So, without further ado, here are my 25 random things!
1.) My right thumb is double-jointed.
2.) I’ve fractured my collarbone, my finger, and my
hand.
3.) I started reading when I was 3.
4.) I’m terrified of snakes, spiders, and cancer.
5.) I hate bananas, but I love banana bread. Go
figure!
6.) I played the flute for 7 years in grade school.
7.) This dates me, but one of my favorite TV shows as
a kid was “Lamb Chop’s Play-Along.”
8.) In my dreams, I am always hearing. I don’t remember ever having a dream in
which I was wearing hearing aids.
9.) My favorite color is green.
10.) I love Italian food
and I want to learn how to cook more Italian dishes.
11.) I met my husband
while laying sod at the church I was attending at the time. Our gardening tools smacked into each
other. I kid you not!
12.) I started writing
when I was in 6th grade.
13.) I love all things
peppermint.
14.) I am about half
British/Scottish and a quarter German. The remaining
quarter of my ethnicity consists of Swedish, Norwegian, and Irish. There may be some Finnish in there, too.
15.) I learned to knit
when I was 6.
16.) My hair was light
blonde when I was a kid.
17.) The year I was born
was a leap year, and I was due on leap day!
18.) The two most common
misconceptions people have about me are that I am left-handed and I’m a
vegetarian. No idea how either of
those got started!
19.) My younger sister
and I have been mistaken for twins on more than one occasion. That always cracked us up, since we’re
two and a half years apart and look nothing alike!
20.) I am definitely a
small-town person.
21.) I don’t touch raw
cookie dough. I got food poisoning
from it once.
22.) I’ve had a round of
braces and I’m currently on my second night-time retainer. Apparently my teeth are as free-form as
the rest of me!
23.) I have attended
just about every type of school there is: public, Montessori-style, parochial,
and a homeschooling-type program.
My best experiences were in the public schools and the private
Montessori-style school. Parochial
was, hands down, the worst.
24.) I’ve gone
sea-kayaking off the coast of Alaska
25.) I have gone without
makeup since my wedding day in 2011, and even then I only wore a little
bit. I love having a “naked” face!
