100 things I might of done....

I got this off my friend Beth's blog. I've done the things in BOLD print

1. Started your own blog

2. Slept under the stars

3. Played in a band

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you could to a charity - I've given a lot, but never more than I could.

7. Been to Disneyland (5 times)

8. Climbed a mountain

9. Held a praying mantis

10. Sang a solo

11. OH WHERE OH WHERE IS NUMBER ELEVEN??

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty

18. Grown your own vegetables

19. Seen the Mona Lisa

20. Traveled by Train

21. Had a pillow fight

22. Hitchhiked

23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill

24. Built a snow fort

25. Held a lamb

26. Gone skinny dipping

27. Run a marathon

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice

29. Seen a total eclipse (solar)

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset

31. Hit a home run

32. Been on a cruise

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community

36. Taught yourself a new language

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied - I don't need money to be truly satisfied, but yes... we're comfortable.

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing

40. Seen Michelangelo's David

41. Sung Karaoke

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant

44. Visited Africa

45. Walked on the beach in the moonlight

46. Been transported in an ambulance

47. Had your portrait painted

48. Gone deep sea fishing

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person

50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling

52. Kissed in the rain

53. Played in the mud

54. Number 54 ran off with number 11

55. Been in a movie

56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business

58. Taken a martial arts class

59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen

61. Sold Girl Scout cookies

62. Gone whale watching

63. Got flowers for no reason

64. MISSING

65. MISSING

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp

67. Bounced a check

68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eaten caviar

72. Pieced a quilt

73. Stood in Times Square

74. Toured the Everglades

75. Been fired from a job (Once only, and I hated the job, so it was a good thing)

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London

77. Broken a bone (two at once actually)

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person

80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the newspaper

85. Read the entire Bible

86. Visited the White House

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating

88. Had chicken pox

89. Saved someone's life

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous

92. Joined a book club

93. Lost a loved one

94. Had a baby (tiwce)

95. Seen the Alamo in person

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a lawsuit (Only as the person who was suing someone else)

98. Owned a cell phone

99. Been stung by a bee

100. Read an entire book in a day

Happy 13th Birthday Savannah!

Today my first born child turns 13, she is officially a teenager! I can't believe it! She has grown from an 11lb. 2oz. chubby baby into a beautiful young lady!

Happy Birthday Savannah! Love ya tons!

2 1/2 months old



13 years old

Friday Fill Ins

1. Why do we have to read things into things that people do for us, that are really just nice gestures?



2. Asking Dominick if he brushed his teeth and but on deodorant are now habits.



3. I have a great feelings about Portland getting a MLS team!!



4. I had never heard the phrase " You can't pull a refried bean over my head" and it _could only be made up by me.



5. I will do it all by mysself, the way I always do.



6. How was I to know that we (Aaron, Savannah & I) already need to be thinking about career choices, SAT's, PSAT's, scholarships, and college stuff.



7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to __going tanning (I know don't lecture me about the horrible things about it, I am an adult and will do as I please) and having the house totally clean for tomorrows party, tomorrow my plans include having 12 teenage girls, and two boys over for Savannah's 13th birthday and Sunday, I want to go shopping in Eugene with Amanda and eat at Chili's!

Another questionare...

Borrowed from Melissa's blog...........This is kind of like the 25 things - except they are pre-decided questions and it's about you and your spouse, not just you.

♥ What are your middle names? Joseph and Ann

♥ How long have you been together? Together 23 years

♥ How long did you know each other before you started dating? 1 second

♥ Who asked who out? He asked me to dance, and we have been together every since

♥ How old are each of you? He is 40, I am 39

♥ Whose siblings do/did you see the most? His

♥ Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple? Parenting

♥ Did you go to the same school? Yes, for high school

♥ Are you from the same home town? Yes

♥ Who is the smartest? Book smart him, common sense smart me

♥ Who is the most sensitive? Me

♥ Where do you eat out most as a couple? Totally varies each time

♥ Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple? Mexico

♥ Who has the craziest exes? Probably me, but have not seen him since high school years

♥ Who has the worst temper? Me

♥ Who does the cooking? I cook, he grills

♥ Who is more social? Totally me!

♥ Who is the neat-freak? Me again

♥ Who is the more stubborn? Me again

♥ Who hogs the bed? Himand the blankets too

♥ Who wakes up earlier? He does, because it takes him longer to get ready in the AM....don't ask

♥ Where was your first date? Movie theather in Albany (saw Pretty in Pink)

♥ Who has the bigger family? He does

♥ Do you get flowers often? HA HA HA No!

♥ How do you spend the holidays? With family

♥ Who is more jealous? Neither

♥ How long did it take to get serious? Day one

♥ Who does/did the laundry? I do

♥ Who’s better with the computer? Depends on what is being done to it

♥ Who drives when you are together? I do

♥ When was your "engagement" anniversary?: May 5, 1987 (the day we got our rings, he never really proposed, we just picked out rings, ordered them, and this is the day he gave it to me)

♥ When is your "marriage" anniversary?: September 8, 1990

♥ How long have you known your spouse? 23 years and 1 day

♥ How long did you date before you were engaged?: From March 17th, 1986 to May 5th 1987....so 1 year, 1 month and 18 days

♥ Where did you meet your spouse for the first time? High school dance

♥ What is your spouse's full name? Aaron Joseph Crittenden

♥ Do you have any children yet? Yes

♥ How many? 2 Savannah & Dominick

♥ Do you have any pets? Yes Dog: Scarlett, Cats: Silvan and Daisy

♥ Do you own a house or rent? Technically the bank owns it, but we are purchasing it month by month :)

♥ Do you live in the country or town/city? Hmmm......not town but not country really

♥ What is one of your favorite activities together? Vacationing

♥ Do you have a favorite vacation spot? The Oreogn coast

♥ How many siblings (including in-laws) do you have?: I have 1 siblings, Aaron has 2.... so I have 2 BILs and 1 SIL, he has 1 BIL and 1 SIL (if you don't count ex's)

♥ What church do you attend? None

♥ Is this the church you were married in? No

♥ What town is your current address at? Albany, OR (Technially Millersburg but we dont have a zip code here)

♥ Do you work or stay at home? I work at home

♥ Where did you go on your honeymoon? Disneyland baby!!

♥ Leave a piece of advice for the other couples? Be respectful, never call names, communicate well, be each others best friend and all will be grand!

Friday Fill Ins (on Thursday night)

1. When I look to the left, I see Dominick in the office area, playing some game on the computer.

2. Hmmm, this is a tough one, maybe our bedroom, is the room that has the best view in my home. (But I really want to relandscape it next spring)

3. Let it work on our attitudes please!

4. Dirty deeds done dirt cheap! (What else could it be ??)

5. Ensuring a strong future is a responsibility that all qualified citizens must share.

6. If you have any not nice things to say, feel free keep them to yourself.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to watching Savannah compete at the Emerald Cup, tomorrow my plans include dinner and a movie with Amanda at this great place that serves adult drinks during the movie :) and Sunday, I want to relax with my family!

Wacky Monday

Last night Dominick complained at dinner his tummy hurt, sent him to lay down, fell asleep, woke up at 11m, running to the bathroom to throw up, continued until 4am, he is now sleeping.....really bad part of it is that today was the first day of SPRING soccer practice, and now he is not going. Also he had an appointment to get his implement and first part of his braces on, well they don't want any where near his mouth, not that I blame him.

AND it is SNOWING! Yes, big white flakes, sticking to everything. Does mother nature know what in the heck she is doing, the crocus and daffodils are blooming, and it looks like December out there.

What else can strange happen today??

Random Thoughts

1. How old do you look?
Probably my age........dark circles and crapy sleep habits dont help

2. Where do you live?
Oregon

3. Are you waiting for something?
The dryer to get done, so I can put another load in........sad isn't it

4. What’s one pet peeve of yours that is not common?
My food items can not touch each other

5. Do you want/have kids?
Have two, want them very much so!

6. Have you ever thought about converting your religion?
What?? From nothing to something? No

7. Last shocking news you heard?
That someone was expecting a baby....'

8. What was the last thing you drank?
7-up

9. Who do you most look like in your family?
No one, I always thought I was adopted.

10. If you could have something right now, anything, what would it be?
To have Savannah stop stop struggling on the bars.

11. Where does most of your family live?
Arizona

12. Where did you grow up?
Lebanon Oregon

13. Where do you want to go on vacation?
Considering that we have had snow, rain and hail today, some place warm and tropical would be a great vacation!

14. Have you ever had a panic attack?
Only once

15. What can’t you wait for?
My 40th birthday this summer!

16. When’s the last time you told someone you loved him or her and meant it?
This morning

17. Have your parents ever smoked pot?
I don't know and I am not asking

18. Want someone back in your life?
Not really

19. What do you order at the bar?
Midori sour or Long Island Icetea

20. When was the last time you cried really, really hard?
After I got home from the emergency room with Savannah

21. Ever licked someone’s cheek?
I don't remember doing so

22. What is your favorite thing to eat with peanut butter?
Bananas

23. Where were you on July 4th, 2008?
My in-laws with Carey and family

24. What are your nicknames?
Mom, mother, mommy

25. If you could go back in time, how far back would you go?
I wish that I could rememeber enough about my past to remember if I would go back.

Friday fill-ins

1. Puppy sitting for a friend was my last random act of kindness. (though it was so so so much fun!)



2. Another place and things might of been differnt.



3. Truth matters in matters of the heart.



4. Coffee, tea or water please!



5. It is sad when friends take separate paths.



6. Our memories reminds me that there is happiness and a reason to live.



7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to Savannah kicking some ass at her meet (yes Friday at 12:30, who knows what they were thinking!), watch Dominick's last baskeball game, and go to the late movie with Amanda... tomorrow my plans include cleaning house and catching up on household chores and Sunday, I want to go shopping with Ang and have a wonderful day!

Friday Fill-In's

1. I'm happy, I'm in love, I have a wonderful family.

2. Why do I have a slow metabolism and not a fast one.

3. How does this thing called life work, anyway?

4. Every morning, I put Burt's Bees Naturally Ageless Line Diminishing Day Lotion on my face.

5. I consider myself lucky because I am married to the best man in the whole wide world.

6. One day we’ll see racism be a thing of the past.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to attending Dominick's basketball game, tomorrow my plans include _attending another basketball game, grocery shop, and then go to see the Knights of the Rhelm with Aaron, Dominick, his friend, and Sunday, I want to to do nothing that requires me to leave the house!

Trip to Idaho

Savannah has a meet this past weekend in Coeur d'alene Idaho. We packed up the car and left here at 6:30am, on Friday morning, pickup Cydnee at 7am, in Salem, (her parents could not go so I was her mom for the weekend) and picked up Dani and Carrie at 7:15am. Then we hit the road. We only stopped 2 times on the way there (7+ hours) and the girls did great! Loud but great! :)

Friday night the girls swam and ran around checking out the hotel, and to see who else was there (some how I forgot my camera everytime we went to the pool, must of been the wine :) ) Oh and 5 women/teens in one hotel room made for some intresting bathroom issues. Everyone wanted

to be in the shower at once, so this is how we solved it......

On Saturday we drove into Mead, WA to a place called Cat Tales and the girls got a behind the scenes tour and got to feed the cats. It was amazing!

The girls all competed on Sunday at 7:30am (yes, an awful time, ask Cyd, she was so NOT happy about it). Savannah did her backhand spring on the beam for the 1st time during competition, and I am sooooo proud of her. She has been really struggling with this element! Then we went back to the hotel to pack up and hit the road finally about 2pm on Sunday. I pulled into our driveway at 9:30pm, driving 1009.1 miles! WILD TRIP but a blast!!

Manic Monday

Of all your favorite foods, which one would you find the most difficult to give up for the rest of your life? Salads, stange but true. Other things come and go but daily I eat a salad, sometimes as the main course, sometimes as a side dish.

Which month of the year do you thing best describes your personality? June probably. Sunny, warm, fun, relaxing....

If you could be a contestant on any game show, past or present, which show would you pick? Wheel of Fortune, becuase I rock at it. I love to guess the puzzles before anyone else in our house can do it!

Friday Fill-In's

1. It seems like my world is spinning out of control.

2. Please put the toilet seat down when you're done, please?

3. If I thought you cared I'd care!

4. How happy my life is what I think of most when I think of you.

5. To me, Valentine's Day means not a lot, we don't celebrate it.

6. Courage gives me strength.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to making Savannah feel better, tomorrow my plans include watching Dominick's basketball game and Sunday, I want to relax and take care of my family!

Poor Savannah

Last night I went to the gym to pick Savannah and the other girls up. When got there, about an hour early to watch practice, she was curled up in a ball on the floor. I went to talk to her, she said her head hurt really bad. She had taken some Advil, but it was not helping. she went to walk into the office area where it would be quieter, and ended up running outside to throw up.

Called our friend Brooke, a nurse, and she recommended at trip to the ER. So off we went, Savannah with her head in a bucket, and in pain. Me driving as fast as I could from Salem to Albany to get her to Dr. Vanashe (seen him a few other times in the ER, and love his way of practicing medicine).

Got her there, still throwing up and in major pain, got her a CT scan, had to wait for medicine until they got the results. It came back normal, so they gave her a shot, but she was still throwing up so they gave her something for that. Finally left there around midnight.

She is home still, no school for her, though she was not happy about that. Hopefully when she wakes up she will feel better.

Dr. wants us to get her in for a check up, and keep an eye on her.

I am exhausted both mentally and emotionally. Along with sleep deprived, as I spent most of the AM worrying, and checking on her.

As I deal with migraines frequently, I feel so sorry for her. Dr thought that she was young to be having one. But she had a emotional day at school (girls are well....girls at this age). Plus she had been burning the candle at both ends for months now between school, gym, friends and babysitting. Glad we dont have a meet this weekend, she can just relax.

If you are inclined please send good thoughts and prayers her way.

I've been tagged.......

Aww the fun little blog games. I like to read what everyone does with these but I have never been tagged before. This time Cali thought of me. You can find her blog HERE.





The rules of the game find the sixth picture in the sixth album on my computer. So here it is....
The title of this folder is "Rascal Flatts 2007" It is a picture of one of my best friends, Amanda, and I just before we headed to the Rose Quarter Arena to see Jason Aldean (opener) and Rascal Flatts. It was my first concert, yes, I know a sheltered childhood, and it was so good!

so I tag..........

NADYA

CHRISTY

CARRIE

KAREN

BRYNN

Friday Fill-In's

1. Please don't tell a lie.

2. Can you please just let me cuddle with my husband for a little while longer in the morning?

3. The color of your eyes makes me want to melt!

4. I have a craving for a girls night out with my bestest friends!

5. If my life had a pause button, I'd pause it on those moments you just want to last forever.

6. Eyes are the full of the truth.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to driving to Eugene to pick up Kelsey, tomorrow my plans include volunteering 2 sessions at a gymnastics meet, then watching Savannah compete at 4pm and Sunday, I want to relax but I will be back the the meet for 2 more sessions, then off to Meghan's 3rd birthday party!

Friday Fill-In's

1. I'd really like my children right now.

2. CRAP! is the word you'd most often hear me say if I stubbed my toe.

3. Possession is 9/10's of the law.

4. Why would anyone like to watch Captain Jack Sparrow.

5. Marshmallows and fire go together like wine and me.

6. It just keeps going on and on.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to wathcing Dominick play basketball for the first time this season (I missed the 2 first games because of out of state gymanstics meets), tomorrow my plans include picking Savannah up at Colette's, watching Dominick play another baskeball game, and going to my in-law's to celebrate Shawn's birthday and Sunday, I want to go to Costco, clean my house, and relax!

Random thoughts

If you can't say it in front of their face, DONT!

I love my husband.

Choose JOY!

Italy is too far away!

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Friendships take work, and it is sad when they fall by the wayside.

I am very proud of my children.

Life moves too fast.

I miss my family being close by

I never knew being a parent could be so hard, or so wonderful!

Thats all.......

Friday Fill-In's

1. Oh, I am so excited for our summer plans!

2. _____ changes, big and little.

3. During the kid's naptime, I enjoy the peace and quiet.

4. No way; are you kidding me???

5. Right now I'd like to be asleep, as it is only 6:24am.

6. My cell phone is my favorite gadget.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to watching Savannah compete, tomorrow my plans include a long ass drive to Washington again, and staying at the Great Wolf Lodge, watching the kids play at the waterpark (IN THE HOTEL, too cool) and Sunday, I want to watch the Athletic Edge girls kick some butt at their gymnastics meet!

Friday Fill-In's

1. Enough with the cold weather and crappy economy!

2. Life causes me to be conflicted.

3. I've been craving licorice ice cream!

4. Dominick makes me laugh.

5. I wish I could go to someplace warm like Hawaii next week.

6. Quitting daycare has been on my mind lately.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to not working, tomorrow my plans include getting up early and watching Savannah compete, then driving home from Lynnwood, WA and Sunday, I want to get caught up on laundry and housework!

Holy cow!!

Dominick has been complaining that he needed new shoes. So last night while I was gone to a class Aaron took him shoe shopping. Now normally I would NEVER allow Aaron to do that. BUT Dominick knew exactly what shoes he wanted, and they were 60% off, so off they went.

Now let me first say that his old shoes were size 8.5 in mens. He is only 11 (just turned in Dec) and his father only wears a size 10.5.

When I got home and I asked if he got shoes, this is what he showed me...............

S I Z E 10!

I can not belive that he is not almost as big as Aaron. And that his shoes were a size and a half too small. What a horrible mom!

I think that I better start saving money to pay for all the food that kid is going to put away when he finally becomes a teenager!!