3 Tags in One

Well, my sweet friend, Mela, tagged me. So here goes!

Tag #1
1. Where did you meet your husband?
Brisbane, Australia
More specifically - Camp Hill

2. What was the first thing you said to your husband?
I don't remember - I do remember that he was a real sour-puss!
I also remember the most memorable words that I said to him! :) "You have a bug on the side of your face." *SPLAT!*
Background:
He really was grumpy when I met him! I decided that I wasn't going to let him continue to be grumpy, so while we were all painting a neighbors fence, I had a handful of paint in my hand behind my back. Then I told him that he had a real big bug on his head and I went to "shoo" it away. But instead, I slapped all that paint onto the side of his head and RAN!

3. Where was your first date?
Training Table in Ogden

4. Where was your first kiss?
Weber State Stadium in the middle of the football field with all the lights out. VERY romantic!
He asked me if he could kiss me - I think he was reading my mind. :)

5. Did you have a long or short courtship/engagement?
Both!
We wrote letters for 10 months and then dated for a week and got engaged. We were married 3 months later.

6. Where did you get engaged?
Outside the Logan temple on that little stone bench that looks over the city.
We had actually gotten the ring that morning and I was BEGGING him to let me put the ring on. He said, "I haven't exactly asked you to marry me yet!"
So as we passed the temple, he parked the car and we walked up to the bench. He asked me there. :)

7. Where were you married?
Logan Temple

8. How did your reception go?
Beautiful!!!
A huge memory for us and our families!
Background:
January 11th 1997. The biggest blizzard and coldest temperature in 10 years. The reception was at my parents' home in Logan on the evening of the 11th. It was SO cold that the doors on our car froze. And the blizzard was so bad that we had to call and cancel our Honeymoon reservations (a gorgeous little hotel in the canyon). My Dad says, "Honey, you guys can just stay here tonight."
I started crying!
I had the sweetest people in my life who tried lighters, matches, hair dryers, you-name-it, to get our car doors open. And they finally succeeded. We climbed into the passenger side of the car :) and headed to this tiny little hotel in Logan.
I got sick that night. :( I remember, Bret went out to get a hamburger for me the next day and he wasn't able to go through the drive through because the window was still frozen shut. :)
We just went home a couple of days later.
I wasn't hung up on needing a big honeymoon or anything. I'm a very simple person. And now its kindof fun to remember.

9. How was your honeymoon?
See previous question!

Tag #2
Four Places I've lived....
1. New York
2. California
3. Wyoming
4. Australia
Lots more to choose from - my Dad was Military and we moved all over the place.

Four jobs I've had....
1. McD's quite a lot
2. Skippers
3. Golden Swirl
4. Cindy's Cinnamon Rolls

Five things I'd like to do before I die....
I really have to think about this one! There's not a lot that I WANT to do! No Bunging Jumping, Sky Diving, etc.
The only think that comes to mind is:
Go back to Australia!

Four favorite desserts....
1. The Mother Load :)
2. Right now, Weight Watchers cookie crumble ice cream thing. Or Skinny Cow sandwiches.
3. Mt. Dew (had to put it in there)
4. A handful of Semi-Sweet chocolate morsels.

Four facts about me....
1. I went on a mission.
2. I love organization!
3. I like Sudoku.
4. I like to write.

Four favorite TV shows....
not in any certain order
1. Biggest Loser
2. What Not to Wear
3. Survivor
4. Pushing Daisies
5. Chuck
6. Studio 60 (when will it be back on)
7. Lost
8. Avatar
9. The Office
10. 4400
Is that too many?! :)

Tag #3
6 facts/habits about myself...here's the good and the ugly!

1. I LOVE kids video games (almost more than my kids do)!
2. I really enjoy working on my computer (blogging, digital scrapbooking, coupons)
3. I count things! I can't help myself - its a bit OCD huh? I have 17 steps on my stairs - 6, then a landing, 1, then a landing, then 10 to the top.
4. I get very frustrated with narrow-minded people. Sometimes that does include myself and yes, I get frustrated with myself. I don't AGREE with everyone, but I respect that they have their own ideas about things and I genuinely like to listen their ideas.
5. I don't really like food. Certain foods - YES! But general foods overall - Nope. It's hard for me to find something to eat a lot of times. I used to get almost all my caloric intake from my Mt. Dew. :(
6. I had a police record at the ripe old age of 10. :)


So there it is! I tried to answer some of the questions different than I have in the past so you all get to know me a little more. :)
Tag your it - Amie (H.), Jen, Lisa, and Haylie! :)