10 things about me
I'm so excited, this is my first tag. Actually Hia tagged me with a Christmas tag but I had just started the whole blog thing and when I was ready to post again it was past Christmas time and although I'm all for decking the halls 6 months of the year I know that not all of you are so I thought I'd save that for next year...so...my first tag... this time I was tagged by Andrea- thanks!
Here are the rules for the Honest Scrap Award:A) first list 10 honest things about yourself-and make it interesting even if you have to dig deep
B) pass the award on to seven bloggers that you feel embody the spirit of the Honest Scrap
My 10 honest things.
1. I, as mentioned above and in previous posts, am one of those Christmas people. I start listening to my Christmas music in September sometimes... not every day but I'll pop in my Amy Grant Christmas to clean or whatever, when I start wearing sweaters. I love everything about it... in fact at Utah State my roommates let me keep our Christmas tree up til May (we did turn it to a wedding tree though for Sara who was getting married with little temples and a count down chain), and for Hia's wedding I was entitled the Christmas Queen and it was my job to decorate for the reception... lights...lights everywhere (well, on multiple trees not from walls and chairs- it was classy no worries) I could go on and on and on about all that I love about that time of year but you can just go to the past post here. (I'll spare you... for a few months)
2. I'm not a milk girl. Just never liked the stuff. I know I need it, know it's good for me, but yuck. I get my calcium from the ice cream I consume. I eat enough ice cream, no worries. Oh, there is a time that I actually like milk- with bready breakfast foods. It's actually good with pancakes, waffles and crepes... I'm working on the milk and cookies things too.
3. I have this bad habit of melting things---on accident of course----frequently. :( I don't get it but since we moved to Baltimore we have an electric stove that is flat and I keep setting things down and then when I pick them back up they're a bit deformed. The casualties since July include: a plastic cutting board, a strainer, 2 spatulas, 2 plastic plates and more plastic containers (or their lids) than I'd like to mention.
4. I am horrible with directions. I have never known which way North or South was. I just drive by landmarks--turn left by the big tree after you pass Subway, or by my gut feeling. I get lost a lot, and although I don't love it, it's turned out to be an ok thing. I consider it a blessing... I sadly used to get a bit lost in the grid-layed-out state of Utah. Sad I know. But luckily when I moved to Boston and was lost for hours at a time, multiple times a week, for the whole time I was there, late at night, by myself.... I wasn't ever worried or stressed. Blessing in disguise.
5. I LOVE pictures!! I'm obsessed. I love cameras. I love looking at other people's pictures, which is one reason I spend way WAY too much time looking on facebook or other blogs. I carry a camera with me, almost everywhere... sometimes two! I have a little digital camera that fits in my purse and my nice SLR camera (it's not digital though so it's not always convenient, one day I'll have a super nice Nikon or Cannon (can't decide yet) Digital SLR camera and photoshop... can't wait for that day!). I love taking pictures of people, and places and I do this weird thing where if I have a digital camera I document places I go. For example, I went to Germany for 10 days... took 2 rolls of "normal" pictures on my nice camera and over 300 on my digital so that I could document what makes Germany, Germany. My 'What Makes Baltimore, Baltimore' is in progress... Baltimore is an interesting place... if you care to know, one of the most unique things here that I've found is- billboards, yes billboards. You don't see billboards like this in Utah. I also stalk photographer's blogs.
6. I can talk a bit faster than the average person. It's not because I'm nervous, or out of breath, just the speed I talk at. I've been informed that most people can't understand me on the phone... at all. I really try to slow down, I just can't. I've had to try really hard at a few jobs where I answer the phone. Work in progress.
6. I'm a neat freak. I don't love to clean but I really love things clean and organized. At Utah State sometimes I just couldn't take it any more and spend hours cleaning... clearing out cupboards, and then cleaning and organizing things by size. I don't do this all the time but once I get started it's really hard to stop me. I can't relax if I see a mess... Even if it's late I have to do the dishes, just can't handle it.
7. I have to think really hard to be able to say M&M's right. True.
8. I have this little pet peeve where I CAN NOT handle when guys don't let you do things because you are a girl... now I'm all for the gentlemanly men who open doors and offer to carry things but you have to be sincere... none of this eyeing you and then just taking control, or assuming I can't or don't want to do something because I happen to be a girl. I was that girl who in high school, when a teacher asked for 4 strong guys to carry something, said annoyingly that I was able and willing and volunteering. I think I'm getting more calm in my old age but don't get me started.
9. My favorite smell in the whole wide world is inside a potato cellar. Really. Love it! It's kind of like the smell right after it rains, but with a twist of clean dirt. I don't know. Sounds weird, I realize that. But I love it. I'm aware it's strange.
10. I think that I handle the bigger catastrophes a lot better than small stresses. I feel like I wasn't super distraught the time I woke up and the car wouldn't start, or someone broke into our car, or with moving, or husbands losing jobs that we moved all the way out here for... but when it comes to people coming over and the house not clean, or picking what to wear, which tennis shoes I should get, being late for something (even though it's always my fault we leave late, he he)... those things get me all worked up.
Wow, I thought it would be harder to think of things, I just talk/think/type too much... you should try it... I don't know how I feel about tagging people, so no pressure... but I tag Jana, Hia, Alisa, Staci, Summer, Erica, Jenny, Jenna, Matt & Jenica, and anyone else who wants to... I'm excited to read about you!
We went to the Circus a few weekends ago and I loved every minute of it... well almost I can't think too much about the animals... but I was very entertained. We even went over an hour early so we could see some acts and talk to the clowns. 
7 motorcycles! 7, I've ridden a dirt bike before and can't imagine this. CrAzY!
Brandon was a little embarrassed that we were there without kids but I loved it! So fun!
I love General Conference... twice a year as members of The Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, we get to listen to our Prophet, Thomas S. Monson, and other church leaders inspire and direct us. 
I got home to a wonderfully cooked dinner and a not feeling very great self... oh and Brand made my favorite cake- Better Than Anything Cake with homemade cake batter ice cream.
Yum! And then I was too tired to do anything and fell asleep.
Woke up early the next day and made Brandon breakfast and then fell asleep cause my day off that week was Friday. I really slept most the day (still not sure what was wrong with me) but I finally got up and ready to go a Mexican Restaurant with Brand and that's when the dessert parade started. First, fried ice cream from the restaurant (although it wasn't fried-fried ice cream it was ice cream in a cereal almond cover in a shell--I'm pretty sure it's not the regular real friend ice cream but it was good).
Then to Ritas... they had free Italian ice because it was their opening day on the first day of spring.. we bumped up to gilati... mango deliciousness for me and pina colada for the birthday boy.
Then we were going to have more cake and ice cream when we got home but we just couldn't. I'm sure the ice cream wasn't the best medicine for not feeling well but it was yummy!
And then when I worked Saturday, the best gal ever brought me some cake
and I also got some balloons.
Happy Birthday to us! It was a crazy busy week but fun. Oh, and you know how snail mail is just so fun to get... well the downstairs door to our apartment building had some problems that week and the mailman couldn't get in for a few days so on my birthday we got all sorts of cards and goodies. Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes and thanks Brand for the surprise present!! You're the best! Sorry, you're oh so old (he's a quarter of a century old now and thinks he's ancient).
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