20 Questions

I'm doing a swap online at Sweet Goodness Swaps and I have to post the answers to these 20 questions for my swap sister - here goes!

1. Favorite Color:
Really like red right now and decorating with black, cowslip #3 and olive green
2. Chocolate Lover? Milk, Dark, White, or none of the above?
Milk
3. What is your favorite craft hobby?
Cross stitch and yo yo quilting making
4. What is a craft/art hobby that you would like to start?
I don't need to start anything else!!
5. What craft do you NOT have an interest in or just not great in ( so your partner doesn’t send something you wouldn’t use)?
I'm sticking with cross stitch and scrapbooking and knitting, so I don't have an interest in
anything else right now - need to finish what I have!
6. Do you have any allergies? (we don’t want to send anything with peanuts if it’ll make you blow up like a balloon!)
Just to housework
7.What’s your favorite part of Halloween? Decorating, candy eating, costumes, or something else?
Candy corn! and decorating!
8. Do you decorate for Thanksgiving/Fall?
Yes
9. December Holidays--what holiday do you celebrate? What type of decorations do you like to put up in your house for that holiday?
We celebrate Christmas - I'm going with an old world, elegant look this year.
10. Do you have any children, if so what are their ages, boys/girls?
I have 5: DD age 20, DS age 19, DS age 17, DS age 15, DS age 12
11. Do you have any pets, if so what kind?
We have a spoiled Boston Terrier
12. Are you a reader? If so, what type of books do you like?
I LOVE to read (and work part-time at Barnes and Noble) - all kinds, but especially craft magazines!
13. Are you celebrating a birthday or anniversary in October, November, or December? If so, what day and what is the occasion?
On the 14th of Nov, He-man and I are celebrating 20 years of marriage!!
14. Do you collect anything? If so what type of things do you collect?
I collect anything in black toile, cookie cutters, fabric and black transferware.
15. What type of things do you like to cook? Are you an appetizer person, cookie maker, dessert freak or a take out type of person??
I like to eat out, but I also like to cook some. We're just so busy! I like to make cookies when I can.
16. What is your favorite scent? Is there one that you can’t stand?
I love Bella Candella candles at Hobby Lobby in the Musk scent and Yankee Candle Midsummer's Night
17. What’s your favorite song?
Unforgettable
18. What’s the last movie you went to see at the movie theater?
It's been awhile, but the last one was Cars.
19. What’s your favorite Candy?
Anything chocolate, but sometimes like things like Nerds or Chewy Sprees
20. Tea or Coffee or other?
No tea or coffee for me, I drink regular coke religiously!

Not so bad (so far)

Well, we are getting settled in - I found the Salvation Army store and we love our new church. I bought some great bargains for the house. Soon, I'll try to give a room-by-room update, as we start to paint. The weather turned really cold for a few days and I really panicked, but fear not, it's back up in the 80's all this week. All the windows are open and there's a wonderful breeze.
I thought I was doing better emotionally, but Sunday was really hard for some reason. The songs in church made me cry and then the sermon was on the "Lost Sheep". My sheep is not lost, but not here with me. I know that lots of people are away from their family. Heck, I'm away from my Mom and my Dad, too. There's just something about leaving DD and the grandson. Did I get too close? Is there such a thing? Will I ever be able to sit through church without crying? Will I ever stop being a baby? Stayed tuned .... I'm sure that there's more drama to come. Oh, on an ironic note, the Canadian he-man is the first one of the two of us to get a bad cold. Ha,ha. I can laugh at that because he doesn't read my blog. Poetic justice, I say. Later!!

The Move is Complete

We're here! In Michigan. We moved last Monday and last weekend, he-man had to go back to tie up loose ends in TN, and now there's just the unpacking to do. The kids started back to school (2 high school, 1 middle) and DS#1 is still in Canada, trying out for a junior hockey team. He's been doing that since the 27th and we still don't know if he'll make the team. He's made it this far, though, and that's not bad for a kid who couldn't stop on the ice something like 5 years ago. I'm so proud of him for even trying. Those other kids have been doing this since they were little. We went and watched one game and will go this weekend to watch 2 more exhibition games. Then, hopefully we'll know something. We are so close to the Canadian border that when DS#1 tore his contact the other morning, I was able to take him his spare contacts (yes, I know - he should have had them with) without much of a problem. Only took me a few hours and that included visiting time with the in-laws! How fun is that!! Well, send me your good thoughts on getting settled. It's harder than I expected. I know that this is where we should be right now, but I'm so out-of-pocket and anxious and sad. I guess this will pass. I hope so. Ending on a positive note, it's not 109 degrees here - it's beautiful and I can go to the beach when I want! Yeah! See, I'm trying. Really, I am.