Christmas Tag

1. Do you like hot chocolate or egg nog?
I prefer hot chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just put them under the tree?
A little of both

3. Colored or white lights on tree/house?
I like white lights. They are so simple and beautiful!

4. When do you put up your decorations?
Usually the Saturday after Thanksgiving!

5. What is your favorite holiday dish?
Swedish Pancakes

6. What is your favorite holiday memory from your childhood?
Singing christmas carols with the whole family

7. Do you open a gift on Christmas eve?
At the Kanzler Christmas Party I do.

8. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
White lights, red berries, red ball ornaments, white snowflakes, and fun wood ornaments that friends have given me through the years. Next year I want to decorate the tree in seashells (hopefully they will make me feel warmer, thinking about the beach and all)

9. Snow! Love it or dread it?
Dread it - I do not like being cold. I'm too big of a whimp.

10. Do you remember your favorite gift?
Oh golly. I will never forget the stereo I got from Santa one year. I love music and that was such a neat gift! Thanks Santa ;-)

11. What is the most important thing about the holidays for you?
Being sure my little ones understand why we celebrate the holiday.

12. What is your favorite Holiday dessert?
I don't have a favorite. Any dessert is truly my favorite. I LOVE sweets!

13. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Reading a Christmas story Christmas morning before we open the gifts.

14. What tops your tree?
A star!

15. Which do you prefer: giving or receiving?
I'm not gonna lie, a little of both!

16. What is your favorite Christmas song?
O Holy Night and What Child is this (listen to my music below)

17.Candy canes?
They are good on chocolate covered pretzels and in hot cocoa

18. Secret Santa?
So much fun

19. Favorite Christmas movie?
Oh I don't have a favorite.

20. Can you ice skate?

Yes, not well but I can manage. Now rollerskating, look out! I love rollerskating!

You're turn. Tag, your it!

My Color Based Personality Career

So I saw this on my friend Jenni's blog and I took  two different quizes and here are my results - pretty dang accurate if I do say so myself. Try it out here!

Quiz #1:

The Dewey Color System® is the world's first and only validated, color-based personality career testing instrument. Based on our experience and your interests, your best suited occupations are listed below. 

Best Occupational Category
You're an ORGANIZER 
Key Words:
Self-Control, Practical, Self-Contained, Orderly, Systematic, Precise, and Accurate 

These conservative appearing, plotting-types enjoy organizing, data systems, accounting, detail, and accuracy. They often enjoy mathematics and data management activities such as accounting and investment management. Persistence and patience allows them to do detailed paperwork, operate office machines, write business reports, and make charts and graphs.

ORGANIZER CAREERS
Suggested careers are Administrator, Secretary, Printer, Paralegal, Building Inspector, Bank Cashier, Private Secretary, Statistician, Operations Manager, Financial Analyst, Bookkeeper, Medical Records Technician, Developer of Business or Computer Systems, Clerical Worker, Proofreader, Accountant, Administrative Assistant, Banker, Certified Public Accountant, Credit Manager, Store Salesperson, Actuary, Dental Assistant, Business Education Teacher, Food Service Manager, IRS Agent, Budget Analyst, and Underwriter.

ORGANIZER WORKPLACES
Your very careful, conscientious, conservative nature gives others the confidence to trust you with handling money and material possessions. Structured organizations that have well-ordered chains of command work best for you.

Suggested Organizer workplaces are large corporations, business offices, financial lending institutions, banks, insurance companies, accounting firms, and quality control and inspection departments.

2nd Best Occupational Category
You're a CREATOR 
Key Words:
Nonconforming, Impulsive, Expressive, Romantic, Intuitive, Sensitive, and Emotional 

These original types place a high value on aesthetic qualities and have a great need for self-expression. They enjoy working independently, being creative, using their imagination, and constantly learning something new. Fields of interest are art, drama, music, and writing or whether they can express, assemble, or implement creative ideas.

Quiz #2:

Your Career Planner Quiz results appear below, grouped under "Interests" and "Style." "Interests" are activities you enjoy, regardless of your skills. "Style" refers to the behaviors you use to get results.

Career Quiz Results 
 
People with Blue interests like activities that allow them to be creative. This can be through more traditional visual arts, writing or musical pursuits although not limited to these. The creativity is often expressed in thinking of new ideas or strategies that can have a broad range of applications. Blue interests often like thinking about the future and planning for long term benefits. Hobbies include: performing or listening to music, attending theater, story telling, journaling, decorative arts, painting. Career choice often are: Editor, Journalist, Teacher, Strategic Planner, Consultant, Performing Arts, Marketing, Communications, Research and Development. 
 
People with Yellow strengths are good at managing details and creating sophisticated processes that allow them to get complex work done. Once a game plan has been put in place, it is implemented. Their decisions are based on facts and carefully reasoned. When working with other people, they are fair and democratic and always can be counted on to deliver what they commit to. 

There are four possible ratings categories organized by color.

RED indicates
Expediting

GREEN indicates
Communicating

BLUE indicates
Planning

YELLOW indicates
Administrating

{The ABCs of Megan}

Me in Playa del Carmen, MX

A is for age: 31 years old

B is for burger of choice: I enjoy Blue Cheese hamburgers. Red Robin's makes this one Blue Cheese hamburger that is amazing!

C is for the car I drive: a 2007 Saturn Outlook (oh it is so pretty), and a 1997 Lexus (love the sound system and the giddy up)

D is for your dog's name: We don't have a dog. You know, the older I get the less I really want any pets!

E is for essential item you use every day: Toothbrush - very important and everyone should use one! I could name a gazillion other essential items, but that's the one that I want to highlight today!

F is for favorite TV show at the moment:I actually haven't been watching TV all that much. I have been more interested in reading.

G is for favorite game: Games are great and I love them all!!!! Let the good times roll!

H is for home state: California.

I is for instruments you play: Played is more like it - I used to play the Violin.

J is for favorite juice: Passion Fruit or Lime

K is for whose bum you'd like to kick: Not really the fighting type. I think I'm harder on myself than anyone else!

L is for last restaurant at which you ate: La Rosa Blanca - yummmmm

M is for your favorite Muppet: I always liked the Crazy Chef. Interesting that he would be my favorite, because I do not enjoy cooking. I just loved how he threw things everywhere.

N is for number of piercings: Just 2, one on my left ear and one on my right ear. I did have the top of my ear pierced, but that was some dumb college thing. That came out my Sophomore year in college.

O is for overnight hospital stays: I have had several surgeries and only had to stay over night with the 2 c-sections. (6 days in total).

P is for people you were with today: My boys and my honey.

Q is for what you do with your quiet time: Blog, Read, Yoga, Family History research, rest, sew, to name a few....

R is for biggest regret: I do have things that I would do or say differently, but I can't think of anything I regret. Everything I have been through has made me who I am - a quirky, opinionated, nutty - daughter of God.

S is for status: Happily married for 10 years!

T is for time you woke up today: 7:05am

U is for what you consider unique about yourself: Hmmmm - I can fit my whole fist in my mouth, I don't know. Maybe you can help - let me know what you think is unique about me!

V is for vegetable you love: I love veggies - my favorite would have to be..... sweet potatoes (baked like potatoes with butter and brown sugar in them, yummm).

W is for worst habit: worrying... I worry about EVERYTHING and drive myself crazy! I am constantly thinking of the worst case scenario for anything we are doing. It is annoying and exhausting.

X is for x-rays you've had: I've had a few on my legs and arms, turned out to be sprained. I've had many in the dentist office, over the years, and lots of ultra sounds.

Y is for yummy food you ate today: applesauce pancake with Cinnamon-sugar garnishing the top. You know you want some....

Z is for zodiac: Cancer and yeah I get crabby and I need my alone time!

One Word

Stolen from Stefany: and this is not as easy as you might think!

You.
Can.
Only.
Type.
One.
Word.

Change the answers to suit you and then pass it on.Remember: one word answers.

1. Where is your mobile phone? pocket.
2. Your significant other? HP
3. Your hair? short
4. Your mother? working
5. Your father? hmmmm
6. Your favorite thing? sleep
7. Your dream last night? over
8. Your favorite drink? smoothie
9. Your dream/goal? Christlike
10. The room you're in? family
11. Your ex? who
12. Your fear? kidnapped
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? family
14. Where were you last night? sleeping
15. What you're not? perfect
16. Muffins? pumpkin
17. One of your wish list items? clothes
18. Where you grew up? Antioch
19. The last thing you did? phonecall
20. What are you wearing? clothing
21. Your TV? Ben10
22. Your pets? none
23. Your computer? HP
24. Your life? great
25. Your mood? busy
26. Missing someone? Yes
27. Your car? Clean
28. Something you're not wearing? Shoes
29. Favorite Store? Gap
30. Your summer? exciting
31. Like someone? yep
32. Your favorite color? red
33. When is the last time you laughed? today
34. Last time you cried? Saturday
35. Who will/would re-post this? Hmmmm

10 Random Things

10 Random things ( in response to my tag from Pikes Pickles)

1)My youngest has had a fever for the past day - we didn't get much sleep last night.

2) Three things on my kitchen counter are: a) mail that my hubby needs to look through; b) a yummy smelling candle; c) a cake platter with nothing on it - I must bake muffins to fill it up

3)Dallin is putting away the pillows that he got out

4)I have to make sure I have everything for my Stake YW/YM's training meeting tonight!

5) Dandelions drive me nuts!!!! I mean the little seed wisher thingy-ma-bobs that the dandelion flowers turn into are fun to blow on but we all know that blowing on them just means you'll have more dandelions growing!

6) I had fun teaching some of the youth how to do the "running man" at the Decades dance last Saturday. The running man is a dance from the late 80's and early 90's just in case you didn't know.

7) My favorite type of ice cream is..... mint chocolate chip

8) I have to transfer my laundry

9) I am looking forward to Dallin's first t-ball game. It should provide some good laughs. Although at last night's practice they were really looking like ball players. They played their positions and even moved the ball around the field pretty well. Kudos to Coach Ryan (my husband).

10) Ryan and I met on a blind date!!!

Five People I'm Tagging: whoever wants to do this! It was fun and very random. Just write 10 random things that are on your mind! Can't wait to see who does it!