Getting to know you (Part 1 of 3)

...getting to know all about you.... (Can you hear me singing?) 

 My Kickass, Coolass, Awesome Chick "Amber" over at Amber: Kickass Wife, Coolass Friend and All Around Awesome Chick (http://scrappinamber.blogspot.com/) has tagged me in a getting to know you post. Basically she's giving me 8 questions to answer, I then pass it along to some people with 8 new questions I create.

Note that she was tagged by another one of my Favorite bloggers, Sara, over at Welcome to Sara's Organized Chaos (http://strandupdate.blogspot.com/).  Check them both out, the blog often and are full of Sass and Spunk.   

So here are Sara's questions posed to Amber (that I thought I would answer these first as I'm still thinking of answers for Miss Amber's questions):


1. If you could spend the rest of your life doing only one thing, what would that be? Anything that involves creating something, i.e. scrapbooking, cards, painting, baking, blogging, paper crafts, etc.  These are the things that fill me with pure joy.

2. What is the best thing you can bake/cook?  I make a kiss-ass Chocolate-Chocolate Fudge with chocolate chip cake with Fudge frosting that is to die for.......but only if you love chocolate.

3. What household chore is your least favorite? Seriously?!  I don't like any household chore but my least favorite would be dusting........it is the most worthless chore that exists.  Dust today, returns within the hour cuz you just stir up the stuff in the air and it falls back onto every surface.  I vow to NOT DUST unless I have company coming.  So if you arrive unannounced at my house, do not comment on the state of my chaos.....I have better things to do than clean.

4. If you could bring three things to a deserted island, what would they be? Well this question doesn't say it has to be realistic so:

1)  a magic house with every possible luxury and necessity I could imagine

(food, clothes, A/C-cuz I think a deserted island would be hot, cook, maid, etc)

and replenishment of all items are automatic,

I don't have to lift a finger

2)  cool technology (cell phone, laptop, iPad, mp3, etc.)

3)  a man of my choosing that, of course, worships me

5. What's the next big thing you are thinking about splurging on? Well I don't have a next thing as I bought an iPad in April with my tax refund and it is AWESOME!  And... I have been thinking about buying a new vehicle and have had my 2004 Nissan Quest (a mom Van) in the shop twice recently as the transmission was slipping.  So I took the plunge last week and traded for a 2005 Honda Pilot......and it is Awesome! 

And the bonus to the vehicle splurge......my teenage boys think I'm cool.....cuz "a big white van is NOT COOL MOM"!! 

6. Post a current photo, if you wish to be elusive, an abstract of closeup will do just fine.

Yeah that's me sitting in traffic taking my own photo with my cell phone. 

I really am pathetic.  LOL

7. If you could have ANY pet EVER, what/who would it be? Realistically? I don't want any more pets, ever.  Unless there is a pet that will feed/water, walk/exercise itself, clean itself and all messes and is QUIET. Pets are too much work, it is like having another kid in the house.  Many years ago (when I was married) we had an indoor farm (my term for it) of 12 animals.....all of which needed continuous attention is some fashion.

5 Cats

(I like cats just fine but the amount of potty stuff they produce

and cleaning a litter box is downright NASTY, ugh!)2 Gerbils

3 Chincilla's

(Yes we did.  These are rodents that people used to make coats out of. 

They are very cute and soft but not meant for house roaming. 

They love to chew on wood, wires.....anything and like rabbits.......they poop alot!)

2 Dogs

(Both Rat Terriers who are "wound" like tazmanian devils but great with kids.)

(Cage cleaning is "gross", messy and bedding stinks unless emptied weekly,

which I was not fond of.)

AND we also had a 55 gal fresh water fish tank with lots of special fish

that I was NOT responsible for (thank heavens)

but took up a huge wall in one room.

Getting to Know You, Part 2 of 3 coming soon (Answers to the questions Amber posted)......to a blog near you.

Hugs, Erin

p.s. I have had my fill of pets. Last year we saved a pregnant 1 year old cat and things were fine until the babies left. She then proceeded to pee and poop on the living room carpet, NOT in her litter box. That cat cost me $584 in carpet replacement for the living room plus vets bills for shots, spay, etc. Probably around $1,000 total.  We have NO pets right now and I am GOOD with that.