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sarah

WORK TO LIVE, LIVE TO WORK~

About Me

Gosh, where do I begin? Well I just turned 29 years old, or should I say 1 years from 30. I have been married for over 4 years to my wonderful husband John, we are sooooooooo opposite but balance eachother out. Marriage is tough, but John and I have figured out that if you want to make anything strong you have to work at it. I am the luckiest mom in the world because I was blessed with 2 amazing kids, Dylan and Emma. Dylan is going to turn 6 on October 13th, and little miss Emma will be 3 November 8th. Personally I embraced motherhood, and I think it embraced me. It's not always perfect,but there are thousands more good times than bad. I love being a mom! I have worked at the same job for 10 years, but I am finally finishing school, slowly... but I will finish, I know it. I am hoping to apply to the nursing program in a couple years, it's my calling, and both my parents are nurses, it's in my blood.My life has slowed down in the last couple of years, it's very routine. Some people may find my life boring, but it's truly fulfilling. My nights are filled with cuddling, games of candyland, singing, and of course when kids are sleeping REALITY TV.As lots of you already know, "My name is Sarah and I am a talkaholic" I am a social person, I love people, I love talking to strangers, I love reconnecting with people I have lost touch with, and I love talking on the phone. And I have a bad habit of talking LOUDLY. I am working on softening the tone:)I am a very loyal friend but I have difficulty in confronting people when I am upset or hurt by something, especially when people change, I am trying to be a better example to my kids, by accepting actions good or bad of others, because in the end what doesn't kill y ou does makes you stronger, and people learn so much by the mistakes they have made in the past.My family is small, so I look toward my friends as family.Other than that, I am content with my life. It would always be nice to have more money, be skinnier, have a better job, but I try to look at what I do have instead of what I don't, and I sleep well at night. Myspace Backgrounds

My Interests

I AM INTERESTED IN EVERYTHING, I AM A VERY CURIOUS PERSON.
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: SARAH ELIZABETH BUTLER
Birthday: SEPTEMBER 16TH 1977
Birthplace: GALVESTON, TEXAS
Current Location: TACOMA, WASHINGTON
Eye Color: BROWN/HAZEL
Hair Color: DARK BROWN
Height: 5'10
Right Handed or Left Handed: RIGHT
Your Heritage: ENGLISH, FIRST GENERATION
The Shoes You Wore Today: SNEAKERS
Your Weakness: FOOD
Your Fears: WORRYING ABOUT MY KIDS
Your Perfect Pizza: ANY PIZZA, THAT DOESN'T HAVE PINEAPPLE ON IT
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: HMMM SINCE THERE IS ONLY 3 WEEKS LEFT, HOW ABOUT TO PAY ALL MY BILLS ON TIME
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: WHAT'S INSTANT MESSENGER??
Thoughts First Waking Up: WHAT TIME IS IT???
Your Best Physical Feature: GOOD QUESTION, I GUESS MY HAIR OR SKIN COMPLEXION
Your Bedtime: 11PM
Your Most Missed Memory: DRIVING TO MONROVIA, RANDOM WAYS, RANDOM TIMES, WITH RANDOM PEOPLE
Pepsi or Coke: DIET PEPSI
McDonalds or Burger King: MCDONALDS
Single or Group Dates: SINGLE
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: SNAPPLE
Chocolate or Vanilla: VANILLA
Cappuccino or Coffee: VENTI ICED AMERICANO WITH THE SHOTS OVER THE ICE AND TOPPED WITH WATER THANKYOU!
Do you Smoke: TODAY NO, A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO YES.. GO FIGURE
Do you Swear: YES, BUT I DIDN'T MEAN TO
Do you Sing: IN THE CAR, OR WHEN WATCHING MUSICALS
Do you Shower Daily: I TRY TO SHOWER DAILY.. SOMETIMES THINGS(KIDS)COME UP.
Have you Been in Love: YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Do you want to go to College: I WANT TO FINISH COLLEGE
Do you want to get Married: I AM MARRIED
Do you belive in yourself: I BELIEVE I CAN DO ANYTHING, I JUST HAVE TO DO IT.
Do you get Motion Sickness: ONLY WHEN I READ IN THE CAR
Do you think you are Attractive: TOUGH, OVERALL I AM SATISFIED THE ONLY THING I AM NOT SATISFIED WITH IS MY WEIGHT
Are you a Health Freak: I BELIEVE I AM A HEALTH FREAK I JUST HAVE TO DO IT.
Do you get along with your Parents: YES, I WOULD NEVER TRADE MY MOM OR DAD FOR ANYTHING, EVEN FOR A BETTER BODY(LOL)
Do you like Thunderstorms: LOVE THEM, NEW MEXICO IN AUGUST HAVE THE BEST ONES EVER
Do you play an Instrument: AFTER NUMEROUS CHILDHOOD FAILURES WITH THE GUITAR, CLARINET, PIANO I DECIDED I WOULD SPARE THE INSTRUMENTS ANY MORE ABUSE
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: YES I HAVE
In the past month have you Smoked: YES I HAD A CANCER STICK AFTER WORK THE OTHER NIGHT
In the past month have you been on Drugs: YUK!! NOT FOR ME, I AM WAY TO CRAZY FOR DRUGS
In the past month have you gone on a Date: NO..MY HUSBAND AND I AREN'T SWINGERS YET
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: WHAT'S A MALL
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: NOT A BOX, I DID EAT A OREO THE OTHER DAY AND I TRIED IT WITH PEANUT BUTTER, I WAS REINACTING THE PARENT TRAP WITH LINDSAY LOHAN.
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: NO, I WISH... WASHINGTON HASN'T ADOPTED SUSHI LIKE CALIFORNIA HAS
In the past month have you been on Stage: THANK GOD I HAVEN'T
In the past month have you been Dumped: NO, AND HOPEFULLY NEVER AGAIN
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: I WISH, MAYBE WHEN THE KIDS MOVE OUT IN EIGHTEEN YEARS
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: NO, BUT I HAVE BEEN STOLEN FROM
Ever been Drunk: YES
Ever been called a Tease: YES, BUT IDIDN'T KNOW I WAS TEASING, SO IT DOESN'T COUNT
Ever been Beaten up: NO, I AM SO PASSIVE, I MAKE PEACE NOT WAR
Ever Shoplifted: A LONG,LONG, LONG TIME AGO.. AND I STILL FEEL GUILTY
How do you want to Die: I WANT TO DIE KNOWING MY KIDS AND FAMILY ARE HAPPY, SAFE AND STABLE
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: YOUNG
What country would you most like to Visit: SPAIN
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: AQUA BLUE
Favourite Hair Color: SALT AND PEPPER (LIKE GEORGE CLOONEY, AND MY HUBBY BUT MY HUBBY HAS MORE SALT THAN PEPPER)
Short or Long Hair: SHORT
Height: NO SHORTER THAN ME PLEASE
Weight: NO LIGHTER THAN ME PLEASE
Best Clothing Style: I LIKE THE GAP, BANANA REPUBLIC LOOK
Number of Drugs I have taken: I HAVE NEVER TAKEN DRUGS, I HAVE SMOKED POT A FEW TIMES ALMOST A DECADE AGO.
Number of CDs I own: WHO HAS TIME TO COUNT?
Number of Piercings: DO CLOSED HOLES COUNT?
Number of Tattoos: ONE!! SEE I TOLD YOU I AM NOT THAT SQUARE
Number of things in my Past I Regret: ZERO, I HAVE LEARNED SOMETHING FROM EVERY CHALLENGE IN MY LIFE

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I'd like to meet:

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Music:

I RESPECT ALL TYPES OF MUSIC, MY FAVORITE ARTISTS INCLUDE, FLEETWOOD MAC,STEVE MILLER BAND, STEREOLAB,POLICE, BARENAKED LADIES,TORI AMOS,BOB MARLEY, JAMES TAYLOR,SUPERTRAMP,REM,..

Movies:

SIXTEEN CANDLES, AMELIE, NAPOLEON DYNAMITE, OFFICE SPACE, LORD OF THE RINGS, PRETTY IN PINK, GOONIES,BEAUTIFUL GIRLS,SECRETARY,KNIGHT'S TALE,PARENTHOOD,DIRTY DANCING, KARATE KID,ROMY AND MICHELLES HIGHSCHOOL REUNION,O BROTHER WHERE ARE THOU,GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN, ALL KID MOVIES....THE ROOKIE, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE,SERENDIPITY, SLIDING DOORS, NEVER BEEN KISSED,DANGEROUS BEAUTY,ALL HARRY POTTER FILMS, WHITE CHRISTMAS, LABYRINTH, MAGDALENE SISTERS, OTHER SIDE OF HEAVEN, RABBIT-PROOF FENCE,MONSOON WEDDING, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, I COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON.....

Television:

Grey's Anatomy, LOST, Ugly Betty, Survivor, My name is Earl,WEEDS,Six Feet Under,Sopranos,Big Love, LWORD,Amazing Race,Desperate Housewives,Project Runway,DOG the BOUNTY HUNTER,ERETC....ETC....ETC...

Books:

LORD OF THE RINGS, ANYTHING WRITTEN BY JANE AUSTEN AND C.S. LEWIS. DR. SEUSS BOOKS,SHEL SILVERSTEIN,HARRY POTTER, JUDY BLUME,

Heroes:

MY KIDS ARE MY HEROES, THEY DON'T JUDGE, THEY DON'T HOLD GRUDGES, THEY NEVER GIVE UP, THEY LOVE UNCONDITIONALLY, THEY HAVE THE BEST ATTITUDE.

My Blog

life stages

life is so confusing when you think about it, actually the stages of life are.i am looking forward to many of the stages that await me, but i am dreading many of them to. am i strong enough??
Posted by sarah on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 09:19:00 PST

my wedding ring fits again:)

so when i was pregnant with emma(over 3 years ago), i took off my wedding ring because my hands were so swollen, and i didn't want them to get cut off if my hands got even bigger. however after i del...
Posted by sarah on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:12:00 PST

crazy couple of months

So the last couple of months have been pretty crazy, we finally got settled into our house, which we adore.  We also had our first homeowner disaster, our plumbing main line had a break in it, fr...
Posted by sarah on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:57:00 PST

life update

I never thought my life could get any busier than it is, but boy was I wrong.  Since kindergarten has started I feel like my life is in fast forward, between taking dylan to school at 8am then ta...
Posted by sarah on Sat, 07 Oct 2006 06:49:00 PST

DYLAN'S FIRST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN

GOSH, WHAT A SURREAL DAY TODAY... MY LITTLE GUY STARTED KINDERGARTEN TODAY.  I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS IS SUCH A TURNING POINT IN PARENTHOOD FOR ME, BUT I THINK MAYBE I AM REALIZING HOW FAST TIME GOE...
Posted by sarah on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 08:57:00 PST

we got the keys..

yeah... we got the keys today to our very own home.. i can't wait to start moving in... i am so happy i can't think of anything to say except hooray for us..
Posted by sarah on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:15:00 PST

WE SIGN THE CLOSING PAPERS TOMMORROW!

WELL WE SIGN THE CLOSING PAPERS FOR THE HOUSE TOMMORROW AT 11 AM.. WHAT A PERFECT WEDDING ANNIVERSARY GIFT(JOHN AND I HAVE BEEN MARRIED 4 YEARS TODAY).THANKYOU TO EVERYONE WHO WENT THROUGH OUR EMOTION...
Posted by sarah on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 08:46:00 PST

escrow update

so, home inspection was yesterday... didn't go as well as we wanted it to,  we'll see what they offer to do... keep you posted-- ...
Posted by sarah on Sat, 22 Jul 2006 11:15:00 PST

We Are in Escrow!!!!!!!!!!!

OH MY GOSH, SO WE MADE AN OFFER ON A HOUSE AND OUR OFFER WAS ACCEPTED, THE INSPECTION IS NEXT THURSDAY, AND THEN THE APPRAISAL, WITHIN 30 DAYS WE WILL BE FIRST TIME HOME OWNERS... WISH US LUCK.... O...
Posted by sarah on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 04:31:00 PST

you know your old when you can't handle your liquor

So, this new year's eve, i learned that wine and me don't mix. after dinner, i had a beer, then an hour or so later i had a glass of white wine, an hour after that another glass of wine, red this time...
Posted by sarah on Fri, 06 Jan 2006 02:24:00 PST