It’s Friday again, or for me, Thursday, since I post this early and I have opened myself to being asked anything under the sun and I answer with honesty!

For those of you who aren’t familiar with #AskAwayFriday it’s an amazing way to meet new bloggers, make friends and ask some questions to get to know them better! We now have four permanent hosts ~ Penny at The Real Housewife of Caroline County, Tiffany at Mrs. Tee – Love, Life, and Laughter, Amber at Bold Fab Mom and Stacey at This Momma’s Ramblings. 10 questions are exchanged and answered on your partners blog, you can get as creative as you want and even get into our purses!

 This is my Week 10 of #AskAwayFriday where I spill my guts to all of you!

• In week 1, I told Amber whether I plan on practicing as an attorney.
• In week 2, Heather got me to show you what I had under my bed.
• In week 3, Stacey had me tell you about my unaccomplished dream.
• In week 4, I told Christy all about the best parenting advice I’ve ever received.
• In week 5, I shared with Penny how I think boys are different from girls.
• In week 6, Sarah wanted to know my favorite room in the house.
• In week 7. I talked to Tiffany a little bit about how to “healthify” her favorite snacks.
• In week 8, I shared with Rabia the women who made a positive impact for Women’s History Month.
• In week 9, Bev had me share some recent pictures and the stories behind them.
• In week 10, Sonya got me to sing… almost!
• In week 11, I admitted to my biggest weight loss hurdle.

Check them all out!

This week, I switch questions with the first blogger that actually responded to my comment on their site AND that I have met in real life. She really is a super momma, recently returning to work, while raising her daughter, Reagan, running an online toy store, Reagan’s Toy Chest AND being a great wife! So, let’s get the party started with my friend, Lanaya from Raising Reagan for this week’s #AskAwayFriday!

1.       With big moves {especially cross country} it takes time to feel like you are back to yourself and your routine. Do you finally feel settled into your new home state? Nope, not at all. It’s been rough finding a routine. But I’m not sure how much is because of the move or other things. We hadn’t bought a “new” second car yet, so that means that there’s a lot of extra driving that I have to do. My husband was carpooling, but just this week lost his carpool buddy, which means I have to take him to work in the morning. Nap time is rough with Miss Bee no matter when you put her down, but naturally I think she wants to take a nap between 12:30 and 1. We can’t do that, because it means that I’ll have to wake her up to pick up her brother from school at 2, and an hour nap isn’t sufficient. So, some days I can get her down between 11:30 and 12 and some days I can’t. On the days I can’t, means she naps when Bunny (Mr D) gets home, which also means that she’s excited to have her brother home. Then sometime between picking him up and 5, I have to make dinner and pick up my husband. I feel like I’m living in a world of chaos. 

2.       What’s your favorite room in your new home? It’s my bedroom, which I talked about here! But I’m starting to like my living room more. I just got a new  for just $45, and soon it should get its own new chair too! Once the house is put together, I’m hoping the living room/dining room will be my favorite area to be in.

 

3.       Living in California you weren’t close to any family. Now that you live in Florida, you have family around. Is there anything you miss about not being so close to family? Or is there one thing that California had that you wish you had now? There are pangs of things I miss from California. One, the family is not all up in the business! Now, overall, the family (my husband’s family) isn’t too overbearing, but when I first arrived, we butt heads a few times over parenting and decorating. On the other hand, for the first few months after we arrived, they called me EVERY SINGLE DAY, normally both my MIL and FIL. On one hand it was super annoying, but on the other, I wasn’t used to that so it was kinda sweet. Now they call a couple of times a week. The one thing I absolutely miss about California is the MOUNTAINS! Man, Christmas and no snow capped mountains to be seen, no short drive to get in the snow, no afternoon trips up into the mountains. Everything here is just flat… except the major landfill!

Moving on to your kiddos …

4.       You have given birth to four children. Did you have any major food cravings that differed when you were pregnant with your girls vs your boys? Yes, with both my boys, I ate incredibly healthy… like super duper healthy. I didn’t gain very much weight at all… veggies, water, simple proteins. Every once in a while I would crave a burger. With the girls, it was SUGAR, SUGAR, and more SUGAR! Anything sweet, I could not keep my hands off! Even things I don’t normally like, like Pecan Pie.  I don’t like NUTS! But if sugar was part of the food, it went into my mouth. I’m surprised I didn’t gain over 40 pounds with either of them.

5.       Miss B is really coming into her own. What is one of her favorite activities to do with you? Really anything! She likes to cook with me, go shopping with me, paint with me… When she’s not being a brat and I have the time (i.e., no blogging deadlines), she does everything I do, from cleaning to playing! It’s actually kinda cool.

 

6.       If daycare, money, living space, etc was not an issue, would you ever have any more kids? Yes. I think my husband wants more, and I’d do it for him. Watching him with our kids is the greatest thing. He’s a really great dad, and now he actually has the time to be one.

Now to some random questions …

7.       What is the last full-album you downloaded or bought in CD format? LOL! Me, buy a CD? Hmmm, I was on that Napster tip back in the day, about the only thing I’ve done that’s straight illegal. Right now, I’m working on downloading Tamar Braxton’s Love and War through Freegal (thanks Sonya K!). It’s a free service that works with your local library. The downside is  you can only download three songs a week, the upside is that once you download them, they’re yours to do as you wish. I would love to open up my variety of music, but not really listening to radio makes finding out new music VERY hard!

8.       What is the last movie you saw in the movie theater that wasn’t kid related? Now that I’m not in California, I have an answer for that question. It was . We saw it in IMAX 3D. The script was pretty on the nose, but the visual artistry was amazing. I couldn’t tell you the last movie I saw in theaters in California, for years!

9.       If you could reprise the role of any character in a hit movie within the last decade, who would you become? This question is the only one that I struggled with. I have no idea really. I’m not really an “in front of the camera” type of person. As you notice, I don’t have a lot of vlogs. However, when I’ve acted, I’ve done great. I’ll say Katniss from The Hunger Games. Why? Because she’s beautiful, athletic, smart, and hard working. At least from what I saw. In reality, I need a movie that’s going to force me into immense amounts of athletic training. I was trying to find an Angelina Jolie movie, because she does a lot of her stunts. I would love to do that! But I need to lose a lot of weight first!

10.   HP or Mac? Apple or Droid? I’ve never had the money to invest in a Mac. From what I can tell, Macs are awesome for graphic design and online stuff, so for a computer, I would like a Mac. However, I only have a PC, which I got from my old job that was selling their to replace them with the new small desktop . For phones, I would have to go Droid all the way! I’ve had an iPod (not an iPhone), and the functionality isn’t the same. With the droid, I can jump back and forth between applications, the back button will take you from the current application to the previous application, without bringing up a menu. But since Apple doesn’t play well with others, PC/Droid all the way!

Now head on over to Raising Reagan and find out Lanaya’s answers to my questions!