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I feel really special, because abby tagged me and I had no idea until today, in order to further procrastinate on school work, I'm filling it out!

What were you doing ten years ago?

Ten years ago I was 14. I was just getting confirmed in my church, and for me, at the time it was a huge deal. I was so excited to be considered and "adult" in the church, and my parents had a big party for me, that my friends and I played spin the bottle at. This is my first thought, the confirmation, not the spin the bottle game, because this weekend our church will be confirming the 8th graders again. My confirmation was amazing, because it was the last one my old pastor did, and he had really watched us grow up and was so connected to our class because we were going to be his last. He picked passages that he thought really said something about who we were, and mine was something about being happy and smiling. I don't remember it, I don't remember what book it was from, I wish I did, but I remember when he read it, I just started crying. I've always said that I want him to be the pastor that marries me when I grow up and fall in love, because he baptized me, I received first communion from him, he confirmed me, and always encouraged me to keep doing whatever it was that made me happy.

Also when I was 14, I had an amazing group of friends, who all moved when we finished the 8th grade. I moved, but within town, and if someone didn't move, they went to private school. So it was an exciting summer for me because that was the last time I got to spend a lot of time with those kids. Everyone went their separate ways in high school. The best part of the summer was getting to spend a week with my friend Kristen in Jersey and PA with her family. She had moved to Cherry Hill (I think) and they had a summer house in PA. Definitely one of my favorite trips.

5 things on my to do list today:
1. Assignment 2
2. take a shower
3. not call my favorite gym teacher-cop even though I want to
4. change my fish's water
5. get ready for tonight...looking extra cute and party like a rockstar

**P.S. Abby, I loved how your list was the NBC Thursday Line Up! how about that office season finale! OMG...Dwangela!

5 snacks I enjoy:
1. Blue Corn chips and guacamole (mmmmmm.....i could go for it right now.)
2. wasabi peas
3. ice cream...does it count as a snack?
4. olives. no joke. love em.
5. marshmallows. fat free!

5 things I would do if I were a billionaire:
1. move out of my parents house into my own house, somewhere that I could have a small backyard, and a place to grow my own herbs, start a family (wait, i need a hubby to do that!) and have a dog.
2. pay off credit cards and student loan debt.
3. donate money to a music program in need.
4. build or buy a studio to teach from. I would have to work.
5. not worry about the little things I do.

5 bad habits:
1. smoking when I'm drinking. I've really cut back a ton, now its maybe a cigarette a week. Nothing like the two years in college I spent living off of nicotine and caffeine. (but I did weigh a beautiful 101 lbs then!)
2. worrying. all i do is worry and over think everything.
3. texting. constantly, i should just pick up the damn phone.
4. facebook. its addicting, and I use it as my best method of procrastination from school work.
5. getting to work late. its not like terribly late, but if I'm supposed to be there at 7:45, I'm there by 8. i'll have a hard time working for someone who actually cares about stuff like that.

5 places I have lived:
1. 7 Pine Street
This was my first house that my parents bought in 1980, and started our family in. When I was in 8th grade, my dad's midlife crisis was to move. It was a beautiful old colonial, with a front porch, a decent back yard. We had a great block filled with kids. The rooms were tiny, but mine connected to the attic, so I could hide up there whenever I wanted. I was the only person who used the upstairs bathroom, and the living room was comfortable.

2. Ann Street
Where I live now. A little bigger, but no basement (I really miss the basement), but we live on the water. It is really nice, we have a small boat that my dad can put around in, and our backyard is gorgeous. My room is nice sized, tucked away in the corner of the house. This house isn't cozy though. The upstairs is so open and my parents don't have anything on the walls. We've lived here for 10 years, and our walls are bare. It is a boring plain house.

Those are the only two houses I've lived in. I never went away to school. I have only traveled on vacation. I've never even lived with a boyfriend, stayed and played house....but not lived.

3. Last summer I house sat, so I guess that counts. I loved that house because it was perfect for summer and they had an amazing vegetable garden....mmmm....grilled zucchini and squash marinated in EVOO and rosemary.
4. ?
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5 jobs I have had:
1. Babysitting, from the time I was 12 until I was 20, I loved babysitting, and used to have so much fun entertaining kids and playing with barbies and watching movies.

2. Blockbuster was a ton of fun for a long time, and then my hiring manager left and we had a few decent managers and then one who drove me out. There were alot of crazy nights in that place, especially when my friends would come in and help clean up so I could leave early to go hang out. I worked there for 3 years. It was a lot of fun, and I made a ton of good friends.

3. Ann Taylor Loft...overpriced clothing that I had to sell to snooty women from the town. The best part of this job was meeting Marion, the worst was everything else, including the people who thought my future was nothing because I wasn't planning on staying there.

4. The Gap and Bath and Body works, I'm lumping these two together because they both drained my bank account, made me hate retail and loathe my managers. I had fallen when I was working at B&BW and of course when I came in and said I couldn't work because half of my mouth was missing they gave me crap. Gap...I had bronchitis 3 times in 2 months and they told me i called out too often (once is too often) and that I needed a doctor's note. I gave them my doctor's note by vomiting in their trash can behind the counter and walking out. Never showed up for my last day there.

5. Trinity...nothing left to say at this point. I'm just done already.

I want to know more about:
1. Trace (I know you've done these before, so its not a big deal!)
2. Glitter's mom
3. tbnegrl if you still stop by! hope the lil ones are well.
4. allison, because she was one of the first blogs I stumbled upon!
5. "Kelly Ephron" because I love how she blogs about spending money. and she's an amazing writer and actress!

thanks Abby!