This meme is a little bit different in that you ask to participate!  So there is no complicated tagging and deciding who to pick, just ask for volunteers!  I read this over at Surviving NJ and asked Deb to interview me too!  It looked like fun, what can I say?!  I kind of feel like I’m playing truth or dare here.  What makes this even better is that everyone gets asked unique questions that are just for them from the interviewer.  Deb asked me some tough ones to get my thinking.  If you want to volunteer to have me send you some interview questions just leave a comment on this post and ask! 

1. With four children, all boys, how do you remind yourself you’re a woman, and claim “girl space” at home?
That is probably the most difficult question of all.  This answer might get long winded.  I love having four boys.  People always ask if we were trying for a girl.  No, we wanted four kids, and it didn’t matter if we had boys or girls.  I consider myself very fortunate to have four boys because I honestly think I would be lost if I had a baby girl!!  I kind of stink at being a girl myself, I was never the girly girl and the most “done” my hair gets is ponytailed or braided!  I think my “girl space” is claimed in two places.  One, my bathroom.  I have my face wash, body spray, and lip gloss.  Those are mine, and nobody else touches them.  Two, my cross stitch and quilting stuff.  The boys know better than to touch mommy’s special scissors and silk floss.  Although, I have taught the oldest two to cross stitch and they all have their own craft bins.  Now, finding time to use my girl space is a totally different story!

2. What would be your ideal career or job, and why?
Another tough question!  Damn Deb is good at this.  Whatever it is it would have to allow me to work from home at least half the time.  I’ve become spoiled that way.  Working from home allows me to be here to put the kids on and off the bus, be the one that walks home with them and helps them with their homework.  We’ve never had someone else do those things, it’s always been me or Brian and I’d like it stay that way.  I used to want to go into publishing, and own my own publishing company.  I think I would still like to get into it in some way, but I am at this weird point in my life where I really just don’t know what I want to do anymore.  I’m happy with my current work situation as an independent contractor and picking up jobs as I go along.  It’s flexible and flexible is good right now.  Maybe when the boys are older I’ll get into something more complicated!

3. You’re currently searching for a house, what do you think it will mean to you to own the home you live in?
I think it will make a giant difference in my life.  Literally my apartment is depressing.  There is nothing on the walls to look at, the carpet is ugly, the lighting is poor even though I installed full spectrum bulbs in most of the rooms.  Owning your own home gives you a sense of pride and accomplishment, and you can shape it and mold it to reflect who you are.  An advantage you don’t have so much when you’re renting a small apartment.  And a yard…I am actually looking forward to having yard work again!  I used to complain about that in our old place in Pennsylvania, my allergies and the grass, and weeding, ugh.  Bring on the pollen and grass… I’m ready!  As long as it’s MY grass and pollen!  Ha!

4. What strengths do you think your blog has, and are there any improvements or areas you’d like to focus on more?
This particular blog is still a bit new.  In a way I think that alone gives it strength because it’s blooming into what it will become.  It feels fresh, and I’m very motivated to write on it and getting it moving and make it enjoyable! I would like to focus a little more on reader interaction, I’m getting ready to post about an ongoing contest that I hope will help with that!

5. Do you have any regrets? If so, what? (This is a good question for everyone, so it usually stays on)
First, let’s define regret;

re·gret, re·gret·ted, re·gret·ting, re·grets
verb

1. To feel sorry, disappointed, or distressed about.

By definition I suppose I do have regrets, but I’ve never really thought of it in that way.  Would I change the way my life has gone?  Unfortunately the things I’d like to change are not things that I did, or would have control over, so I guess not really.  I think that we all have regrets in some way or another, but it doesn’t mean that we would go back in time and change anything.  Disappointment happens in life for everyone at some point, as do mistakes.  As long as we learn from our experiences, both positive and negative, that’s all that matters.

Thank you again to Deb for interviewing me and asking such awesome questions!  I hope I can do as good of an interview with those that request interviews from me.  If you’d like to be interviewed leave me a comment here saying so and I’ll take the first 3 or 4 people that ask!

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