About Me

  • About Me: HI...this site is mostly for me so I have a safe place to vent. Join me as I struggle with taking care of 6 munchkins and myself. My kids are 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 1 This is a place for me to talk about life, raising my kids, breastfeeding...and whatever else I feel like wandering on about!

College

  • School Name: Prairie Bible College
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 1993
  • Attended: 1989 - 1993
  • Degree type: Bachelors
  • Major(s): Religious Education
  • Minor(s): Interdisciplinary
  • Organizations: Class Comittee, Jr Sr Banquet Committee, Prayer Head, RA

Video Games

  • Games I Play: FATE
  • Consoles: Computer

Travel

  • Places I love: Ocean
  • Places I've been: Across Canada by Train, Hawaii, Mexico, and most Western States
  • Places to see before I die: Hawaii (with hubby)
  • Dream Vacation: Cruise to warm Islands for as long as I possibly could

Television

  • Favorite Shows: American Idol, Closer, Numbers, Ghost Whisperers, Charmed
  • Favorite Channels: KIRO 7
  • Favorite Reruns: Saved by the Bell, Home Improvement
  • Most Addictive Show: American Idol
  • Favorite Late Night Talk Show: N/A
  • Characters you relate to: Full House
  • Show I Secretly Watch: America's Top Model
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Charmed!

Style

  • Where I shop: Walmart
  • Brands I love: Lane Bryant, Birkenstocks
  • I like to wear: Comfy
  • Can't live without: Leggings, Birkenstocks
  • Prized Possessions: Flowered Birks
  • Guilty Pleasure: Nice Dresses

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Casting Crowns, Michael W Smith, Steve Green, Stephen Curtis Chapman, Martina McBride
  • Favorite Albums: Casting Crowns
  • Favorite Genre: Christian Contemporary
  • Favorite Songs: Anyway. (Martina McBride) Voice of Truth, His Strength is Perfect
  • Favorite Lyrics: Anyway
  • Songs for Roadtrips: My eyes are big, They killed the old Red Rooster
  • Guilty Pleasure: Country Music. Johnny Horton
  • Songs I repeat the most: Veggie Tales Songs Darn it!
  • Band I wish I was in: Casting Crowns

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Independence Day,
  • Favorite Actors: Jimmy Stewart, Carry Grant, John Wayne, Roy Rogers
  • Favorite Genre: Old Classics
  • Favorite Soundtracks: Sound of Music
  • Movie Quotes I say all the time: Go ahead make my day
  • Movies I can watch over and over: Sound of Music, ID4,
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: Maureen O'hara

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: Arroz Con Pollo
  • Favorite Dishes: Sweet and Sour Pork
  • Favorite Desserts: Ice Cream (preferably chocolate)
  • Favorite Drinks: strawberry margarita (virgin) Diet Mountain Dew (can't live without it.)
  • Favorite Junk Foods: Ice cream, doritos, cheetoes, chocolate, icecream, chocolate
  • Best meal ever: Arroz Con Pollo at a tiny Mexican restaurant that's no longer open.
  • My Original Recipes: Cream of chicken with mushroom, garlic, cheddar
  • Favorite Restaurants: Kokopelli's, Downrigger, Breakwater
  • Foods I hate: Carrot Salad, and my mom's salmon

Books

  • Favorite Books: Little House the Prairie, Pern Series, Harry Potter, Gilbert Morris
  • Favorite Authors: Gilbert Morris, Louisa May Alcott, Lm Montgomery,
  • Favorite Genres: Fantasy, Historical Fiction
  • Favorite Characters: Laura Ingalls, Harry Potter, Anne of Green Gables
  • Recent Reads: Dragon's Milk

More About Me

  • Religion: Christian--currently going to Church of Christ
  • Heroes: My dad
  • Interests: Piano, Crochet Sewing (just learning this) Crosstich & Reading
  • Expertise: Being a mom! (well probably not a expert) Being a friend. I love to discuss adoption. I am the sister to 6 adopted siblings, and the mother to 3 adopted children. I am a asthma mom, and deal with a child with a chronic illness. Being a child of God
  • Occupation: SAHM

Rainydame

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    • Name: Tonia
    • Birthday: 9/10/1971
    • Gender: Female
    • Member Since: 7/12/2001
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