Skyepuppy tagged me. I love being tagged because it makes me feel very popular, but I wasn't sure what to share since I was just tagged not too long ago. So...I decided to bend, okay break, the rules and do a version of random facts from days of yore. I might have shared some of these on here before, but I think most of them are new. It is hard to remember after a while!
1. Though I love to cook now, my first unsupervised cooking endeavor was a disaster of gargantuan proportions. My parents left me home in the care of my grandma (NOT the cooking grandma) and I decided to surprise them by making fudge while they were gone. Guess what I learned that night? There's a difference between confectioner's sugar and granulated sugar.
2. When I was very little (probably 3 or so) I decided I wanted to be just like my Dad - who cuts wood for a hobby. When my sister was out of the room, I grabbed a pair of scissors and cut up her bedspread into tiny pieces of "wood." Wanna guess which members of the house found that funny and which ones didn't?
3. I carried a doll to church every Sunday when I was younger, and had to finally have a talk from my parents about the amount of stuff I took for her. Apparently the multiple blankets, diaper bag, baby, AND my own bag of stuff - too much. Sad thing - I still take that much stuff to church. But no baby stuff now. Just all my own stuff.
4. I'm sure you heard that Tammy Faye passed away this weekend; when I was little, I used to dress up in Lori's clothes and shoes, stand in her room, and sing alongside Tammy Faye every day during the PTL show. I don't really remember much about it, but I heard I was pretty good at it.
5. TOTALLY forgot to tell my Mom about Games Day in either kindergarten or first grade. (Games Day was like a field day at the end of every school year.) I came to school in one of my frilliest dresses, dress shoes - the whole nine yards. That was a fun way to play games!
6. When I was in third grade, my name was drawn to babysit the class guinea pig over the weekend. She had just given birth, too. Did I mention my Mom doesn't like animals? She'd been assured by the teacher that my chances of winning were slim to none. HA.
7. The last solo I ever sang in church was "My Father's Eyes." Scary, scary day in my life.
8. Somewhere in my parents' house is a black and white 8x10 of me (as a toddler) standing in the Home Ec lab picking my nose. I WILL find that picture before it is used against me.
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3 comments:
I want to see that nose-picking pic! I think you should post it in your blog--don't worry, you don't have to put your name with it. Better yet, you could put someone esle's name in the caption! Not all of us know what you looked like as a toddler!
thanks for the humor!
I agree, post the pic! Post it please, pretty please!
Speaking of cooking endeavors, when I was in MI for Easter I burned choco chips while melting them in the microwave. I was numb for awhile, having destroyed wonderfully good chocolate. It even burned a hole through the bowl. I do not know why it happened, it was just one minute. The worst part, it happened in front of my sister and her family. They still remind me of it. I've refused to make them anything for awhile.
LOL - maybe I will post it anonymously then! :) I asked my parents if they know where it is. They'll probably make me put a deposit on it - so I don't take it and run.
The toddler years were rough. As my sister Julie would say, "I parted my teeth down the middle." It has led me to pray that my own future children will strongly resemble their father. Unless his years were rougher than mine. :)
I'll see what I can do about a picture, though.
And Tina - one minute and a hole in the bowl - WOW that's some power going on!
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