What is your dream job?

Being a Code Writer for Infinity Ward.

Name something nice that your family has done…

CL- Gave me advice recently.

R- Also gave me advice.

CR-Isn’t being a butthead.

A- Isn’t irritating lately.

H- He took out the dog for me once because I was doing my homework.

D- Actually listens to me now when I say he can’t use my computer.

What is your dream job?

I have three dream jobs actually. Kind of unrelated to each other.

1) Head Chef at my restaurant- I want to own and cook at my own restaurant. I want it to be a nice business place during the week, kind of a more upscale date night during the weekends and then late night it turns into a night club. Fun stuff.

2) World Mythology Professor at an University- I like mythology and I like being a showoff about what I know. Essentially, I’d be doing both and be getting paid for it. Plus I could make people do homework!

3) Ancient Middle Eastern Culture Aracheologist- I specifically like the ancient civilizations of the Middle East. Being the Cradle of Life, the Middle East contains the basis for most cultures today. Not to mention that a lot of ancient sites haven’t been found yet. Tomb of Jesus Christ, The REAL Ten Commandments, Hanging Gardens, and the Tower of Babel. MOst of those are part of Judeo-Christian mythology, but most of the interesting stuff ties in with the Bible somehow. It’s like the Six Degrees of Jesus Christ or something.

What is your dream job?

My current job enables me to work at home most of the time. Being able to work from home is a definite benefit to my work-home life balance. And I enjoy the tasks associated with my job for the most part. I’ve had desires to start a design/dev shop, but I know how much effort would be involved and risk associated with attempting my own shop. I would be thrilled to advance at my current organization. Maybe to the director level or even CIO. But only time will tell if that is in the cards for me.

What would be really cool would be to start a restaurant or store with CL. Of course, we would need to ensure little risk in the venture, so I doubt that will happen any time soon.

Or what do you want to be when you grow up?

I think I am lucky…I have the choice to stay home with the boys, because of R’s hard work.  So, I have to say for the most part I have my dream job.  Though, I wish I was a bit more organized.  Staying on top of everything-homework, afterschool activities, housework, etc is tough for me.  Well, to clarify some days it is, and some it isn’t.  I love being a Stay at Home Mom!

I wish I could earn some money writing though.  I love this blog, if anything it gives R and I a chance to learn a bit more about the boys-their thoughts and dreams, and some lively family discussions have come out of these posts.  I have a few ideas for websites, but putting them together isn’t really forte.  And I have numerous ideas for books, both fiction and nonfiction, I just need to sit down and finish them.  Right now, my pet project is a nonfiction book of little things R and I go through with a larger family and some of the fun we have had with five boys.  I think it is funny, (and tooting my own horn a bit) even insightful in some parts.  I just don’t know if anyone besides R and my sister would want to read it.

Name something nice that your family has done…

CL- Mom is mom. She is always doing something good or nice. That or being totally crazy, in which case hilarity usually ensues.

R- Dad made blobs of the entire family. I kind of looked like a dork.

J- He hasn’t really been here for the past 2 days. He lets me play his Xbox when he isn’t here if that counts.

A- He seems to listen lately. A little less arguing.

H- He whines less lately?

D- As mom said he is 2 years old, so he can’t really do much. He giggles a lot and when he hears somewhere say ow or something he comes running.

Name something nice that your family has done… for you in the last 2 days?

CL - Let me stay home to work on the fish tank while she went to pick up J. We usually do this together to keep each other company. At least, H kept her company.

C - Asked if he could help me with the scraping of inspection and county stickers from the motorcycle.

J - Helped D get some dinner and juice this evening.

A - Helped me with fish tank maintenance.

H - Gave me a hug and a kiss when he got home from school today. And went with CL to get J.

D - Just gave me a kiss in his zombie-like state since CL woke him up.

for you in the last 2 days?  EACH family member, which means each person should have six other people, for all you lazy bones out there….

R-NOTHING!  Just kidding, I think the sweetest things he does for me are things he doesn’t even realize he is doing.  Sometimes at night I get up to go to the bathroom (graphic I know) and when I come back to bed I am cold.  I will scoot up against R and every so often he will roll over and put his arm around me, or maybe just rub my leg a bit, or hold my hand.  I love this, because it shows me even in sleep he is thinking about me and knows what I need.

C-He stayed up late on Saturday night, though I know he was playing a game, to take out the puppy for me so I can sleep later on Sunday morning.

J-I went to pick him up at his father’s yesterday and on  the way home H fell asleep so it was just the two of us more or less talking.  I appreciate that he didn’t edit what he was going to say.  He didn’t NOT talk to me thinking, “Oh mom’s not interested.”  He told me about a program he watched and shared his opinions.

A-I asked him to empty the dishwasher on Saturday and he did a great job!  he took the time to dry the things that were still wet, he paid attention to where he put things, he even dried off the counter top when he was done.

H-Picking up J is a long drive, and R had some things to do with his fish tank.  I said it wasn’t a big deal I would get him, and H said he would go.  In the car, he said he didn’t want me to be alone, so he came to keep me company.

D-Well, D is two so he is still learning some things.  Just this morning, I stepped on one of the little toys littering the floor, and said “OUCH!” He ran over to me and patted my leg and asked if I was ok.  When I said yes, he gave me a hug and ran off to finish watching “Olala!” (what he know calls, Olivia, his most favorite show in teh whole wide world!”

Food Network is knocking on your door… Who is it and what do they want?

Bobby Flay. He wants me to make a meatball sub(MY WAY)

Food Network is knocking on your door… Who is it and what do they want?

Guy Fieri and he wants me to think up a better first name for him.