Saturday, September 3, 2011

10 Random Facts About Me

I'm taking part in a "blog campaign" and this was one of the challenges.

1.  I don't like to be the center of attention.  This post is difficult because I'm saying, hey everybody these are facts about me.  Sometimes those facts just come out when I blog and am telling a story, but now I feel like you're all looking at me and my fly's down and I have spinache in my teeth. . .

2.  I am not a competitive person but I love to watch sports.  All my kids have played a high school sport--b-ball and lacrosse.  If I played, first of all we'd lose and second, I'd be curled up in fetal position on the court or field.

3.  I have great ideas but have a hard time implementing them.  I'm more of a thinker than a doer. 

4.  I have a hard time making up my mind.  Wait no I don't.  Okay, yes I do.  But just sometimes.  Probably.

5.  I took type in the 7th grade (not on a computer but on a typewriter--your fingers own personal gym and manual return--don't forget the white-out) and I've been typing ever since.  Really.  I type just about everything I hear.  I type on my lap in my head with my tongue or teeth with my toes. . . It's a very subtle movement.  My husband didn't know I did it until a told him a couple years ago.  So annoying (the typing, not my husband).

6.  I can touch my elbows behind my back.  That, and playing the recorder in 3 different languages, is probably my only true talent.

7.  When I was little I made my family call me Cinderella for a few weeks, but the name never stuck.  Today, if I could change my name, I'd change it to Rachel.  But who knows about tomorrow.

8.  I still dream (although not quite as often) that I can't find my locker. . . or remember the combination. . . or remember what class I have when, or that I have a college class that I just forgot to go to all semester. . .

9.  I love the color green.  It makes me feel alive.  And who doesn't need to feel alive at 46? 

10.  I can and will eat just about anything.  Anything that's in front of me.  When it comes to eating, I have no off-switch.  I could easily down a whole pizza or a quart or two of icecream, a plate of cookies, a bag of chips just because it's there. . . But my favorite food is salad.  No, really.

11.  I was born a believer.  I've always felt God's love for me and I love Him.  I have experienced the power of the atonement in my life.

12. I'm not good at math.  I missed it most of 6th grade--would break out in hives and have to go to the sick room.

5 comments:

  1. #3 and #4 - Me too!

    I've had those locker dreams too and it's been 20 years since I've had a locker...

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  2. Uhm, I seriously thought this was my list until I read that you can play the recorder in 3 languages. I can only play it in 2.
    Really...it was sorta scary and explained why I instantly liked you. You are the much cooler version of me.

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  3. Hi Jill! I love your answers! You are so funny!!
    the typing thing I can totally relate to. I do the same thing with sign language. Weird, I know. I spell everything out with sign language letters. Once I learned the alphabet in like fourth grade I've never been able to stop. OK, now I sound like a wacko. lol
    Anyway, great to meet you and your blog looks like a lot of fun. Green is my fave color too for the same exact reason. I have to have green in my life. :)

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  4. I am willing to call you Cinderella if that's what you'd like. heehee! Seriously, your posts always make me giggle. Thanks for providing humor to my days.

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  5. Right there with you on #3 and #4. My frantic school dreams are about not remembering what my classes are, and feeling like I've been skipping them all semester/year...

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