you start planning what times you must be in front of the tv for when premiere week starts.

you plan the kids’ naps around what time you will put them to bed.

you start dinner at 4pm.

you start baths at 5:30pm.

you have all three bigger children in their beds by 12 minutes until 7pm.

you make the necessary quiet-down-or-i’ll-seperate-y’all visits to their rooms on commercial breaks.

you flip between the War and all the other shows on commercial break.

you have to decide if you want to see The Big Bang Theory more or finish Chuck that had a pretty good start.

you run to pee after holding it for as long as you can during that “limited commercial” showing of Heroes.

 my friend, lisa, tagged me to give 8 random facts about myself.  is there really anything left that you don’t know about me?!

1. I have to post these rules before I give you the facts.  

2. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves3. People who are tagged need to write their own blog (about their eight things) and post these rules.1.  i don’t have a favorite color.  i always thought something was wrong with me because it changed frequently when i was a kid, or else i just couldn’t ever make up mind.  in the last year i’ve realized, no, i love all colors.  especially combinations of colors.  and it makes me different.  and that’s a good thing.  i’m a rainbow kinda girl.

4. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.

5. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

2.  one of my secret desires is to own a mini cooper.

3.  i was interviewed for a junior high newspaper once and it asked me what my pet peeve was.  my answer was crooked pictures on a wall.  as i sit here typing there is a picture that a nerf football hit approximately 3 weeks ago that i haven’t bothered to straighten.  in fact, i’m trying to decide if it gives the line of pictures personality or if i’m just justifying my laziness.

4.  i’m one of the most insecure people you’ve ever met.  having kids, being married, and getting older is changing that.  it’s very freeing.  it’s a good thing,

5.  i think often about when Jesus comes back.  i hope it’s soon.  and i sincerely hope we’re pre-tribulation.  i don’t think about it in fear, i think about it in anticipation.  i hate the evil in the world and i’m ready for Him to reclaim His land.  i’m ready to be a bride again, only much purer this time around.

6.  before i began trying to figure out who Christ is i believed everything was subject to perspective.  that there was no absolute truth.  and then when i began seeking Truth i went through a time when i believed almost everything was black or white – you were right or you were wrong.  and now, i know it’s not that simple.  some things are definitely outside of our opinion, but most things are just gray.  and that also is good.

7.  i love Beauty and The Geek, Ugly Betty, My Name Is Earl, 30 Rock is growing on me, Heroes, football and i’m sure there’re more that i’m forgetting.  like, love them enough, that in the morning when i realize what day it is i get excited that the show is coming on that night.

8.  fall is my favorite time of year.  i love the cooler winds.  i love wearing jeans and long sleeves.  i love the trees.  and the leaves that swirl.  i love football.  i love how all the kids and animals get more active again.  i love how the sunshine looks different, darker a little.  and i love how even as everything is dying, God is already preparing for when there will be new life in just a few months.  even the rocks that will cry out and the wind that obeys Him rest for a time.

-k.t., mandy, megan, karen, chickadee, randi, becky s., jennifer m. you’re up!