Quirks

Bumble Beans tagged me for a meme...list six quirky/weird things about yourself.

1) I read fast, about 100 pages an hour. Of course, with a toddler in the house, and a knitting hobby, I rarely get the opportunity to sit down with a book! I made the time last week and really enjoyed "The Reincarnationist." (See my new Shelfari icon!?!?! Click over there for more info!)

2) I don't have any major food aversions, except beets. My mother never served them, and they aren't on the menu much these days. My mother-in-law tried very hard one night to expand my taste buds, but I figure if I've lived 30-plus years with no beets, why start?

3) I didn't wear my retainers after my years of metal braces in junior high, so now I'm an ideal candidate for Invis-Align. The right side of my smile is sliding under the left side! I am going to save up some money this spring and start the process during summer vacation.

4) I never got into the full make-up routine. I don't own any eye shadow! Eye liner, mascara and chapstick are the only things I put on before I leave the house.

5) I try to have equal bites of everything on my plate...looking for that Libra balance I guess! I do the same thing with M-n-Ms - one red, then green, then yellow, then brown, etc.

6) I pin fabric with the sharp point to the raw edge, which is backwards for a lot of people. More of my mother's influence!

Leave me a comment if you decide to play along!

Friday Fill In

Each week, new questions are posted here. My answers are in bold.

1. The last band I saw live was Keith Urban.
2. What I look forward to most on Thanksgiving is sharing the meal with family and friends.
3. My Christmas/holiday shopping is mentally prepared.
4. Thoughts of teen drama fill my head (I'm eavesdropping on my high school students).
5. I wish I could wear sweaters, but it's still to warm here in Phoenix.
6. Bagpipes remind me of Edinburgh.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to having girlfriends over, tomorrow my plans include cleaning house and Sunday, I want to enjoy my brother-in-law's cooking!

Just Because

Rules: answer the following questions with just one word, then pass it on!

Where is your mobile phone? purse
Where is your significant other? work
Your hair colour? reddish
Your mother? happy
Your father? stoic
Your favourite thing? sweets
Your dream last night? gone
Your dream goal? writing
The room you’re in? classroom
Your hobby? quilting
Your fear? pain
Where do you want to be in 6 years? here
Where were you last night? computer
What you’re not? shy
One of your wish-list items? diamonds
Where you grew up? various
The last thing you did? snacked
What are you wearing? clothes
Your TV? off
Your pets? kitties
Your computer? necessary
Your mood? optimistic
Your car? useful
Something you’re not wearing? wristwatch
Favorite shop? Cotton Fields
Your summer? relaxing
Your favorite colour? sapphire
When is the last time you laughed? today
When is the last time you cried? weekly

Talk amongst yourselves

Baby K woke up at 4am with a temperature of 102.5! We took her in to the doctor, even though she has no other symptoms - first child syndrome ;-) Diagnosis: fever. Treatment: alternate tylenol and motrin every four hours. Of course, she only wants to be held, and even then she will cry for thirty minutes at a time...which is not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but until now, she has been the happiest baby you've ever met, so this is a challenge for mom and dad!

Scattergories
Instructions: Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following…They MUST be real places, names, things…nothing made up! Try to use different answers if the person in front of you had the same 1st initial. You can’t use your name for the boy/girl name question.

Your Name: Andi

Famous Artist/Band/Musician: Annie Lennox (the Eurythmics)

4 letter word: Axle

Vehicle: Acura

TV Show: Amazing Race

City: Albuquerque

Boy Name: Armand

Girl Name: Allison

Alcoholic drink: Apple martini

Occupation: Airline (flight) Attendant

Flower: Aster

Something you wear: ascot

Celebrity: Alex Trebek

Something found in a kitchen: aluminum foil

Cartoon Character: Alvin the Chipmunk

Something You Shout: Ahoy, matey!

7 random things

I got tagged for this meme by the Knitting Moose. I've seen it around the Q4P ring, so if you haven't participated, consider yourself invited to the party!

1. I have a freckle on my eye...right in the iris. I worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory one summer, and a friend was doing a study on identification systems, and he took a picture of it.

2. I have never been a picky eater - mushrooms, onions, spinach, just bring it on. However, I will not eat beets, mainly because my mom hates them and I don't see the need to try them as an adult.

3. My mom made me cut my hair short when I was about 13 years old because I had the habit of chewing the ends while I read. And I read ALOT!!!

4. Once or twice a year I indulge my sugar cravings and buy a Costco birthday cake...vanilla cake with chocolate mousse filing and buttercream frosting. It takes about 10 days for B and I to finish it. This was also our wedding cake!

5. I have a better-than-average memory for numbers. It makes grading math papers really easy and quick!

6. I read my favorite blogs in the same order every day. It's basically the timeline of my discovery of them along with how I typed them into my Yahoo 360 blogroll!

7. Florence Nightengale and I share the same birthday - October 13th. Nothing unlucky for me about that number!