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I was recently tagged by my SIL Kim, so here we have it… the deep dark secrets...What I was doing 10 years ago: the magical year of 1998 found me as a sophomore in High School. I had just learned to drive a stick shift by driving my parents’ car into a brick wall in the front of the house. Thus, I was actually dreading getting my driver’s license instead of chomping at the bit. I was a bookworm and spent Friday and Saturday nights at home with the family – every little girl’s dream - pretty glamorous.

Five things on my to-do list: Pay the electric bill. Work out Lexi’s medical reports and insurance issues. Wash the walls (this has actually been on the to-do list for quite some time. Good intention + No motivation = my house). Grocery shopping (I found this morning, cereal is real hard to eat when there is no milk). And, shower (yup, I actually have to put it on my list, or it doesn’t get done).

If I were a billionaire I would: I would pay off David’s student loans. And, I’d invest the $20 bucks left over as our retirement nest egg.

Bad habits: Procrastination… If I can make myself start something, I am usually pretty good about seeing it through, but it’s that whole getting started thing that really turns me off.

Afternoon naps… I LOVE naps! David is not so much a napper, so I tend to leave my naps out of my detailed answer to his nightly question of “what did you do today?”

I also am terrible at making the bed… just combine the two above answers and it all makes sense.

Finally, I eat a ton of salt… weird I know, but poor David has to live with always trying to pretend his extremely over salted food tastes good.

Five places I've lived: I grew up in Ogden, and lived there till college. I moved the grueling 75 miles to Provo where I lived (or as I tend to describe it ‘where I barely managed to survive’) until my mission. I lived in Kirtland, OH and the immediate surrounding cities for the duration of my 18 months. After returning to the place that shall not be named for about a year and a half, I moved to LA, where I can now be found sipping smoothies by the ocean.

And, there you have it; my life in a pathetically small nut shell. What does it mean when I can only come up with four places?

Five jobs I've had: My first job was as part of a cleaning staff – we weren’t allowed to be paid cause of the paper trail it would cause, but Mom and Dad let us have room and board.

I also worked in a teeny tiny movie theater – free popcorn and movies!

I was a grocery bagger/grocery checker at Macey’s in Ogden (with a short stint as a night stocker – it takes a very special person to work straight through the night).

I have worked as a bank teller, MTC teacher, and receptionist/assistant in both Orthodontic and Oral Surgery clinics.

Currently, I am pursuing my most difficult career yet as a stay-at-home mom... Who knew a little human could be SO much work?!?!