I’ve been tagged! Twice- with the same tag! Erin from Pupsicle was first, then Ladyee-M from Loving Nothing got me this afternoon. I’m not really big on Meme’s but I’ll play. Erin played before when I tagged her, and uh Ladyee-M … I’ll get you back when your not expecting it. 🙂
The rules-
1. Go write weird facts/things/etc. about yourself in my comment box and on your site, then tag six more people!
2. Then leave a comment that says ‘You are tagged’ in their comments telling them to read your site.
Let’s see, who am I going to tag for this? If these lovely people do tags- Shelly, Ed, D. Challener,Matt (my last renter on Odd Planet), Chatty (my current renter- go see her, this is her last day!), and Lydia because she gave me my first tag! Oh and what the heck- maybe Amy will play too.
My Weird Facts:
1. My neighbor often speaks to me in Greek and I understand most of what she says to me- even though I don’t speak a word of Greek.
2. I almost always save whatever favorite food that happens to be on my plate for last. I’m a slow eater most of the time so this usually means I’m eating my favorite food lukewarm or even cold.
3. I’m left handed, but since it’s a right handed world I can do almost everything I need to do with my right hand almost as well as I can with my left.
4. I’m tall- 5′ 11″ and my hubby is kind of short- 5′ 3 3/4″ (can’t forget the 3/4″ ‘s!)
5. I hate going to sleep! Once I’m asleep I like it just fine … but making myself go to bed in order to sleep is difficult. I’d rather stay up and not miss anything.
6. On Thursday I spent 6 hours in the garden pruning roses, loosening dirt and uncovering plants, Friday 7 hours, and today 5 hours. I think I might be OBSESSED with my garden. The hard work is done for a few weeks though, and I got a lot of exercise and fresh air. Oh and I’ve never heard anyone else use the term “extreme gardening” even though there are many who likely fall into that category, so I think I might have actually created a new expression.
7. A few years ago I spent over 15 hours planting roses in my garden and ended up ripping my posterior tibial tendon (tendon that runs along outside mid-calf, across outer ankle and attaches onto the bottom of the foot) and didn’t even realize it until the next day. I thought I had a blister at first but couldn’t find it. The injury took close to a year to heal- it was bad.
8. See above- I have a very high pain tolerance, especially when my mind is occupied.
9. I love reptiles. My other two very large sites are about various reptiles and their care. The most reptiles I’ve had at one time were two box turtles, 1 very large iguana, 6 water dragons and two golden geckos. Hubby is afraid of snakes so we don’t keep them.
10. I’m on my third career. I’ve been a Jeweler, Make-up artist, and now I’m a Nurse. Yeah- those three things naturally follow each other, don’t they?
Other than that, there is nothing else the least bit weird about me. I’m perfectly normal … or so I’d like you to think.
Paybacks, Tricia — you know what they say about those! 🙂 I’ll do it, but I may not get a chance to post until after Easter dinner.
Have a Hap, Hap Happy Easter!
So that’s you up here in the clouds with me, lol! I’m 5′ 10″ and have been since I was a teenager so you can imagine all of the names I was called (I hope you were spared the same torture!)
Well Tricia, I don’t really participate in many memes, or chains. But I’m always happy to find out that someone reads my blog, so as not to be a spoilsport I’ll play along, at least in part. That is, I’ll post my response here…
10 weird facts…
1. I can do a pretty decent impression of Donald Duck.
2. I graduated high school 12 days after my 16th birthday.
3. I have no cartilage remaining in my right knee.
4. I once went 12 days with no sleep.
5. Mushrooms give me the creeps.
6. My feet stopped growing at size 12—when I was 11 years old.
7. 16 years ago I had to memorize the 1st Amendment for a test. I can still recite it.
8. I don’t really like Easter but Jeni is trying to teach me.
9. But I do like Jelly Beans.
10. Almost every story I write is from the female point of view, whether it be a female narrator or simply a female protagonist. I have no idea why I do this.
Now Tricia, no one says you’re weird. As far as you know. 🙂
Hey Tricia,
Thanks for thinking of me! I’ll participate to a point….Not really into tags, but as a courtesy, here are my Ten weird things:
1. I prefer most hot foods leftover cold the next day. Especially Pizza and Chinese.
2. Two of my brothers were ballboys for the Detroit Pistons for Five Years Each.
3. I got to raise the Stanley Cup Trophy over my head, as if I would ever be a Stanley Cup Champion
4. Inexplicably, I enjoy most chick flicks–especially anything with Reese Witherspoon. Okay, maybe that’s not so inexplicable.
5. I’ve lived in Columbus for three years, but have never ventured downtown.
6. I haven’t been Up North to our home in Charlevoix on Lake Michigan for three years, and I believe that Lake Michigan misses me.
7. When skipping stones in a river, I always ask the River Gods if it’s okay.
8. Every year I get an inexplicable craving to eat a favorite candy that I loved when I was a kid. Right now I’m in a Peanut M&M rut, and it’s not hleping my attempts at dieting.
9. I love driving on high mountain roads with major dropoffs and views, but I’m scared to death of flying in a plane, although flying is undeniably safer.
10. I buy lots of flower seeds to create the perfect garden every spring, but rarely do I ever plant them.
Hey Tricia,
Thanks for renting to me again and for another great write up! MY 11 Wierd Things are now up on my blog with some visual aids! Check it out.
By the time the tag got to me there was only 6 weird things requested! LOL
I will be back in your neck of the woods on the 28th!
Tricia, I have been wanting to do a 101 things list on my site…I am going to use this as my start!
1. I was born with a dislocated hip and had to wear this weird diaper brace thing until I was a year old so my ass looks HUGE in all of my baby pictures
2. I can play pool with either hand because a left handed pool player initially taught me the game
3. I hate the cold (I mean REALLY hate it) yet I am from Michigan and unltimately settled down in Minnesota
4. Every time I post on my site I have to call my husband or a friend to quick read it and tell me if I am making a fool out of myself
5. I was an exchange student to Chile when I was a junior in high school
6. The Creep was OP (face up) and had a big head so I ended up with an unplanned c-section after many many hours of labor
7. I have a 10″ x 6″ spot on my stomach that is permanently numb because the nerves were cut during the procedure
8. I feel vaguely guilty about calling my son The Creep and my mother isn’t helping any
9. I have a tatoo on my stomach that used to be a two headed parrot but is now, sadly, a bird shaped blobby blur
and
10. I want to be cremated so I don’t come back as a zombie
damn, that was hard…maybe I should just do 11 things.
Sorry, but this week is the first week I ever got tagged and it happened three times. So please excuse the lateness.
1. Favorite Artists: Van Gogh and Piccasso
2. International Travel: Spain, France, Mexico, Canada & Africa
3. First DVD I ever saw: “Fifth Element”
4. Last Movie I saw with my Natural Father “Boys N the Hood”
5. I hate McDonalds Coffee