∞∞ Seven Random Thingys About Me ∞∞

My dear friend Megan tagged (or challenged is how I like to think of it) me to come up with seven random unknown but interesting things about myself. This was really really hard! I'm not really used to delving too deeply into my habits or thoughts I guess, and so it's been interesting to do so. Hopefully my seven things aren't too boring and hopefully some of you don't already know them! Without further ado:

1. I really don't like vegetables. The only ones I can really say that I like a lot are carrots and broccoli. That's it. Kind of sad huh? The ones that I like OK are cauliflower, some squash, lettuce, kale, potatoes, sweet potatoes, (do those count as veggies?), green beans, corn. The ones I find tolerable depending on the presentation are onions, some squash, alfalfa sprouts, spinach, artichoke, peppers. I HATE tomatoes (yeah, sorry dad, I still do), brussel sprouts, eggplant, asparagus, beets, olives (wait, are olives actually fruits?), okra, kohlrabi, peas.
Alright, that's a long enough list. Do you get the picture? I'm not so good at vegetables which makes eating well a little bit of a challenge. I've become a lot more adventurous in the last few years though, and have extended and improved the happy part of the list. My plan is to keep working on it. But no tomatoes. Never tomatoes.

2. I love to sing. I love that we get to sing at church and I take advantage of that fact. However, I absolutely hate it when somebody is singing the same part as me and I can hear them. So if I'm singing soprano and the person behind me is also singing soprano loud enough for me to hear them I have to switch parts. Bass or tenor works fine for me as long as I can't hear anybody else singing it.
My singing and sightreading skills have really had a hard test lately. Kris got called as the ward chorister and he's been picking the hymns that nobody ever sings and nobody knows except the really old ladies. So usually if I don't sing the songs really loud nobody sings at all. It's been interesting. I used to think I knew pretty much all the hymns in the book but Kris has helped me to realize that just isn't true.

3. I really dislike politics. When I was about 11 or 12 my mom got me this great book. It was some kind of kid's guide to politics and I thought for sure I would end up as some sort of politician, maybe even president. No way. These days sometimes I don't even want to vote. I feel like voting without researching into all the issues and candidates is no good. And I hate discussing politics because I never feel like I know enough about what's going on to have an opinion I can stand behind. I am not the kind of person that can just pick one side of an issue and argue it unless I know all about it and have proof and examples to back me up.
So I just avoid politics as much as I can.

4. I didn't know my hair was curly/very wavy until we moved out here to Kansas City. I thought it was straight. It's not. I can make it straight but it wants to wave and curl if I just leave it on it's own. Weird huh?

5. I am terrible at sewing. Some of you might find that weird if you know my mom. She's awesome. And my mother in law is awesome too. I have a fabulous sewing machine but I barely know how to use it. Maybe someday when I have a little more time I can learn more and won't be so terrible.
I did make one thing once I'm very proud of. Witness the pea pod:
6. I'm really scared of badgers, wolverines and wild boars.

7. I spend most of the time when I'm trying to go to sleep planning what I'm going to do the next day (most of which I never get done) thinking of the phone calls I need to make, thinking about the work things I need to do and writing emails to people and blog entries. Most of the emails and blog entries I write never actually get written in real life, but sometimes I'm confused and think that I actually did write them. And they're so much more witty when I'm half asleep than they really are once I do get around to writing them. So all of you out there that have been waiting for an email or a phone call from me, relax. I probably already did it. And Megan, you were probably wondering why it took me so long to write this entry? It's because I wrote it like 7 times already and every time it was great but I couldn't remember any of what I had written the next morning.

So there you go. Now maybe you know me a little better. Maybe not?

I'm not tagging anybody especially, but any of you that feel the urge to do this, please do. It's fun to learn things about each other. Actually I take it back. I'm tagging Kari, Lorri (lorri, you really need your own blog!!), Charlotte, Lechelle and Miffy. Let's hear it guys!!