So Lisa passed this along to Bob who tagged me (and Loni and Trey both posted their weirdness, too). But I checked out Malia's (who tagged Lisa) and she called it a meme. I didn't understand Wikepedia's definition, so I'm still not sure what a meme is.
1. My idea of cleaning includes reorganizing. It is hard for me just to clean and not reorganize in some way, trying to improve how things fit and look in my house. I like to organize and to be organized, although you couldn't tell it sometimes from my house and personal spaces.
2. Christmas music - must start playing it the day after Thanksgiving, or even the afternoon of Thanksgiving. Trey must have inherited this from me because he was complaining before Thanksgiving that I wasn't playing it yet. I have, hmm, how many CDs of Christmas music? (more than I can listen to in the brief season between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Just counted - that would be 40!) and must add to the collection each year. Which reminds me . . . haven't purchased any yet this year and it's December 2nd! I usually buy the Hallmark Christmas CD for sure but don't plan to this year. Not an artist I care for.
3. I hate getting a haircut because it never is what I want (except way back when my friend Teri cut it. Loni and I would drive 2 hours back to north Jersey for Teri to cut our hair!). I have a great hair, hair lots of women would love to have and often comment on (today it was a stranger in the Panera Bread bathroom). It's thick and wavy and graying gracefully, but I rarely manage to get a cut that works with my hair. Right now it is way past needing a cut but the last one was so bad that I dread trying it again! Gotta make that appointment (um, not tomorrow, it's Sunday, and not Monday, they're all closed, but Tuesday!! gotta remember to do it!).
4. I love the outdoors, if the temperature is right. I love being outdoors when the weather is nice (60s, 70s, 80s with no humidity) and there are no mosquitoes. I like strolling/shopping outdoors, walking outdoors, easy hiking outdoors, even weeding and yardwork outdoors if (the big if) the temperature is right. My idea of sightseeing/vacationing is outdoors walking rather than driving or being indoors. Beach, mountains, plains, canyons. Fresh air and the beauty of nature. I prefer having windows open, rather than AC or heat, if it's nice outside. So Florida might work out after all (hehe -- if I just stay indoors from May to October).
5. Like Lisa, I love to read, esp. fiction. (It took her and her siblings a long time to catch this from me!) I can get so lost in a book that it affects my mood. If the characters aren't getting along or the main character is unhappy, and I have to stop reading at that point, that's the mood I'm in, for a while at least. I read a lot and I read quickly, but I don't remember details of what I've read. Loni is much better at recalling plot details. I can hardly remember the title or characters in a book when I move onto another. Another reading weirdness about me is that if I want to learn something, I'm much more likely to get a book or look it up on the internet than take a class, watch a video, or ask someone to teach me. If, after I get a teaching job someday, Lord willing, I have the opportunity to continue my education, I really should pursue something about reading - teaching reading or doing media science.
6. I'm a picky eater. I don't like cheese, watermelon, mayonnaise, lima beans, sweet potatoes, any soda except cola non-diet, coffee. a long list! The reason I like to cook is so that I can cook what I like, the way I like it. I love chocolate but I'm selective: Hershey's, M&Ms, Milky Way Midnight - the cheap stuff. No Godiva for me! I only like some chocolate cakes and brownies, so I'll usually decline if I didn't prepare them. I like to travel and would have liked to be a missionary, but food would have been a problem. I rarely taste anything I don't recognize at potlucks. Sorry, friends.
I'm sure my family would have listed other weirdness about me, but these are what occur to me to which I'll admit.
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I also have to reorganize a lot...wondered where that came from.
I do love the christmas music b/c of you...
I hate haircuts too.
I finally enjoy reading too but for some reason not all the time. But when I get hooked I get hooked till I am done. I though can read two or three books switching off and on and can immediately pick up a book and after a page know exactly where I am again.
and you complain about ME being picking? I always told you that you were an amazing cook just didn't always cook what I liked. I am getting better though I swear.
You don't like Godiva? Now THAT is weird! I fell in love with David all over again when he realized that he could buy Godiva chocolates at half price after the holidays...just in time for my birthday :-D
Um...meme (pronounced meem), I'm not sure of it's definition either but that is the "proper" term for these tag posts that make the blog rounds every so often. I think it's French, but what do I know?
I like my parents' hairdresser, wanna drive to Tampa to get your hair cut?
How much do Mom & Lisa have in common? Who knew?!
*Like to reorganize? Check. (just don't always get around to it, but I'd like to!)
*Love Christmas music? Check. (If you have extra CDs you don't have time to listen to...you could pass them along!! ;)
*Hate haircuts? Check. I have the same hair, so the same problems. Like it, but don't usually like my style.
*Love the outdoors? Check. But I'm not as picky about the temperature. Maybe. I don't really like it being cold, but I don't care too much if it's pretty hot.
*Love to read? Check. You already knew that.
Picky eater?? NO WAY!! I SO am not discriminating when it comes to food.
Okay, Malia, could you be any smarter??
And, by the way, I'm not ashamed to admit it...I have gray hairs coming in!!
Mom - I was rereading about your "weirdness". I guess all 3 of your kids are like you. Although I do enjoy getting my haircut. I love it when they wash your hair with warm water & massage your head. I got Dad's straight hair, so mine is easy to style!
I am very organized too. They used to tease me at Goddard about how clean & organized my closet was! It was harder here, 'cause there was so much stuff & no where to put it. I am getting there though. Just started to reorganize my room before I left from school today. The kids will be surprised when they get in tomorrow!
By the way if you call me & I am in my room & don't respond it is usually 'cause I am reading & don't realize you are calling!
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