Eight by Eight

I’ve been tagged… thanks, Sarah!

8 THINGS I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO:

1. Charlie's Baby shower this Saturday
   
2. Working on Charlie's baby album for the first time
   
3. The smell of port tenderloin simmering in the crock pot
   
4. Cleaning out the hall closet
   
5. Getting the monster TV out of our guest bedroom
   
6. Trying to make a serious attempt at cloth diapering Charlie
   
7. The month of July, and all of the visitors (Auntie Maggie, Auntie Molly...maybe Auntie Sherri??) it will bring!
   
8. Hearing Charlie laugh again (the first time was last night...SO dang cute!!)
   

8 THINGS I DID YESTERDAY:

1. Processed pictures
   
2. Had some quality time with Michael and baby...Daddy didn't have to work!
3. Organized Charlie's changing table
   
4. Went to Eastern to meet with fellow AEYC-EMU officers for next year. Got to see several school friends who hadn't met Charlie yet...lots of hugs and good feelings.
   
5. Ate some yummy frozen strawberries
   
6. Changed lots of diapers and made lots of bottles
   
7. Sealed a few more birth announcement envelopes
   
8. Read the blogs of my awesome blogger buddies
   

8 THINGS I WISH I COULD DO:

1. Bring Mum back so she could meet little Charlie
   
2. Get my hair cut
   
3. Know more about Charlie's birth family
   
4. Take a really hot shower with magic soap and wash about 40lbs off (good one, Sarah!!)
   
5. Find a way to have "a place for everything and everything in it's place" in our tiny, overflowing humble abode
   
6. Get paid for blogging (I like this one too, Sarah!)
   
7. Weed my garden and then never have to weed it again
   
8. Publish a book about adoption and our story
   

8 SHOWS I WATCH:

1. You might not
   
2. believe me, but
   
3. I really don't
   
4. watch very much TV
   
5. Desperate Housewives
   
6. Ashes to Ashes
   
7. Fringe
   
8. Breaking Bad
   

8 FAVORITE FOODS:

1. Anything Italian
   
2. Anything Mexican
   
3. Pomegranates
   
4. Almost all other fruit, esp. cantelope, pears, oranges, bananas
5. Whole tomatoes stuffed with tuna salad (yummy summer!)
   
6. Homemade Spaghetti with lots of fresh veggies
   
7. Homemade meatloaf
8. Tuna casserole = comfort food
   

8 PLACES I’VE TRAVELED:

1. Scotland
2. Toronto
3. Montana
4. Washington D.C. & Maryland
   
5. Myrtle Beach, S.C.
   
6. California
7. Florida
8. Tennessee

8 PLACES I’D LIKE TO TRAVEL:

1. All 50 states
2. New Zealand
   
3. Australia
4. Italy
5. Paris
6. Russia
7. Toronto (again)
   
8. Scotland (again)
   

8 PEOPLE I TAGGED:

1. Jessie at Picture of My World
2. Brooke at Dinkypops No More
3. Michelle at Bloggin' in Style
4. Jamie at On Wings of Hope
   
5. Alicia at Pieces of Me
   
6. Debbie at Always & Forever Family
   
7. Eileen at Waiting for Baby
   
8. Andi at The Many Faces of KJ