{tagged by elan}

The rules:
Tell 10 interesting/weird things about you.
When you are done assign 3 others the same task.

1. I served a Spanish- speaking mission for 20 months in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was the hardest, most wonderful thing I’ve ever done.

2. I’ve lived in England for several years as a nanny (and for fun)

This pic is so old. You can’t even tell but I’m sitting in front of St Paul’s Cathedral. (Thank goodness for the bright yellow coat, huh?)

This is a picture of my first attempt at scrap booking. Not so pretty but very happy.

A more recent picture of me in Oxford. Natalia and I walked and walked all day. I love Oxford.

3. I’ve been a nanny for the best kids. I’ve been so lucky. ♥

I look nuts but the kids are cute! This what happens when you’re holding a sleeping baby and need to keep two other kids entertained. (this works for about 45 seconds.)

Avery is the only cute thing in this picture!

The first kids I nannied for. Ayo (the tallest) was 3 years old! I’m leaning with happiness.

4. I love shopping… and I’m very good at it.

My favorite places to shop are:
Target
Anthropologie
Backdoor Boardshop
Pier 1
Free People
American Apparel
The LA Farmer’s Market
The Gap
Ebay

5. I am the oldest of 3 children.

I really need to get some more current pictures!

6. I love to cook. I have a bunch of amazing recipes from my mission for food from the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mexico, Columbia, and Ecuador. I’ve discovered that loving to cook and being able to cook, do not always go hand in hand. But I’m really good at making cupcakes.

7. I am scared terrified of heights! I can’t even watch some standing on the edge of a building, or a mountain on TV without my heart beating faster. I really think it’s getting worse as I’m getting older.

8. I love music. I love finding new music. I sort of hate it when Apple takes music I love for a commercial, which they seem to be doing more and more often. (and yet I still love Macs.) I like a little bit of everything but especially classic rock. My current favorite is Bethany (Joy Lenz) Galeotti. Her voice is amazing and soulful. You need to listen. I’ll happily share.

9. I love to read… pretty much everything including Harry Potter, poetry, the NY Times, the scriptures, biographies… pretty much everything.

10. I have always wanted to live in Australia (at least for a little while). It’s definitely on my list of things to do… maybe as a nanny???

I also make very long lists. Oh well, it was fun! I tag: Megan, Chelsea and Billie.

{tagged by elan}

The rules:
Tell 10 interesting/weird things about you.
When you are done assign 3 others the same task.

1. I served a Spanish- speaking mission for 20 months in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was the hardest, most wonderful thing I’ve ever done.

2. I’ve lived in England for several years as a nanny (and for fun)

This pic is so old. You can’t even tell but I’m sitting in front of St Paul’s Cathedral. (Thank goodness for the bright yellow coat, huh?)

This is a picture of my first attempt at scrap booking. Not so pretty but very happy.

A more recent picture of me in Oxford. Natalia and I walked and walked all day. I love Oxford.

3. I’ve been a nanny for the best kids. I’ve been so lucky. ♥

I look nuts but the kids are cute! This what happens when you’re holding a sleeping baby and need to keep two other kids entertained. (this works for about 45 seconds.)

Avery is the only cute thing in this picture!

The first kids I nannied for. Ayo (the tallest) was 3 years old! I’m leaning with happiness.

4. I love shopping… and I’m very good at it.

My favorite places to shop are:
Target
Anthropologie
Backdoor Boardshop
Pier 1
Free People
American Apparel
The LA Farmer’s Market
The Gap
Ebay

5. I am the oldest of 3 children.

I really need to get some more current pictures!

6. I love to cook. I have a bunch of amazing recipes from my mission for food from the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mexico, Columbia, and Ecuador. I’ve discovered that loving to cook and being able to cook, do not always go hand in hand. But I’m really good at making cupcakes.

7. I am scared terrified of heights! I can’t even watch some standing on the edge of a building, or a mountain on TV without my heart beating faster. I really think it’s getting worse as I’m getting older.

8. I love music. I love finding new music. I sort of hate it when Apple takes music I love for a commercial, which they seem to be doing more and more often. (and yet I still love Macs.) I like a little bit of everything but especially classic rock. My current favorite is Bethany (Joy Lenz) Galeotti. Her voice is amazing and soulful. You need to listen. I’ll happily share.

9. I love to read… pretty much everything including Harry Potter, poetry, the NY Times, the scriptures, biographies… pretty much everything.

10. I have always wanted to live in Australia (at least for a little while). It’s definitely on my list of things to do… maybe as a nanny???

I also make very long lists. Oh well, it was fun! I tag: Megan, Chelsea and Billie.

{tagged by elan}

The rules:
Tell 10 interesting/weird things about you.
When you are done assign 3 others the same task.

1. I served a Spanish- speaking mission for 20 months in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was the hardest, most wonderful thing I’ve ever done.

2. I’ve lived in England for several years as a nanny (and for fun)

This pic is so old. You can’t even tell but I’m sitting in front of St Paul’s Cathedral. (Thank goodness for the bright yellow coat, huh?)

This is a picture of my first attempt at scrap booking. Not so pretty but very happy.

A more recent picture of me in Oxford. Natalia and I walked and walked all day. I love Oxford.

3. I’ve been a nanny for the best kids. I’ve been so lucky. ♥

I look nuts but the kids are cute! This what happens when you’re holding a sleeping baby and need to keep two other kids entertained. (this works for about 45 seconds.)

Avery is the only cute thing in this picture!

The first kids I nannied for. Ayo (the tallest) was 3 years old! I’m leaning with happiness.

4. I love shopping… and I’m very good at it.

My favorite places to shop are:
Target
Anthropologie
Backdoor Boardshop
Pier 1
Free People
American Apparel
The LA Farmer’s Market
The Gap
Ebay

5. I am the oldest of 3 children.

I really need to get some more current pictures!

6. I love to cook. I have a bunch of amazing recipes from my mission for food from the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mexico, Columbia, and Ecuador. I’ve discovered that loving to cook and being able to cook, do not always go hand in hand. But I’m really good at making cupcakes.

7. I am scared terrified of heights! I can’t even watch some standing on the edge of a building, or a mountain on TV without my heart beating faster. I really think it’s getting worse as I’m getting older.

8. I love music. I love finding new music. I sort of hate it when Apple takes music I love for a commercial, which they seem to be doing more and more often. (and yet I still love Macs.) I like a little bit of everything but especially classic rock. My current favorite is Bethany (Joy Lenz) Galeotti. Her voice is amazing and soulful. You need to listen. I’ll happily share.

9. I love to read… pretty much everything including Harry Potter, poetry, the NY Times, the scriptures, biographies… pretty much everything.

10. I have always wanted to live in Australia (at least for a little while). It’s definitely on my list of things to do… maybe as a nanny???

I also make very long lists. Oh well, it was fun! I tag: Megan, Chelsea and Billie.

birthdays + family = ♥

My cousin Deana came down for a few days with her kids for her birthday. (Matt was working) I just love her and think she’s amazing! She’s like super mom. No joke. And she has the best, cutest kids. Maxtin is 2 and a half and Paisley is 11 months old. Max loves to share and is such a good big brother. And Paisley is just full of smiles and a little bit of drool. The cutest thing is when Deana and Max were on the phone with Matt, Paisley would hold her hand up to her ear and just shriek with glee.

HAPPY BiRTHDAY
Deana!

birthdays + family = ♥

My cousin Deana came down for a few days with her kids for her birthday. (Matt was working) I just love her and think she’s amazing! She’s like super mom. No joke. And she has the best, cutest kids. Maxtin is 2 and a half and Paisley is 11 months old. Max loves to share and is such a good big brother. And Paisley is just full of smiles and a little bit of drool. The cutest thing is when Deana and Max were on the phone with Matt, Paisley would hold her hand up to her ear and just shriek with glee.

HAPPY BiRTHDAY
Deana!

birthdays + family = ♥

My cousin Deana came down for a few days with her kids for her birthday. (Matt was working) I just love her and think she’s amazing! She’s like super mom. No joke. And she has the best, cutest kids. Maxtin is 2 and a half and Paisley is 11 months old. Max loves to share and is such a good big brother. And Paisley is just full of smiles and a little bit of drool. The cutest thing is when Deana and Max were on the phone with Matt, Paisley would hold her hand up to her ear and just shriek with glee.

HAPPY BiRTHDAY
Deana!

birthdays + family = ♥

My cousin Deana came down for a few days with her kids for her birthday. (Matt was working) I just love her and think she’s amazing! She’s like super mom. No joke. And she has the best, cutest kids. Maxtin is 2 and a half and Paisley is 11 months old. Max loves to share and is such a good big brother. And Paisley is just full of smiles and a little bit of drool. The cutest thing is when Deana and Max were on the phone with Matt, Paisley would hold her hand up to her ear and just shriek with glee.

HAPPY BiRTHDAY
Deana!

“So this morning I didn’t have a boyfriend, and so far today I’ve been dumped twice.”

I love it when quotes from FRIENDS apply to my life. This was a conversation I had with a customer at work yesterday:

Me (answering the phone): This is Vanessa.

Customer (whose name I never did figure out): Vanessa, I’ve changed my mind.

Me (sometimes I like to play along with our nutty patrons): Really? About what?

Him: I don’t know how to tell you this…

Me: Uh oh, sounds bad.

Him: Well, I’ve decided that I don’t want to marry you.

Me: What? You don’t? Oh no.

Him (trying to control a small fit of old man chuckles): I hope we can still be friends.

Me: I guess so.

Him: But the other reason I called… blah blah work stuff.

So I guess I only got dumped once. Does this make me negative single? Extra single? Either way, you have to love old people.

“So this morning I didn’t have a boyfriend, and so far today I’ve been dumped twice.”

I love it when quotes from FRIENDS apply to my life. This was a conversation I had with a customer at work yesterday:

Me (answering the phone): This is Vanessa.

Customer (whose name I never did figure out): Vanessa, I’ve changed my mind.

Me (sometimes I like to play along with our nutty patrons): Really? About what?

Him: I don’t know how to tell you this…

Me: Uh oh, sounds bad.

Him: Well, I’ve decided that I don’t want to marry you.

Me: What? You don’t? Oh no.

Him (trying to control a small fit of old man chuckles): I hope we can still be friends.

Me: I guess so.

Him: But the other reason I called… blah blah work stuff.

So I guess I only got dumped once. Does this make me negative single? Extra single? Either way, you have to love old people.

“So this morning I didn’t have a boyfriend, and so far today I’ve been dumped twice.”

I love it when quotes from FRIENDS apply to my life. This was a conversation I had with a customer at work yesterday:

Me (answering the phone): This is Vanessa.

Customer (whose name I never did figure out): Vanessa, I’ve changed my mind.

Me (sometimes I like to play along with our nutty patrons): Really? About what?

Him: I don’t know how to tell you this…

Me: Uh oh, sounds bad.

Him: Well, I’ve decided that I don’t want to marry you.

Me: What? You don’t? Oh no.

Him (trying to control a small fit of old man chuckles): I hope we can still be friends.

Me: I guess so.

Him: But the other reason I called… blah blah work stuff.

So I guess I only got dumped once. Does this make me negative single? Extra single? Either way, you have to love old people.