6 facts about me

Well, you may or may not already know these - I had a hard time thinking of what to say.

1. I ate a worm. When I was about 8 or 9, my mom bet me $10 that I wouldn't eat a worm. I told her I would. One day when my family was out in the back gardening, my dad found me a nice earthworm and I took it in the house, washed it off, put it in the middle of a jelly sandwich and ate it! Pretty gross, huh? I still can't believe I did it. But I guess $10 is a lot when you are a little kid. I bought a swimsuit with my ten dollars.

2. My favorite color is yellow. Yellow is such a beautiful, happy color.

3. At the beginning of every month, as close as possible to midnight of the first day, I say "rabbit, rabbit" to bring good luck for the rest of the month. Is that the weirdest thing you have ever heard? I saw it on Nickelodeon when I was a kid. It was this random fact thing they were doing and it said to make that the first thing you say on the first day of the month and it will bring you good luck for the month. I don't really believe in luck, so I don't know why I do it.... just a silly obsessive-compulsive superstition I guess.

4. My secret dream jobs are: being on Broadway and being a great chef. These really are only dream jobs because both would require a ton more talent, a ton more training, and a different life style than I have now. Nonetheless that's what they are. Luckily, I can still dabble a little in both of those areas while being a wife, mother, and homemaker because those last jobs are what I truly love and what really fulfill me. I wouldn't trade them for anything.

5. My favorite weather is rainy, overcast, and cool. I absolutely live for days like that. There is something so exhilarating about a cloudy, rainy day that just makes you want to live. I love it! It is beautiful. I guess this love could be attributed to the fact that I was born and spent a lot of my childhood in Oregon. My sister is the same way. However, my parents would argue that reasoning because they lived in Oregon longer than either of us did and they hate rain. Who knows?

6. Before Eric and I got engaged, we never actually talked straight out about getting married. Its true. There were vague references and things were implied. But we never actually sat down and talked about getting married, wanting to marry each other, etc. Don't get me wrong, I mean, I knew that I wanted to marry him and I was pretty sure that he wanted to marry me, but it was never brought up in the open. I think that is part of why I was so completely blown away and surprised when he proposed. I thought that was a couple of months down the road. I thought, "Hey, we haven't even talked about getting married - there's no way we're getting engaged yet." Well, you know, as I was writing this, I just remembered that about half an hour before Eric proposed, he did actually say something about wanting to marry me. I thought I would die of happiness - I'd been waiting for him to say something like that. But, that was the first time. Half an hour before he proposed. But, you know, I wouldn't have had it any other way.