Tag, you're awake.

Well, Virginia tagged me...sort of...and it's the middle of the night...and apparently I am now immune to the drug I was praising the Lord for last week. I CAN'T SLEEP. Welcome to my party. You are only a few minutes late as it started at 2:30am.

So, back to Virginia and the tag...I am to post seven (I think it's seven and I'm too tired to go back and make sure) random things about myself...a bit confusing if not redundant in my case. See, I'm thinking that this entire site is an ode to the random things about myself. I guess maybe this is to be more of a condensed Reader's Digest version...so I won't mention the paper towels and the hand soap...you already know about that...

This ought to be terribly exciting folks...hold on to your hats...

#1  I almost always write in pencil. 7mm only. If I send you a card, it will be written with a fine point black Sharpie. If I sign something at work that can't be signed with either of those two instruments, I use a pen off of someone else's desk. Pencil. is. The. Best.

#2  I clinch my teeth something fierce. I have to wear a mouthpiece at night to keep from crushing my teeth and jaw into tiny pieces. At times (while driving down the road or working on the computer) I will catch myself clinching so hard that my neck hurts. Stress aggravates this. Therefore, my teeth are about to fall out as I type this.

#3  I am obsessed with paper. I think you knew that already. I promise I have more scrapbook paper than you do. And if I scrapped from now until the day they take it all away from me at the Assisted Living Center for trading it for Ativan, I would still have plenty. So, I think I might start some projects like this in order to find new uses for the stuff. And because my favorite part about the paper is the looking at it. By the way, it's not just scrapbook paper that I am obsessed with. A good legal pad can make me giddy.

#4  When I laugh, I cry. Seriously, my eyes fill up with tears that gush everywhere when I laugh. It can be distracting...and embarrassing. Because of this, I am very careful about the mascara I choose. I'm also careful about the times I choose to hang out with Owen. Many times as a young adult, people at church thought I had crawled under the pew to weep over the sermon - when really? Really, Owen just sang one verse of that hymn with a lisp.

#5  I read really fast. No, I never took a speed reading course. But I read faster than most folks. I guess that's a good quality...unless I'm stuck somewhere with not enough books to read...like the 2nd day of vacation on a deserted island or something like that. It could happen. And it would not be pretty.

#6  I hate a loud TV. I turn the TV down during the commercials and I turn it off if we are not watching it. But, more than anything, I just hate a loud TV. It's seriously painful to me. Like my head falls off and rolls across the floor and bangs against the baseboard over and over and over again until you turn it down.

TURN

IT

DOWN.

NOW.

You think I'm kidding?

#7  I eat ice. I know it's obnoxious. I know it means I'm anemic. I know it's bad for my teeth. Taco Casa ice #1, Milo's ice #2, ice pellets #3, all other crushed ice #4 and ice cubes slightly melted #5. Clover eats ice, too, by the way. She would rather me hand her a piece of ice out of the freezer than a treat from the Milk Bone jar.

So there you have it. And rather than tagging you, I will allow you to post random things (at least one) about yourself in the comments section. Go for it. I will still love you no matter what you confess. (Unless, of course, you are confessing that you are the one who took that box of flatware.)

Oh wait. Can I tell you one more random thing I just thought of? I know that means I will have eight, but this is my blog after all...

#8  I love little fat baby feet. I seriously am very disappointed when I see a baby and it has shoes or socks on because the first thing I want to see are the feet...the cute juicy feet. OK, sorry...I just thought of that because I was looking at some pictures on Virginia's site...her children have adorable feet.

Headed back to bed. If I cannot sleep I am going to wake up PJ and ask him to hit me over the head with a very large cast iron skillet. Stay tuned. 

Comments

[vanna]

my random fact: orange foods are my favorite. cheetos, kraft macaroni and cheese, carrots. i prefer the orange.

how did things go with that skillet?

[Mandy]

You forgot Cheez-its. They are orange. I finally went back to sleep...and last night I slept like a baby.

[Deborah P]

I love colors - all colors, the bright ones, the pastel ones, the secondary one, the tertiary ones, you name it, I love 'em. My favorite color most of my life was red and it's still the nostalgic favorite, but now I really can't name just one favorite. It depends on the mood of the moment. And colored glass?? I'm in heaven!

[PJ]

when I was a child I had nightmares about a green cow looking in my window...that is the only random thing I can think of.

[virginia]

I love me some fat baby feet too. Man, they are so yummy. :)