S to the Power Of Six!!!

7 Things

So, I've been tagged. Being new to this Blog Tagging thing, I wasn't sure what to do. I turn to my friend who tagged me, Holly at http://journeyforsarahgrace.blogspot.com, and she told me what to do. Here we go:

7 things I'd like to do before I die (Only 7; how about a multiple of 7?):
-Bring Sawyer home.
-Ride horseback in Glacier National Park.
-Go white water rafting on the Arkansas River with my wife and my son.
-Visit Yellowstone before it blows up.
-Buy 20 acres of property in the wilderness, next to a river, and build our retirement home.
-Visit Europe.
-Visit the Outback of Australia.

7 things I cannot do:
-Imagine my life without my wife.
-Visit Antarctica.
-Ride a wild Orca in the Puget Sound .
-Jump out of a perfectly good airplane.
-Pet a Polar Bear.
-Become the next "Grizzly Man."
-Kiss a Great White Shark.

7 things I can do:
-Coping Holly hear: Anything I set my mind to.
-Be a responsible parent and husband.
-Become the official taste tester for my new company: Ice Cream by Scott.
-Build my family's dream home.
-Grill without burning the meat.
-Eat any food put in front of me (except Brazil nuts, a little allergic).
-Find my Happy Place (with my wife and children).

7 Things that attracted me to my wife:
-From the first time we met, I knew she was 'the one.'
-Her great love for dogs.
-Her desire to be an awesome mother.
-Her smile is mesmerizing.
-Her laugh is infectious .
-She likes to do the same things I like.
-She's from Boston.

7 things I say most often:
-When is our TA coming?
-Hey Honey?!! Can I get a new tool?
-I didn't do that.
-Do you want to go to Cold Stone?
-Oops!
-Didn't I do that a while ago?
-I Love You.

7 Books I love:
-Super Fudge by Judy Bloom
-Tale of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Bloom
-Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
-Red October by Tom Clancy
-Any History Book
-The Lost Daughters of China by Karen Evens
-The Lord of the Flies by William Golding

7 Movies I love:
- African Queen
-Blackhawk Down
-We Were Soliders
-The Sound of Music
-The Star Wars Movies
-Big Jake
-The Sons of Katie Elder

Shelby's Answers

7 things I'd like to do before I die (only 7?):
-Visit South Africa and Ethiopia
-Adopt a child from Ethiopia
-Live on a farm with tons of dogs, horses, alpacas and parrots and a huge garden
-Live in Scotland (or Europe)
-Pay for all my children's college tuition
-Meet His Holiness the 14th Dali Lama and meditate in a Buddhist monastery in Lhasa, Tibet
-Perfect my Dhanura-asana (bow pose) in my yoga practice

7 things I cannot do:
-Dhanura-asana (see above)
-Leave a dog on the side of a road
-Pee standing up (always drip on my shoes)
-Watch a speech by Dubya
-Vote Republican
-Stop thinking about my son
-Stop loving my husband/family

7 things I can do:
-Save more money
-Be more frugal
-Spoil my dogs rotten
-Breath deep when Scott does something stupid...
-Make a mean French onion soup
-Read more
-Love my family with all my heart and soul

7 Things that attracted me to my husband:
-Felt that I have known him all my life.
-His kindheartedness
-His optimism
-Bubble BUTT (YEAH BABY)
-His desire to be a great father
-How he treated my dog
-How he takes care of me and is always there for me no matter how bitchy I am

7 things I say most often:
-[Insert dog's name] NO!!!!!
-Scott NO!!!!!!
-Oh fer Heaven's Sake
-Are you dumb?
-Honey, before I tell you what I did, promise you will still love me....
-I am going to paint the baseboard this weekend
-I love you

7 Books I love:
-The Great Gatsby , F Scott Fitzgerald
-Anything by Jane Austin, Virginia Wolfe or Emily Dickenson
-The Art of Happiness, HH 14ht Dali Lama
-The Bell JAr, Slyvia Plath
-Civil Disobedience, Thoreau
-Leaves of Grass/The Song of Myself, Whitman
-Any cookbook ever written
-1984, Orwell

7 Movies I love:
-Gone With the Wind
-Casablanca
-Fahrenheit 911
-The secret of Nimh
-High Plains Drifter
-Urban Cowboy/Sat. Night Fever/Grease/Xanadu
-Any of the "Tammy" or "Beach Blanket Bingo" movies


7 people for me to tag? how about 2?
Since we are new at this, we really don't have anyone we can tag. But if they are up to it, I Tag:
Mrs D at http://wunschmachen.blogspot.com/
Kristen at http://kkfast.blogspot.com/