
Thanks to a new (to me) Atlanta blogger, Aspirations of a Southern Housewife, for giving me the Honest Scrap award. So here are ten honest things about me:
1) I'm nearly totally illiterate when it comes to popular culture. Yesterday I looked through People magazine while I was getting my roots done and I didn't recognize about 90% of the people in it. Never watched American Idol, Survivor, Real Housewives, etc. etc., Sex in the City, DWTS...and so on...basically any pop cultural phenomenon more than in passing.
2) I am a neat freak perfectionist. This is a problem because I live in a household with too much stuff and really, really messy people.
3) Number 2 leads to Number 3....I'm usually pretty cranky. All the time.
4) I don't like to drive. Never have and this gets worse as I get older. Having a know it all teenage driver in the car with me does not help.
5) I've been about 40 lbs. overweight for the last 15 years. It makes me so mad that I spent all of my 30's and most of my 40's whining about how fat I am. In a positive light, it has saved us a lot of money on clothes I wouldn't buy in size 14.
6) I know every word to about 1000 songs from the 70's and 80's, but no matter how many times I've heard it, I still don't know the words to anything recorded after 1985. I think my brain is full. ( Would you like to hear Piano Man? All verses? I'm your girl!)
7) I've been thinking about ditching the blog lately, especially after all the late unpleasantness. Maybe it's time to lower the online profile. I'm sure that's disappointing to the tens and tens of you who wander over here everyday! Then again, if I didn't do this, I'd probably just be sitting around talking to myself.
8) I always wish I could be one of those fantastically energetic people who hop out of bed and accomplish so much before I've had my coffee. I have a couple of friends like that and I'm so envious. Me? I get caught up in reading two newspapers, messing around on the computer and drinking a pot of coffee. Then....looky there, it's 11:00! Guess I better take a shower. Maybe run over to the office. Good thing the boss is accomodating.
9) I'm amazed I have so many kids. Especially since I don't particularly like kids, especially other people's kids. I don't miss my kids being little, but I do miss the days when they loved me. Now, I'm just a crabby person who stands in the way of everything they want to do (and I won't give them enough money to do it.) I really miss having girls in the house. A lot.
10) I can't imagine ever being married to anyone other than DOTR. I fell instantly in love with him when I was 17 years old, two weeks after I went to college. It seem like yesterday but it's been almost 30 years. Wow, I'm old.
And today is my birthday. 47. Ugh.

Moving right along, one of my favorite bloggers (we're still fighting over our secret ugly boyfriend, Garrison Keillor), Green Girl in Wisconsin, gave me the Over the Top Award. Thank you so much, my dear.
1-Your cell phone? iphone
2- Your hair? curly
3-Your mother? babbles
4-Your father? ugh
5-Your favorite food? cookies
6-Your favorite drink? diet coke
7-Your dream last night? none
8-Your dream/goal? cleanliness
9-What room are you in? bedroom
10-Your hobby? reading
11-Your fear? lots
12-Where do you want to be in 6 years? here
13-Where were you last night? choir
14-Something that you aren’t? sweet
15-Muffin? blueberry
16-Wish list item? furniture
17-Where did you grow up? Nebraska
18-Last thing you did? slept
19-What are you wearing? pjs
20-Your TV? on
21-Your pets? none
22-Friends? close
23- Your life? normal
24-Your mood?bummed
25-Missing someone? Jamie
26-Vehicle? BMW
27-Something you aren’t wearing? bra
28-Your favorite store? williams sonoma
29-Favorite color? red
30-When was the last time you laughed? last night
31-Last time you cried? Tuesday
32-Your best friend? Charlotte
33-One place you go to over and over? kroger
34-One person who emails you regularly? SIL
35-Favorite place to eat? Viva Mexico
I stink at choosing folks to pass this on to, so if you are reading and want to play, feel free.
And check out my bloglist to the right. I've done a little tweaking....found some new interesting blogs and got rid of a few who either haven't posted in awhile or stopped being of interest to me.


