch the inside of my ears so much that they are swollen the next day, which I know is no good, but I just can't help it--it feels so darn good. I think I would be addicted to getting tattoos, but I've never gotten one. I have extremely low self-esteem, although all the boys in my life seem to think differently of me.I wouldn't mind being girly, but I don't think I would be very good at it. I think I'll be happy wearing jeans and t-shirts my whole life. I married my best friend. My eyes sort of change color depending on what I'm wearing--they can either be greenish, bluish, or grayish. My fingernails grow really fast and are very strong, but I usually keep them pretty short. I have glasses that I barely ever wear, but secretly want to and can't make myself.....

I'm sure there's a million more things I could write, but that's all for now. I doubt there's anyone out there with all these same similarities and that is what makes me different from every one else!

Day 21

day 21-a picture of something that makes you happy

 I am feeling very compelled to put a picture of Greyson and Connor up, but every one obviously knows that they make me happy all the time. I also promised to be more creative than yesterday, so here we go.

Santa Cruz :)

Nathan and I go here at least once a year. Oddly enough, we don't really ride the rides.We love to just walk around, stare at the ocean, and go downtown in the evenings. Oh, and we enjoy the food. You gotta love all that deep-fried goodness! We went here for the first time together on his birthday (the first one we celebrated together as a couple 6 years ago) and it became a tradition. Sometimes we go near my birthday or at other random times since going in the middle of summer results in driving for 2 hours in stopped traffic just to find a parking spot at the Boardwalk. As long as there aren't a million people there, we love it!

Hopefully the babies won't change our tradition. But, how could they not love it here? I'm sure they'll be up for coming along on the trip whenever we go!

Day 20

day 20- write a letter to someone

Dear Blog,
I'm cheating and writing a letter to you. Truthfully, I had a very long day and am not in the blogging mood. I'm sure this is a blog no-no, but sometimes a mommy just needs a night off! I promise I will be more creative tomorrow-- and I honestly don't plan on cheating on any more of the 10 days I have left of this silly project (that I for some reason feel necessary to complete.) Good night, dear blog, I shall see you tomorrow.

Your Pal,
Lindsey :)

Day 19

day 19- write about a sweet memory from your past

As a child, my best friend (since I was three years old) was Jessica. Now, 22 years down the road we're still good friends... Anyways, on to the memory(memories)!

p.s. Jessica, don't hate me for these photos I'm about to post.

We used to hang out in my backyard a lot. Upon multiple occasions we would gather various items from around the yard and make up a pretend circus (at least I think it was a circus?). Our favorite things to include in the show were our wooden "horses." These horses were actually my dad's saw horses that he used for his projects, but Jessica and I would drag them out to the middle of the yard, hop on, and "ride" like the wind. I'm pretty sure we named them Brown Charlie and Red Charlie...Thinking back to it I'm sure my dad didn't appreciate us rocking out on his saw horses, but apparently we didn't think of that back then.

Here we are on the saw horses--I'm so pumped my mom actually had a picture of it!

We also used to bob for apples in a metal bucket on random hot days to cool off. I guess that's what kind of creative lengths kids without pools had to go to. But, sticking our heads in a nice cool tub felt pretty darn good at the time!

I also had this area in my backyard where we could dig (later my dad built an awesome clubhouse there). Spending multiple days we made a sweet fort out of dirt. It had built in couches and secret holes to stash our goodies. I'm pretty sure it was the coolest dirt fort ever created. At one point, possibly before the couches were carved out, we filled the huge hole up with water, threw some toys in and went fishing! I'm pretty sure we fished on several occasions.

Jessica and I still have fun together, but I miss all the silly things that we did as kids. Maybe we should bob for apples this summer, or take a ride on a piece of wood some day soon :)

Best buds as tom boys.

Homemade teeter totter! This is completely awful. Had to do it, sorry Jess.

Day 18

day 18- plans/dreams/goals you have

Plans-- First and foremost, I plan on taking a shower once I'm done with this. As far as plans for life, I don't really know. I plan on staying home with the boys as long as I can. I (mostly) love being with them all day long--to help them learn and watch them discover new things :) I'm also planning on growing my hair out. Lately I've been cutting it shorter and shorter, but I think I'm finally over that. I just have to push through my "awkward" length that I don't like and then hopefully get a longer length that I can do!

Dreams-- Everyone would love to win the lottery, and don't get me wrong, I'd gladly accept a winning ticket. However, I'm going to say that I want us to strike it rich by inventing some awesome thing and selling a bajillion of them. After this happens I would love to move out of the state and live in a heavily wooded area so my boys can explore the great wide open! I'm undecided on whether or not I'd like the boys to have a sibling, so maybe I'll leave that up to a higher power.

Goals--I would love to get motivated and lose at least 30 pounds. I'm not giving a date to do that by, but I want it to happen at some point. Um, other goals can be seen in my bucket list post. Other than those I'm fresh out of ideas!