Sunday Social

I'm linking up again for Sunday Social! This week is all about growing up and teenager-dom. You know you've been dying to know all about my teenage years.

1. What was your first car? My 16th birthday was on Mother's Day and I went to camp 3 weeks later so I was totally convinced I wouldn't get a car until July when I got home from camp. When we were out for my birthday/Mother's Day my card from my dad had a picture of my car in it! I was SHOCKED. For two years I was the proud driver of a 1992 Dodge Spirit.

My step-sisters, me, and the Spirit

2. Who was your favorite childhood teacher? I have a few, but I mainly like them because they're easy to make fun of. I know it sounds AWFUL, but seriously, if you had had these teachers, you'd make fun of them too.

3. Were you involved in any sports/extracurricular activities? Share pictures if you can! In late elementary school I played Upward Basketball (my first sport ever, y'all). In middle school I played tennis and volleyball and was pretty terrible at both, but I still love them. Then in high school, I focused on dancing and senior year I was on drill team (or dance team for you non-Southerners). Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures online... Bummer.

4. What was your favorite birthday party? That is an excellent question. My 7th grade/13th birthday party was pretty awesome. My middle school bestie's birthday was a week after mine and another of our friend's birthdays was in June so we had a triple pool party at said bestie's grandparents' house. Then all the girls were invited to stay at her house for a sleep over. We had a blast.

5. Who was your teen celebrity crush? There have been MANY. Orland Bloom, Heath Ledger (RIP), Freddie Prinze Jr, Zach Hanson, JC Chasez, Nick Carter, and I'm sure there are others...

6. What show/movie did your parents not allow you to watch? Anything on MTV (ie Celebrity Death Match), but I still ended up seeing it somehow. And Titanic. I was definitely in like 4th grade when that came out and one or two of my friends saw it and the rest of us couldn't. Very upsetting.



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Sunday Social

I'm linking up again for Sunday Social!


This week it's all about childhood!

1. What do you miss most about being a kid?
Recess, coloring, SWINGS, naps, sleep overs every weekend!

2. Did you have a nickname growing up? What was it?
Almost everyone called me something different growing up. My parents called me Baby Dedis. My paternal grandmother called me Dreamboat. My maternal grandfather called me Frank. My friends called me Frannie (and still do).

3. What was your favorite thing to do at recess?
SWING. and my elementary school had this dome thing that we all climbed all over. And in first grade I played Power Rangers with some kids. I was pretty cool, obviously (and by that I mean not at all haha).

4. What did you want to be when you grew up?
An actress. Or a gymnast circa the '96 Olympics.

5. What was your favorite toy?
I was SO a Barbie girl. I loved Barbie. I had two My-Size Barbies. I loved the ballerina Barbies that had on pointe shoes and bendable limbs. AND I had a ballroom dance Barbie. She went on this remote control stand and you could put Ken on it too (he usually didn't stay too long).

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6. What is the funniest thing you did as a kid that your parents still remind you about?
My parents tell me I was (and still am) pretty entertaining, so they thought most things I did were funny. I remember one time scaring my mom because I got in the dog house with our beagle, Radar, and she couldn't find me. I was really mad when I had to take a bath after she found me.

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Disney... IN 3D

I don't know if you're like me and went to see Lion King in 3D, but it was friggin' EPIC. 3D was pretty much the only way to make this opening scene more so - and I saw it twice. Lion King is one of my first movie memories at the theater - I remember seeing it with my mom and grandmother and watching my mom cry at the end when the circle of life was complete. Don't look at me like I'm heartless, I was all of 6 years old. But I don't really cry at movies anyway.

But seriously, Disney has started something and they have to continue until all of my childhood classics are covered. This certainly is a start that I'm excited THRILLED about. I got the chance to see Beauty and the Beast in IMAX about 10 years ago which just solidified it as my favorite (Disney) animated movie. And now it's coming out in 3D in January. I'm THRILLED as stated above. Just imagine "Be Our Guest" in 3D. LEGIT. EPIC. What other words can describe it?

And Little Mermaid in September 2013? It came out in 1989, when I was only 1, so I didn't see it in theaters, but my parents ever so graciously bought the VHS for me and legend has it I made my poor dad watch it with me EVERY DAY for an entire summer. I won't drag him to see it with me, but I will be singing along with that as I did with Lion King (and will be with Beauty and the Beast). "Under the Sea" will also be pretty legit in 3D.

Monsters Inc. is one of my favorite Pixar movies (ok, let's be real, Pixar movies are just awesome), and I'm sure it will be great in 3D, but I think Finding Nemo will probably be the best of these four in 3D.

Will anyone be joining me? I'm already putting these in my non-existant planner. Maybe I'll get a planner just to put these in?