Yeah, yeah, if you’re a Facebook friend you’ve already seen this…but I did all that work to come up with these I figured I might as well use it twice!
This is is the 25 random things meme that’s going around like the plague. I was tagged four times before I realized I was just going to have to do it and get it over with.
Forgive me if you’ve heard any of these before.
1. I’m the youngest of 7 kids. Contrary to popular belief, this does not make me spoiled. My older siblings may beg to differ.
2. My kid is so much like me it’s scary. He looks like me, he talks like me, and he’s sarcastic, just like me. God help me.
3. I’ve been married for coming up on 14 years. It still feels like yesterday.
4. Pregnancy was the worst experience of my life. Motherhood is the best.
5. My cat was my first baby. Cat’s are NOT good practice for a real baby. Although he does follow me around all day. And he wakes me up at 5:30 in the morning most days. And he’s trying to lay on my computer while I type.
6. I’m a contract photo editor. I find the perfect pictures for book manuscripts, mostly science books for children. I love my job, and I have the best client in the world.
7. I work far more than most people realize. Just because I do it at home, doesn’t mean I’m not working!
8. I was almost an electrical engineer. Until I realized I hated math. Then I thought about being a lawyer, but I’m too nice. So I got a degree in US History. That was a dumb idea.
9. Sometimes I snort when I laugh. I can’t help it. My kid is practicing so he laugh like me too.
10. I’m obsessed with the weather. If I could do it all over again I’d be a storm chaser.
11. I love to cook, and I’m pretty damn good at it.
12. I lived in Virginia for 7 years. I loved it there but I love being in New Hampshire more. Except for the snow. When you live away you forget about the snow.
13. My all time favorite TV show is Stargate SG1, and I still haven’t forgiven the SciFi channel for canceling it.
14. I love gardening but I’m pretty terrible at it, and by mid-summer I tend to forget about the garden. I think I just love the idea of gardening. This year I’m sticking to potted plants.
15. I hate to be hot. I keep my house around 63 in the winter. Wear something warm if you come visit me!
16. My favorite film genre is disaster movies. The worse the better. Top of the list is Twister and Dante’s Peak!
17. The best way to interact with me on FB is to start a Scrabble game with me. I am addicted.
18. I am noticeably, but not quite completely, tone deaf.
19. Five years ago I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis. Recently I was told I was probably misdiagnosed. That pissed me off and I’m ignoring the whole thing.
20. I have a talent for making wheel thrown pottery, but haven’t had a chance to do it in a very long time. I compensate by crocheting, but it’s not quite the same.
21. I almost always cut my own hair, because every stylist I’ve ever been to has tried unsuccessfully to blow it out straight even though I tell them I hate that. It’s like a challenge to them, so I gave up. I cut it better anyway.
22. Aspartame (NutraSweet) gives me migraines. It took me years of suffering to figure that out. I haven’t had a migraine in almost 10 years now.
23. I’m becoming a pretty good photographer. But I’ll always be better at editing than shooting.
24. I ~still~ wear black almost everyday. It’s a habit I just can’t break and don’t really care to anymore!
25. I love my friends, and I don’t forget any of them, even if we haven’t talked in a long time!
And the one thing I didn’t say but will add here just for my bloggy friends: I have met more great people through this blog than I can even believe, and I appreciate you all as much as any of my other friends! xoxo
