She did it to me again!!!

That Susie Q is always tagging me with these challenging "tests". But I'm no sissy...I'm gonna do it doggonit!!! lol

Here are the rules: 1. You have to post these rules before you give the facts. 2. Players, you must list one fact that is somehow relevant to your life for each letter of their middle name. If you don’t have a middle name, use the middle name you would have liked to have had. 3. When you are tagged you need to write your own blog-post containing your own middle name game facts. 4. At the end of your blog-post, you need to choose one person for each letter of your middle name to tag. 5. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

Note: I'm not following the rules exactly. See, I don't know too many people, especially bloggers, that have names beginning with the letters of my middle name. So I'm just gonna tag some random people, ok?

Now back to our regularly scheduled post. My middle name is Monique. (I would be the one with a long, awkward name to use...sheesh!!) But, here goes:

M - Mom, Mommy, Momma - call me what you will. But this is my title and I love it. And I'll admit this is the hardest job I've ever hard and the one I've loved the most.

O - Open book. Yep, that's me! I wear my life and my feelings right out there on my sleeve. I wish I could've used "Optimistic" as my "O" word. But you may remember me saying something about being a worrier...but I digress.

N - Nice. I am too!!! Really, I am. Most of my friends and some of my family think I'm a nice person. I'm going with it....

I - Inspired. Now ya'll knew I would go with this one. I mean, it is my blog title. And these days, I am pretty inspired by so many things. Especially my amazing friends, family and my life. Doesn't get any more inspiring than that!

Q - Are you kidding? What starts with the letter "Q"? Oh, I know...Quick! I would consider myself to be pretty quick on my feet. 9 out of 10 times I have a quick come back for people. I think in some cultures it's called sarcasm. :-)

U - Another tough one. But you can't stump me! Utterly creative (tee hee...that was a sneaky one, wasn't it?) I can pretty much create something out of nothing. And don't even THINK about giving me a glue gun or a can of spray paint.....

E - Easygoing. Enough said!!!

Oh boy, that was kinda fun. So what it took me all afternoon to come up with all this stuff. And now, it's time...time to tag some folks.

How bout, instead of using the letters of my middle name for the people I chose, I think I'll just pick 7 people to tag (7 letters in Monique). Alright, Adrienne, Gretchen, Cheryl, Tanisha, B.E.M., Veroncia & Leah, you're up!!! And if there's anyone else out there who would like to play along...feel free!!!

What happened on my birthday?, week wrap up & Friday Flower Fix

Ok, I'll be honest...I about passed out when I saw that Lynilu tagged me on her blog :-). She gave me a stearn talkin to when I tagged her a little while back. So that's why this shocked me so much...lol.

But I have to admit, the tag she gave was pretty darn interesting. The rules were for me to go to the Wikipedia site and type in my birthday, minus the year in the search bar. List 3 events, 2 births, 1 death and 1 holiday from my DOB, then tag 5 friends to do the same. Well, no one has ever said that I don't follow directions. SO...I did as I was asked...and here are the results:

November 17th

EVENTS:
1939, The Rome - Rio De Janeiro air connection is created.
2003, Arnold Schwarzenegger is inaugurated as Governor of California.
2004, K-Mart Corporation announces it's buying Sears Roebuck & Company for $11 billion and naming the newly merged company, Sears Holding Corporation.

BIRTHS:
1925, Rock Hudson, American Actor (d. 1985)
1944, Danny DeVito, American Actor

DEATH:
1998, Esther Rolle, American Actress (from the 1970's show, Good Times)

HOLIDAY:
International Students Day

Oh my, sorry, was I snoring? hee hee Talk about an exciting day over the years, huh? I promise not to bring any of this up when my birthday comes later this year...lol.

Alrighty, the next step is to tag 5 people to do the same with their birthdays. Ok, Jude, Cheryl W., B.E.M., Muriel & Susie Q.....you're up!

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Tomorrow afternoon, after we check Markell out of school, we're heading to Columbus, Ga for the State Soccer Championship. I haven't been going to the practices this week, but I hear that the boys are looking great and are ready to put on their game faces (it's good to be married to a coach). I also hear that the Stingrays are going to be up against some stiff competition this weekend. So keep your fingers crossed...I'll fill you in on Monday.

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FRIDAY FLOWER FIX

The day the Lord created hope & beauty was probably the same day He created Spring.

Have a beautiful weekend!