The Rules: Link to the person who tagged you. Post the rules on your blog. Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself on your blog. Tag 7 random people at the end of your post, and include links to their blogs. Leave a comment on their blog so that their readers can visit yours.
1) I used to be a cowgirl. I have a degree in Agricultural Business and spent time on a cattle station in Australia and a feedlot in Idaho. I loved the work - being outdoors, riding a horse, even building or repairing fence had a satisfaction to it that I never got from an office job. But I didn't like the people or (most of their) attitudes, esp. when it came to the environment.
2) I am a twin. That won't be news to most of you :-) I am second born by 10 minutes. There are two parts to the family folklore: a) Mom didn't know she was pregnant with twins, and only found out after my sister was born; and b) I kicked her out so as to have the womb to myself. Well, here she is getting me back by hitting me in the butt with a hammer when we were about two years old.3) If my upper back and the back of my neck are cold, then I am cold. You'd think this would translate to a love of turtlenecks, but alas, I hate things close around the front of my neck - it makes me feel as if I am choking. Instead, I love any sweatshirt or sweater that covers the back of my neck, like hoodies or funnel necks. Before I had Chase, my favorites were half-zip sweaters, but now I need/like things that zip all the way open so that my lower back doesn't get cold when I nurse. And wow this makes me sound really picky, doesn't it??
4) I have always wanted kids, and when I was about 12, I decided my daughter (because I was NOT having a boy!) would be named Katharine Anne. Oh, to be mother to cute little Katie, who would grow up to be sharp and sophisticated Kate! But when I got pregnant, even before I found out that I was, indeed, having a boy, the name never crossed my mind. Because by then, the world - or at least elementary schools - was full of Katies and Kaitlyns. Instead, my chosen girl name was Claire Elizabeth.
5) I never outgrew phases. I think every kid and teenager goes through phases, but I feel like I went through quite a few as an adult. First there was the cowgirl phase, really an extention of teenagedom. Then I entered my soccer phase, where I was crazy about all things "futbol" - I started playing soccer when I was 24, I practically lived at the local British pub, I dated soccer players, and I fanatically followed the USA Women's team. OK, not too fanatically. But there was a time I knew all the players, knew when the matches were, etc. etc. I've attended both men's and women's World Cup matches, several NCAA finals games, and of course many San Jose Earthquakes games. Need I say the soccer phase also incorporated a wild party phase? Well, it did. Eventually, I grew out of that and entered my writer phase. And now I'm in my stay-at-home-mom phase, which I am enjoying very much, thank you. I wonder what will come next? Will I go back to the writer phase, find something new (knitting, anyone??), or outgrow phases altogether and find balance by incorporating all my loves into one glorious life?6) I can trace my ancestry back to the Mayflower. That's on one side (my mother's). On the other side, my grandfather emigrated from Germany just prior to WWII. I'd say close to 75% of my genes are British (with the rest Irish, German, and Swedish), but I look very German - so much so that when I went to Europe in 1998, nearly everyone spoke to me in German.
7) I wish I were more Bohemian, that I were one of those people who wears flowy skirts, has purple hair or dreads, and lives in a loft. But I've never felt comfortable when I tried those things. Perhaps it's just that the lifestyle is better in fantasy in reality. But I guess at heart, I'm just a jeans-and-a-t-shirt, drivin' my Subaru kind of girl. :-)
1 comment:
Wow, you were a cowgirl and a soccer fanatic and a wild girl! Loved your list :)
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