I've been tagged to write 7 facts about me that no one would know. Here goes:
7. I have had 4, almost 5 surgeries in the past 5 years. I'm not sure you want me to bore you with what surgeries that I've had to have. 2 are C-sections, though; so I will probably have to have the rest of my children that way, much to my dismay!
6. I didn't like salad AT ALL until 2 years ago. In fact, thinking about the texture of lettuce would send me gagging! (no kidding!) I finally decided 2 years ago that if I was ever going to lose this baby weight that I needed to learn to like it. I knew that it was a mental thing, so I found a salad dressing that I like (Olive Garden's) and I would eat salad dressing with a few leaves of salad and then gradually work up. That makes me sound CRAZY, doesn't it? I am glad to say that I love salad now and I eat it quite frequently. I was sad to realize, however, that liking salad doesn't necessarily mean you will lose weight. Too Bad! :(
5. About 4 months ago I decided that I wanted to be a pastry chef. I am laughing right now because this is so like me. I want to do something and I immurse myself in it and then the dream fades... So, like I said, 4 months ago I started out on this journey. I was decorating at least a cake a day, trying new recipes, and eating frosting for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I had never even decorated a cake before this period in time, so it surprised my husband that I wanted to do this. Needless to say, after a few weeks of many many cakes and cupcakes, I was so SICK of frosting and sugar that I couldn't even look at the stuff. At least I know how to make and decorate cakes now. Oh, well!
4. I have had the same church calling my whole married life. We have moved every year, sometimes twice a year, and I always end up in this. I am the Enrichment Leader for our ward. I must say that I am very comfortable in my position and I totally know what I'm doing. I am just scared that when they call me to do something else that I won't have a clue! I have served in the RS presidency before, but I was the Enrichment Counselor when I did that. Go figure! If anyone needs ideas, I have a wealth of them. One good thing is that I totally feel like I could throw great parties for huge amounts of people. As long as they like crafts...
3. I have 2 pet peeves and they are both things that my husband does. (Sorry, hunny!) I think he does them because he knows they annoy me, and he just says, "oh, I forgot! Sorry!" Yeah, right! The first one is that I HATE when people shuffle their bare feet along the carpet. That noise just bothers me to no end! Also, I hate wet or damp towels that are left on the bed or couch or anywhere else for that matter. Just hang it up, or put it in the laundry basket which is 2 feet away!!!! I really do love my husband, though. If that's all that bothers me about him, I think we're doing pretty good!
2. I am always changing my house. I feel like I always need to have a project, so I do this by beautifying my home. I went to the Parade of Homes yesterday with my friend, Amy, and I came home and already changed 2 things, and I have plans to change more. We have lived here for a year and a half and I (with a little help from Eric :) have painted my kitchen, painted the cabinets in the kitchen and in the bathroom, faux finished my bathroom, textured the front entry way, made Hayden's and Maya's bedding, painted stripes in Maya's room, made the curtains in the bedrooms and kitchen, refinished a hutch to match my kitchen, painted our sofa table, and made cute bookshelves for the toy room. I could name more, but you get the idea. I am now planning on changing the color of my kitchen and painting my kitchen cabinets a different color. My problem is that I have to finish what I start, so when I start a project my house looks like a landfill!
1. This isn't the coolest thing about me, but it is probably the best known if you know me well. I have a HUGE fear of spiders!!! The first night that I saw Arachnaphobia, I didn't sleep at all. I have dreams about spiders all the time. I am always looking for them in the house. If I see one in my house, it's all I think or talk about. My son, Hayden, will smash the spiders for me because I am too scared. There have been events in my life that have led to this fear. One of which was at the age of 7, we had a box of baby kittens in our garage. My mom pulled the box away from the wall and there was a 6 or 7 inch wolf spider with hundereds of baby spiders crawling all over it. EEEWWWW!!! Also, when we lived in Logan, I bent down to pick up a leaf on the ground, and as I touched it, the leaf moved. It was actually a huge brown recluse! Eric killed it, but I was crying and shaking in the corner! I then became obsessed and looked up everything about brown recluse spiders that I could find. I have like a facsination/fear of them. Is that weird?
Anyway, that's a few things about me. I hope you don't think less of me or think that I'm crazy. I guess I am. Anyway, I tag Heidi, Dad, Brittney, Brooke, and Kimberly.
I look forward to learning more about you all!
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