Tagged!

I've been tagged by Angi!

2 names you go by:
- Mama
- Val (though I really, truly hate being called Val there are DOZENS of people who nonetheless call me that every stinkin' day)

2 parts of your heritage:
- mostly Irish
- Partly English (my family has been in Canada a loooong time though)

2 things that scare you:
- Becoming a young widow
- the thought of bad things happening to my kids

2 everyday essentials:
- Tea!!!!!! Every single day for close to 30 years!
- hugs and snotty kisses from my babes

2 fave bands/artists: (here's where you figure out I'm hopelessly behind the times)
- Colin James
- Eric LaPointe

2 favorite songs: (I'm in Christmas mode right now)
- The Halleluiah Chorus (from The Messiah)
- Carol of the Bells

2 things you want in a relationship (other than true love):
- Humour
- Support

2 favorite hobbies:
- Scrapbooking
- Rubber Stamping (I'm very much into stampin up right now)

2 things you want really badly:
- To get out of debt!!!!
- A bigger house with a bigger yard (see above for what I'd need to make that happen)

2 places you want to go on vacation:
- Florida, March 2006 (to see my ACP friends)
- Turkey (to visit my brother)

2 things you want to do before you die:
- learn to play piano
- see Ireland

2 ways in which you are a true girl:
- I hate bugs!!
- I love lip gloss

2 things you are thinking about right now:
- Worrying about keeping all of the families happy over Christmas (the balancing act is tough)
- Wondering why I haven't been called about that job :(

2 stores you shop at:
- Michael's
- Loblaws

2 people guaranteed to make you laugh:
- Jana (God she is funny!)
- an absolutely crazy but brilliantly funny woman at work (Natasha)

Fun stuff :) OK I tag Susie and Lauri