February 7 - Tell about a big fib you told.

Lying is something that I want to try and forget about, because I'm sure I did it and I didn't like how I felt after doing it. After telling a fib, I would get knots in my stomach for fear I would get caught. I know I would fake being sick sometimes so I could stay home from school. I don't really remember a big one, though.

February 6 - Who was the most famous person you ever met as a child?

I don't remember. When I was in 6th grade, though, I got to go and watch them film the "Donny and Marie Show". I loved Donny Osmond and some of his brothers. I had a big crush on him! I was so excited to go and watch it being filmed. I have a Donny Osmond scrapbook...that's how much I had a crush on him. I didn't actually meet him in person, but watching him that day was close enough for me!

February 5 - What were you doing to first smash a finger?

I was probably trying to hammer something. I don't really remember smashing my fingers too much. I remember smashing my toes. I dropped a big rock on my foot once. It wasn't a pretty site.
I remember smashing Ashley's finger, though. I smashed it in the door by mistake. I felt like a terrible mother at the time. It was smashed flat, turned red and purple, and she cried hard. I still remember how bad I felt. Ashley was not even two, yet.

February 4 - What was your favorite meat as a child?

I would have to say that my favorite meat was hamburger. I loved to get hamburgers at McDonald's and Arctic Circle. I loved to get McDonald's Big Mac (Two whole beef patties, specials sauce, pickles, lettuce, cheese, onions, on a sesame seed bun). Now a days, I would never get the Big Mac....I now know how bad they are for you. Although I loved hamburgers, I often would get the Footlong Hotdog from Arctic Circle with pickle relish...yum! Apparently, I had quite the appetite!

February 3 - Do you remember the first movie you ever saw and who starred in it?

I don't remeber the first movie I ever saw, but I loved a lot of the Disney movies. Some of my favorites are: (not all of them are Disney)
Herbie the Love Bug
The Million Dollar Duck
Flubber (old version)
The Parent Trap (old version)
Where the Red Fern Grows
Bambi (Thumper was my favorite character)
The Shaggy D.A. (old version)

These are just a few that I can remeber. We went to the drive-in theater a lot. When I was in Elementary school they had a program where you could buy a package of tickets and go see a movie every Saturday at the theater next to Cottonwood Mall. That was a lot of fun. A lot of kids did it and so it was fun to have your friends there with you.

February 2 - Tell about someone you envied and why.

I envied my older brother Joel. He was funny, good-looking, athletic, and popular (in my eyes). At the time, I thought it was the most important thing to be popular and "loved" by everyone. He always had a cute girlfriend, had people to hang out with, and had lots of fun. I wish that I hadn't cared about those thins so much when I was younger. I had lots of friends, lots of fun, was athletic, and popular in my own world. I just didn't realize it then. All the things that he had then, didn't always make him happy. That is the whole point...they were just things. I should have centered my envy on drawing closer to the Lord. Not to say that Joel didn't seek after those things, too, but I could have sought after them a little more. I did look up to Joel and admire him in a lot of ways. He always looked after me and stuck up for me. He let me be a part of his athletic life even though sometimes that wasn't so cool to have a girl participate. I loved having an older brother to look up to and admire.

February 1 - What extra's did you use on your snowman - face, arms, etc.

How to dress a snowman:
*Eyes - rocks
*Nose - carrot or stick
*Mouth - not sure what we used...maybe rocks
*Hat - one of our snow hats
*Scarf - one that we could find. We didn't always have one.
*Arms - sticks or broom handles.
We, of course, always tried to build the biggest snowman we could. Lifting the head up to the top was quite a challenge when the head was so big. I loved making snowmen.