(polka dot pants: Kohls, blouse: Marshalls, heels: Target, necklace: Lisa Leonard Designs)
At my 6th grade basketball awards ceremony, I got the coveted “In Your Face” award for having the most blocks that season.
It was one of my finer moments and all due to skill and not the fact that I was just taller than everyone else.
I’m sure of it.
As a sophomore in high school, I earned the “Most Improved Writer” award with my friend Ryan for a couple hard-hitting pieces we did for our school’s newspaper. One being on where to get the most burger for your money. We had a fancy graphic and everything. It was groundbreaking and saved tens of teens fifteen to twenty cents.
So it’s probably no surprise to everyone (read: my mom), that I received another award a couple weeks ago.
The awesome Lena at Lena B, Actually, nominated me for this award. There are rules and obligations to this award, but I’m not very good at following the rules. So I’m just doing the part I want to do which is sharing seven random facts about myself because who doesn’t like to talk about themselves as much as possible, right?
1. I talk in my sleep all the time. I used to sleepwalk pretty frequently too, but haven’t done it in years. Although, I have recently started sleephitting. It’s obviously lots of fun to sleep in a bed with me.
2. I’m tongue-tied, literally. Look it up for weird pictures.
3. If you don’t know me in real life, you probably can’t tell by pictures, but I’m really tall, like 5’11”. At some point after I turned 30, I realized that I wasn’t getting any younger and if I wanted to wear heels, I needed to do it now. So I’ve been buying and wearing heels ever since. And I don’t regret it one bit even if I’m occasionally 6’2”.
4. I don’t care what time of year it is, I only take scalding hot showers. Like burn-your-skin-off hot. They are glorious.
5. I am addicted to diet Mt. Dew. You don’t want to know how many I drink every day. (three to four)
6. I can’t tell you the last time I did a load of laundry. Some of you just had a heart attack with that sentence, but I honestly can’t remember the last time I did laundry. I know it was sometime in July, but not specifics. Because Chris is a stay-at-home dad and I work full time (and more), it’s his responsibility to wash, dry, and put away clothes. I’m not going to lie, it’s magical and I don’t miss dirty clothes one teeny tiny bit.
7. I am obsessively neat and tidy. My house is never messy. It might be dusty, but never messy. I am constantly picking up after my children (and husband and dog), straightening books, fluffing pillows, and putting up toys. It’s a sickness really. But on the plus side, my house is always ready for company.
So what do you think? Do you have any deep dark secret you need to share? Can you at least come up with something weird so I don’t feel like such a freak right now?
I love the photo with your daughter in it, she is too cute. Thanks for sharing those facts and well done on the award. I can’t believe you haven’t done any washing (laundry) since July! Oh how I envy you, I do washing every other day and there are only two of us in our household!! Weird fact about me? Hmmm, well if we are sharing, I truly believe I can telepathically communicate with my sisters dog Holly (a chocolate labrador, she is amazing) seriously though I have these little conversations with her in my head when I am alone and I swear she replies and responds!! once I was thinking how it would be nice to have a cuddle with her and she came and curled around me, we are communicating, I believe it, ok is that weird enough for you? Lol.
Janine xx
BakeGlueandTrend
So pretty, I love the pants!
xx
Kelly
Sparkles and Shoes
I was also born tongue tied. I had a surgery for it, but I don’t think they clipped it enough still.
Your little girl is precious!
I’m wearing those teal wedges right now! I adore the gray dotted pants, too.
Deep dark secret? Hmmm. I talk to myself pretty much constantly, especially in the car. I should probably get a bluetooth headset, just so I don’t look crazy….
Sounds like you have a happy life! ;0)
I love the pants and need that top in my life!
I used to host birthday parties for a living. I know it’s really weird and you’re probably gonna make fun of me, but it feels so good to finally get that one out.
Im totally with you on #7. Something weird about me…my feet smell like popcorn and I cant buy anything that is the first item on the shelf. I have to reach back two or three items because I feel like less people have probably touched it!
Sometimes I want to have more children, just so I don’t have to go back to work. Selfish, I know. But, I’m totally a 1950’s housewife in disguise. I enjoy laundry, making cooked meals and watching cartoons with the kids. Plus, I don’t enjoy adults that much.
To this day i am still so confused by how you are tongue tied but still have so much to say. Even when we were kids I was just amazed at how you couldn’t lift your tongue and at the time wondered why Ruth didn’t ‘fix’ you but today I know there was nothing to fix at all. Since we are on the subject I have a wild hair (eyelash actually) that grows down rather than up, until removed it would scratch my eye with every blink. Boom.
I wish I had a little bit of that neatness sickness. Can I somehow catch it from you.
I’m totally jealous over your laundry situation. Just saying.
My weird thing is that I won’t drink the last sip out of my cup, ever. There’s always something left behind. It’s a freaky phobia.
Love your polka dot pants and those shoes are really pretty!
~FringeGirl
Super cute outfit! Love the polka dot pants. I am also obsessively neat. Although there are times when I lose it and my house is on the opposite side of the spectrum. But that only happens when I’m feeling really, really bad.
If you ever get tired of being that tall and want to send a few inches of your height this way, that would be awesome. I am sure that being that tall has its downfalls just like being short though! 🙂 I am always straightening and picking up, too. I hate messes and it only got worse after Kenley was born!