I've been tagged...

7 Things I want to do before I die

1) Get organized
2) Attain my bachelor's degree
3) Publish a book
4) Write my life's history
5) Speak Spanish fluently
6) Live in South America
7) Visit some of the places of my dreams -- Italy, New Zealand, and the British Isles are on my list

7 Things I cannot do
1) Make a decent pie crust (still trying, though!)
2) Enjoy salmon (Erik's still in denial about it)
3) Blow a snot rocket, much as I'd like to (.....uh...just kidding)
4) Keep the map of Atlanta straight in my head
5) Navigate malls -- so I just avoid them
6) The split
7) Understand physics

7 Things that attracted me to my spouse

1) His maturity, as unromantic as that sounds
2) The "Latino" in him--that is, he speaks Spanish, which is a language I love, and he wooed me with Spanish love songs (that is, we listened to them in his car). He can also dance like a Latino. Very attractive, in my opinion. Wish it would rub off on me.
3) He is handsome and athletic.
4) His potential to make lots of money. No, just kidding. I was impressed that he was in medical school, though, which showed he was hard working and would be able to provide for a family. Most of all, I appreciated the fact that he wanted to have a family.
5) Those sexy Express jeans. I mean....he dresses very nicely. (thanks to the women in his life who have good taste! Wink, wink, Cindy and Grandma H...)
6) His intelligence
7) I've always known that he loves the Lord and tries to do what's right.

7 TV shows I love
I don't watch any tv shows, so we'll change this to "7 Books I love."
1) The Chronicles of Narnia
2) Anne of Green Gables series
3) David Copperfield
4) Harry Potter series
5) Pride and Prejudice and anything else by Jane Austen
6) Go Forward with Faith - the biography of Gordon B. Hinckley
7) Little Women

7 Sites I visit every day
I don't do much on the computer except check email, submit homework assignments, work on the blog and look at other people's blogs. Not very interesting.

7 Movies I could watch over and over
1) It's a Wonderful Life
2) Anne of Green Gables/Anne of Avonlea
3) Pride and Prejudice, A&E version (maybe not over and over-- 5 1/2 hours is a long time)
4) Little Women
5) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence
6) A Little Princess
7) Willow

7 Things I look forward to every day

1) Abigail waking up...and Abigail going down for a nap (What? Doesn't that make sense?)
2) Watching Abigail explore the world and blow me away with everything she learns
3) Having quiet time to myself so I can read and do homework or projects
4) Getting the mail!
5) Hearing the key in the door--meaning Erik's home!
6) Making dinner for my family and eating together
7) Reading with Erik before we go to bed

British Humor

I was walking into Target this morning when two guys ahead of me tossed the remnants of their fast food breakfast into the garbage can. I started thinking about the sad state of the typical American diet these days, and I was reminded of a conversation I had the other day with my sister-in-law, Shannyn. She was over at her parents' house recently while they were hosting some friends from England. They were all sitting down at breakfast when one of their guests (I can't remember her name, so we'll have to make up one for her. How about Gwyneth?) asked if they had any "proper milk." (Now be sure to pronounce that with a British accent) Shannyn's family all looked around at each other, a little confused as to why the gallon of 1 % on the table wasn't "proper" enough for her.

"I thought I saw some proper milk in the fridge earlier," Gwyneth insisted.

Then Shannyn finally realized that she must be referring to her two-year-old son's whole milk. When she related this to Gwyneth, the latter didn't understand why everyone else didn't drink the "proper" milk too. Shannyn patiently explained that most people in the US don't like to drink whole milk because of the fat content. Gwyneth's eyebrows came together at this.

"Yes....but you people eat so many cheeseburgers!"

Now there's something to ponder.