Laurie tagged me!

My blog friend Laurie tagged me to do this, I should look back at what my answers were a few months ago to compare! She and I have some funky things in common like that she and her husband are also a Laurie and Mike and the list goes on a bit! Since this process started, I've met 4 Laurie/Lori/Mike couples!!! And there are NO Laurie/Lori's in NH - It's not a common name (around here anyway).

Eight things I'm passionate about!

~ Our family

~ Trying to be the best person I can be

~ Creating a balanced childhood and family memories for my kids

~ Being aware of others and trying to help

~ Exploring how I can try to make a difference in this little world

~ AFRICA

~ Giving credit where credit is due; God

~ Designing spaces that will create spectacular meals and wonderful memories

Eight things I want to do before I die!

~ Visit my "homeland" Sicily and trace back my roots and meet family

~ Do humanitarian aid work in Africa (especially ET)

~ Live in CA, the hills of Santa Barbara and do weekend trips to Napa/Sonoma etc. for wine

~ Retire with ease and spend alot of time with our kids and grandkids (Sanibel preferred)

~ Meet El Rushbo (please NO comments on this one, it's MY list)!

~ Watch our children grow to be contributing, productive, compassionate human beings

~ Say "I have no regrets" on my 100th birthday

~ Take a vacation with my best friends

Eight things I say often!

~ Snoopy, NO BITE!

~ Go ahead, say it, one more time and you're getting a time out!

~ Are you kidding me!

~ No way!

~ KNOCK IT OFF (dog and child)

~ You're my best friend, forever, and ever, and ever

~ You just LEFT from work!!

~ Nick, did you do a bum toot!

Eight shows I've recently viewed!

~ American Idol

~ Essence of Emeril

~ GOP debate (No comments please)

~ Brothers and Sisters (please come back w/new shows already)

~ No reservations (Ghana - Anthony Bourdain)

~ Oprah

~ Moment of truth

~ Intervention

Eight things that attract me to my friends!

~ Loyalty

~ History

~ Humor (and plenty of it)

~ Acting like we did when we all first started being friends (Fourth grade)

~ Decency

~ Core values (same as the decency one)

~ They make "life" dissapear when we're together

Eight things I learned in 2007!

~ That my husband is more than fantastic

~ That I want my son to stop growing

~ That this adoption process would prove to change our lives in more ways than I ever dreamed

~ That sometimes people can disappoint us unknowingly

~ That it's time for me to learn and grow constantly

~ That Ethiopia will be an experience of a lifetime

~ That you can meet people and form strong connections with them before you meet

~ That men just don't get alot of stuff that women get