Friday Fill-ins: 8-Ball

Today's Meme is brought to you by the number 8! It's pretty simple. If you wanna play along, just copy and paste to your own blog, changing the answers to reflect you, and viola! I started this a few weeks ago, and finally finished...

8 Shows I like to watch:

*I don't have TV anymore... but...
1- The Office
2- Big Bang Theory
3- Seinfeld
4- Burn Notice
5- Corner Gas
6- Flight of the Conchords
7- Fringe
8-My Boys


8 Favorite Places I like to eat and drink

1- Biaggi's
2- Market Street
3- Hacienda (boy, do I miss that place!)
4- Das Dutchman Essenhaus (Man, I miss that place too!)
5- The Mandarin
6- Red Iguana
7- McCool's
8- Timbermine (mmm... mouthwatering steaks!)

8 Things I look forward to

1- A Day Off
2- Birthdays
3- Vacations
4- Road Trips
5- Pay day!
6- Kisses
7- Parties!
8- Falling in Love


8 Things that happened yesterday

1- Went to Dr. appt
2- Ran some errands
3- Had lunch with Big-D
4- Went to the gym! Woo-hoo!
5- thought seriously about taking down Christmas Tree
6- Decided to do homework instead
7- read blogs
8- Ate popcorn for dinner!

8 things I love about winter

*There are things to LOVE about winter?
1- Good reason to make hot cocoa
2- Good reason to buy more marshmallows (will need it for cocoa)
3- Christmas time!
4- New Year Celebrations
5- I don't have to get kids up for school during winter break
6- I don't have to mow my lawn!
7- The snow hides my horrible lawn!
8- It means Spring is right around the corner!

8 things on my wish list

1-A Spoon Ring
2- A Cruise
3- Getting Published
4- Graduate College
5- New Vehicle
6- New handgun (this one is **this close** to coming true!)
7- NOT to live in a dump
8- Find love and live "happily ever after" :)

8 things I am passionate about

1- My kids
2- Writing
3- Playing the piano
4- Writing
5- Teaching
6- Cooking
7- Writing
8- I'm passionate about passion :)

8 words/ phrases I use most often

1- What the Freak?
2- Freakin
3- That's what she said
4- Like,
5- Totally.
6- Pleb!
7- Y'know what I mean?/Y'know what I'm sayin'?/Y'know? (any variation)
8- Anyway...

8 things I learned from the past

1- I can do hard things! (tee hee... ok - I just had to fight the urge to insert one of the above "phrases" here!)
2- Sometimes the choices we make are more about the choices we leave behind.
3- If what you're doing isn't working, then doing more of it or working harder at it won't work.
4- Get God's answer before you give yours.
5- Right Person. Right Place. Right Time.
6- I deserve to be happy.
7- I deserve to be loved.
8- Always check the back of my skirt before leaving a public restroom :)

8 places I would like to visit

1- Alaska
2- Hawaii (again)
3- Jackson Hole (again)
4- Ireland
5- Anywhere on a cruise!
6- Indiana (again. It's my home!)
7- Oregon Coastline
8- Europe in general

8 things I want/need
1- more money
2- better job
3- newer car
4- better house
5- a massage
6- an all-expense-paid trip somewhere
7- a husband, lol!
8- Chocolate **wink, wink**


8 people I would love to tag

whomever wants to play along!