I got tagged by wealthy_1 over at Collecting My Cash to share a little bit about myself.  I had a hard time with some of these.  I tag Krystal to try this out.

Here’s Some Crazy8 Facts about myself:

8 Things I’m Passionate About
1. God and My Faith
2. My husband
3. My family (mom, brother, and sister)
4. Writing
5. Reading
6. Helping Others
7. Strategy & RPG Video Games (Civ, KOTOR, and Rise of Nations)
8. Cats
8 Things I Say Often

1. My husband: ‘Love you’ & ‘don’t forget the dishes’
2. To my family: ‘Love you’ and ‘talk to you later’
3. At work: There’s a bat in the cave (booger in nose) or some other related phrase
4. To my friends: “Take it easy.”
5. To my professors: “But what if ___ happened?”
6. To everyone: “Cool” and “Oh Snap!”
7. When I’m upset: Shenanigans!
8. When I’m asleep: Whatever I’m dreaming about

8 Books I’ve Read Recently

1. Business Law by Samuelson
2. History of the People by Howard Zinn
3. Mankind’s Search for God
4. Star Trek Voyager Encyclopedia
5. The Naked Chef by Jamie Oliver
6. An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore
7. Operations Management by Stvenson
8. The Bible (it’s a daily goal to read a bit of it each day)

8 Things I want to do before I die

1. Make sure my family is taken care of
2. Make giving to the community a huge part of my life
3. Start a scholarship for deserving students at my university
4. Travel to all the continents, including Antarctica.
5. Live in either Australia or New Zealand for at least a year.
6. Learn to speak 3 languages fluently
7. Write a novel
8. Have a column in the New York Times

8 Songs I can Listen to Over and Over

1. Sugar Hill Gang “Rappers Delight”
2. Singing for the Lonely by Robbie Williams
3. Father of Mine by Everclear
4. Sweet Dreams by Eurhythics
5. Hung Up by Madonna
6. Celebrate by Kool & the Gang
7. Banana Pancakes by Jack Johnson
8. Say It Right by Nelly Furtado

8 Things That Attract me to My Friends
1. Loyalty
2. Interesting Passions and Life
3. Creativity
4. Good Listener
5. Straight Talker
6. Don’t Gossip.
7. Heroes TV show (Just noticed this)
8. True to Themselves

8 Things I Learned This Past Year

1. Marriage is awesome and at the same time hard.
2. Sometimes the best help is letting someone figure it out on their own.
3. Find a job that can help you achieve your goals.
4. Spend less than you earn.
5. Blog about what you’ve learned and listen to the advice of others.
6. Saving is a good habit.
7. Sharing is a great habit.
8. I don’t need as much gadgets as I thought.

Thanks for the invite wealthy_1!

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