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I've been tagged twice now. Does anyone even read these things?

Regardless,here is goes:

10 years ago:

I was a missionary in Taiwan living in my first area with my trainer. It was that area where I met all the people that eventually introduced me to Dave. In fact, it was probably 10 years ago from this day that I first saw his picture on the coffee table of one of the members. I handed it to my companion and asked, "Which missionary is this?" She said, "Oh, he's the hot Elder Collings that left 6 months ago." I noticed that he had the same zip code as my parents in SLC and made a mental note to look him up when I got home. Boy did I ever look him up!

5 things on my to-do list today:

It's Sunday.
Church
Food
Sleep
Play with family
Blog

5 Snacks I enjoy:

cliff bars
ginger cats from TJoes
fiber 1 bars--have you ever had them? They are delicious!
dry roasted edamame (is that how you spell it?)- can't find them anywhere--$20 to the person who can get me some.
smoothie?

What I would do if I were suddenly made a billionaire:

#1 not tell anyone that we have the money
Pay off my houses
buy 2 new cars--both of our current cars are completely falling apart
put it in a bank account and live off the interest
buy some vacation homes around the world
anonymously give it to friends and family that need help


3 of my bad habits:
1. ban pigu - Dave's chinese way of saying that I do some things half as@!ed which is true I start working on so many things that I forget to complete others
2. I create drama
3. I worry about things that I shouldn't and need more faith

5 places I have lived:
1. San Jose, CA
2. Cottonwood Heights, UT
3. Seattle, WA
4. Taiwan
5. Maple Valley

5 jobs that I have had:

1. Golden Spoon
2. Waitress at Crusty's restaurant (yes, that was the name)
3. Receptionist at the Space Needle
4. Secretary for a head hunting firm
5. People hired me as a sort of Nanny to take their kids to music lessons and then practice with them. I now realized that I was WAY underpaid.
let's keep going...
6. Waitress at the Spaghetti Factory
7. Sales at PDQ store (like the UPS store)
8. Sales for my parent's clothing store Sage Creek
9. Sub for private school. Really, I just got all the dirty jobs like clearing and cleaning the lunch bins. YUCK
10. MY FAVORITE SO FAR---harpist for the Tracy Castle. I get to play all the wedding ceremonies. I go for 2 1/2 hours and get paid big bucks!
11. Harp teacher

5 Things people don't know about me:

I'm pretty much an open book-what possibly do you not know about me?

Just started a business with my sister and one of my best friends
taped cellophane on my legs when I was 7 and told everyone I broke my leg
Used to tell people my name was Samantha Carter--I hated the name Bianca
Had three imaginary friends: turtur, weiners and people
I am obsessed with the England/history and culture and secretly wish I had an accent


I tag:
Melissa Dillon, Niki Bennett, Kerry Blonquist, Lisa Mason, Becky Thorpe

Comments

Terra said…
Those were fun to read! What business did you guys just start?
Thanks for sharing that information with us. I hope you are doing well.
The Dillon 6 said…
I forgot to say THANK YOU for the fun tag. I was so excited to do it that I didn't comment on yours. :)
amy germer said…
Costco has some really yummy edemame. I don't think they are dry roasted but they are just like the ones you get at a sushi restaurant.Yummy!
What is this new business?
Alison said…
Hi Bianca! Trader Joe's sells the dry roasted edemame FYI. I'm going on Friday if you want me to pick some up for you...let me know (Shannan's friend, Alison)

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