day 2

A picture of yourself and the person closest to you:

I'm quite a fortunate gal: In addition to having the best family anyone could ever ask for, the world's most awesome friends, an incredible boyfriend, stable job, good health, and general happiness, I'm lucky enough to say that my sister is my best friend. I know plenty of people who can't stand their siblings, and the only interaction they might have with said sibling in the course of the year is the obligatory hug at Christmas, and maybe a, "Hey, can you move your car so we can get ours out?" Depending on her work schedule, I talk to K multiple times a week, sometimes for over an hour. I can tell her anything - my accomplishments, my frustrations, my questions about anything, or just when I'm bored and need someone to talk to. We were never really close growing up - I was always the annoying little sister who copied everything the big sister did, which drove K nuts. Then, we entered the stage of fighting over every single little thing. Once she went to college, I realized that I actually missed her. Mostly, because with her out of the house, my parents were able to focus most of their attention on me, but as time went on, we actually became friends. I was the maid of honor at her wedding, I was there when she gave birth to her daughter, and I was immensely honored when she and Generic asked me to be godmother to little Nuggette. I love you, K. Thanks for everything!

New Challenge

Apparently, it's been almost a month since I last wrote something on this little blog. And apparently, the 30 Day Challenge has turned into almost a 90 day challenge....Fail. The thing is, I never really liked the themes for the other challenge - a little too narcistic for my tastes. Therefore, I found one that I think will work out a little better for my tastes, so let's start this again, shall we? Day 1: A picture of yourself with 10 facts.

1. I am allergic to mosquito bites. Whenever I get bit (by any bug, really) I tend to itch it without thinking, especially in my sleep. Which then causes the site to get swollen like a golf ball, and then bruise to a nice deep purple-ish color. Try accessorizing with huge purple welts all over you. ( My record for mosquito bites was in Mexico. I had over 20 bites on one leg, and I believe that I counted over 50 total. I kid you not, I actually counted.)

2. I’m Catholic to the core. Enough said.

3. One of my many useful talents is the ability to sing along word-for-word with Charlie Daniels’ “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” and Sir-Mix-A-Lot’s “Baby Got Back.”

4. Pet peeves: dirty dishes in the sink, people driving under the speed limit, indecisiveness, and walking in a locker room/public area with tile without any shoes on.

5. I don’t drink regular soda. I grew up on Diet, and the aspartame has taken up permanent residence in my bloodstream.

6. I believe that chocolate can solve most of society’s ills.

7. If it’s a good book, I can read it over and over and not get tired of it.

8. Favorite forms of stress relief: a glass of wine, doing a sinkful of dirty dishes, or baking something.

9. I will never fail to freak out any time I see a spider, and I’m not against calling someone from the other room to kill it for me.

10. I’d love to own a Jeep Wrangler someday, either a deep red or black.