25 Random Things (I've jumped on the bandwagon just as it's halting to a stop) Can you keep me accountable? Anyone? If I don't come to hang out with you on here for a long time, can you tell me to smarten up? Can you tell me to slow down? Can you tell me to turn off the TV? Also, if I'm on here too much, tell me to go play with my kids. Good. Now that that's out of the way, I've got 25 Random Things to tell you about myself. And how random was that! Just to announce it, no segue! 1. I did not write this list in the order it appears. This is, in fact, my 5th point, and my 13th one was my first. 2. I care too much about grammar. Ironically, I had to come back and edit this sentence because I had written "too" with only one "o." But, see? I came back. 3. The one thing I'd like to change about myself... I'll never tell because then it would drawing attention to that very thing. D'uh. 4. I must prefer to be in debt because I always end up there. 5. Same goes for 15 lbs. overweight. 6. Since living in Ghana, I don't mind being 15 lbs. overweight. When in Ghana, I actually prefer it. P.S. The term "overweight" is subjective. 7. If you find a typo in this list, I'd rather not to know... unless it significantly changes the meaning of what I'm trying to say... but then how would you know for sure. 8. I have 145 e-mails in my inbox waiting to be answered. It's not because I'm popular either. I just haven't dealt with them yet. The one from September is really nagging at me. 9. I once declared e-mail bankruptcy because I owed too many people a response. Thankfully, my creditors were sympathic. 10. I eat my toast upside down. P.S. Upside is subjective. 11. I kiss my kids before I go to bed, even though they're asleep. It always makes me wish I'd kiss them more when they're awake. 12. I did not marry my high school sweetheart. Phew. 13. Loving others really, deeply, truly is the absolute hardest thing on earth, but always worth it. 14. I have been known to fish for a compliment. 15. It annoys me when J-M tells me with a whine, "I've gotta go to bed, hon." One time it made me so irritated, I called him a Sleep Weakling. He laughed so hard when I said that, he had tears in his eyes. In this case, name-calling did not produce the effect I had intended. 15. The habit I have that must be annoying to others is... Would you imagine that! I can't think of one thing! 16. I won the Provincial French "Oratoire" Competition in Grade 8, but feel like I cheated since I wasn't quite sure what I was saying. 17. I have an uncanny ability to memorize phone numbers. If I dial it once, I won't have to look it up again. I wish this ability transferred into a more useful skill. But, alas. 18. I got fired from Budget Shoe Warehouse when I was 20. Life was pretty bleak that year. 19. I am a business owner. I have the title "Owner/Designer" on my business card. It feels much like that Grade 8 speech competition. 20. I have never been able to touch my toes without bending my knees. 21. And since WHEN did somersaults start hurting?! 22. If you can produce farting noises with your armpit, touch your nose with your tongue or belch the alphabet, I'm impressed. But only the first time. 23. I get jealous of the time John-Mark spends with his electric toothbrush. 24. I vacillate between shame and pride when I drive around in our beat-up, rusty old Mercury Topaz. Perhaps shame and pride are the exact same thing. 25. It's 11:46. My kids need to be kissed now. | 
