Some of my more hidden traits...

In honor of just because, I thought I'd share with you a few things that not too many people know about me....So here we go:


1. I start each morning with a cup of coffee to perk me up (with creamer...I think we've covered that)....and end each day with a cup of tea, to wind down (it's the only way I can fall asleep well)


2. If I have a snack that's too salty, I need something sweet. If I have something too sweet, I need something salty. For balance, of course.


3. Every night, I have a few songs that I have to listen to before I go to bed: Mighty to Save by Laura Story, You're Not Alone by Meredith Andrews, and Hope Now by Addison Road. I don't own any of these songs, so I turn on the YouTube video of each to listen to them. Andy has recommended that maybe I just buy them.


4. I secretly want to be a runner. I'm so impressed by people that run. I want to do it...it just hurts. I haven't figured out how to get past the burning in my chest thing. But I'm going to. Seriously.


5. I want to be able to do everything. I want to be a good wife, a wise steward of my resources, an excellent wife and homemaker....I want to be a great cook and baker, I want to have a beautiful and spotless home. I want to learn to sew, knit, and quilt. I want to be able to give beautifully handcrafted gifts and come up with creative ways to decorate. A lot of my days are spent trying to find reality in the middle of what I want. It's an interesting thing.



6. In the two and a half years I worked at Subway, I rarely ate the same thing twice in a row. And I almost always got the specialty breads. In recent months, however, I have reverted back to my original sandwich--the six inch turkey on wheat, which I really didn't get too often when I worked there.



7. Today I had to explain that "Give me my longsword ho!" did not mean that Lord Capulet was calling his wife a ho four different times. It was easily the most I have ever said the word ho in one day. Ho, ho, ho. Just call me Santa Claus.



8. I can never remember how to spell the word occurrence. I may have it wrong here. Spell checker kicked me and called me a loser when I tried to type it on a test this morning.



9. I have a slightly obsessive personality. It's difficult for me to just like something. I can watch the same movies over and over again, listen to the same song over and over, and watch television episodes repeatedly. I've done it for a long time: Grease, Angels in the Outfield, Gilmore Girls (which is in a class of its own...I've probably seen every episode a dozen times), The Office, Jon and Kate Plus 8, the Rent and Wicked soundtracks, Chris Tomlin's new cd, etc.



10. When I want to get someone's attention or make a point, I'll sing the words I want to say. It happens some at school. Sometimes I make up songs for Andy, too. He has asked me to stop (just kidding).



11. I don't remember learning the normal pre-K and K songs as a child (I'm sure I did...my mama was a kindergarten teacher). What I do remember is singing The Beach Boys nonstop with my daddy at a very young age. In fact, I'll bet that if that cd is still in his car, we could rock out the next time I'm home. I do the high part, he does the low.



12. I desperately want to rock the boots/tights/skirt or dress look this winter. I just have to buy new boots, tights, and some more skirts and dresses. Sadly, every time I think I can do just that, something gets in the way. So I'm stuck with my sad old clothes instead.

13. I hate grocery shopping. It stresses me out to no end. And makes me irritated. I hate pushing the cart and getting stuck behind people. It's also irritating especially because I know exactly how much I may for each item, and I notice exactly how much those items have gone up in price recently. Velveeta cheese slices used to be 2.50; now they are 3.96. Even Aldi's prices have increased about 10-15 cents for most items.

14. Because I hate grocery shopping, I try to do it not very often. But it never works out. I'll write out a meal plan for everything I need for a few weeks, and something inevitably happens. We lose power for a week, and all my food goes bad. Or the store is out of six key ingredients, which necessitates a trip back. Or I'll think Andy has only gone through four slices of bread in one week, so he doesn't need a new loaf, and that very day he starts eating four pieces of toast each day. Or I just eat everything.

15. This is the last one. I am really, really focused. If I get it in my mind that I have to do something, I can't be dissuaded. If you ask me to do something when I'm already working on something, it's really difficult for me to switch gears. It happens a lot around the house...like I'll be thinking I need to get something done in a certain order, and Andy will ask me to do something else, or just to let it go, and I can't. It's especially an issue at school. Students will interrupt my thought process, or ask me something when I'm working on something else (like taking attendance or helping someone else)...and I get so confused because I was so focused on the first thing that I can't begin to process the second.