25 Things about me

I've been tagged probably 10 times between blog land and Face book. I guess it's time to comply. Here are the rules. Once you've been tagged, you have to make a list of 25 random things, facts,habits, or goals about yourself. At the end, choose 5 people to be tagged and list their names at the bottom. You also have to tag the person who tagged you.


1. I swear I can smell brain for just a moment after a sneeze. I’m not kidding. Next time you sneeze take a quick whiff right after and see what I’m talking about. I always wonder if this is some unique power I have or if no one else has ever noticed. I’d love feedback on this one. *edit* And feed back I've received. Even emails. Too funny. This is a smell like no other. It's not pleasant in fact it's rather gross. Luckily it's there, then gone. Before someone asks this one- No, I haven't found a comparison between stronger smells and more intelligence. Lol.

2. I had the opportunity to go on tour and try my luck at singing when I was 16. An agent named David Mirich wanted to sign me with his agency (Same agency that had signed some of the Brady kids and Jody Foster). I was too scared to leave my family and go on tour with a bunch of people I didn’t know. When it came down to it, I decided I wanted to be a wife and mommy not a singer. No regrets.

3. I miss singing so much. I used to get a real high off of it. I wish I could stand in front of millions of people and just belt it out. Why can’t they do American Idol for old people?! Singing in church just doesn't cut it.

4. Meat freaks me out. Especially raw red meat. I need gloves to work with it. I can eat meat if it’s disguised really well (like in lasagna). I’d rather lick a dog than eat a steak, over with much quicker.

5. I also have an issue with eggs. If there’s any blood in it I’ll throw out the whole batch of whatever I’m making. I try to remind myself to crack the egg into a separate bowl first but sometimes I forget. I also can’t stand the thought of eating that cord like white thing in the egg. I pick that out of each egg before using it. As a child I thought it was the chickens umbilical cord. I’ve found out since that it’s to hold the yolk in the center of the egg.

6. I’ve been known to laugh at the most inappropriate times. I literally get mixed emotions. If something is serious or scary the uncontrollable giggles take control of me. Once scary drunk guys were crawling on the car my friends and I were in, trying to get us to open the doors. My friends were bawling. Not me, I was laughing….hysterically. I had to get down on the floor because the guy on the windshield was hitting the car, mad at me, and telling my friend if she didn’t stop me he’d “break her daddy’s Cadillac.” Luckily a neighbor saw what was happening and scared them away with a sledge hammer.

7. I had to have a restraining order put on a guy who was stalking me not long after Kevin and I were married. I never even met him. A security guard where I worked figured it out.

8. I constantly worry about how I’ve failed as a mom when my kids don’t behave the way I think they should. That drives my husband bonkers.

9. One of the craziest things I ever did was guide traffic with a life preserver on…..Well, until that cop said no more.

10. Once I went on a date with a guy who’s name I didn’t know. That night I dodged everyone I knew so I wouldn’t have to introduce him to them. He never figured that out. I'd known him all semester.

11. I have great memories of my mom’s sisters. My aunt Cheryl snuck us kids in the pantry for brownies on fast Sunday. She also ruined my hair on more than one occasion. Lol. My Aunt Marae has always the sweetest person I’ve known. I’ve never heard her say anything bad about anyone. I’m waiting for her to be translated. My Aunt Michelle talked my mom into letting me get my ears pierced. When I was young I thought she was the “coolest” teenager in the world. I loved to spy on her and her boyfriends kiss. My aunt Teri got me down and filled my mouth full of whipped topping spray, she loved me even after I got into her makeup and wiped it all over her friends blue terry-cloth bikini. Okay, I think it took a few days but I’m sure by now she’s forgotten that completely.

12. When I grow up I want to be an author. I just don’t have that talent, dang-it!

13. I think in type. As I think I type what I think. You may see my fingers move just slightly while I'm in deep thought, that's my typing skills at work. It's totally unconscious when I do it but it's been brought to my attention a few times and I catch myself.

14. I’m addicted to Culligan water. I have it bad. I take it in the car with me and Kevin even put a water dispenser in my upstairs bathroom because I drink during the night too. (And they say drinking helps you lose weight- whatever.)

15. I hated pregnancy but could have done labor and delivery over and over. I only had an epidural once -with Jessica. I asked for it right after they broke my water- before any pains. When they said to wait I started to cry and told them there wouldn’t be any time. They gave it to me against their own wishes. Jessica was born 60 minutes later.

16. I loved to go TPing as a teenager. I even went with my mom. Once she got caught by my boyfriends dad. It would have been much less embarrassing if she hadn’t tried running round and round the car from him.

17. Anytime I make a wish (blowing out candles, on a star, throwing pennies in a fountain etc. ) I always wish for a forever family. Could there be anything better?

18. I hate dishes and laundry but I could vacuum all day long. I love knowing gross stuff is getting sucked out of my carpets and furniture.

19. I always wanted to play the part of Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady.

20. I used to be a great speller and very good at English and grammar. It’s slipped considerably. Probably due to hanging out with preschoolers.

21. I’m almost finished with my degrees in American Sign Language and Speech Pathology.

22. I’m very embarrassed by my 15 year old son who tells everyone his mom is SEXY.

23. Sometimes I love people I don’t even know so much it hurts my heart.

24. I love to watch people. Their mannerisms, how they interact with people, their expressions, their hair and clothing styles. I also catch myself eavesdropping on their conversations.

25. I’ve always been a people-pleaser and didn’t used to have my own opinion on anything. My husband taught me to have a back bone. I think he sometimes regrets that. Lol.

Now I've verified what you all thought. I am weird.

I tag Tosha, Neicia, McKenna, Cheryl, Kristi, Karine, Staz, Rebecca, Jenna, Kim, Cally