Five Question Friday! 11/12/10

Big, huge, ginormous sigh of relief that it's the weekend!!!

I'm sitting here in bed, waiting for the ibuprofen to kick in, hubby heating up a hot pack for me, wondering why I work out. The pain...is it worth it? Why can't "flab" be fab? If it were, I'd be the next Victoria's Secret diamond bra/angel wing wearer.

In any event...these gams of mine better get to feelin' fine by Sunday, 'cuz they've gotta haul me around the biggest mall in the world!!

Okie doke...let's get this Five Question Friday goin'!

Rules for Five Question Friday: Copy and paste the following questions to your blog post, answer them, then watch for the linky post to appear tomorrow morning! And remember...HAVE FUN!! This is a fun and easy post, so enjoy it!!

Questions for Friday, November 12th: (Special thanks to Bethany, [inspiration from] Pam,Sandy, Liz, [inspiration from] Colleen for their question suggestions! If YOU would like to be linked in a future 5QF, c'mon over to my community and offer up your best questions!)

1. What is the most physically painful thing that has ever happened to you?

2. How much sleep do you get at night?

3. How long did you believe in Santa Claus? How did you find out that he does not exist?

4. What was the last movie you saw in a theater?

5. What do you wear to bed?

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1. What is the most physically painful thing that has ever happened to you?

Well, without a doubt, hands down, no questions asked...my broken toe.

KIDDING!!

Let me remind you of something...I have 5 children. I birth "au naturale". It hurts.

But it feels so good!

Seriously...would you believe me when I say that I honestly and truly enjoyed childbirth? Not, you know, giggles and jokes the whole time...but the feeling. Knowing that my body was doing exactly what it needed to do.

(Disclaimer: I have nothing, absolutely nothing, against women that get epidurals!! It's just my own personal choice to not use meds. Amen. Carry on...)

I love it. Call me crazy...but I miss it.

One of my best buds (who has 4 kiddos) said sometimes it almost feels like an addiction.

Sometimes, I guess, babies are like Lay's potato chips...once you have one, you can't stop! ;)

Er...did I just compare a baby to a potato chip?

2. How much sleep do you get at night?

Well, ever since I started my addiction to babies (see answer above), I have not gotten much sleep. I LOVE sleep. However, I am a night owl. My body wakes up at about 11:30 pm.

I train my babies to sleep late from a very early age...7 am feedings are treated just like 3 am feedings. Change diaper, nurse, back to bed. As a result, they are sleeper-inners.

So, we start to rouse around 8:30-9:00...my baby has even been known to sleep past 10:30 once or twice.

I'm rambling here...I would say, that I get a good 5-6 hours of solid sleep...then I get up and get the big kids off to school, then cozy back into bed until the Littles rise. But, that second burst of sleep is fitful.

And filled with crazy dreams.

What is it about light sleep that causes a girl to dream such crazy dreams?

3. How long did you believe in Santa Claus? How did you find out that he does not exist?

Um. Wait.

Sandy, what do you mean "not exist"? You mean...

*gulp*

You mean...are you trying to tell me...that SANTA CLAUS IS NOT REAL????

Okay, okay...so, I think I was 10ish. I don't remember my age so much as I remember the entire conversation with my mom.

I was in the car with her...unbuckled and riding in the front seat because, apparently, in the 80's people had discovered leg warmers and sky scraper bangs, but NOT seatbelts...and I asked my mom if Santa was real.

She did the typical skirt the question, don't answer directly but do give some sort of answer...and I looked at her and said, "MOM. For real. Is Santa real?" It was a necessity, like air, that I know whether the jolly old soul was, in fact, a bonafide, IRL dude.

And, she answered it truthfully.

Which is why I'm flabbergasted that you, Sandy, implied that he is not real.

Mom...will you please tell Sandy that Santa is real? Thanks. ;)

4. What was the last movie you saw in a theater?

The last movie I saw in a theater was "Descpicible Me". I saw it twice. With two different kiddos, for their respective "Mom and (fill in appropriate child's name here) Day".

I tried to talk my biggest boy into watching it when we did his day, so I could get the Despicable Trifecta, but he didn't go for it.

Which, now that I say that means that Descpicable Me was NOT the last movie I saw in the theater...it was actually "Dinner for Schmucks", which I saw with my 14 year old and while I'm sure it was a hilariously funny movie, I could not get beyond the fact that there were one too many sexual innuendos for me to feel comfortable sitting next to my teenager when watching it.

It ceased to become funny. And, instead, I squirmed. And chuckled nervously. And shook my head.

Some things are just NOT what you want to watch with your 14 year old son.

"Dinner for Schmucks" was one of them.

5. What do you wear to bed?

I am fully clothed, head to toe. Much to my husband's dismay. (Oops, sorry mom and dad.)

But, yes. It's true. I am cold blooded. Warm hearted, but cold blooded. I am rarely warm...and MinneSOOOOta is rarely warm, so cope I must. Which means, warm, cozy jammies.

FYI: Aerie makes THE best jammie pants. In fact, I'm hoping they make them again this year. Cotton lined flannel. Cotton lined flannel is like bacon wrapped meat. You just can't go wrong with it.

And...if the jammies aren't warm enough to keep my core body temp above freezing, then I'll add in my favorite hot pack...sometimes some socks...and maybe an extra blanket.

Added bonus: when my husband is warm and I can put my icy feet on his warm legs. I'm sure he enjoys that soooo much.

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Okay my friends, now it's YOUR turn! And, make sure you're scoping out your best "Mature Man" gifts for Monday's edition of the Holiday Gift Guide!