I have been tagged by the amazing Amy McClave of Pretty Pear Designs. For those of you unfamiliar with this, it is a blog “game” of sorts, where you tag 7 people of your choosing, they in turn have to post 7 interesting facts about themselves and then tag 7 new people.
1) I am not a picky eater, however I really can not handle the food on my plate touching! I used to eat one thing at a time on my plate, first eating the vegetable, then the starch and lastly the meat (if those were the items on my plate). I would do it in that order because the veggies always seemed to cool the fastest followed by the starch and then the meat. Once I had children though I realized that if I ever wanted a bite of hot food I had better take a bite of each while they were still hot, which pretty much broke me of the each item in full before moving on issue.
2) When making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches the peanut butter MUST be on the bottom (or right side of bread when I spread it), I won’t even scrape the extra peanut butter on the other piece of bread, freaks me right out.
3) Judging by my house some days you probably will have a hard time believing this one but here goes… I have to have things hanging in order in my closets. Meaning any shirts with spaghetti straps first, then tanks, then sleeveless shirts with collars, then t-shirts, then short sleeve shirts with collars, then long sleeve t-shirts… you get the idea. I used to make them all hang in color order too, but again I lost a bit of that OCD when I had kids, not enough time in the day to worry about color order, but man do not put a t-shirt in front of a tank in my closet!
4) I played cello for 6 years. I wouldn’t say I was great at it, never held first or second chair but I did ok. However now if I picked one up I’m certain I wouldn’t be able to make anything that sounds remotely like music come out of it… sad really when you think about all the hours of practice that went into learning it.
5) I attended 3 elementary schools, 2 middle schools and 2 high schools growing up. I think this helped mold me into the person I am today. I had to be outgoing in order to make new friends. I find it very easy to meet new people and have never had a problem introducing myself to anyone, any where… just ask my friend Angie who I met while shopping at Baby Gap. She was new in town as I overheard her telling the clerk and she had a little girl just a few months older than my daughter. I trapped her in a corner, introduced myself and invited her to have lunch some time, we’ve been friends ever since (over 7 years later!).
6) I love to sing, I’m not saying I can sing, just that I love to. My own kids ask me to stop. When in the car by myself the music is loud and I sing so that nobody else can hear me (thank goodness for AC or summer driving wouldn’t be nearly as fun).
7) Some of my favorite TV shows were designed for young-adults… I guess I grew up with 90210 and just can’t let it go. One Tree Hill (CW) and Instant Star (The N) are two of my favorites…
I’m sure I could continue with at least 7 more odd facts about me, but I’d really like to still have business so I’ll stop there. I am tagging my mom (is that weird?), Sarah Baldwin, Brenda Eckhardt, Kathy Wolf, Nanette Gerrits, Meggan Jacks, & well, coming up with a 7th one is stumping me for now… I’ll add it once I come up with it :).
Oh no! I hope you feel better soon!!
aw, sending you healthy vibes
get better soon.