Kickin It Old School Style

My friend Andrea, the lovely lady in charge at Good Girl Gone Redneck, suggested that I try this "Five Things" meme out this month. Since I have far too many serious things weighing on my brain, I am giving it a whirl

She, in turn, got the idea from the ladies who run Old School Blogging:

Five things I have a passion for:

• family
• food
• crafts
• love
• good writing

Five things I would like to do before I die:

• travel to Australia
• get something published
• climb a mountain 
• take a month off for a major road trip
• own a home

Five things I say a lot:

• "Why would you think that would be a good idea?"
• "Ben get off your sister!"
• "That doesn't go in your mouth"
• "Don't make me use the Mean Mommy voice" (this one cracks me up, since it's totally David Banner. "Don't make me angry, you wouldn't like me when I'm angry!
•  "Ben, stop. Just. Stop. It." (In fact, I just said that one while trying to write this. Kiddo likes to "help" me type.)

Five books and/or magazines I have read lately:

• A Song of Ice and Fire #1: A Game of Thrones [George R. R. Martin]
• A Song of Ice and Fire #2: A Clash of Kings [George R. R. Martin]
• The Year We Disappeared: A Father - Daughter Memoir [Cylin Busby, John Busby
• Outlander [Diana Gabaldon]
• The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors and the Collision of Two Cultures [Anne Fadiman)

Five Favorite Movies (Maybe you've seen them five times?):

• Casablaca
• Ghostbusters
• Moonstruck
• Miss Congeniality
• Moulin Rouge

Five places I would love to travel to:

• Iceland
• Australia/New Zealand
• Japan (again)
• Fiji
• India

Five people I invite to do this meme:
I'm not linking up. But this was a super fun way to pass the afternoon. Try it, you'll like it! And there you have it. Simple as simple (to quote Claire)

If you're up for linking up, too, go on over to see Alison at Writing, Wishing or Elaine at The Miss Elaine-ous Life and join them like I did! It's fun. And it's a great way to flashback to things you enjoy and who you are. And did I mention it's fun?