My friend Kerrie tagged me...

Eight random facts/habits:

1.) I have a terrible habit of buying fresh spinach and salad greens with the best of intentions to encourage the family to eat healthier. Then I proceed to ignore the greens in the frig until they are spoiled. It's seriously scary/sad/pathetic how many times I have done this and continue to do so. I have always been a meat and potato person to the core. It's a hard habit to break! And sadly the guilt I feel when I do this is not enough to break me of the habit.

2.) I like to dance with myself and often times with just the music playing in my mind....lol My husband and I have a fun tradition we started of dancing to the credits of a movie we have finished watching together.

3.) As I have alluded to before in this blog, I have a thing for nurturing plants that is almost like a maternal transferrence onto the plants. But really, it goes deeper than that...I delight in all life forms and the variety of ways the Lord reveals himself to me. For me it all starts with an appreciation/observation of nature and all His creations. However, when you read #1 on my list, that appreciation does NOT apparently transfer well to spinach and greens...lol

4.) One of the biggest fears I have is of speaking in public, yet every time I turn around, I find myself in situations where I am in a leadership role and making presentations etc. etc.

5.) One of my favorite pastimes is to frequent Estate Sales, Garage Sales, Rummage Sales, Resale Shops etc...It's the ultimate way to RECYCLE, which I also am a big fan of...I'm not exaggerating when I say the majority of our home is furnished with second hand found objects. I recently joined our local Freecycle group and am also a member of our local Defenders group.

6.) Before departing for any vacations I am lucky enough to go on, I always have to have the house entirely in order. In the back of my feeble (morbid) brain I always think to myself, if I were to Lord forbid DIE on this trip, I want know my relatives will come here to a sparkling/tidy house.  I'm not sure why this same habit doesn't apply to my every day activites (as evidenced by the grungy floors you would find in my home at the moment...lol)

7.) Any time I have ever taken one of those personality tests, I seem to always come up as an "intuitive" person. I have always felt like I can read people pretty well and fast. I tend to be more of an observer than the type of person who is overly loquatious.  I am "social" but don't like to stand out in the crowd...I read recently that fear of public speaking and "standing out" in a crowd relates back to ancient mans fear of being eaten. Yes...I'd like to avoid that...lol

8.) Despite the fact I love my friends and family I actually enjoy VERY MUCH going to movies alone, as well as vacationing alone. My husband fully supports the movie thing and is always willing to watch the children while I go off to the theater. Before I got married I took a couple solo vacations where I made friends easily and just loved the adventure and the ability to see what each new day would bring...It's something I encourage everyone to do once in their lives....

Now I'm supposed to tag 6 other people, but everyone I am aware of has already been tagged or detests this sort of thing. So anyone who reads this that has not yet done one of these types of things and would like to...Go For It! At least Kerrie got me back here blogging again