Lisa wants me to share six weird things about myself. Only six???
1. I constantly jiggle my leg while seated. My friend Elisabeth, who's an elementary school teacher, always asks me if I have to go to the bathroom. Nope, just nervous energy, I say. Oh, she says, because that's what the kids do when they have to go.
2. I think popcorn for dinner is just fine.
3. My favorite pencils are freshly sharpened Dixon Ticonderoga, #2.5. Speaking of pencils and writing implements, I tend to... ummm... accumulate them (that's a nice way of saying if you leave a pen or pencil in my immediate vicinity, it's mine. Eminent domain and all that).
4. I have a purple belt in Tae Kwon Do. My son is a black belt and my daughter is Purple One (high purple) so that means I'm supposed to call them "sir" and "ma'am" and open the door and bow to them and everything. They get a kick out of that.
5. I HATE red bell peppers. HATE HATE HATE them. Really bad. It can ruin a whole meal for me if there are red bell peppers in a dish.
6. My daughters are named after characters in mystery books -- Kinsey and Callie. A prize to the first person to tell me which books and/or authors! (By the way, my license plate reads "WHODNIT.")
I'm not that weird, am I?
Let's see how you stack up: Maria - Marly - (and just to keep it in the M family) Moki!
So, you wanna know more about me huh? What was that...6 weird things about myself. Okay...
6. When I stretch out my foot and toes then relax them, my little pinky toe stays flexed out to the side of my foot until I push it back in with my hand (weird enough)
5. I didn't get my first kiss until my 19th birthday.
4. My college roommate's brother is in and created the bank "The Fray" whos music can be heard on the Grey's Anatomy soundtrack.
3. I eat my grilled cheese sandwiches with Jelly on them. REALLY, REALLY GOOD! Don't knock it till you try it.
2. I named my daughter after a character in the movie Willow. Allura...the little princess baby they were trying to save.
1. My husbands name is John and my real name is Marlaina. Just like the characters on Days of Our Lives. Which, ironically, I am named after as well.
Posted by: MarlyKnits | December 07, 2006 at 12:31 AM
Note to self...remember to proof read before hitting Post...sorry!
4...the BAND
Posted by: MarlyKnits | December 07, 2006 at 12:33 AM
Okay something weird, huh? Well, here it goes, totally, brutally honest, weird facts:
1. I can be perfectly fine and not very tired with 2 to 4 hours of sleep at any given time, but if I have a full night with 8 hours of sleep I'll be sleepy all day long!
2. I also think popcorn is a perfect dinner...specially if I can add hot sauce to it. In fact, that's the only way I eat popcorn, with hot sauce.
3. I love shrimp pizza (although I cannot eat it at the moment as you know) and for many years I thought that was the ONLY way to eat it. When I came to the US in 1992 is when I first ate a pepperoni pizza. I still prefer shrimp pizza (and I also add hot sauce to it).
4. I am afraid of heights. Terrified in fact.
5. When I broke up with my first boyfriend at age 18, I told him that my mom didn't want me to date him anymore because he was 3 years older than me. It was a lie. It still haunts me that I broke his heart with a lie. At the time I just wanted to spare his feelings and not have to brake the news to him that I never really thought he was attractive and that I had no feelings whatsoever towards him. That's an awful thing to do...and yeah, I still feel bad for him. In hindsight, I realize I just should have avoided the whole problem by not dating him at all since I never really liked him to begin with, but I had originally agreed to date him just because I felt sorry for him. Not good, I know.
6. I cry at almost every Sunday service, most movies and sometimes even at certain TV commercials.
How is all that for weird? LOL
Posted by: maria | December 07, 2006 at 02:35 AM
Hmm Now I know Kinsey is from the Alphabet Mysteries By sue Grafton. a favorite series of my husband and I!
And Callie...is she the one in the Million Dollar Mysteries by Mindy Starns Clark? I havn't read them yet.. My son is named after Jaxom in the Dragon Riders of Pern series by Anne McAffrey
Posted by: Denise | December 07, 2006 at 08:55 AM
I like to wiggle my feet or giggle my leg while sitting. Always have---and, they say you burn more calories that way.
Those pencils are the best! I buy those because they have good erasers :)
Posted by: MarilynH | December 07, 2006 at 04:07 PM
that was great! i agree on the peppers...BLECK!
Posted by: ragan | December 10, 2006 at 08:58 AM