I've been tagged

"8" thing I say often:
1) KIDS!
2) Get out of the kitchen Kodi
3) I'm Sorry
4) I love you
5) You're okay
6) Answering the phone "hello"
7) Turn off the TV
8) Let Kodi outside please

"8" Artists I never tire of:
1) Jars of Clay
2) Alison Krauss
3) Zach Wilson in Acapella
4) Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
5) Barbra Streisand
6) Paul Overstreet
7) Anne Murray
8) Willie Nelson
9) Neil Diamond

"8" Things I am Passionate about:
1) My faith
2) My husband and my marriage
3) My children
4) My church family
5) Children seeing and learning about God's love
6) Loving my friends
7) Being there for people that are hurting
8) Finding a cure for diabetes

"8" thing I want to do before I die:
1) Take my children to Southeast Alaska and go out on a boat
2) Watch my children grow up and experience God
3) Play with my grandchildren
4) Own an RV and travel around the US
5) Return to Bonaire with Paul
6) Go to Disneyland or Disneyworld with my kids
7) Have a working hot tub
8) Grow old with Paul

"8" TV shows I watch:
1) The Ellen Show
2) Paula Dean's Cooking Shows
3) CSI
4) Law and Order
5) Monk
6) Psych
7) The Office
8) House

"8" Things that attract me to my friends:
1) They love me as I am
2) They are compassionate towards others
3) They enjoy things that I like
4) They are honest
5) They like my family
6) They share my passions and dreams
7) They can be spontaneous
8) They like to laugh and have fun

"8" Things that I learned in 2007:
1) That I have truly amazing friends.
2) That I love to scrapbook.
3) That my children don't need toys for Christmas.
4) That I can't always fix what hurts.
5) That I sound a lot like my mom--when talking to my kids (this was especially apparent when she was here)
6) That life is short and I need to live each day as if it was my last
7) That I have an extremely brave and courageous son.
8) That God can love me and care for me when I let HIM!

"8" people I am tagging:
1) Erin
2) Gina
3) J.
4) Connie
5) Randy
6) Holly
7) Diana
8) Donna
9) Kristy