Homestead tagged me with this challenge to my archiving skills.

The Rules:
1. Go into your archive.
2. Find your 23rd post.
3. Find the fifth sentence (or closest to).
4. Post the text of the sentence in your blog along with these instructions.
5. Tag five other people to do the same.

So, ready for this?

‘And I feel so very much better now.’

Hoo, boy, how lame is that? (Should I mention that I was talking about my drinking in the previous sentence? Nah.) Although I don’t think anyone will top Homestead’s line.

To redeem myself, here’s a better line from the same post:

‘Today Charlie’s superhero ‘costume’ consisted of a navy blue fleece pullover hoodie, unzipped to show his little bare Buddha belly, royal blue pyjama pants, and a pair of brown loafers (no socks–apparently he’s a preppy superhero).’

Still not great. On to my next tag!

From Ramblin’ Educat, we have the Time Warp Tag.

10 Years Ago
Grad school is the best! They pay me to READ! And drink coffee! Sure, they pay me in beans, which are not useful if I want to eat or get a haircut, but still, my job is to READ! How cool is that!

5 Years Ago
Holy crap, I have a baby! What do I do now? And why don’t any of my pants fit?

1 Year Ago
Holy crap, I have a preschooler! And a toddler! What do I do now? And why is school tuition so damn high for a four-year-old?

Yesterday
All I can remember is the crying. Lots of crying. So very much crying. Even I cried (no, not really, but I was close).

5 Snacks I Enjoy
carrots with any dressing including the words ‘creamy’ and ‘peppercorn’
chocolate in pretty much any form
Tom’s salt and vinegar potato chips (not available in OK)
anything in the muffin/scone category
a nice bowl of Life cereal

5 Songs I Know All the Words To
any Wiggles song you can name (try me)
Copacabana
everything on 10,000 Maniacs’ In My Tribe
Indigo Girls’, Closer to Fine
Fairground Attraction, Find My Love

5 Things I’d Do with 100 Million Dollars
college funds for the boys
invest for retirement
new house
take the kids to Europe on a Knights and Castles Tour
and, with $100,000,000, I would start a foundation–to do what, I don’t know, just to share the wealth

5 Places I’d Run Away To
La Jolla
Canada (although that’s less of a vacation from the mundane than an escape from the current adminstration)
Spain
Minneapolis
and right now, the laundry room, if I could be alone for five minutes

5 Things I’d Never Wear
white blouse with round collar
navy blue sweater
anything plaid
anything pleated
brown loafers

Hey! I just described a Catholic school uniform!

5 Favorite TV Shows
What Not To Wear
The West Wing
NCAA Men’s college basketball
Sex and the City
The West Wing

5 Biggest Joys
Henry
Charlie
Wade
a really, really well-written novel
hot coffee with lots of real cream

5 Favorite Toys
XM radio
my Crystal Palace bamboo knitting needles
portable DVD player
cell phone
digital camera

5 Fine Folks Who Can Now Consider Themselves Tagged
You, and you, and you in the green shirt, and you two in the back. Tag!