Oh my, I've been tagged!

So for those who don't know about cyber-tagging, it means someone else mentioned me on their blog and now I have to answer a series of questions and tag 5 more bloggers. Thanks to Lisa of Smithpartyof6 for tagging me. Here are my answers:

What was I doing 10 years ago?

I was working in downtown San Francisco for a Fortune 500 company. I was shopping on my lunch breaks and hitting happy hours with friends after work. I was going on business trips, drinking fine wine, eating at really nice restaurants whenever I wanted. Oh...those were the days!

What was I doing 1 year ago?

Well, my own blog describes some rather hellish days adjusting to two kids. It is all sort of lost in a sleep-deprived, caffeine buzzed-haze. When I think of last winter, the one thing that stands out is the amount of time I spent going to Kaiser. I have never been to the doctor so much in my life. I was there 12 times in 14 weeks if I remember right. Ugh!

Five snacks I like:

1. Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies
2. M&Ms
3. Lollipops (cures writer's block everytime)
4. Apples slice in caramel
5. Chips and Salsa

Five things I would do if I were a millionaire:

1. Hire a personal chef to cook low-fat meals and clean up the kitchen.
2. Hire a nanny so I could write that darn novel immediately instead of waiting until the girls go to school.
3. Hire a professional organizer to fix my closets
4. Hire a personal trainer to get me out of bed every morning and working out.
   
5. Rent an office overlooking Main Street in Downtown so I had a place to write other than my kitchen
   

Hmmmm...apparently, I would outsource the role of Mom and run away from home if I was wealthy. Is that a bad sign?

Five bad habits:

1. Talking to myself. People really think I'm crazy when they catch me doing it.
2. Checking email compulsively. I think it is a left over work habit.
3. Sneaking the kids' candy when they aren't looking. (Especially M&Ms and Lollipops!)
4. Shouting at the kids. But in my own defense, they push me to it and I don't spank, so it has to come out somewhere!
5. People tell me I am bit of a control freak eventhough I think they are wrong. It is funny they usually back up their claims with a list of examples. Hmmmm....Denial is a beautiful river.
   

Five things I like doing:

I can't settle on just 5, so I have 6.

1. Hiking with my friends
2. Writing- when I finally figure out the story that needs to be told, there is no bigger thrill.
3. Wasting an afternoon lost in a really good book is pure heaven.
4. Taking the kids to Disneyland
5. Spending an afternoon with the girls, going to the Library, then walking downtown to get a hot cocoa or ice cream (depending on the weather)
   
6. Taking the kids to the pool, getting a popsicle during adult swim time, and then coming home with really tired kids.

Five things I would never buy, wear or get new again:

1. Tube top with Dolphin shorts. At 40, no one wants to see that much of me.
2. Stilletto heals. I value my feet too much.
3. Gouchos. They were bad in the 80's. I can't believe they are back.
4. Leather...but this isn't by choice. The kids would just thrash a nice leather jacket.
5. Dry Clean Only. Again, I hope this is temporary.

I guess I got stuck on the "wear" line. I can't think of anything "buy" or "get new".

5 Favorite Toys:

This will probably put me in the world class "nerds" category, but I don't own any really cool toys.

1. My digital camera
2. My new garage refrigerator (how lame is this?)
3. I think I should put my sticker maker down here, but I don't know how to use it.
4. Jumpolene...it just exhausts the kids, a beautiful thing.
5. My new collection of every Live from the Archive CD.

Remove the top name from the list and add yours to the bottom:

www.smithpartyof6.blogspot.com
www.maggiemakesfour.blogspot.com

I hereby tag the following blogs..all of which I very much enjoy reading:

Elizabeth
Kelly and Chris
ExCinderella
BabyShanahan
SeanandGen