"I am" Random Tuesday

I am: so glad the “hot now” sign was on at Krispy Kreme this morning. I just finished a yummy glazed doughnut!
I think: it is way too hot already. It got up to 96 yesterday and it is already stifling this morning.
I thank: Adrienne for posting a picture of chicken nachos on her blog yesterday. I emailed her for the recipe and made it last night. Two words—Yumm-O.
I know: that there is always a purpose behind every thing that happens (I really do believe that!).
I wish: college football season was already here (even though that would mean Summer is over, and I don’t want that to happen!). So, I will just wish for a wonderful summer followed by a fun college football season.
I hate: it when I get impatient, either with myself or members of my family. I am trying to just “chill out” and I’m usually pretty good at it…but I still let things make me too impatient.
I miss: McKenna already, and she hasn’t even left on her mission trip. While we are in Tennessee this weekend, she will head off to Illinois; so we won’t see her for more than a week.
I feel: incredibly blessed.
I shop: (pped) last night for Delaney’s birthday presents. She turns 12 tomorrow!
I hear: the sound of “America’s Next Top Model” on tv downstairs.
I crave: a lot of stuff, way too often. Usually it consists of any kind of sports, a good mystery novel, and baked goods!
I wonder how I got so lucky.
I dream: (ed) last night that I was in college, went to a class for a final exam and didn't know any of the answers, so I ran out of the classroom, then I got to feeling guilty and wanted to go back and apologize to the professor, but then I couldn't find the room (the building all of a sudden became huge with hundreds of rooms and floors). Weird!
I love: it when Sydney tells me she loves me “THISSSSS” [spreads out arms real wide] much!
I care: (NOT) what people think of me, pretty much most of the time.
I always: make my bed. I can’t stand to have an unmade bed (although the rest of the house may be a mess!).
I celebrate: a lot! We do birthdays really big in our family, and I love holidays!
I sing: very loudly in the car (even though I can’t sing). I also sing very loudly in church (even though I can’t sing).
I cry: at most of the silliest things! Movies, songs, sentimental commercials. I’ve even been known to cry at sporting events.
I don't always: cry at the things that maybe I should cry about. I’m more of a “grin and bear it” kind of person when it comes to personal struggles.
I write: for a living (newspaper and magazine articles), for fun (this blog), and for my sanity (poetry, journaling).
I pray: in the bathtub. I know this may sound silly, but it’s my one time alone everyday when I can really be quiet and pray for my friends and family, and thank God for the day behind me.
I lose: stuff (car keys, cell phone, cash) all the time. Just this morning I have “misplaced” $20 and it really makes me upset (I had $60 in cash for the next couple of days, and now twenty of it’s gone!).
I listen: to television when I sleep. I can’t sleep in total silence.
I am scared: of clowns and heights.
I dance: even when I embarrass my kids! I love to dance and feel no reason to stop because I look silly!
I need:. to see my friend Angela (we are planning an Indian restaurant lunch excursion soon), to scrap with Adrienne, to have a girls night out with Chris and Allison, and to have a date with Gary.
I surf: on the Internet everyday. My favorite stops are entertainment sites (for “Lost” updates), sports sites, scrapbooking sites, and blogs.
I dread: packing for trips, exercising, cleaning the bathroom, saying goodbye.
I anticipate: celebrating Delaney's birthday this week, heading to Tennessee at the end of the week.
I laugh: out loud! Gary and I always say the world is essentially divided up into two types of people: in-side laughers, and out-loud laughers. I am definitely the latter, and laugh out loud at movies, television shows, sermons, a book passage I’m reading, something someone says. People know when I am tickled!

And now...consider this as my Random Tuesday post, and consider yourself officially tagged. Answer all of these, answer some of these, answer one or two of these, whatever, and post them in my comments section or on your own blog (just let us know that you posted it, so we can all come visit). If nothing else, tell us here: Are you an out-loud laugher or not? Cmon, fess up!) Join in the fun!