13 Weird Facts About Me
Posted on April 24, 2008 - Filed Under 13 Things | 2 Comments
It´s Thursday and I´ve been really awful about doing Thursday Thirteens lately, but I think today is a good day to do one. So 13 weird facts about me.
1. I like fruit, but absolutely detest papaya and mango. The texture of both fruits is just so slimy and disgusting!
2. I really enjoy reading young adult books. I do read adult novels, but I just like the ones meant for teens, they´re often very well written and more interesting.
3. My sense of smell is WAY overdeveloped. Irving says I´m like a hound. It means odors that no one else smells drive me insane and when I was pregnant, I would get sick all the time just from smells.
4. I´m not a baby person. I love my kids, but didn´t really bond with them until they started acting like human beings, around 5-6 months. If we ever adopt, I´d like to skip that stage and get an older baby.
5. My middle finger is bent to the outside on both hands. It´s genetic, my mom and sisters have it, too. And, when my boys were born, it´s one of the first things I checked . . . they both have bent fingers, too!
6. When I was little, my Barbies were settlers who lived outside in lean-tos and had gruel for breakfast. No fancy gowns and high heels for my dolls!
7. I used to have hair down to my knees. It drove me nuts, because I was always sitting or kneeling on it and in a fit of rebellion, I shaved my head. It was GREAT! But everyone thought I was either sick or gay.
8. Cooking is one of my favorite things to do, but only if I have the ingredients to make nice stuff. Just tossing together pasta or scrambled eggs bores me.
9. In Canada, I studied to be a paramedic, but got hired as a Level 3 First Aid Attendant on a remote construction site where I had to take a power boat to work. There were 40 guys . . . and me! Since I didn´t have a lot of injuries to deal with, I spent my time learning about construction and finding rare items for the house on the internet. I also took over payroll and organized the boat trips, and compiled a manual for the property.
10. I´m an oatmeal lover. Everyone else seems to hate it, but for me, there´s nothing like a good, hot bowl of oatmeal in the morning with a little milk and some molasseses drizzled over it.
11. I´ve had a lot of businesses, some successful, some not so much. I even started my own store in Antigua before Dorian was born, where I sold my paintings, crocheted bags and baby clothes, jewellry and baby clothes, all made by myself or my best friend at the time.
12. I´m still scared of the dark.
13. My life to do list is so long, I´ll never be finished, even if I live to 100.
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Wow, those are great. Would you believe my middle fingers do the same thing? All my fingers bend one way or another except my pinkies. I’m also with you on the young adult novels. I think maybe we’ve discussed that before?
For the last couple of days I’ve been making oatmeal for my boys and letting them choose two things to mix in with it. So far the favorite is chocolate chips and marshmallows (in VERY small quantities!). They are loving it.
I have one brother who hates papayas and mangoes too. It works well because all the rest of the family loves it and ready to get his share!
Nice to know some things about you through this TT.