The Eight~ A meme

I've been tagged by Diary of 1 for a meme of 8 random things about me.
Here's the fine print:
1. All right, here are the rules.
2. We have to post these rules before we give you the facts.
3. Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
4. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
5. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.
I've done several of these, so can I come up with 8 new things? So, I've asked my family to give you the 8 random facts, enjoy!
1. I wear glasses.
2. I'm a computer hog.
3. I'm a female Cliff Huxtable, from the Cosby Show. Devon says I act like Cliff towards girls like he acted towards boys wanting to date his daughters.
4. Apparently instead of 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, I have 9 billion rules for girls being friends with my boys.
5. I like to embarrass my children.
6. I like to scare my kids by standing outside the bathroom door with Halloween masks and scare the pants off my kids. Some of them like it.
7. I think its funny to freak our kids out about sex. (we think its more along the lines of the kids knowing that we are a couple and that being together is natural and wonderful, not being kinky or nasty, but they act all grossed out when we kiss or something.)
8. I wear a size 8 shoe. Yes, a woman's size 8. Yep, boring, lol.

So that's what my kids have to say about me. Feel free to play along! I'm kind of busy with getting the house in order and getting Kaytlin out the door to the airport in the morning.

Five random questions meme

I've been tagged by Michelle at Heart of the Prairie for a meme. You get tagged with 5 random questions, you answer them, and then make up five of your own to tag someone with.

1. If money wasn’t an issue, what three things would you buy for yourself for your birthday?
1. Carpeting in my house. Wood floors are pretty, but I feel like wall to wall carpeting makes a house a home.
2. A new front loading washer and dryer!
3. A new dishwasher that is quiet and eats every spec of food you put in there, even if its an entire pizza!
2.What restaurant meal would you go back for again and again and again?
It depends on the restaurant, really. I love french dip sandwiches with a side of fries! But if you are talking about fast food, which you probably weren't, I would be going back for a Spicy Chicken Tendercrisp sandwich with onion rings and dipping sauce at Burger King!
3. What did you want to be before you grew up and did you achieve it?
Not only did I achieve it, I went above and beyond it! I wanted to get married and have 5 kids. Always. Belly dancer and brain surgeon, those things came and went through the years, but I always wanted to be a wife and mom, specifically to 5 kids. I switched from brain surgeon to belly dancer when I saw half my brother's lip hanging from his face, how could I face a brain if I could barely handle that?
4. What one piece of advice do you have for others that you have learned through life’s lessons?
Never say you wouldn't do something. "I wouldn't let MY kid do that!" "I'll never fall into that trap." "That'll never happen to me!" Well, that's just asking for God to set you straight, you judgemental human! lol (I have extensive experience here, trust me)
5. What’s your oldest piece of clothing that you still wear?
My oldest piece is a sweatshirt from high school with the names of all my graduating class mates from 1989. I can't get rid of it because who would want it besides my class? And then I gave birth to Devon while wearing it, lol. Its still around somewhere, and I occasionally wear it to bed, or bumming around the house. I haven't unpacked it since I was pregnant with Sam, so I don't have it out to get a pic of.

Ok, five random questions...... This is the tough part.
1. What was it about your spouse that made you decide he/she was the one?
2. What was your favorite pet in your entire life? And why?
3. What one thing should you give up? (coke, cookies, computer?)
4. What is your most embarrassing moment? Ok, at least name an embarrassing moment!
5. What is your favorite/most interesting/weirdest job you've ever held?

I'm tagging Bring your own cheese, JAM, Laughing Mommy, and Don't give him crackers!
Let me know when you get yours up if you play along!
If anyone else wants to play, feel free to join in and let me know you've posted your answers.

Personal Policy meme

I've been tagged for a Personal Policy meme by Katherine at Raising Five.

This is about your personal policies, not moral rules like Do not kill. Things like not stepping on sidewalk cracks. I'm not sure how easy this will be, because even though I'm sure I have tons of weird things going on, I'm not sure I'm sane enough to know what is weird, lol. I used to have lots of "rules" but now that I have 7 kids, I just want to get through the day with everyone alive.

1. Unlike Katherine, I do not brush my teeth before I have my coffee in the morning. Because it tastes GROSS with mint flavoring! IF I have a gross taste in my mouth in the morning, I would brush with just water on my brush, but NEVER toothpaste before my coffee or my Diet Coke.
2. I used to be a BIG stickler about the toilette paper roll being right side up. Now I'm just glad if someone actually replaces the empty roll! (believe me, we can empty a roll before it even gets put on the holder)
3. We do have a weird little policy, whoever eats the banana out of the bunch that has the sticker on it has to wear the sticker on their nose until they are done.
4. No work, no eat. Apparently the kids' friends think its weird that they have to ask us before they just grab something and eat it out of the fridge/pantry. I got sick of my ingredients being gone when I went to cook a meal. I got to the point where I had to run to the store literally every single day for my meals, sometimes we went to the store several times in one day.
5. No matter what, don't say you won't do that, because God will put you to the test! This goes for lots and lots of judgement situations. (I can't believe she'd let her child wear that to church! You should SEE what some of my pre-teen boys have snuck out the door wearing!)
6. I have a certain place for all the dishes and I go spastic if they aren't put away right. Well, I used to go spastic. Then I realized that doing things "my way" was selfish, and as long as the plates were in the cupboard they belong in, what does it matter if the plates are on the left or right side? Does it really matter if they change sides every couple of days?
But really I think "You KNOW where to GET the stupid plate when you are HUNGRY, why can't you figure out where it goes when you put it away?!?"
7. Girls and guys better not call my kids of the opposite gender. I don't handle that well! I don't believe its a good idea to talk privately with someone of the opposite gender. Private moments fosters intimacy, especially to girls. And before I get flamed, every single time my son has broken this rule, he's found himself falling for a girl, or her falling for him, and him breaking parent's rules and sinning. Every. Single. Time. Even emails.

Basically, I just gave up. Except about asking before you eat something. And you BETTER not touch my chocolate stash!
Sorry this is a boring post.

And: Before I had kids I swore I'd NEVER....

1. Say "Because I said so"
2. Say "If all the other kids jumped off a bridge...."
3. Keep my kids from voicing their opinions (umm, now I call is back talk)
4. Restrict reading material, music, friends, tv shows, etc.
5. Let my child act like that!
6. Make them eat their veggies, clear their plates, etc.
7. "Encourage" my kids to do things, like get better grades, finish what they start, go to college. (another words, force them to live up to their potential instead of working on their social life)

Mostly I was a very young mom and was not looking to be a great mom as far as raising kids morally, I wanted freedom and expected to give it to them. I didn't expect God to get ahold of me and change me so much!

Let me know if you do this meme, especially if you do it better than I did, hehe. I'll put a link on here to your meme!

Seven things about me Meme.

I've been tagged by Momma's Gone Madto do a meme with seven random facts about me. 100 Things about me has lots more things about me. I'm pretty different, so I think I can do more than those 100. I've also done Six weird things meme (which ended up being more like 9). And I'm sure that I can STILL come up with 7 random things about me.
I'm not going to tag anyone, except maybe my mom, because I've seen so many people do this one. If you haven't done it, please feel free to be tagged by me and comment that you are doing it, also.
1. I played the "choking game" when I was a kid and I went into convulsions and was blind for a day. I had no idea how lucky I was not to die. That "friend" was a bad influence on me in many ways. (I'm SURE my mom will have something to add to this, it made her MAD when she found out that was why I was blind and having seizures, so I didn't tell her until I lived in another country.) The chocking game is dangerous and everyone should talk to their kids about it. I was in 6th grade, so don't think your kid is too young.
2. I'm not sure I ever fessed up to this to my mom, but I smoked when I was a teen. (Sorry mom!) It wasn't much, I was not addicted. I pretty much only did it when I was out drinking, lol. (Sorry, mom!)
3. My boys say that once a girl calls them at our home its "Bye-bye nice mom forever." True, I freak at them talking to girls that like them, but I don't about all girls calling them. I just make it miserable enough that they don't encourage girls to call them, lol.
4. Most of our family thinks we are freaks. Jesus freaks, religious freaks, baby making freaks, etc. We don't immunize, we don't circumcise, we don't allow dating, we home schooled, we don't use birth control now, we had a vasectomy reversal, we are believers in Christ and believe in letting Him lead our family..... we go against the grain in most things.
5. I have two moms. My Mom and my Ma. I look like my mom, and my sister looks like Ma, but people say we look alike, so we must look like our dad!
6. I struggle with maintaining a clean house. I can clean it, I just can't keep it up constantly. I can't figure it out! I've done all the books: the Messie's Manual, Slob Sisters, Fly Lady... The only time I did really well was when I did not have any kids under the age of 5, and I kept it all together then, and I don't know why!
7. We have 3 computers side by side, plus my husband's work laptop. All in the living room. We have 8 out of 9 people who want to get on the computer daily. Two do online school, we all play games for hobbies, we like to play against each other or with each other for fun. We don't go out much, so it works out well for us. We keep them in the living room together for accountability, no sneaking onto bad websites.
Ok, Mom at Bring Your Own Cheese, The Whine is Free , you are tagged. Which means you have to do this! I know you have plenty of things to say about yourself, because you haven't really done a post about why you are where you are, raising grandkids, having SO many grandkids and great-grandkids at only 55......

Name Game

I stole this from kitkat...

1. YOUR REAL NAME:
Lisa

2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (first three letters of your name, plus izzle)
Lisizzle

3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three of your last)
Lped

4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (fav color and fav animal)
Pink Pomeranian

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, Street you live on):
Dawn 8th Ave.

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name, first 3 letters of mom’s maiden name)
Pedlihan

7. SUPERHERO NAME: (favorite color, favorite drink)
Pink Pepper

8. YOUR IRAQI NAME: (2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your last name, any letter of your middle name, 2nd letter of your moms maiden name, 3rd letter of your dad’s middle name, 1st letter of a sibling’s first name, last letter of your moms middle name)
Idwaley

9. YOUR STRIPPER NAME: (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/body spray)
Long Ago (Seriously! LOL)

10. YOUR WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother & father’s middle name)
Gay William