25 Random things

1- I don't have a clue where to start, but hope that things will get interesting once I get going.
2-I love cheesecake in all varieties and flavors, and don't expect me to share, cuz I ain't gonna do it.
3-I love doing little kid crafty things. Sometimes I get craft supplies more for me than for my girls. We all love to cut and paste and stick and create, it's a bit of an addiction.
4-I love to create things. Not just the previously mentioned crafts. Food, clothing, blankets, soft toys, the list goes on and on.
5-I've always wanted to live in a small town or on a farm. Now that I am, I love it just as much as I always thought I would and don't know if I could ever go back to the city.
6-I love being able to know what is going on in the life of my cousins, aunts, uncles, and close friends via facebook and blogs. For years I have been out of contact with a lot of people that are important to me.
It has only been in the last year and a half that I have been connected to the internet and now have this joy. I have a lot to catch up on...that is my excuse for time well wasted :)
7-I didn't know that I knew so many people that I would consider my "friends" until facebook.
8-The only thing that I ever wanted to be was a mom. In grade school, when I would have to write about what career I wanted to have when I grew up, I had to make something up, usually it was a math teacher. If
I knew what I knew now, I would have still written about being a mom...it is certainly a lot of work.
9-I have always been fascinated with dead things. Not recently dead things, but really really dead things. Things that have been dead for hundreds of years.
10-I am fascinated by old abandoned houses. I have always wanted to stop and wonder through them to see what clues were left behind about those who used to live there. I like to imagine what the house would have looked like all full of life.
11-I think that my husband looks incredibly sexy when he is all dressed up in his goalie gear, and coming off the ice all sweaty....he smells bad, but dang...he is sexy!
12-I love shoes. Before I had kids, I worked in the mall for a lot of years. I always new when the good sales were on, and I always bought some fabulous shoes. Now that I have kids, I rarely buy shoes for myself, but I have three girls that I buy more than their fair share of shoes for.
13-My feet are a lot bigger now than they were before I had kids. So many of those fabulous shoe no longer fit, and I have had to give them away. My shoe collection is pretty boring these days. I live through my
girls.
14-I love to collect nativities. Every year I look for at least one new one that is unique and nothing like anything anyone has ever seen before.
15-I worked in Waterton as a dining room hostess/office record fixer/front desk clerk(at both the Bayshore in and Wateron Glacier suites) the summer(May 1-Sep 30) before I got married. I loved every minute of it. Not so much the work or the people(I could have done with out them), but I loved being in Waterton. Going for walks and hikes. Just sitting by the lake. The smell first thing in the morning. The feel of the air. I did like feeling important and that they needed me(I solved some pretty important problems regarding bad record keeping of tips)....but I hated that I let them take advantage of me...but I needed the money so I just let it slide.
16-I once had an all out yelling match with Emile, the Dining room Manager at the Bayshore...yeah...I didn't like that guy.The Chef was on my side, so that's all that mattered.
17-I used to hate talking in front of people. I hated giving class presentations. I hated having to read in front of the class. Now I love to teach, or give a talk in church. My last few years of university, I looked forward to giving a class presentation. Why the change? I'll tell you about it sometime.
18- I didn't ever try to stand out in High School. It's not like I tried to hide either. I just didn't do anything amazing. I was a completely forgettable person. My husband and I went to the same high school, we graduated the same year. He is now coaching basketball at out old high school. I was at one of his games the other day, and one of the teachers that had taught when we were there and introduced herself to me and told me that she was my husbands adviser in high school, and that she really thought the world of him. Me, she didn't even know that I was also WCHS alumnus.
19-I know the mayor of Lethbridge. I sent him an invitation to my wedding and he came. He was only campaigning to be the Mayor at the time. Aren't I special?!
20-I love camping. Camping in a tent camping. Cooking outside camping. Sleeping on a double thick air mattress camping. Sitting around a campfire camping. Getting dirty and loving it camping.
21-I can honestly say that my sister and my 6 brothers are listed among my best friends, and right at the top of the list. Their respective husband and wives are also on that list.
22-There aren't many things that you can do to really embarrass me. With Daniel as my husband, I have got used to a lot.
23-I am not easily offended. I couldn't really careless what you think or what you say about me. So if you are planning to offend me, don't bother, I probably wont notice.
24-I hate talking on the phone. If I have something to say to you, I am more likely to wait until I see you in person, or if it is important I'll send you a message or email. That's not to say that I haven't talked for long periods of time with my sister, mom or one of my sister-in-laws if a phone call has been made...but that's different.
25-I love to blog. I find that there is something therapeutic about sharing things with all the world to read. Sometimes as a confessional, sometimes as an avenue to vent (or brag). Sometimes just to share something really cool or funny. Writing these kind of note are part of that therapy.