crazy eights?!? wooo hoo!

Okay people, this is it. The big time. I’ve been tagged for a meme. Thanks Jenny at Mommin’!

I’m a bit of a blogging newbie, so this is my first. And it couldn’t be more timely (since I’m on the non-mope-mobile). What a nice distraction.

It does force me to think though. Oh dear… right. More happy, less mopey. I think this will be my second bumper sticker/t-shirt empire, after i am so boring.

Okey dokey, here goes!

8 things i’m passionate about
1. scott
2. the baby
3. cooking
4. growing our own food
5. organic/earth-friendly/eco-everything
6. hot springs
7. prenatal exercise
8. writing

8 things i say often
1. i am so big and slow.
2. well, if you consider how much money your time and energy is worth, it’s not that expensive.
3. schnoodle
4. am i legitimately tired, or just lazy?
5. is salad, as a vegetable for dinner, okay with you?
6. is there anything good on the Tivo?
7. yes, cheese.
8. could you bag the dry goods separately from the refrigerated items? i have 36 stairs at home.

8 books i’ve recently read
1. blink (forgot to put that in the sidebar)
2. the birth book
3. water for elephants
4. eat pray love
5. ina may’s guide to childbirth
6. meditations for pregnancy
7. what to expect when you’re expecting
8. the panic free pregnancy

8 songs i could listen to over and over
1. anything off of Herbie Hancock’s Cantaloupe Island, especially the title track
2. still in the kitchen, jazz butcher
3. pour some sugar on me, def leppard
4. here’s to the losers, frank sinatra
5. if love is a red dress (then hang me in rags), maria mckee
6. two of us, the beatles
7. tom’s diner, suzanne vega/DNA version
8. don’t fence me in, talking heads version

8 things that attract me to my best friends
1. quirkiness
2. depth
3. heart
4. creativity
5. patience
6. intelligence
7. sensitivity
8. spirituality

8 things i’ve learned in the past year
1. i’m fertile.
2. sometimes i just have to show up for the thing i think i can’t do and see what happens.
3. i can join a gym and actually use the membership.
4. pregnancy is really good for my skin.
6. people will stay friends with me even if i am a hormonally-driven hell-witch-on-wheels for months at a time.
7. social networking on the web is surprisingly time consuming — and i never do enough of it.
8. i like to blog.

8 of my peeps I think should do crazy eights if they haven’t already
1. bedouina
2. berlin or bust
3. mixed nuts
4. an iowa mom
5. mayberry mom
6. daddy daze
7. kitchen fire
8. playgroups are no place for children