Random Facts

I was bored this morning, so I compiled the following list of things you may or may not know about me (and may or may not be interested in knowing).


1. I can’t stand it when grout is stained or dirty, especially in the kitchen.

2. I have been knitting the same scarf on and off for three years…

3. I really wish I felt comfortable on a dance floor because dancing looks like so much fun from the side-lines.

4. In June I am marrying the only boy I’ve ever kissed or dated!

5. I hum to myself a lot, often without realizing it, and when I am driving by myself, I sing along with the radio/cd very loudly.

6. I’m shy and can be very quiet at first, but once I’m comfortable, I talk WAY too much.

7. I think frogs are cute and I would love to have an elephant.

8. I have flat feet, and they get very sore if I have been walking/standing for a long time.

9. It really is the simple things that make me happy: like laying on cool cement on a warm day, and watching the clouds, or driving through the country with the windows rolled down and the music playing, curling up next to my love with a good book…

10. I used to write a lot more than I do now and sometimes I worry that I lost my imagination in the process of becoming an adult. I miss writing stories and poems…

11. I like to experiment in the kitchen and I rarely follow a recipe exactly.

12. I think bitter can be tasty. I like strong black coffee, dark chocolate (over 70%), most cheeses and the taste of some hard liquor.

13. I like old movies.

14. I tore the meniscus in both of my knees while playing water-polo. At one point, my knee was locked in a 90 degree angle for several days when part of my torn menisci got jammed in my knee joint. I was supposed to have surgery, but opted to wait… indefinitely.

15. Both of my thumbs have been dislocated several times (another water polo injury), but I have learned how to pop them back into place myself.

16. I’ve never broken a bone, or had surgery, but I have needed stitches at various points.

17. As a child, my most beloved toys were a big brown stuffed bear, named Browny Bear, and a baby doll named Thumbelina, which belonged to my mother as a child and whose stuffing was constantly falling out.

18. I admit to owning CDs by Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Anastasia, and Randy Travis.

19. I think garden gnomes are creepy…

20. I love choral/vocal music, especially Gregorian chants, sacred harp, and pieces composed by Eric Whitacre.

21. Lots of noise and large crowds overwhelm me. I prefer one-on-one.

22. I cheated twice in school (8th and 10th grades) and was caught both times.

23. I’m usually too embarrassed to say anything if I am served the wrong thing at a restaurant.

24. I like my bed to be a squishy cocoon of soft blankets. :-)

25. I still watch reruns of the Cosby Show.