If you could go back in time to a pivotal point in your young life and give yourself one word/sentence of advice, and know that you would accept the advice, what would it be?

Imagine what a gift it would be if we could actually go back in time and give ourselves advice…Hmm… Of course we cannot, but I think this is a great question for us to ponder. Although, I think many of us would agree that we learned more from the mistakes we made, but wouldn’t it be nice to not have to learn the “hard way” in some situations? Have fun with the question this week.

Whew… there would be so many words of advice to give me! Too many :). I think the main thing I would go back and redo would be the circumstances around Izzy’s accident. I would go back to the time we were having that pool installed and tell myself to put in many security features, an alarm on the pool, a fence directly around the pool with a lock, and an alarm on the door. All to prevent what has happened to Izzy. This lesson has not been fun to learn the hard way, and especially not for sweet sweet Isabelle. Please listen to me now. If you have a pool, any size from kiddie to koi pond, from blow up to in ground… Take extra precautions to keep your child safe. Treat that body of water as if it were a loaded gun lying on the ground there. Don’t let them near it. Never let them out of your site if there is unsecured water. Take your children to swimming lessons early, very young so that they at least would know what to do if they fall into water. There were five drownings in our city alone last week. It happens. A lot. Too much. Don’t let your child be next. Please!

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1. Favorite Outfit To Wear:? my black suit.

2. Favorite Hair Color & Style:? long, straightened, blond.

3. Favorite Kind Of Shoes:? none… or sandals with cute heels in summer… or flip flops around here…

4. Favorite Way To Relax:? at home!

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This week its all about “sharing your blog habit”

1. How long have you been blogging? Since May 2005.

2. How did you start? I started with Izzy’s blog, just for updates and then wanted to participate in some of the meme’s so I made my own blog for that… 

3. How often do you post on your blog? usually every day.

4. Have you made good blogging friends? tons!

5. Have you talked to someone on the phone you met through blogging? Yes!  I’ve talked to Jenny, Marcia, Haley, Judi, and JennaG on the phone. And before that I’ve talked to Tiffany and Suzi.

6. Have you met anyone from your blogging? I met Rachel, but she doesn’t blog much or anymore… I plan to meet Kari soon because she comes to the city often and Susan is in OK so we are going to meet soon… and Jenny & I have talked about a bloggy meet up, but it hasn’t happened … yet.  

7. Have you had a crush on anyone you have not met? nope!

8. Have you had a romance with someone you have met? nope!

9. Do you suspect you get comments from someone interested in you? LOL! Nope!

Ever been to Wimbledon? I’ve never actually been, but I have watched it on television. Wouldn’t it be fun to get Wimbledon tournament tickets? I think it would be a lot more enjoyable to be there than to watch it televised. The grounds will open at 10.30am each day. On Courts 2-19 play is provisionally scheduled to start at noon for at least the first eight days and then at 11am for the Junior matches on the middle Saturday and during the second week. On Centre and No.1 Courts, play will start at 1pm, except on the final two days when play on these courts will start at 2pm. Please check the daily order of play.
During the first week, the early rounds of the Men’s and Ladies’ Singles, Men’s, Ladies’ and Mixed Doubles will be played on all courts, with top seeds’ matches played on the show courts. On the middle Saturday the Veterans’ and Juniors’ events commence and will be played on the outside courts as well as on some of the Show Courts. The matches for each day are prepared in draft the previous evening by the Referee and submitted by him to the Order of Play committee for approval or amendment. Every effort is made to have the potentially most attractive matches played on the courts with the most spectator accommodation, but care is also taken to give any player likely to go far in the tournament his or her fair share of the Show Courts. Sounds fun, huh?