TAGGED

Amanda posted this on her blog a few days ago and she didn't tag anyone but I thought it would be fun to do...

( )Gone on a blind date
(X) Skipped school
(X) Watched someone die (I was in the room when my grandpa passes
away... Does that count?)
(X) Been to Canada
( ) Been to Mexico
(X) Been to Florida
(X) Been on a plane
(X) Been lost
( ) Been on the opposite side of the country
(X) Gone to Washington, DC
(X) Swam in the ocean
(X) Cried yourself to sleep
( ) Played cops and robber
( ) Recently colored with crayons
(X) Sang Karaoke
(X) Paid for a meal with coins only?
(X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn’t?
( ) Made prank phone calls
(X) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
(X) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
( ) Danced in the rain
(X) Written a letter to Santa Claus
( ) Been kissed under the mistletoe
(X) Watched the sunrise with someone you care about
(X) Blown bubbles
(X )Gone ice-skating
( ) Been skinny dipping outdoors
(X) Gone to the movies

1. Any nickname? Lilli, Lilliputian, Tiny Toons
2. Mother’s name? Maria
3. Favorite drink? Pepsi
4. Tattoo? none
5. Body Piercing? ears
6. How much do you love your job? for the most part.
7. Birthplace? NYC
8. Favorite vacation spot? Naples
9. Ever been to Africa ? Nope
10. Ever eaten cookies for dinner? Yes
11. Ever been on TV? Probably... I went to a Sabado Gigante taping once...
12. Ever steal any traffic sign? nope
13. Ever been in a car accident? Yes
14. Drive a 2-door or 4-door vehicle? I've driven both
15. Favorite salad dressing? Thousand Islands
16. Favorite pie? Chocolate Silk Pie
17. Favorite number? 13
18. Favorite movie? Grease
19. Favorite holiday? Christmas
20. Favorite dessert? anything CHOCOLATE
21. Favorite food? Cheeseburgers
22. Favorite day of the week? Saturday
23. Favorite brand of body wash? Suave Body Wash
24. Favorite toothpaste? Crest
25. Favorite smell? My son after a bath
26. What do you do to relax? websurf, hang out on the couch

What, no 27?

28. How do you see yourself in 10 years? Raising a pre-teen...ayayay!!
29. Furthest place you will send this message? it's the internet...it knows no bounds!!
30. Who will respond to this the fastest? Not sure
31. Favorite restaurant? Bugatti
32. Five people to tag: whoever wants to do it.

Scattergories Meme

Got this from Tere

Instructions indicate that I "must answer each question using the first letter of my name. And it must be a "real" answer, nothing you made up. If you don't have an answer, skip it." So here I go:

Your Name: Lilli
1. Famous Singer/Band: Laura Pausini
2. 4 letter word: LOVE
3. Street: Lorca (in Coral Gables)
4. Color: Lilac
5. Gifts/Presents: Lingerie
6. Vehicle: Lexus
7. Things in a Souvenir Shop: lollipop
8. Boy Name: Lucas
9. Girl Name: Laura
10. Movie Title: Little Mermaid
11. Drink: Lemonade
12. Occupation: Lab Technician
13. Flower: Lily of the Valley
14. Celebrity: Liv Tyler
15. Magazine: Life
16. U.S. City: Los Angeles
17. Pro Sports Teams: Detroit Lions (NFL) / LA Lakers (NBA)
18. Fruit: Lulo
19. Reason for Being Late for Work: Left the house late
20. Something You Throw Away: Leftovers
21. Things You Shout: Leave me alone
22. Cartoon Character: Little Lulu

If you want to play along, consider yourself tagged. Leave a link in the comments section.

Answers to the MOVIE TAG

Just in case you couldn't guess the answers to the Movie Tag here are the Movie Titles:

1. Grease 2
2. Annie
3. Batman
4. Shrek
5. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
6. Now & Then
7. Revenge of the Nerds
8. Cannonball Run
9. The Last Emperor
10. Princess Diaries

I've been MOVIE TAGGED

Pick out ten favorite movies, then look them up at IMDb. In the overview at the top of each movie’s page, there are “Plot Keywords,” usually five of them. (Plus more, if you click the link.) Take the first five, and post them. Then the rest of us get to play movie buff and see if we can guess them.

I had trouble thinking of ten because I do not actually have ten FAVORITE movies. I just thought about all the DVDs that I own and did the search for those movies in no particular order.... I will post the answers next week.

#1
1960s / Sequel / Bomb Shelter / High School / Bowling

#2
New York City / Based On Musical / Broadway Musical / Based On Adaptation / Billionaire

#3
Damsel In Distress / Betrayal / Obsessive Love / Love Interest / High Concept

#4
Surprise After End Credits / Bishop / Arrow / Blind / Midget

#5
Dancing / Baklava / Baptism / Bundt Cake / Country Club

#6
Small Town / Nostalgic / Bicycle / Poignant / Sewer

#7
Tucson Arizona / Waterbed / Breathing Fire / Funhouse / College

#8
High Tech / Agent / Bond Girl / Ejector Seat / Crazy Car

#9
Drug Addiction / Foot Sex / Japan / Red China / Asia

#10
Popularity / Whimsical / Fish Out Of Water / Behavior / Humor


I'm supposed to tag 10 people, but the majority of people that read this blog have already done this meme. So if you would like to participate in the fun, consider yourself tagged and let me know in the comments section so I can check it out!

I've been TAGGED (TWICE)

INSTRUCTIONS: Remove the blog in the top spot from the following list and bump everyone up one place. Then add your blog to the bottom slot, like so.

1) Sarah
2) Elizasmom
3) Claudia's Spaceship
4) Brandon's Puppy
5) The Simo Love Nest

Next select five people to tag:
I will not tag anyone because everyone I know has already been tagged... If you would like to complete this be my guest....


What were you doing 10 years ago?
May 21, 1997: I was in college studing accounting.

What were you doing 1 year ago?
May 21, 2006: I was in NYC on my Girls Only Weekend

Five snacks you enjoy:
1) Oreo Cookies
2) Chocolate Ice Cream
3) M & Ms
4) Papa Rellena
5) French Fries


Five songs that you know all the lyrics to:
In no particular order
1) Hotel California - Eagles
2) To Make You Feel My Love - Billy Joel I'd better know it, it was our wedding song!
3) Con los años que me quedan - Gloria Estefan
4) La Piragua - Carlos Vives (not the original singer)
5) Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen


Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:
1) Buy a New Car
2) Buy my hubby a New Car
3) Pay off our debts
4) Travel
5) Build my dream home


Five bad habits:
1) Scratching at pimples and scabs.
2) Twirling my hair around my finger
3) Making faces when i'm concentrating, writing, typing, scrapping...pretty much all the time that I'm not talking.
4) Mild road rage
5) surfing the internet too much at work (sshhh!!!!)


Five things you like doing:
1) Taking pictures
2) Shopping
3) Surfing the net
4) Sleeping (especially now that I am pregnant)
5) Scrapbooking


Five things you would never wear again:
1) Rolled Up Pants
2) scrunchy socks
3) plastic gummy bracelets
4) anything neon
5) anything polyester, unless is for Halloween.


Five favorite toys:
1) My digital camera
2) My Laptop (I can edit all my photos using different programs)
3) My cell phone (I can play Tetris on it)
4) In a few months my baby
5) Anything I need to build

One Word Only

I was tagged by Amanda

This Moment: Tired
Your Shoes: boots
Craving: bagel
The State of Your Home: cluttery
Annoyed By: ignorance
Noise In the Background: Radio
Really Want To: sleep
Thinking about: baby
Smelling: Vanilla
Favorite Product In Office Supply Aisle: Pens
Don't Ever Want To: die
Your Eye Color: brown
The Weather: cold!
Have Never Tried: bungee-jumping
Think Everyone Should Try: chocolate
Last Vacation Destination: Ecuador
The Last Thing You Had to Drink: coffee
Your Bad Habit: nail-biting
What You're Going To Do Now: work

I won't tag anyone... If you want to do this be my guest...

Christmas Meme

Amanda posted a couple of Holiday Memes so I decided to join them and answer all the questions... Enjoy!

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper unless the gift is to difficult to wrap then I will put it into a gift bag.

2. Real tree or artificial? Real it makes the house smell all piney...

3. When do you put up the tree? Second weekend of December.

4. When do you take the tree down? When it starts to dry-up.

5. How do you decorate your Christmas tree? Red, White and Gold... Inherited ornaments from our moms.

6. What tops your tree? A red and gold metal star.

7. Favorite gift you received as a child? Not sure...

8. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? A polyster SILVER shirt :-(

9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes but we did not put it this year... Not really sure why not.

10. Hardest person to buy for? My husband because he never really wants anything... I have to start thinking back to stuff that he has mentioned throughout the year.

11. Easiest person to buy for? My grandmother.

12. Do you hang mistletoe? NOPE :-(

13. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail them... Although I was a bit late this year.

14. Favorite Christmas movie? Miracle on 34th Street.

15. When do you start shopping? This year I had most of my shopping done before Black Friday. Usually, I'm not that good about it.

16. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Oh Yeah...

17. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Cookies.

18. Clear lights or colored on the tree? Colored because our clear ones where not cooperating.

19. Favorite Christmas song? "The Magic Of Christmas Day " by Celine Dion.

20. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Stay home and visit family throughout the city.

21. Can you name all of Santa's Reindeers? Of course!

22. Open the presents on Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas day with the family as we house-hop.

23. Most annoying thing about this time of year? The lines, and how people get so nasty and impatient during such a beautiful time of the year.

24. Do you have Jesus in your heart this Christmas? Yes I do!

25. What would you like for Christmas? Nothing really. Just grateful to be surrounded by loving family and friends!

26. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot Chocolate cuz I don't like the taste of Egg Nog.

27. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? My grandmother's pork.

28. What is your favorite holiday dessert? Cookies

29. Favorite holiday memory as a child. Gathering at my grandparent's apartment and waiting for midnight to open our presents.

30. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I was 9 years old... I woke up and saw my parents putting the presents next to my bed... I had to keep quiet though cuz my cousins were only 4 & 5 and there was no reason to ruin it for them.

31. Snow. Love it or dread it? I was born in NY so I miss not having snow on Christmas but that is the only time that I really miss it.

32. Can you ice skate? Nope. I tried once and fell on my ASS.

33. What's the most important thing about the holidays for you? Family and Friends.

34. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Shopping for gifts, visiting family, gift-giving, decorating. ALL OF IT... I LOVE XMAS!

35. Which do you prefer - giving or receiving? Both... I love the anticipation of seeing what I am gonna get but I also like to see peoples faces when the open their presents.


MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

A Tag after Tropical Storm Ernesto

1. A Book that changed my life:
I am not really sure about this one.

2. A Book that I've read more than once:
The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende

3. A Book I'd take to a desert Island:
Anything by Isabel Allende

4. A Book that made me laugh:
Big Trouble by Dave Barry

5. A book that made me cry:
Paula by Isabel Allende

6. A book I wish had been written:
"Is It Really Possble to Stop Being a Clutter Queen?!", ditto Manders

7. A book that should have never been written:
textbooks!!

8. A book I'm currently reading:
A few Scrapbooking books... I need ideas so I can finish my wedding book

9. A book I'm planning to read:
Forest of the Pygmies by Isabel Allende

10. Five people I'll send these questions to:
Everyone that I would send it to already got it.... but whoever else wants to do it. =)

Past, present and future

I saw this over at Claudia's Spaceship and decided to do it here too.

20 Years ago I...
-was living in NYC
-was enjoying the final days of my summer vacation
-was getting up early to watch Saturday morning cartoons
-was excited about starting the 6th grade

10 years ago I...
-I had just met Adrian a year before
-was going to community college
-was trying to figure out what I was going to do with the rest of my life
-was deciding that maybe I didn't like Medicine and that I should change to Accounting

5 years ago I...
-was working at an attorney's office
-was still living with my grandmother

3 years ago I...
-was working full time at a web design company

One year ago...
-I had just married Adrian a few months earlier
-I had just changed my name on my drivers license to Simo
-was planning a trip to Quito

Yesterday I...
-went to the doctor for a preconception checkup
-ate Stir Fry that Adrian cooked
-watched The Closer and Saved on TNT

Today I...
-haven't done much but work

In the next year I will...
-be going to Galapagos
-try to conceive a child

Picture Meme

OK, so here is how this works... find a google image for each of the questions, post on your blog, and let me know if you do, so I can see the pictures!


Town you were born in:

Town I live in now:



My Grandmother's name:



My favorite food:



My Favorite Drink:



My Favorite song:



My Favorite smell:

Tag, You're it!

Thanks Claudia!

4 jobs I've had:
· Administrative Assistant for a Radio Station Sales Manager
· Administrative Assistant for an Immigration Lawyer
· Administrative Assistant for a Web Design Company
· Interactive Media Developer (Web Programmer)


4 movies I can watch over and over:
· Batman
· Grease
· Dirty Dancing
· Austin Powers


4 places I've lived (I have to name neighborhoods here because I've lived in only lived in NY & Miami):
· Brooklyn, NY
· Queens, NY
· Westchester, FL
· Unincorporated Dade, FL


4 TV shows I love:
· Friends
· Nip Tuck
· Grey's Anatomy
· Rescue Me


4 places I've vacationed:
· Ecuador
· UK
· France
· Italy


4 of my favorite dishes
· Pizza
· Cheeseburger
· Pasta
· Arepas


4 places I would rather be right now:
· Home with my hubby
· At the Beach walking along the seashore
· Somewhere taking pictures
· In bed sleeping (it's raining right now, I love to sleep to the sound of rain).

What Christmas Carol Are You?

You Are "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer"

Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer Had a very shiny nose. And if you ever saw him, You would even say it glows. For you, Christmas is a mix of tradition and fun. You're not above strapping on a red blinking nose for a laugh.

What Christmas Carol Are You?

What does you birthdate mean???

What does you birthdate mean???

My Birthdate: October 5 With a birthday on the 5th of the month you are inclined to work well with people and enjoy them. You are talented and versatile, very good at presenting ideas. You may have a tendency to get itchy feet at times and need change and travel. You tend to be very progressive, imaginative and adaptable. Your mind is quick, clever and analytical. A restlessness in your nature may make you a bit impatient and easily bored with routine. You may have a tendency to shirk responsibility What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

What Muppet are you?

I saw this over at Brandon's Puppy and just couldn't resist... I loved the muppets when I was a kid.




You are Kermit the Frog.
You are reliable, responsible and caring. And you have a habit of waving your arms about maniacally.

FAVORITE EXPRESSIONS:
"Hi ho!" "Yaaay!" and "Sheesh!"

FAVORITE MOVIE:
"How Green Was My Mother"

LAST BOOK READ:
"Surfin' the Webfoot: A Frog's Guide to the Internet"

HOBBIES:
Sitting in the swamp playing banjo.

QUOTE:
"Hmm, my banjo is wet."

What Muppet are you?
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