8 Things I’m Passionate About
1. My daughter
2. Photography
3. Packaging
4. Organizing
5. My family
6. Food
7. Web design
8. My animals - dogs, horses, cattle, bird and cats.

8 Things I Want to Do Before I Die
1. Learn to drive stick shift
2. Travel overseas
3. Restore our old house into a really, really awesome studio
4. Walk my daughter down the aisle
5. Be there for the birth of my grandchildren
6. Write a novel worth publishing
7. Sing in public
8. Live. Really live.

8 Things I Say Often
1. No! (I have a toddler.)
2. Sit down. (My toddler really likes to climb on stuff.)
3. Where are you? (When she's being quiet.)
4. What are you doing? (When she's being TOO quiet.)
5. I love you!
6. Really?
7. Okay.
8. Can mommy see that?

8 Books or Magazines I’ve Read Recently
1. The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon.
2. The Lord John Grey series by Diana Gabaldon.
3. Martha Stewart Living
4. Franklin the Turtle books
5. The Vermilion Standard & St. Paul Journal newspapers
6. Books by Lani Diane Rich ... I re-read them all recently.
7. Berenstein bears books.
8. Dozens and dozens of children's books that I can't remember the names of.

8 Songs I Could Listen to Over & Over
1. Johnny Cash. Anything Johnny Cash.
2. Teardrops on my guitar - Taylor Swift.
3. Tim Mcgraw - Taylor Swift
4. As If - Sara Evans
5. Keith Urban - Golden Road and Be Here albums.
6. Christmas music. I love it. My husband hates it.
7. Desiree - Keith Urban
8. Corb Lund. Anything by Corb Lund.

8 Things That Attract Me to My Best Friend
1. Even when we have nothing to talk about, we still talk
2. She's funny
3. She's the yin to my yang
4. She puts up with me
5. She's always excited about my new crazy scheme
6. She knows all the good celebrity gossip
7. She's always there for me
8. She loves my daughter

8 People I Think Should Do Crazy 8s
1. You!
2. Yes, you!
3. Any photographer who stumbles across this blog.
4. Any writer who stumbles across this blog.
5. That guy!
6. That chick!
7. Her!
8. Him!