I've been tagged!- Random about things about me

I feel so welcomed into the blogging world now that I have been "tagged" to post about myself by my friend Annie (who by the way is one of the truly amazing people I've met). Here goes:

10 years ago:
I was on my mission in Russia. Oh, where do I start? As I thought about where I was and what I was doing, I realized that I faithfully kept a journal on my mission (oh, how things change- if I can write in a journal every few months these days... that is why I blog, right?). Anyway, I fished it out of a box from our basement and read the entries from the end of April and the beginning of May 1998. It was such a fantastic time warp- thank you Annie for bringing me to this point. I wrote about how we were teaching a couple whom we had just told they needed to get married before being baptized. "It was a good lesson for me about being honest. Too often I try to please people by saying what they want to hear. That isn't right. I need to work on being more honest. Our president said 'The Spirit doesn't offend.' How true- the Spirit will always testify of what is true- but also give us hope that we can do what is right and live as He tells us."

Things on my to-do list for Monday:
-Do the 30- day shred workout
-Call Annie and wish her a Happy Birthday
-Clip Elle's fingernails (they grow SO fast!)
-Register for Women's Conference (nothing like the last minute)
-Go to Costco for fruit (and nothing else- I promise)
-Sweep and Mop (I think this is always on the list, but one of the first things I like to avoid- along with most other cleaning)
-Go visiting teaching
-Plan an inspiring FHE while still engaging a 6, 4 and 1 year old (actually I'll just settle for planned)

What I would do if I suddenly had a billion dollars: (Isn't this a sign of our times- it isn't a million anymore- it's a Billion)
-Pay off the house
-Put away money for all the future stuff we expect (missions, college, weddings, missions, travel) and the stuff we don't want to (death, illness, tradgedy)
-Buy a road bike (I've been wanting one for a while, but have never really ridden one)
-Start searching for that piece of land that is just right (near the mountains, maybe a stream, mature trees) to build my dream "green" home.
-Annonymously pay off some of the biggest bills at Primary Children's Medical Center (so when I'm rich and actually do this- don't tell anyone it was me)
-Book some service trips to do with the kids this summer (like build schools in South America or teach families in Africa how to treat their drinking water- you know, worthy stuff like that)
-Travel LOTS (you name it, I probably want to go there)
-Hire a professional chef, a housekeeper, a gardner, and a really great photographer to capture my kids at a moment's notice

It's fun to dream!

3 of my bad habits:
-I am often late (thanks to Scott we are on time more than I would be by myself)
-I leave dishes in the sink overnight
-I can fall asleep almost anywhere (and I have- church, the temple, while driving!- I'm not proud of it)

Places I have lived:
Salt Lake City, UT (born)
Murray, UT (raised- do those count as two separate places?)
Logan, UT (Utah State University)
Moscow, Russia (teaching English)
Guangzhou, China (teaching English)
Rostov-na-Donu, Russia (mission)
San Antonio, TX (our first jobs out of college)
Shreveport, LA (where Davis was born)
Cedar Hills (currently and most likely for a long time)

Jobs I've had:
-Babysitting (I even had a 'kit' and took CPR classes- I was good)
-Selling doughnuts going from business to business every morning until my 'crate' was empty
-Cashier at the Taco Maker in Fashion Place Mall
-Police Cadet (truly a highlight of my HS years)
-Preschool teacher (Learning Tree preschool/ daycare)
-Running the go-carts at Saltair (it was hardly work- I worked with Christina and no one ever came, so we just raced each other)
-Data taker for a research project (I watched kids play and took notes)
-Receptionist/dispatcher at a construction company
-Credit analyst for American Express (I secretly loved looking at other people's credit reports)
-Secretary at Huntsman Chemical (I did accounts recievable-love, love their cafeteria)
-First grade teacher (Tremonton, UT)
-Fifth grade teacher (San Antonio, TX)
(I think that is all- I am having a hard time remembering- Update 5-1: I knew there were more, I just added three- I forgot until I read Pookies list)

5 things most people don't know about me:
1. I like to REALLY separate my laundry (one too many laundry mishaps has led to this one-reds only go with reds, blacks with blacks, of course whites with whites- so when I wash one set everyone has the same color of clean clothes all at once. Sometimes it looks like we are trying to be a matchy family- but really it is what is clean at the time)
2. One of my dreams growing up was to be a pediatrician (I would still love to if I didn't have to make my family suffer through all the years of hard work- I mostly am fascinated with how the body works)
3. Swimming in lakes creeps me out - the ocean is even worse. (I will do it sometimes if I am really feeling fun and brave. Once when I was a leader at girl's camp, I went down a zip line and was supposed to drop into a mountain lake (freezing!). Instead of letting go I begged the man at the top to pull me back up. I jumped in later because the YW gave me such a hard time)
4. When I was in high school and college I used to eat junk food for meals (I think Scott sometimes thinks he was tricked since I am such a health food fan now. He would love to have some frozen pizzas in the house or Grandma's cookies, or Cherry Pepsi- any one of which could have been my lunch back in the day)
5. I was having a hard time thinking of something else so I asked Scott (this is really revealing). He said "You snore and you stink really bad when you get back from running". Gotta love it- can you tell we have been married almost 9 years. Good thing I just posted about honesty.

I tag anyone who hasn't done this yet. It was fun to do- I'd love to read yours.