Laura Vegas

you all know i love to get tagged, right?!?! lol! well, kim and tracie both tagged me today … so i figure i’d better play along.

rules of the tag in simple terms? to list 7 things about yourself … tag 7 people and link their blogs … and then leave comments on their blog letting them know they’re tagged. easy enough!

1. i have this really weird thing about making noise at night. i am seriously quiet as a mouse at night after my girls go to bed. i will literally tip-toe around the house doing what i have to do … and believe me, i don’t do much. not sure what i’m afraid of … not like they’re babies that are harder to get to sleep if you wake them.
2. i use the baby monitor all the time! sure, while daycare babies are taking naps upstairs. but also while my girls sleep at night. lol! i’m just always worried that i won’t be able to hear them if something happens or they get sick or whatever. i think it goes back to about 5 years ago when alyssa got really sick … as in throwing up more than any kid should … all over her bed. and she actually got all the way downstairs before i heard her. i felt so bad.
3. i have been changing diapers for almost 12 straight years. i can’t even tell you how many different kids tushies i have wiped. and a huge amount of those have been boys. and yet … i have never been pee’d on. i’m not sure why i find this interesting enough to share with you … just something i think about time to time. lol!
4. even when i cook … i still like to do the dishes myself. it’s just faster. i know how to get them done and load the dishwasher to fit the maximum amount of dirty stuff. and i’m fast … 5 minutes tops.
5. one of my favorite chores on saturdays is to empty all the garbage cans … and do all the laundry. there’s just something to be said for emptying things out. collecting all the clothes from all the hampers … and getting them all cleaned and put away. love seeing empty garbage cans and hampers … makes me feel like i accomplished something huge!
6. i have a really hard time taking time to do something to treat myself. first off, i don’t have the money for it. but i actually have 2 gift certificates sitting in the drawer … one for a facial/massage and one for a pedicure. i’ve had them for months. and i want to use them … i just always have 5 million other things that i feel i "should" be doing.
7. it really bugs me when things are a little "off". like area rugs that aren’t quite centered or are crooked. if one slat on the window blinds is turned the opposite way. if a frame is hanging crooked on a wall. something turned just a little too much on a shelf. i fix stuff like that all the time. otherwise it’ll bug the daylights out of me.

and my lucky "taggies" … deneen, sara, carla, laura, nichol, erika, wendy, danni. i think that was 8 … i started going through some of my bookmarks and then didn’t want to leave anyone out. lol! if i didn’t list you … feel free to play along … i’d tag you all if i had more time. just to get even for the amount of times i’ve been tagged. lol!

for those of you on the edge of your seat wondering how my tax stuff went … it was good. i get worried sick every year. what with the daycare business stuff, joe’s umpiring stuff (which is now also a small business), and now my scrapping stuff (another small business since you can never have too many). way too much to keep track of really. but it all worked out … and there will be a nice refund heading into our account by next week. nice. too bad it’s already been spent … why is it we always have bills to pay with our refunds?!?! lol!

it still seems that i have one email stuck out in cyber-space … so if i owe you one, let me know. i’m totally caught up on emails as far as i can see. but that one lost one … that little red "1" is still taunting me … and it’s still bugging the daylights out of me. also, some of you have asked about my camera and what settings and stuff i use. so i plan on posting a bunch of my info for you on my blog tomorrow. i will give you my secrets for whatever they’re worth!