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Tagged by this super lady. My life seems so boring now - lol!!!

1.What was I doing 10 years ago?

Living Soldiering at Fort Irwin. I started taking my first college courses on post. Kiddo was recently born and I was working out like crazy trying to get back in shape to pass my PT test. passed with a 290 out of 300!! Before that my PT tests were average. I went to Miami that summer with a bangin body. Then I went back to my averageness, keeping up with a hot bod is too high maintenance for me.

2. What are 5 things on my "To Do List"today? My typical Summer Saturday except #1

1. Go to PR meet & greet
2. See my mom
3. Have family time w/ hubby & kiddo
   
4. Make dinner
5. Have me time w/ sewing machine

3.Snacks I enjoy?

1. Peanut butter & peach preserve sandwiches
2. White flour tortilla chips w/ fresh pico de gallo & guacamole
3. Veggie burritos
   
4. Mozzarella & Tomato salad
5. Pizza
   

4.What would I do if I became a Billionaire?

1. Quit my job
2. Retire hubby so he can become a day trader
3. Retire my mom
4. Homeschool kiddo w/ a private tutor
5. Move to & build an estate with a farm & 3 homes - a mid size single family for us, a small cottage for mom, and a larger one, with a party hall & pool for visiting family - halfway between Dallas & Nacogdoches, TX
6. Remodel current house and give it to my little sister
7. Build & fund 2 schools/community centers in Baltimore's inner city (for underprivileged children) that focuses on Business, Technology & Art, no sports. Community center will be for any child, not just the students. Hire some of the parents, have my little sister run it.
8. Donate to a few elderly care and food bank charities.
   
9. Adopt 3 more children, 2 boys and a girl. Various ages. I like Angelina/Madonna and all but all of them will be from the US.
10. Buy a few businesses to sustain the billions.
11. Travel EVERYWHERE I can before I die.
12. Make a will, leave everything to my dog LMAO, only kidding.

5.Places I have lived?

1. Dallas, TX (born)
2. Oakland, CA (raised)
3. Baltimore, MD (grew up, married)
4. Fort Jackson, SC - Fort Lee, VA (temporary for training)
5. Fort Irwin, CA (gave birth)
   
6. Fort Knox, KY (Knox is my last name! yes for real)
7. Owings Mills, MD (purchased first home, graduated college)
   

6.What type of work have I done ?

1. Babysitter
2. Hair Braider (how I funded my prom)
   
3. Cashier @ Popeye's Chicken
4. Drive through cashier @ McDonald's
5. Cashier @ Value village thrift store
6. Salesperson a.k.a. cute girl to lure men in then follow them around the store to make sure they didn't steal anything @ Lee's Pants ( a men's boutique), on Howard street in Baltimore. I wonder if it's still there. Prolly not.
   
7. Salesperson @ another Howard street boutique (across the street) that offered me more pay
8. US Army soldier
9. Help Desk technician
10. Natural hair stylist (black hair)
    
11. Technology instructor (workplace)
    

7.Five people I would like to know more about?
anyone reading this! I'm not sure whose all been tagged, but let me know if you have.

Rested

I'm recovered.

Last weekend was full of family-fun-food and LOVE. Planning a party (for the most beautiful woman in the world) is no joke. Running around town picking up things along with multiple trips to the airport at ODD hours - I give my lil sis MAD PROPS for getting this together. You are the bomb lil sis and NO I did not finish your dress yet and WHO CARES that your conceited, spoiled, flaming cat has pink eye :)

Cooking for a houseful of guests - including vegetarians and picky meat-atarians (Hi cousin!) is no joke. Throw a baby shower in, an all day walking tour of DC, and other during the week stuff, yeah I was beat.

But we celebrated my Mom's 50th in ful-l-l-l-l-l effect though. People came from almost all US regions to see MY mama :) (She's in the middle)

There were men there, but they chose to stay out on the deck with the beer and the grill.
And as you can see we all have the Gordon arms & back (from my grand mama-rip) with the exception of my skinny mama :-) She takes after her dad-rip.

me @ the botanical gardens

I got tagged twice while I was in in coma mode.

Leslie @ Loohoo Originals tagged me with a literary meme. I had to Google meme because I had no clue.

1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people, and acknowledge who tagged you.



I got this book from the library last week to find a quick recipe for Mom's party. It's been sitting on my desk unopened since - lol!

so thanks Leslie for getting me into this book because I think I love Martha and will buy this book now. It's jam packed with all kinds of yummies. Kiddo is into cooking instead of sewing/crochet right now so we will get some use out of it - especially the desserts.

The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook.

I'll start on the first full recipe (Southwest Corn Chowder) on page 123:

5th sentence:
Add the carrot, celery, and poblano; cook until the vegetables are just tender, about 5 minutes.

Next three:
Stir in 1 teaspoon salt, the cumin, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, and the cayenne. Raise heat to high; add the wine. Cook until most liquid has evaporated, 2 to 3 minutes.

mmmm sounds good already. lol!

Then C. Dishmey @ Wall Street By Day :: Hardcore Crafter By Night Tagged me to post 6 "random" things about me:

1. I broke my arm when I was about 9 and had surgery/stitches that resulted in a 4 inch keloid on my right arm.
2. I cut of all of my hair (not much to begin with, lol) 6 years ago so I could "go natural." It's a big deal for Black girls who were pretty much forced into processed hair. It was really a big deal for me because I looked like a twelve year old boy until it grew out some.
   
3. My first sewing project ever was in Jr High were those letter pillows like McCall's 3274. I remember getting the fabric and pattern at Poppy Fabric in Oakland.
   
4. Speaking of Jr High, I dressed up like Rhythm Nation Era - Janet Jackson for Halloween and was chased around the school by people who wanted my autograph, lol!! From then on I was known as Janet. All through high school which was on the opposite coast coast I was called Janet I guess because I wore braids a'la Poetic Justice. Shoot, I was cuter!
5. At 5'6 I am the shortest grandchild on my mom's side. Kiddo is steadily inching up on me and everyone else is 5'8+ or at least they claim to be. (Hi cousin!!)
6. I might be short, but I suffer ZERO allergies - food, seasonal or otherwise, unlike my mom, sisters, kiddo and hubby and others. So there.
   

I'm all late and everyone in my blog roll is probably already tagged so I wont tag anyone.