Tag....You're It! (Be grateful I spell check - It originally said, "Tag - Your Tit!")

Here's the story...my friend Diana (foxy picture below) tagged me to list 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 obsessions, and 3 random facts about myself. After you read my responses, you may find that you have been tagged, as well!

Joys

1. Definitely my family (from Tommy T to the kiddos....doesn't get any better)

2. Laughter. I LOVE to laugh.

3. Running. I am not one of those people who incessantly talks about working out - to the point of being obnoxious. I just list this as a joy because running is now something easy for me - that felt unattainable earlier in my life. It is exhilarating to just run and "be".

Fears

1. Fear of having regrets when I am an old lady (coulda, woulda, shoulda's)

2. Snakes! The worst part is having a husband that doesn't kill them - he just captures them and goes and sets them free to multiple somewhere else - until the entire earth is covered with them.

3. Bridges! I evidently share this fear with Diana - but others can attest to the fact that I floor it on bridges to get it over with quicker. I unbuckle my seat belt and practically start taking my clothing off - so it doesn't weigh me down as I am trying to pull my kids to safety. It's not healthy, really.

Goals

1. To be the best wife and mama I can be - teach my children and raise them to be intelligent, kind, and well adjusted adults that have a ton to offer the world...and to keep my relationship with Tom fun and "alive" during the child rearing process.

2. To live fully - without regrets!

3. To lose 50 more pounds....for a total of 100 -and to complete a triathalon.

Obsessions

1. Cooking. I love, love, love to cook for people - especially my family. Tom always says he can "taste the love in it". I love trying new things and making things up. The challenge these days is abandoning the comfort food in exchange for healthier options....which I am finding are equally delicious.

2. Stopping terrorists. I know I am going to sound like a totally ignorant racist - but if I see a middle eastern talking on a cell phone in the grocery store - I am just SURE that he is plotting to blow the place up. Once I took a flight on Southwest, where you can choose your own seats. There were two Arab men, acting very nervously - so I went and picked a seat right next to them - so if they tried to pull anything, I could at least be one of the first to try and beat the crap out of them. I was getting psyched up to beat the tar out of them and Tom patted my leg and said, "Leave them alone Sarah, they're mexicans." Hence, you can see my lack of education when it comes to spotting different ethnicity's. I have an equally difficult time differentiating between bobcats, wildcats, pumas, and jaguars. I am animal and ethnically remedial. So, in a nutshell, I am obsessed with protecting humanity from those who would destroy us :) And no, I'm not a bigot. I love Arabs!

3. Clean sheets. There is nothing better than climbing into bed with crisp, cool sheets - fitted tightly on the mattress.

Random Facts

1. I hate recycling. I know - first an ignorant bigot - and now a despiser of the green. Here is the problem. I like the idea of recycling - I just hate how it wastes water as you have to rinse out every stinking thing you throw away. I made the mistake of telling a neighbor about this - and she told me she keeps a container of "grey water" - by her sink so she doesn't waste clean water. This angered me more. Who has time to do all of this? I will never be green. I am so brown.

2. I used to work in Prison, teaching sex offenders an anger management course that I wrote at BYU and I was also an advocate for the Rape Crisis Center, here locally. I would get paged when a rape occurred and have to go to the hospital if a rape kit was performed. So, I worked with both offenders and victims.

3. I am a freak magnet. I attract those in need of serious help. Please don't say "Birds of a feather...." or I will have to.....do something. Whether it is the cashier at Walmart - unloading on me and telling me all of their problems, or being followed in a store by a Hannibal Lecter look alike, telling me he likes my hair............or perhaps one of the new mothers in Karah's homeroom class, who invited me to her blog - which was filled with porn and swingers. Talk about "networking". Yikes. They are a dime a dozen. I have a run in with one of these several times a week. Perhaps I should start a freak of the day thread.

Now it's my turn to TAG you! I am choosing to tag the following people: Shannon, Josie, Courtney, and Dana. Can't wait to read your answers!!