i've been tagged!

I was tagged by my cutie sister-in-law Lisa and I've never done this before, but it sounds fun, so here we go! Here are the rules:

A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B. Each player lists 6 facts/habits about themselves.
C. At the end of the post, the player then tags other people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

1. I love the written word, I love to read everything, books, magazines etc. I also have a book of great quotes that I keep close by for scrapbooking and card making. I also print them out and hang them all over the house. I really love having favorites printed in vinyl and hanging them around the house, my only dilema is to not have "over kill" and so I'm currently trying to select my favorite handful and this is a hard job. One of my favorite quotes ever is: Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same...Pearl S. Buck, who also just happens to be one of my favorite authors. I think I love this quote so much because it totally sums up my mothering, but I think I'm a little bit of both, kissing and scolding, and she's right, it's love either way.

2. I love having a clean house with everything put in it's spot but it takes a backseat on a regular basis to playing with Ethan, volunteering, homework, webelos, and life in general. I've tried over the last year, of people wanting to tour our new home, to let go of the feeling of dread when I see clutter. We live here after all, it's supposed to be a little cluttered right?

3. I began scrapbooking because I love photography and I thought it was a great way to showcase some of my favorite photographs. Ironically enough, I became a much better photographer from scrapbooking because I quickly learned that a page can only be as great as the photograph. I wish I had more time for scrapbooking, it's very theraputic for me, I think that's why I love to blog so much!

4. I love hearing my kids practicing their instraments, even if it is like pulling teeth to get them to practice in the first place! The other day I heard Taylor playing a Jack Johnson song and I thought someone left iTunes running! I was so excited when I realized it was him, all these years of $60 a month for guitar lessons are finally starting to pay off! Allie and Spencer are great pianists, I love listening to their progress and am always amazed and how great they are. Most of my spiritual experiences in life have been through music, it's a wonderful channel for the spirit to communicate to me.

5. I can mud! I didn't know this was a skill that I posessed until we bought this old house that has needed tons of work, including mudding in almost every room! Some rooms have needed it more than others but after about six rooms now, I am a highly skilled mudder! It's kind of fun too. Imagine that.

6. If it is not written down, then I can't remember it. I have been known to shout from the shower to the kids to write something on the grocery list, because I know that if I wait until after the shower, it will be gone from my memory. I have a great memory for memories though, I will tell a story about something I remember from when I was little and my mom will say, "wow, you were like two or three when that happened!" To be honest, I'll take the memories over the grocery list!

Ok, that's six, that was kind of hard! I'm going to tag Patsy, Kayleen and that's it, I don't really know anyone else who hasn't already been tagged recently!