I've been tagged

OK, Julie tagged me. This was a hard one to fill out! Hopefully it's not too boring!

1. The best thing you cooked this week.
Well I absolutely detest cooking. When I'm rich I'm going to hire someone to cook for us every night. I do it, but only because I have to. So the best thing I cooked this week was a crock pot stew with chicken, sweet potatoes, diced tomatoes and some other veggies. I doesn't sound appetizing, but it really was good.

2. If money, time, and babysitting were no object, where would you go and who with?
I would backpack through Europe with Chris and the kids. Luckily my kids are old enough that they could not only appreciate where we were, but they're old enough to walk and carry their own stuff!! :)

3. When was the last time you cried?
Oh let's see... maybe the question should be when was the last time you made it through a whole day WITHOUT crying!!! It's not like I'm sad all the time, but it doesn't take much to really make me cry. Anything touching can make me cry.

4. 5 things you were doing 9 years ago. Let's think... 9 years ago was 1999...
1. We were living in Las Vegas (where it was 71 degrees today, thank you very much!)
2. The girls were 3 and 1, so I was a stay at home mom with a husband working and going to school full time.
3. My brother Nick had moved to Vegas and was living with us.
4. Really just enjoying my kids. You know, play groups, story time at the library, etc.
5. Swimming quite often because it's warm/hot there!

5. 5 things you were doing 4 years ago. 4 years ago... 2004
1. I had just graduated from UNLV with my degree in Sociology
2. Still a stay at home mom... the girls were 8 & 6.
3. Enjoying my freedom because the girls were both in school full day (1st and 3rd grades) and school was done for me!
4. I volunteered at school A LOT! PTO VP and in each kids classroom at least once a week.
5. Still swimming... the kids LOVE the pool! (I got some really great sun tans too!)

6. 5 things you were doing 1 year ago.
1. Living in Colorado Springs and substitute teaching.
2. Carting my kids around to basketball games and clarinet lessons.
3. Shoveling ourselves out of the snow we managed to get EVERY WEEKEND!
4. Building fires (in the fireplace) and drinking hot chocolate.
5. Playing bunco!

7. 7 of your favorite hobbies
1. Scrapbooking
2. watching movies
3. sleeping
4. swimming
5. reading (when there's time)
6. Playing games with my family
7. blogging!

8. 5 favorite foods
1. Anything Mexican... tacos, burritos, tamales, etc.
2. homemade salsa ( I know it's Mexican, but it's good enough to get it's own spot!)
3. homemade caramel corn
4. my mom's clove sauce (which goes on my ham every Christmas & Easter)
5. my mom's scones (which is a Thanksgiving and Christmas tradition)

9. 5 places you have been.
1. Washington D.C.
2. L.A. & San Diego
3. Chicago
4. Bahamas
5. Portland, OR

10. 5 favorite memories.
1. Getting married... it's not like it was a really great event, just everything that has come after!
2. Having my kids... I got really lucky! They're great girls!
3. Going home for Christmas when I was at Ricks... the excitement of seeing everyone (mostly Chris!)
4. Hanging out with my sister, Michelle, when we were in high school. Fun times!
5. Any memory I can conjure up of my mom and sister... they make me smile!

Ok, there ya go! I hereby tag all my bunco buddies!!! (Alicia, Deanna, Arielle, Yvonne, Emily, Zipporah, Tagan, and Leslie!)