I thought this was a random picture, to go with my random things. On Facebook, I’ve been tagged about nine billion time to write 25 random facts about me. As much as I like “looking” at FB, I don’t really participate much. I consider it a spectator sport. Blogging, however, is full contact. So, here are my 25 random things. And I’m not tagging anyone because I don’t even know 25 people who own a computer, much less actually read this blog! If you feel like joining in, leave me a comment so we know to visit you, too.
1. I’ll be thirty this year and it makes me feel old.
2. I lived in a trailer the size of a postage stamp for one year as a child, shared a 10×10 foot room with my sister and hung our stockings on the knobs of our dresser. It was sad.
3. Although I haven’t been formally diagnosed, I have serious OCD. Ask someone I’ve lived with {Ali, Kamin, Josh}. I count things. Everything. I really like things in groups of five. I know, you don’t want to be my friend anymore, do you?
4. My favorite book in the whole wide world is The Red Tent by Anita Diamant. I read it while my grandmother was in the hospital after life-threatening brain surgery. I’ve read it at least ten times since then.
5. I went to art school and studied traditional printmaking. Now I’m a paralegal. And craft instead of make art. I’m sure my art school friends would shudder!
6. I have hiked The Grand Canyon, from rim to rim, in a single day. It was worse than child birth, but is absolutely stunning from the canyon floor.
7. My very first flight was transcontinental, to London and our co-pilot had a heart attack somewhere over the ocean.
8. I married my high-school sweetheart. We’ve been together for 12 years and married for 7.
9. I struggled with infertility for 18 months before getting pregnant with Ella. I felt like I had been pregnant for 3 years. Hormones are not your friend. Ask anyone I worked with from 2004 to 2006!
10. I live in a 90 year old rock house and I love it.
11. I have a dog who eats panties, regularly destroys the dryer vent and sleeps under the covers between me and SD. She weighs 84 pounds.
12. My sister is getting married on April 11th and it is the first time I’ve ever been a bridesmaid.
13. I fell in the middle of the street in Birmingham during a St. Patrick’s Day parade. I had on a suit. Did I mention that I was clumsy?
14. I love Jesus. I don’t say that nearly enough.
15. If I could live anywhere in the world it wouldn’t be Hawaii or Paris. It would be Gulf Shores. I would eat at the Shrimp Basket for dinner and have dessert at Scoops. All the time.
16. Dead Poet’s Society is my favorite movie.
17. John Mayer is my favorite artist. I’ve seen him about 7 times. The best concert was at The Tabernacle in Atlanta. I was about 5 days pregnant with Ella.
18. I had to have a C-section six days after my due date and Ella was born with a heart defect. I was fine and so is she.
19. My favorite ice cream is Mint Chocolate Chip. My second favorite is Mayfield’s Extreme Moose Tracks.
20. I love to blog. Did you figure that out?
21. My favorite Christmas {selfishly, not including Ella} was the year before Ella was born. I got a sapphire necklace from Josh and a sewing machine from my mom.
22. I like to watch Gangland on television. It’s a guilty pleasure.
23. I am not athletic. At all. I’d rather read a magazine and pretend to watch the game.
24. I hated tomatoes before I was pregnant, but now I love them. Especially in homemade pico de gallo.
25. I pass out when I give blood. The ladies at my OB’s office always laughed when I started to panic.
Well, there you go. Twenty-five random things about me. Did any of those surprise you?
