My First Tagging Ever

My good friend Karen has tagged me. Since I'm a tagging virgin, I have to admit I was a bit surprised to see my name written in her blog. But, since she was willing to admit 6 weird things about herself, I play and make my own list for you to see.

1. I can't go anywhere without tweezers. In fact, while I've lived for over a year and a half without owning a blow-dryer or a curling iron I own about 15 pairs of tweezers. If I could buy medical grade ones I would. This is probably why my eyebrows have changed shape dramatically over the years.

2. Recently our dishwasher caused a big flood in our apartment and I was directed by the apartment manager to wash all my dishes by hand till the problem could be fixed. With the exception of my first 3 years of marriage, and a couple of years of college, I've always had one. And this is why--I would rather not eat than have to wash dishes by hand. I will gladly eat soup out of the can, eat dry cereal in a plastic baggie, and eat out of any carton than wash a single dish by hand.

3. I have to fill my car's gas tank if it is even a fraction below 1/2 empty. I'm terrified of running out of gas and insist on having a map in the car at all times. You never now when an earthquake will strike and all gas stations will be destroyed and I'll need to save my kids and husband by driving away from the danger zone with my full gas tank.

4. I own a beautiful Grandmother Clock that was a wedding gift from my in-laws, but it hasn't been wound in over 5 years because I can't sleep hearing the incessant ding-dongs all night long. It's a shame because it says the time is 1:58 and has read that for the past four moves we've made.

5. I can't stand to sweat. Yes, this probably explains my expanding girth over the past few years, but really, sweat is just gross. The only exercise I can stand is water aerobics, but being seen in a swimsuit is more acceptable to me than feeling sweaty. In fact, one of the reasons I'm not supper keen on living in California is that I know that come summer, I'll sweat from the heat! Yuck!

6. I wish I'd eloped. My parents eloped and so did both sets of my grandparents, so I always sort of hoped I would too. But, my fiance wasn't into the idea so we did the whole traditional wedding thing. I liked having the dress and vail, but I still wish we'd eloped and my now husband wishes we did too. That said, I'd kill my children if they eloped and didn't involve me for their special day (of course they'll both be 30, have PhD's by then, and won't want a huge wedding anyway.) :)