1. I think I have cute feet-granted I think they look like Flintstones feet a little short and boxy, but they're cute. Last summer a girl gave me a compliment on my feet saying "you have the cutest toes! They look like little Vienna sausages!" Needless to say I have not been able to look at my feet quite the same ever since.
2. Family trumps everything. It's just a fact. It doesn't matter how cool the activity-if my family is all getting together-that's where I plan on being.
3. I don't really like change.
4. I'm looking for a training partner for the Provo Canyon 1/2 marathon in the beginning of August. It's been a couple of years since I've done one and I think I'm ready to do it again. This year I'm choosing one that is mostly downhill instead of mostly uphill.
5. I didn't watch the super bowl and don't even know who won-actually to be honest I can't even tell you who played.
6. One of my favorite past times is making small talk with random strangers in the grocery store, on the airplane, or at the bank. It makes the world seem smaller and I end up thinking although I will probably never see that person again, if I did-I know we'd be friends.
7. I love listening to talk radio. I listen to Glenn Beck in the morning, Dr. Laura or Dave Ramsey on the way home from school and Dr. Dean O'Dell on Saturday. I think it's great when Glenn Beck gets on his soap box about food storage or getting out of debt or having one night a week reserved for the family. When I listen to Dr. Laura I think-boy some people are just not smart-I'm glad I'm not them. I can't listen to Dave Ramsey on Fridays because I cry for some reason. Truly-it is embarrassing. And Dr. Dean-I love anything to do with health and medical problems-I should have been a doctor.
8. Someday I'm going to write a book. Watch for it coming to a bookstore near you. It will be in the non-fiction section.
9. I have been to 2 estate auctions this past year and keep watching for more. I have bought only one or two things at each auction but they are a few of my favorite decorations in my house.
10. I will be in the Guinness Book of World Records. Yes I there is a record in there I can beat but no I am not going to tell you what it is. My nieces and nephews think its cool and want to be just like me but you would probably be content to just read about it.
11. I prefer to eat leftovers or dinner foods for breakfast. I don't see what's wrong with it. People eat breakfast foods for dinner all the time. Some of my favorite things to eat in the morning are left over spaghetti, cold pizza, grilled cheese sandwich, chicken enchiladas, tacos, or hummus.
12. For 7 years I got my hair cut for free. Now once a year I pay $350 for a hair cut. (Actually the haircut itself is still free but my stylist has moved to New Mexico so I have to fly to see her. By the way sis-I miss you guys and I do need my hair cut. What you doing over spring break? :))
13. I've always wanted to go to Africa.
14. I have the ugliest painting hanging in my house. It has this red dirt road going off into a pinkish blue sunset. It is not at all my style and did I mention-its kind of ugly, but it is my first oil painting and it is displayed with pride!
15. I have a horrible time buying sunglasses because I have cricked eyebrows. I always wanted to wear real glasses but maybe it is best I don't.
16. I feel like a celebrity everytime I go to Walmart (or anywhere else in Othello). That's one thing I like about living in a small town-anywhere you go you always see people you know. I actually expect to see people I know when I go other places and sometimes am dissapointed when I don't.
17. I can't tell a joke to save my soul-I always mess up the punch line by saying it too early, too late, or forgetting it altogether. But even if I can't tell a joke I sometimes think I am funny and really like people who think I am funny too.
18. I am always in the middle of reading at least 5 books at any given time and always looking for more books to read. What's on your night stand?
19. Growing up we had to go to museums all the time and I started to not like them. I mean, a person can only look at old cars, motors and airplanes so long before they all look the same Dad. Well as much as I hate to admit it, one of my favorite places in NYC is Ellis Island.
20. I love frogs. I also really like looking at and occasionally holding cool bugs. I don't mind even mind snakes as long as I know where they are, but I do not care for spiders.
21. I am not a collection type person, but I must admit, I have a pretty unique rock collection. You'll have to stop by one of these days and check it out. I do recommend that if you start collecting rocks that you have a special pocket just for them because rocks and cell phones don't mix. And no, I still don't have a new cell phone.
22. I have a favorite pair of socks, don't you?
23. I always lost in the game of paper, rock, scissors. Always. Apparently I always do the same thing first. (I don't even know what I throw first-ask Justina-she knows). But lately I have been reading a book that teaches techniques and tricks to winning in the game. This is serious business. There are even rock, paper, scissor games that the winner takes home $50,000. I guess they even practice for several hours a day if you can believe that. I am proud to say that I have actually won several games in the last few months-amazingly enough. The only person who I still am unable to beat is my nephew, but then he uses more than just paper, rock, scissors and I never know what to expect from him.
24. I enjoy writing checks instead of using cash or a plastic card sometimes. You should see the looks the cashiers give you-or better yet, the people behind you in line. It is especially fun at a store that prides themselves with being all that. It makes me smile.
25. I like the smell of skunk-it reminds me of home. Well, not home-home exactly, but it seemed like the on the corner of G road and Wahluke road it always smelled like skunk. First I got used to it and then I realized when I moved away that I actually missed it. Strangely enough, I consider it one of those comfort smells.
I know, not my typical thing to post. This week was our Stake's Beehive Conference. It turned out fabulous, but that is not what I wanted to talk about. I went to one of the workshops and in it the presenter showed this picture. Sure I like Disney and I'm sure I liked Mickey Mouse as a kid, but I thought those days were long over.
