Writer’s Block, Fall Edition . . .

Photo by Chris Carlson

I’m having a case of writer’s block today.  Thought I’d write about how I found the beautiful upholstered chair in Hannie’s new room with one of the legs snapped clean off – but that’s a total downer.  Thought of writing about how Ollie’s been sick and feverish for three days, but then the school called to tell me Hannie was feverish, so I had to go get her. Thought about doing a reveal, but the truth is every room is just shy of being done enough to be photographed.

So, instead of blogging about any of the above, I thought I’d spew out ten random facts about myself unknown to the general blog readership.  Here goes:

10. I like my butter at room temperature.  There is nothing so frustrating to me as scraping cold butter onto a piece of toast, tearing the delicious bread to shreds. Ours sits in a little dish on the counter covered by a glass dome.

9.  Touching raw meat kicks my gag reflex into gear.  I used to wear plastic gloves to touch it.  Now while preparing it for a meal I pretty much have to chant to myself, “This is not raw flesh, this is not raw flesh.”  I’d be a vegetarian if the meat didn’t taste so darn good!

8.  I am a bathaholic.  As soon as it turns cool enough outside {like in three weeks} I’ll start taking a bath every night.  I am like the frog who got boiled in the pot, I start out with my water just a little warm and then turn it to scalding while filling up. I end up with horribly dry skin, but I can’t help myself.  There is something about laying in hot water that relaxes my soul.

7.  I am a sucker for books.  I will ignore my whole universe if I’m reading a good one.  Because of this, I force myself to do most of my reading at night so I don’t neglect my family.  Instead, I neglect my sleep and always regret it in the morning.

6. I hate spiders and cats, in that order.  Spiders freak me out in a major way.  The Hubby is the designated spider killer in our house and has been known to find me screaming for him while sitting on the toilet because I’ve spotted one across the bathroom.  It sounds silly, but my fear is real.  Cats – well, I’m seriously allergic, and for this reason they seek me out, rub up against my legs and purr, which pretty much gives me the willies. But not as bad as spiders.

5. The following list of junk makes me really happy:  cheese Doritoes, peanut M & Ms, anything containing caramel, old fashioned donuts and Dr. Pepper.  Fortunately, we never have any of these things in our house.  Unfortunately, I have been known to occasionaly give in to temptation, buy them and immediately consume them when the opportunity arises.

4.  In the winter I wear thick, fluffy socks to bed.  My feet are always cold.  Meanwhile, my Hubby is sweating and shedding layers next to me.

3. I am downright decent at the following winter sports: downhill skiing, ice skating & snow sculpting {okay, not a sport, but I am good at it}. It is for this reason, plus hot chocolate, fires in the fireplace, Christmas cookies and school getting cancelled, that I pretty much heart Winter in a close tie with Fall for the seasons.

2. I am “The Pleaser” in my family.  Maybe it’s a middle child thing.  Maybe it’s an only daughter {until age 35} thing.  I just feel better when everyone is happy, getting along and things are smooth.  I hate it when people are disappointed, and especially disappointed in me.

1. When I was a kid I had crushes on two people: Donny Osmond and Bo Duke {aka: John Schneider}.  In future posts I will detail how I met one of these two in person and how my older brother has teased me publicly about the other for years.

Have a great weekend!  I’m off to take care of sick kids.  Awesome.