Random Things About Me- #6

After some deep thought, I've decided to share this with you.....

Spaghetti is my ALL TIME favorite food!


Over the years some other foods have made their way to my list of favorites and have included Swiss Cheese, Steak, Fried Mushrooms, shrimp, homegrown tomatoes and crab legs. But the one food that remains constant and has topped my list since childhood is good ole homemade SPAGHETTI. I guess it must be that Italian blood that runs thru my veins. Nothing like a plate of slippery noodles covered with tomato sauce.....Speaking of slippery noodles this story just popped in my head.
When I was a child around 9 or 10, my parents had just bought new furniture for our family room and we were not allowed to eat in there. So I begged mom to please let me eat on the new furniture so I could watch TV while I ate. I promised I would be careful and not spill anything, especially not the plate of spaghetti I was about to devour. She finally conceded and told me I better not get anything on the furniture. Famous last words..... can you guess what happened and where that plate of SLIPPERY NOODLES wound up? I'll let your imagination finish the story. I'll add this..... I was in BIG BIG TROUBLE!!!

Random Things About Me- #5

This is appropriate for today.....

Tuesday's are my least favorite day of the week.


I really couldn't tell you why. But it seems my mood is always a little down on Tuesday. I guess too that on Monday I am ready to face the week all bright eyed and bushy tailed.. (Boy that doesn't sound too flattering does it) and then Tuesday rolls around and what can you say... it's just Tuesday, the day before hump day, the day after Monday..... hmmmm.... what is special about a Tuesday.... Nothing!!! But this Tuesday is almost over. Yippppeeeee. And then it's HUMP DAY. Another day.... another chance for a random reveal.

Random Things About Me- #4

Monday, Monday. My first day back to work after a much needed five day break. Today I've decided to fill you in on this about me.



I will not use drive-thru windows.



Another sad but true reveal. I have no desire to talk to a box so I go in and place my order or handle my transactions. I have had one teller at the bank ask why I don't use the window and I just laughed and tried to explain my silly (or sick) way of thinking. She just shook her head and laughed too. I also used to only buy gas at stations that would pump it if I happened to be alone and had nobody else to do my dirty work. I used to joke with my son and tell him the reason I had a boy was to pump my gas. Somewhere along the way (probably out of necessity) as my son is now grown and out on his own and full service stations are a thing of the past, I learned how to pump my own gas. YEAH me!!!

Random Things About Me- #3

I really did not know what I was going to reveal today as I started typing this but when I looked down at my hands on the keyboard.... there is was, today's little bit of useless information about me. My hands are chapped and bleeding which leads me to explain this about myself...

I HATE (AND I MEAN HATE) TO THROW UP!

Okay, so I guess you wonder what does bleeding hands have to do with throwing up. Well, all it takes is the mere utter of the words "Stomach Bug" and I start obsessing to the point of making myself sick. Recently we have had several people at work catch that nasty stuff and I have become germaphobic. Everytime I touch something that is germ infested I wash my hands. This can lead to at least 20 to 30 handwashing a day.


Now does it make sense? The more I wash my hands the more chapped they get and the more they bleed. But, in my mind.... better to have bleeding hands than to have the stomach bug. I will be glad when summer comes and my germ obsession subsides a little.

My lovely chapped, cracked and bleeding hands. Beautiful huh?

Random Things About Me- #2

Today's random thing about me is...

I HAVE A HARD TIME MAKING DECISIONS.

I mention this little tidbit today because I am trying to decide on colors and countertops and cabinets and lights and design for our new kitchen and needless to say it is overwhelming. I am stressing. I went to Home Depot yesterday and got two granite samples. The sales associate was very helpful and handed me 4 idea books to take home and browse thru. I did just that. I spent Sunday afternoon looking at every page and every design.... now I am just as confused as when I started. Billy Head says I complicate the heck out of things. He just doesn't get it. Major decisions require major thought, Right? Although, simple decisions require major thought too. Deciding what's for lunch is an everyday decision but I start thinking about it at 9:00 am so by 12:00 I'm sure I know what I want. Doesn't everybody do that?
Back to my kitchen....What do you think, green/gray or orange/brown granite?

Random Things About Me- #1

Facebook has certainly made one young man very rich and to think he was just a college kid with an idea to connect with some of this college buddies.... Why didn't I think of that? I guess maybe because my college years were very short lived... one to be exact and most of my friends were imaginary. Anyway, one of the neatest things I've discovered about Facebook is "25 Random Things About Me" Lists. In case you have no idea what I'm rambling about, it works like this. A friend will send you their list of things about them. Once you've received it, you've been tagged. You are then supposed to make a list of 25 random things about yourself and share it with 25 friends. The list can be complex and deep or simple and even stupid. It's fun to make the list but what's even better is reading other's list.

So why am I writing about this.... well, as you can see. I haven't exactly been committed to my blog lately and I really don't have anything life altering to write about so I've decided to reveal myself to you. One day at a time, one random thing at a time. And, I'll make it real simple and call it "Random Things About Me". How creative is that? For 9:15 am on a Friday, hey, what'd ya expect.

So, my first random reveal is...

I love to get mail.

My favorite part of the day is checking the mail box. I know, a little odd but I love getting what I call "Good Mail", you know, checks, rebates, coupons, sales ads, letters from friends, invitations. Bills I consider "Bad Mail" and nothing is more disappointing than opening my beloved mail box and finding BILLS.

When I moved in my house 9 years ago we must have been at the top of our mailman's route because our mail always arrived by 12:00 pm at the latest. Now, for some unknown reason, our mail arrives between 4:00 and 5:30 pm. I have even witnessed my mail being delivered after dark. For someone who is mail obsessed, this is a major problem. And, another not so agreeable kink in my mail routine, Billy Head's work hours changed a couple of months ago so now he gets home 30 minutes before me. No biggy except that means he gets to the mail box before me. URRRGGGGHHHH. If he only knew the agony this causes me. Then again good thing he doesn't or he'd have me attend meetings of "Mail Lovers" anonymous.

Have a great day and I hope you get some "Good Mail" today.