Category Archives: who is ememby

100

Posted on July 13, 2011 | 8 comments

This is my 100th post… so there’s that. In honor of the 100th post, here are 100 things about me (in no particular order, once again).

  1. I have hazel eyes.
  2. My second, third and fourth toes on my feet are freakishly long.
  3. I can snap my toes (like fingers).
  4. I am a Christian.
  5. I’m married to an Australian (not just because I like accents).
  6. I have two kids – Liam and Jack.
  7. I have a dog named George, he’s a black, miniature poodle.
  8. I’m scared of strange things.
  9. I love listening to music, though I have a hard time liking jazz.
  10. I also like to read. Continue reading →

8 Comments

Posted in Life in general, who is ememby

I Love Messing with My Husband

Posted on June 30, 2011 | 5 comments


My husband is a cornball; just like my dad, he tells corny jokes. Or else jokes that only teenage boys and his significant-other-at-work* would appreciate. After repeating one of these stupid or pointless jokes to me, I often look at him and shake my head and say, “Honey, please remember I’m not a teenage boy, or Nick.”  Continue reading →

5 Comments

Posted in who is ememby

35 before 35

Posted on June 29, 2011 | 15 comments

My birthday is Friday, I’ll be 33. I have no qualms about sharing my age (though I don’t always enjoy it when we are walking through the grocery store and Liam tells whoever we are going past, “I am 4-and-a-half, my brother is 2 and my mom is 32!”). I don’t mind at all being the age I am, I do mind when someone thinks I’m far older than I actually am. Two things you should never assume about a woman, her age and the status of her uterus. It’s just best to keep those opinions to yourself.

In thinking about my birthday, I’ve been considering what I might like to accomplish before my next big milestone birthday of 35 (one could argue that the real milestone is 40, but I’m not ready to go there quite yet). Here’s my list, we’ll see how it goes in the next two years.

  1. Go camping with the boys.
  2. Take another road trip with the family.
  3. Start a chore chart/allowance system for the kids.
  4. Teach Liam to ride a bike.
  5. Read at least 20 books.
  6. Participate in a 5K – walking or running.
  7. Sell our house and move into our “forever” home.
  8. Make plans to visit Australia with the boys.
  9. Go on a girl’s weekend with my friends.
  10. Take a 2+ day trip with just Simon.
  11. See at least 5 live musical performances.
  12. Teach Liam to read.
  13. Potty train Jack.
  14. Go to ArtPrize twice.
  15. Eat at 10 new-to-me restaurants.
  16. Take Jack to his first movie in a theater.
  17. Go mini-golfing with the boys.
  18. Take the boys to a hockey game.
  19. Attempt to grow out my hair for locks of love.
  20. Send at least 8 “care” packages to out-of-town friends and family.
  21. Meet my WW’s goal (way before 35).
  22. Get Jack baptised/dedicated at church.
  23. Stay at the JW Marriott.
  24. Stay at a bed and breakfast.
  25. Visit Great Wolf Lodge.
  26. Get an hour-long massage.
  27. Plant a garden.
  28. Send someone flowers.
  29. Join a bible study.
  30. Continue writing this blog.
  31. Start AND finish a quilt.
  32. Tackle the crazy basement once and for all.
  33. Re-finish a piece of furniture.
  34. Get the boys sharing a room so we can reclaim a guest room/office/craft space.
  35. Get vinyl flooring installed in our kitchen.

What would you like to accomplish in the next two years?

15 Comments

Posted in 35 before 35, Life in general, who is ememby

Top Ten Celebrities I’d Like to Beat Up

Posted on June 21, 2011 | 27 comments
  1. Miley Cyrus | She gained her fame based on her father’s own fleeting fame and she’s really just too stupid for anything good to come from her, plus, she’s a horrible singer… horrible.
  2. David Letterman | I think I’m supposed to love him, but he really bugs me because he’s often condescending to people and I just think he’s too smug for who he is.
  3. Flava Flav | I had to put him on this list for my husband’s benefit – he really hates that guy. I certainly don’t love him, so in a dream world, I’d beat him up, too.
  4. Donald Trump | I really think this needs no explanation.
  5. Peter Sarsgaard & Maggie Gyllenhaal | They are married actors and I saw them interviewed once on the red carpet, which is probably a really strange place to find yourself in life but I just thought they were so incredibly rude and hoity toity and while I could maybe give them the benefit of the doubt (strange situation), I feel like they were really being who they were and that’s just unnecessary. Don’t go into acting if you don’t want to deal with being interviewed on the red carpet and think you are above it all.
  6. Victoria Beckham | The woman just never smiles and perhaps it’s because she’s just very hungry, but would it kill her to even smirk?
  7. Kristen Stewart | The I-don’t-like-being-famous and I-don’t-understand-why-people-don’t-leave-me-alone routine is a little tiresome; then don’t audition to be in a movie that women ages 14 to 44 are going to want to see because you just might get the part (despite your lack of talent) and then you will become famous and people will not leave you alone.
  8. Ashton Kutcher | How can someone who is such a bad actor keep making movies? He needs to use his celebrity for doing other things than making Nikon commercials and going out with his wife.
  9. Scarlett Johansson | If she was stupid enough to divorce Ryan Reynolds, then really, she needs some sense knocked into her.
  10. Chris Brown | Because someone needs to.

Apparently I have something against stupid and/or egotistical celebrities.

Top Ten {Tuesday}This post is linked to Oh Amanda’s Top Ten Tuesday.

27 Comments

Posted in Top Ten Tuesday, who is ememby

Top Ten Tuesday: Regrets

Posted on June 14, 2011 | 9 comments

I have no deep, dark secret regret that I’m going to expose here, but I do have things that I have stewed over for far longer than necessary.

1. That I didn’t figure out a way to do a semester in Spain when I was in college. The year I would have gone to Spain I ended up being an RA (resident assistant, i.e., floor monitor) in the dorms which I loved, but it meant I didn’t go to Spain that year and the following year I did the semester program in Chicago, which is a city I love dearly, but it is decidedly not in Europe. College was my chance to grab that opportunity and I let it pass me by. Continue reading →

9 Comments

Posted in Life in general, who is ememby