Mental Meanderings

Crazy 8's [Meme]

*chuckles* Another much delayed Meme response thanks to Michele (http://writingthecyberhighway.blogspot.com) who seems to be the only one who has been tagging me lately.

8 things I'm passionate about:
1. Writing and Reading (and the world's literacy)
2. Education (and the people's right to learn)
3. My Kids / Family
4. Creative Growth
5. Spiritual Growth (and our right to individual beliefs)
6. Animal Rights
7. Human Individuality and Diversity
8. Friends and Community (both online and off)

8 things I want to do before I die:
1. Visit the USA
2. Visit Ireland
3. See my name on the cover of books in bookstores.
4. Watch my children grow old and have children of their own.
5. Reach my ideal weight (55kgs) and stay there.
6. Establish a writer's retreat for aspiring authors who couldn't otherwise afford it.
7. Put aside a solid nest egg that will become a family inheritance for generations of my descendants.
8. Have a happy and fulfilling marriage.

8 things I say often:
1. I should be writing
2. Go to sleep!
3. Tidy up! / Clean up!
4. Time for dinner
5. Hands up if you're cute/sexy/beautiful/clever/smart
6. I love YOU more.
7. I'm not feeling well can you get it yourself hun?
8. Are you ready for school?

8 books I've recently read:
1. Hooked by Les Edgerton
2. Writer Mama by Christina Katz
3. Write by Sarah Quigley
4. Word Work by Bruce Holland Rogers
5. Various Mills and Boon Romance Novels
6. Eragon and Eldest by Christopher Paolini
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
8. Shadow by K.J. Parker

8 songs I could listen to over and over:
1. My Immortal - Evanescence
2. You - Evanescence
3. Someone's Watching Over Me - Hilary Duff
4. Everytime We Touch - Cascada
5. Anything at all by Josh Groban
6. Anything at all by Enya
7. In My Daughter's Eyes - Martina McBride
8. I Love This Bar - Toby Keith

8 things that attract me to my best friends:
1. A passion, optimism and enthusiasm for life.
2. A warm heart and the ability to accept me, faults and all.
3. The ability to see beauty in the world.
4. Belief in me and a willingness to encourage my dreams.
5. A unique perspective that is open to the ideas of others.
6. An aptitude with language and a willingness to communicate
7. Honesty, integrity and a love of truth.
8. Dreams and ambitions coupled with faith and humanity.

8 people I think should do Crazy 8s:
1. Hermione - http://www.writing.com/main/books/item_id/1175344
2. Anyea - http://www.writing.com/main/books/item_id/1311239
3. Ger - http://www.writing.com/main/books/item_id/1173176
4. Sweets - http://www.writing.com/main/books/item_id/1167405
5. Lisa K - http://www.writing.com/main/books/item_id/1260406
6. Tirzah - http://www.writing.com/main/books/item_id/1133339
7. Rain - http://www.writing.com/main/books/item_id/1180193
8. Forge - http://www.writing.com/main/view_item/user_id/forgeaus

Well there you go. Another Meme over and done with. I hope you enjoyed it and hunt up those books and songs.