Ten on Tuesday

1. What is the worst movie you have ever seen?
Only one?!?!?  My husband and I have a running joke/tally about who owes who for making the other watch the worst movies ever.  So far it's 3-0 in MY favor.  He made me sit through Virus in the movie theater!!  And most recently Transylmania and Land of the Lost.  At least the last two were rentals on Netflix!!  All of these were terrible!!! 

2. Do you have a favorite Disney/Pixar film?
I am just not sure I can pick just one! For the most part all the Disney/Pixar are so good.  But if I had to pick one I would have to say Finding Nemo or Cars ... wait or The Incredibles.  See I can't pick just one!

3. Do you have a favorite movie from the 80′s?
Again I can't pick just one!  I LOVE 80's movies!  I personally own Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, and The Goonies.  So I have to go with those.

4. Are there any movies you saw more than once in the theater?
Yes, I saw Twilight twice but only because I went to see it first on a date with James and then again with my friend and movie buddy Ivy.  But I did like it enough to see it twice.  And mostly I have seen kids movies more than once, like Cars which my son saw 3 times!!

5. What is one city/area of the US (or country you live if you do not live in the US) that you have not seen but would like to see?
Las Vegas.  I have been all over Europe and even to London 3 times but I have yet to make it Vegas.

6. What are your favorite toppings on an Ice Cream Sundae?
Hot fudge and caramel sauce.

7. How many proms did you go to? What color was your prom dress? If you went to multiple proms, what color was your favorite prom dress?
I went twice with the same guy.  I had the same boyfriend for 3 years in high school (4 total) and he was a year older than me so I went as a sophomore and then again as a Senior (we skipped his senior/my junior for some reason).  I wore a black dress both times!

8. Is there a sport or extra-curricular activity that you didn’t get to try as a child that you wish you would have? (e.g. gymnastics, piano lessons, ballet, etc.)
I really would have liked to have learned piano or any instrument for that matter.  Not sure I would have cared back then but now I do.  I did take singing lessons and played softball and basketball so I was pretty well rounded.

9. How many siblings do you have? Are you the oldest, middle, or youngest?
I have one brother and I am the oldest.  But I also have 6 step siblings.  4 step brothers and 2 step sisters.  Both my parents are remarried and my stepfather has 2 sons and a daughter and my step mom has 2 sons and a daughter (my dad actually adopted 2 of the kids so I guess technically they are half siblings?!?!? I have no clue).  Oh and I am the oldest of ALL of them!

10. Do you feel like you fit in with your age group? Or do you feel younger/older than your age group?
I feel like I fit in.  I'm married and have kids which is pretty much what my age group is doing right now.

Ten on Tuesday

 These are my questions so I hope you like them :)...  oh and manged to show my age with the Breakfast Club question...


1. What was/is your favorite live action (meaning not animated) kids movie?
Hands down THE GOONIES!!!! I own it on DVD and was so excited to introduce my son to it a few years ago.

2. What is a bad habit you have? Are you working on breaking it?
I can cuss like a sailor and do a lot,  probably too much.  I had to curb it when I was teaching and I kind of broke the habit then but it came back with a vengeance when my son was born and I was home.  I try not to do it in front of my kids and really really try not to in front of other peoples kids.  But I have been known to let it fly in the car and when I get hurt or pissed off.

3. Describe your father in 3 words.
Intelligent, distant, stoic

4. Which character in the Breakfast Club were you most like in the ’80s?
I was painfully shy as a child (in the 80's) so Ally Sheedy's character Allison who is shy and strange and an outcast.  I was never an outcast but I identify with being shy and people thinking I'm strange.

5. Name 5 songs you know ALL the lyrics to.
I mean I could sing these songs acapella (no music) from start to finish on command, I know them that well!!
Solace of You by Living Colour
Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
Any Madonna song from the 80's
Shoebox by Barenaked Ladies
And my favorite Karaoke song I Will Survive but I love the Cake version the best

6. Do you make pancakes from scratch or a box mix?
Scratch always from scratch.  Honestly it's not that hard to make pancakes from scratch and they are SO much better that I don't really understand why people use mixes.

7. What was your worst job ever? Why?
My first job aside from babysitting was as a cashier in an A&P Grocery store in high school.  It was an old kinda dirty store and it was in a so-so section of town.  We had a lot of people come in using food stamps and WIC (women with children free food program) and we had NO scanners.  Everything was hand priced and I had to hand enter prices and produce codes.  I was actually really fast and quite good but dealing with food stamps and WIC was difficult because you had to ring things separately and it was just a big pain.  Plus the attitudes of the people coming in after work to pick up stuff was terrible!  They were always pissed we never had enough cashiers and they would take it out on me.

8. What was your favorite class in high school?
Chorus and ceramics.  I lived for those classes!  They made my day.  I also had a really good history teacher I liked to take but I couldn't take him every year like I could chorus or ceramics.

9. Favorite summer guilty pleasure?
The beach.  I have lived here for 16 years but never really cared about living so close to the beach but the last couple of years I have really enjoyed going and want to go with my kids.

10. Please share your best money saving tip!
Store brand food vs. name brands.  They are more often than not exactly the same and if they are they usually just as good.  In fact my husband worked in a Food Lion during high school as a stock boy and he said that when he would go to unpack say Comet Rice box he would open it and it would actually be Food Lion brand rice.  So it was all coming from the SAME factory but just put into different packaging.