10 Things You're Dying to Know About Me

The fabulous Pamela tagged me for this, and since I'm going through a phase, I'm going to play along.

1. What is your current obsession? Facebook. Sad, I know.

2. Which item of clothing do you wear most often? Probably my Haflinger slippers. Oh, Haflinger, how I love thee! These slippers are one of the few things I really splurge on every couple of years.

3. What's for dinner? BBQ flank stead in the crockpot, green beans, and I'm not sure what else yet.

4. What are you listening to? The girls sucking/crunching lollipops at the lunch table.

5. Say something about the one who tagged you. Pamela is the owner of a wonderful line of baby clothes, Happy Panda. Her firstborn sounds a lot like the Little Prince, size-wise.

6. Favorite vacation spots? St. John, USVI. Disneyland.

7. What am I reading right now? Prague Counterpoint, by Bodie and Brock Thoene; Hood, by Stephan Lawhead; and The Pox Party, by M.T. Anderson.

8. Four word to describe myself. Smart, sarcastic, problem-solver, mom (yes, I know that's technically five words).

9. Guilty Pleasure? Ice cream, chips (can't have them in the house), Oreos, right now (my dad brought over a Costco box; those things are from the devil!).

10. First Spring thing to do? Planting flowers.

Now, I will pass this on to: Hillary, L Harris, Colleen, Baba, and Hit 40.

Since I've Only Posted Pictures Lately...

...I thought I'd stick with it and complete this meme that my sister-in-law tagged me with about a month ago.

Here’s how you do it:

a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.























1. Hey Kids! It's Hilary Duff!, 2. Roasted Tomato Soup, 3. Holy Names Dome in Autumn Light, 2007, 4. When I'm sleeping, I slow down my breathing...Living in dreams, dreams that come true...thinking of the color blue... ZZZzzzzzz..., 5. the return of the king 009, 6. Cool it now..., 7. A witness of time, 8. day 58: creme brulee, 9. Questions, 10. Autumn walk, 11. the problem solver, 12. Oil Reserves in Doubt


Here are the questions (and my answers):

1. What is your first name? Hillary
2. What is your favorite food? Soup
3. What high school did you go to? Holy Names Academy
4. What is your favorite color? Blue
5. Who is your celebrity crush? Legolas (not Orlando Bloom, Legolas. Laugh away, if you must; it's more of a joke than anything.)
6. Favorite drink? Iced Tea
7. Dream vacation? Greece
8. Favorite dessert? Creme Brulee
9. What you want to be when you grow up? ???
10. What do you love most in life? Family
11. One Word to describe you. Problem-Solver
12. Your Flickr name. Doesn't exist; I don't have one

I'm not going to tag anyone this time. I seem to only tag the same people, but play along if you want. I'm curious to see what you come up with. Let me know in my comments if you do decide to play. I'm curious to see your answers.

Photo Meme

So, my statemate, Krista, tagged me for this photo meme. I love a good meme, and this one is quite a lot of fun.

All you have to do is type the following categories into Google image search and paste the first picture that comes up, assuming the picture is appropriate, of course.

Here are mine:

Age at my next birthday:




Sad. Sad. Sad.





Place I'd like to travel:




We thought about going here (it's Greece) for our honeymoon, but traveling in Europe in August? I don't think so!




Favorite place:


This is where we really went for our honeymoon: St. John, USVA. Sigh...Gorgeous! Although, it was 85 degrees with near 100% humidity, and no rain. Yuck!



Favorite object:



My Haflinger slippers. The only slippers I'll wear! And no, I did not pay that much for them.





Favorite food:







with








Favorite color:




This changes from day to day, but lately it's been purple.





Nickname:


My current nickname from my in-laws is slightly different from the common nickname for my real name. It's not my favorite nickname, but there aren't many choices for my name. I'm not telling it.



Birthplace:




Home, sweet home!




So, who should I tag this time?

Because she needs to get blogging: Sydney.
Because she's so willing to play along: Twinmommy.
Because I think she'll get a kick out of this one: Beast Mom.
Because I haven't tagged them before: Wendy and Marie.

Tag! You're it!

Tag! I'm It!

Thanks to Twinmommy for the tag!

Here are the rules. (1) Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves. (2) People who are tagged need to write a post on their own blog (about their eight things) and post these rules. (3) At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names. (4) Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

1. I prefer chewy, sour candy to chocolate. I like chocolate, and crave it sometimes, but it's not my favorite.

2. I'd rather be cold than hot. I can't stand heat. Weather hotter than 85 degrees is my nemesis.

3. On Christmas Eve, I don't sleep very well. As a child, this is understandable; as an adult, it's pathetic.

4. I try to avoid caffeinated drinks. Coffee makes me jittery; cola makes my teeth sticky. Tea doesn't really affect me, though.

5. I can't seem to shake this extra baby weight. I lost the weight relatively easily after Cinderella, but this time it's been much harder. It would probably help if I exercised or dieted, but I don't.

6. I don't mind doing laundry. It's folding clothes I dislike. In fact, I dislike it so much, I tend to forget to do it. I'm good at forgetting to do it.

7. My favorite time of the morning is when my husband gets up, and I can move into the middle of the bed and stretch out.

8. The only part of my body that tans is the top of my feet.


There you go: 8 facts/habits about me. I'm tagging Sydney, Kristen, Janna, and Christina.

My Oh My it's a Meme!

I stumbled across this delightful little meme today and thought, "Wouldn't this be lovely to participate in?"

Okay, so that's not exactly what I thought, but I did think it would be fun.


My Alter-Egos

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME (first pet & current car):
Samantha Daewoo

2. YOUR GANSTA NAME (favorite ice cream flavor & favorite cookie):
Vanilla Snickerdoodle (not so sure this one is tough enough for a gangsta)

3. YOUR "FLY GUY/GIRL" NAME (first initial of your first name & first three letters of your last name):
H-Kal

4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME (favorite color & favorite animal):
Blue Frog (won't have much of a career with this one)

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME (middle name & hospital where you were born):
Kristin Northwest (she won't be around very long)

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME (first three letters of your last name & first two letters of your first name):
Kalhi (this one is pretty cool!)

7. SUPERHERO NAME ("The" & second favorite color & favorite drink):
The Purple Margarita

8. NASCAR NAME (the first names of your grandfathers):
Hugh Robert (sexy!)

9. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME (mother's and father's middle names):
Carol Sidney (waaay too close to my sister's name)

10. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME (your 5th grade teacher's last name & a major city beginning with the same letter):
Weir Wichita (sounds like the name of a coven)

11. SPY NAME (your favorite season/holiday & flower):
Autumn Gerbera

12. CARTOON NAME (favorite fruit & article of clothing you're wearing right now & "ie" or "y"):
Mango Tankie (odd, but funny!)

13. HIPPIE NAME (What you ate for breakfast & your favorite tree):
Muffin Maple (ha ha ha!)

14. YOUR ROCK STAR TOUR NAME ("The" & your favorite hobby/craft & your favorite weather element & "Tour"):
The Stamping Lightning Tour

If you decide to play along, let me know what your alter-egos are called!