I've been tagged!!

Ok, so my mom tagged me so now I need to divulge seven previously unknown things about myself. So here goes:

1.) I hate, absolutely HATE, to wear panty hose. Pretty much, the only time I wear them is for job interviews. That may explain why I have worked for three companies in the past 20 years!

2.) When I was pregnant with my third (AND LAST) child, I was very sick the entire pregnancy. I was so sick that I could not eat anything chocolate (previously I was a choc-a-holic). Well, that stuck with me even after she was born and today I hardly eat chocolate anymore. Don't get me wrong, if someone offers me something chocolate I am still going to eat it but if given a choice, I will pick something that is not chocolate.

3.) I am a terrible procrastinator. Well, actually, I guess the proper term would be I am an excellent procrastinator. That may be a surprise to some because I do get things done. But the truth is I pretty much just get things done when I have a deadline. If I don't have a deadline, then it could be quite a while until I get around to it. Like uploading pictures to my snapfish website or updating my blog or going for a ride on my bike- I would like to do these things more often but since I don't have a deadline to do them, each week they get pushed to the bottom of my "to do" list.

4.) Speaking of lists, I am a list person. I like to make out a grocery list, I make a list of my bills to pay (I list them but that doesn't mean they always get paid!), I make to do lists, I live by my calendar in my daytimer. I think the reason I make lists is so I don't have to remember things! If I have it written down, then I can forget about it! Most days, I have trouble remembering what I had for breakfast that day so I think this is a survival mechanism for me!

5.) I took piano lessons when I was in junior high. I had a friend that lived next door to us when we first moved to Amarillo, Texas. They lived in a beautiful, three-story green house right next door to ours. I was in sixth grade and my next door neighbor Leigh, was in second grade. Despite the age difference, we became friends. Leigh and her family moved to a brand new house in a very nice area in Amarillo but we kept in contact. We also moved but as it turned out, our new house was near where Leigh was taking piano lessons. I ran into them one day after school and we began chatting. Leigh's mom offered to let me take piano lessons and they would pay for them if I would babysit for them occassionally. I did baby sit for them once but nothing that would equate to the cost of piano lessons for more than a year. I later realized that Leigh's mom never intended for me to "earn" the lessons by babysitting- it was an act of kindness on her part. Giving me something she knew I would love but that my single mom with 4 kids could never have provided. I have long since lost contact with Leigh and her family but I wish now that I could tell her mom how much that act of kindness meant to me.

6.) I can rollerskate! No, not that I used to be able to rollerskate but I can STILL rollerskate. I can even rollerskate backwards. When I was growing up, I loved being able to spend all day on Saturday at the rollerskating rink. I even won a rollerskating contest one Saturday and got a free lesson for 30 minutes!

7.) I haven't vacuumed my house in over 20 years! Don't worry, it is safe to come over to my house. I am just VERY lucky to have a wonderful husband who actually LIKES to vacuum. And I am not one to look a gift horse in the mouth so I let him (nice of me, huh!). A few weeks ago he said he wanted to get a new vacuum cleaner so within an hour, we were at the store and he was picking one out. As long as all I have to do is pay for the vacuum, he can get whatever one his heart desires!

So there you have it. Seven things about me you may not have know. What are seven things I don't know about you?