I'm IT. Here are '16 Things About Me'. If you read this and wanna share please leave a comment so I can learn more about you too. If not, well I still wanna know something!!
1. Geocaching is my new favorite sport( if you consider walking around aimlessly following the coordinates on a GPS a sport). We learned about it in Cypress Hills last summer and plan to leave a few caches this summer. The only downfall.... it's a bit tricky in the winter!
2. My kettle is boiling as we speak. It's tea time! I am a true English limey. I take after my Nana and Mom. Red Rose Tea is always fully stocked in my pantry. I don't drink coffee... ever.
3. I used to be a welder at Flexicoil. It was one of the best jobs I ever had. I love to work with my hands and working with tools is an absolute high for me. I built everything from centre sections, hitches, wheel standards and pins( all parts of a cultivator). I loved that job!!
4. My second son was nearly born in a tent, while on a camping trip. My water broke in the middle of the night while camping north of P.A. He came 2 weeks early and was delivered by a couple of nurses. Needless to say we were unprepared! I owe my husband and Mom !big! for cleaning the sleeping bag and air mattress.
5. I love word puzzles, sudoku, scrabble.... anything that prolongs the onset of my dementia!
6. Although my teaching days are over... I really miss instructing Massage theory and practical. Adult education was a really unique and challenging opportunity. So different from being around kids all day. Reminds me.... I need to book a massage!!
7. I love music and love to dance even more. I have tunes in my head all day long. I am so glad that my kitchen doesn't have windows that face my neighbors because they would think I have lost my mind... I 'cut the rug' when I cook just about every meal.
I have fond memories of playing my Mom's old records as a kid. I used to beg my Mom to stay home on Saturday morning to watch Casey Kasem's American Top 10 instead of hustling off to league bowling. Seriously... I had a bowling coach when I was 11.
8. I am fearful of dogs. My in laws vicious beast attacked me a couple years ago and I have been so scared ever since. My husband reminds me that they sense fear... but I can't be assertive around them. I just turtle if I hear growling and see massive canine teeth.
9. It's my dream to write and illustrate a children's book. I don't know when... but one day.
10. My husband and I have 3 Godchildren. Maeve in Alberta, Mathieu in Tennessee and Charlie in Saskatchewan. We are so blessed to have these kids in our lives... they are very special to us and we don't take this role lightly.
11. If my house was on fire and I had to get one possession out( besides my family) it would be.... all the old photo albums I could carry, as well as my laptop full of photos.
12. I don't want this to come out wrong. I like to walk in the evening when people have their lights on but haven't closed their blinds for the night. I don't stop and peep or anything, I just like to see the layout of their home and see how their home is decorated. I love interior design more then snooping on peoples evening habits!
13. My deepest regret in my life is that I didn't travel to a poor country to offer humanitarian aid before I got married. I do hope that I am able to do this when my kids are older. I really have a longing in my heart for this goal.
14. 14 is my favorite number. It was my number on my jersey when I played senior basketball through high school. Go Crusaders!!!!
15. On a hot summer day my favorite thing to eat is nachos and homemade fresh salsa and drink beer. I can't wait for summer!!
16. The most influential and memorable person from my past was my Gramps. I was beside him when he died and closed his eyes for him after he took his last breath. And even though he has been gone for over a decade, I think often of his impact on me as a kid. He used to play with my long hair by twirling it around his huge chubby fingers... I could have sat in front of his big brown chair all day. He just did things in stride instead of rushing through life without thought or focus.
My Gramps had his own repair shop and had a motto that he 'could fix anything, even a broken heart'. He would putz around in his little shop every weekday.... he made loads of house calls to desperate folks who's washing machines wouldn't spin. He was brilliant for only having a grade 7 education and honored our family more than anything. I try to live a life that he would be proud of.... I miss him dearly.
Friday, January 16, 2009
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I was going to come over here to harass you to do your 16 and then.... There they were!
ReplyDelete#1 never heard of it. Ever.
#2 my newfie friend makes the best tea. At her house we drink tea and at my house we drink coffee.
#3 wow. You are like some sort of goddess to me.
You dance, your baby came early, and you like puzzles? wow. see above.
My first kid took 2.5 days to deliver. she was 15days overdue.
I have a niece named Maeve.
I totally, totally, thoroughly GET #12. Plus, I use my imagination to speculate on whether they are happy, or disappointed, or messing up their kids, or broke, or wonderful... So I guess I'm a bit of a peeper? Only in my mind though. I try to get a sense of the layout of the house and whether they enjoy placing their furniture and pictures and stuff.
And basketball? oh my. You are good!
nachos and beer and salsa. Okay, so I can't dance, but I can sure do those things well!
Gramps. That is so wonderful. I didn't meet my granddads, they were dead before i was born.
You are fortunate to have had a good relationship and keep this amazing memory of him.
Thanks for doing this! I love a window into other people's selves.