Five Question Friday

Thanks for stopping by for Five Question Friday!

{What is your current favorite tv show?}

l have three favorites right now: The Voice, So You Think You Can Dance, and The Bachelorette. (Addicted to reality TV much?!?!?!)

On The Voice I am really liking Javier Colon. Plus he's from CT, so I like him even more! I also like Dia Frampton. I am really hoping one of them wins. 

I think my favorite on SYTYCD is Melanie.

Did you see her statue dance with Marko?!?!

Every season I say I'm not going to watch The Bachelor(ette) anymore, but every season I end up getting sucked back in again. I don't know what it is. My favorite on The Bachelorette is JP. He's a hottie, but also seems sweet.

{What's the worst haircut you ever got?}

I'm not really sure. All my pictures from when I was younger are at my parents' house in KY. My senior year of high school I decided to go really short and took this picture of Martina McBride to my hairstylist for inspiration:

At times I liked that haircut, but other times I didn't.

{What was something you did as a child that you thought you were so cool for doing?}

Hmm....

• I had super tall teased bangs
• I tight-rolled my jeans
• I tied up my shirt on one side; even had a little plastic tool that helped hold it there
• I wore overalls with only one strap hooked 
• I went through a cussing phase when I was in middle school - that was SUPER cool - ;-)

{Do you have any GREAT frugal family fun tips?}

You can click here for 100 free things to do with your kids this summer. Brennan and I have been hitting up our local library a lot. They have a small children's play area there and giant stuffed giraffe that he loves. They also have a great selection of children's DVDs. We just checked out two Elmo movies yesterday. Libraries often have passes for other local fun too. For example, our library has a free pass for the local children's museum. 

{Would you drive across country if you had the money to fly?}

I am very thankful that Brennan has always been a great traveler, but a cross-country trip with a 16-month-old doesn't sound like much fun. The longest trip he has done so far was a 10-hour road trip. The nice thing about driving is that you can stop anytime you need to. Obviously if you're on the plane, you're stuck there until it lands no matter what happens. No I'm not sure what is better with a baby.

I am definitely interested in doing a cross-country road trip some day. Have you ever seen the movie Elizabethtown? It's a pretty quirky movie, but some of it was filmed in KY, so I'm partial to it. Anyways, Kirsten Dunst's character makes this awesome road trip scrapbook/map for Orlando Bloom's character. It tells him to stop at certain locations along the way and it has a soundtrack to go along with it. I'm doing a terrible job of explaining it, but I want someone to do that for me!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Gotta add a few pics of the little guy for the fam, or I get in trouble!

Five Question Friday

Linking up again for Friday Question Friday!

If you had to choose, how would you choose to spend your money...on landscaping or a pool?

The answer to this question depends on how realistic I am being. I would like to have a pool; a really nice in-ground one. However, if I spent the money on that I would also want to spend the money on a pool boy who could take care of it for me. I don't really like all the upkeep that goes along with owning a pool. My husband is the one who takes care of our landscaping. I do think it would be nice to hire someone to take care of all that stuff too. I think my more realistic answer is that I'd use the money or landscaping (and hire a lawn boy to maintain it!)

Death penalty, yay or nay?

I usually don't have a very strong stance on many political issues; this one included. I feel like getting the death penalty seems like an "easy way out" for a criminal instead of having to live the rest of their lives with the guilt of what they did. However, I don't like how much tax money it costs to have an inmate spend a life sentence in jail though. So there's my wishy-washy answer. :)

What's the worst thing your kid has gotten into when you turned your back/blogged/showered/blinked?

This is one area of my life is getting ready to change big time. My almost 16-month-old son isn't walking yet and he has never crawled, so we have had 16 months of him being immobile! Crazy! Probably the worst thing that has happened so far happened while the hubby was gone to Vegas last month. I was letting Brennan play with a spice container (that still contained the spice). He had played with it earlier in the week under strict supervision and had done great. He was even able to stack multiple spice containers on top of each other. However, when I gave him one for just a few minutes on the kitchen floor so I could wash a couple of dishes, I turned back to him and the hamburger spice was dumped all over the floor. Oops! He didn't get any on him and I saw it right away and was able to pick him up and move him away. I can only imagine was stories are going to be coming up once he gets this walking thing down!

How often to do REALLY go to the dentist?

Since I have had a job and my own insurance I go every six months. My mom wasn't so great about getting us to the dentist as kids. Thankfully I have healthy teeth and never had a cavity until I was pregnant with Brennan. 

What is your favorite animal? (Doesn't have to be a pet-type animal)

A GIRAFFE! Background story: When I was fifteen I was with some church friends and we were being silly and making up goofy nicknames for each other. Mine ended up being "Skinny Giraffe". A few days later I was out and saw a stuffed giraffe, thought about my new nickname, and knew I had to the buy the giraffe. That started my giraffe collection that has grown into somewhat of an obsession. Most of the giraffes are now in Brennan's giraffe-themed nursery. It's crazy how many giraffe things you can find  once you start looking for them!

Happy Friday! Have a fabulous weekend!

Five Question Friday

I am linking up for the first time with Mama M for Five Question Friday. My friend Val has linked up a couple of times now, so I thought it was time for me to join in too!

Do you apologize to your kids?

Brennan is only 15 months old, but I have apologized to him before. There are times when I've lost my temper with him and then apologized. When I was teaching I would also apologize to my students if I lost my temper with them. Thankfully kids are very forgiving people! 

What color are your nails right now?

They aren't painted at all. I rarely paint my nails any color other than clear. For some reason, after I finished nursing Brennan in January, I have started biting my nails. I used to bite my nails all the time, but then broke that nasty habit. I'm still taking prenatal vitamins, so I don't know why I am biting them again all of a sudden. :(

When you were growing up, how difficult was it for you to stay home from school sick? (As in, did you have to vomit or just say "I don't feel good".)

I'd have to be pretty sick to stay home from school, but that was more because of me and not my parents. I LOVED school. I was am a huge dork and wanted to be there. I specifically remember my whole family being sick with a stomach bug when I was in fourth grade and I had to miss a whole week of school. Bummer! I had perfect attendance in high school until the end of my senior year when I got a stomach bug again and had no choice but to stay home!

When is the last time you bought a new comforter for your bed?

Gotta love the blog. I couldn't remember the answer to this question for sure, but thought I had blogged about it and sure enough I went back and found it! We bought our current comforter just over a year ago. It was considered my Mother's Day present last May. We bought it at Crate and Barrel. It was more expensive than comforters I've bought in the past, but I really liked it. I still do. It just has a lot of snags in it now from our crazy cats. Between our dog, two cats, and now a baby it makes me not want to own anything nice for a long time!

Favorite website(s)?

I check SO many blogs every day, so they all rank up there. I am now loving this damnyouautocorrect.com site that Mama M shared. I have had a few funny things happen with auto correct, but oh my gosh, that site is HILARIOUS! I spend most of my time on the computer on facebook, so I guess that's a favorite too. 

 Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!