The Meme You Didn't Know....

So my adorable and funny friend, Wendy, who enjoys gardening in her sleep, has tagged moi for a Meme! I'm to share 7 things about myself that you may not already know. I won't go all insightful or deep, instead, aiming for a few chuckles! Here are 7 random tidbits....

1. I'll admit that I'm perhaps a fairly messy person....in that my home is NOT spotless...GASP! I've never caught the Spring Cleaning Bug...ever! And I don't do closet organizers! If you could see my kitchen island this very second..well, actually, you can't. It's a floating island of stuff! Piles of mail to open, bills to pay, magazines to recycle, school forms to fill out, pantry items to put away. Oh, and a pair of sandals, keeping out of Bandit's reach. But, hey, there's order to my chaos so don't touch! And speaking of closets............fugeddaboudit!!

Just kidding! It's not this bad...yet! (Photo courtesy of the Internet)

2. On the other hand, I am religiously neat with my Daylily Journal. Facts recorded include cultivar, parentage, height, bud count, prolifs( if any), date of first/last bloom, number of seeds collected and every other nonsense in between. I'm considering including comparison graphs and charts from year to year...don't laugh, I'm NOT KIDDING!

3. I'm a yarn collector extraordinaire. Bags and bags of beautifully colored skeins at the ready. Different weights and textures~be it wool, worsted, cotton, synthetic...anything goes! I collect them from Michael's, Walmart, high end yarn shops (ka-ching!), garage sales (practically free!)~you name it! The mentality of 'if I don't buy it now, it'll be gone' is what gets me into trouble. What am I making you ask? A blanket big enough to wrap around the whole wide world!Hmmm...maybe I better stock up on a few more...

4. I think in shorthand. Uh...excuse me? Shorthand, you know.... a form of speed writing. Taught to secretarial types waaaay back when! A course in high school and I was hooked. As I sit here typing this, I 'see' each word in shorthand strokes...weird, I know! I'm reminded of sitting in an office on the 102nd floor of the World Trade Center taking dictations from my boss and I was actually writing faster than he could talk...lol! And, of course, my diary is in shorthand...oops, secret's out!

5. So that you don't think I'm completely dull...I love to play video games. Particularly Ms Pacman on my...ahem, daughter's...Game Boy. Love it sooo much that my left arm does NOT fully extend! Hours upon hours of locked elbow position will do that! I play it at the theatre (waiting for previews), sitting in traffic, on a plane, in a train, walking the dog, etc...Sick I tell ya! Anyone care to a challenge?!

6. You probably know this one...I love to dance! If I could do it all over again, I would demand dance lessons as a toddler (and I'd rock that tu-tu, too!) Continue my merry way through dance academy and earn lots of moolah dancing my life away! Nowadays, I get by with my ZUMBA classes, night clubbing, and even car dancing! Yep, I'm the tappin' her foot, drummin' the wheel, head-boppin' NUT that you pass on the road. And heck, yeah, you can still shake your bootey sitting down! Okay, admit that you do this too ;)

7. Silly me, but, I don't easily give up my real age! Funny that I passed for 35 a good 5 years before neighbors caught on (right Debbie J.?) Trick answers to the "how old are you?" question includes: "Um...celebrating the 24th anniversary of my 21st Birthday!"~"Just 39 (loudly), plus 6" (softly). When the person you're answering has to do the math, it takes away the shock of the real number...lol! When I start looking like the oldest freaken' 45 yr. old on the planet, it'll be time to come up with another 'trick' answer...tehehe! And how is it that I'm celebrating 23 yrs. of marriage? I was a really young bride...yikes, remember those 80's style pouffy sleeves?! So there you have it~7 tidbits that, hopefully, didn't make you like me any less! But, just in case, I'd better leave you with a pretty garden photo so you'll come back! I'm passing this Meme on to the following bloggers. If you're too busy and don't have the time, or you just don't enjoy being tagged, that's alright, too! But this was fun for me so I'll look forward to your posts.

Nance

Jackie

Rosey

Ha Xuan

Debra

Tina

Catherine

The guidelines are:

1. Link back to the person who awarded this Meme to you

2. Reveal 7 things about yourself

3. Tag 7 other new bloggers and link to them

4. Let each blogger know they've been chosen by leaving a comment

5. Let the tagger know when your post is up

Have FUN!