Honest Scrap

A few weeks ago (very sorry) I was given the honest to Scrap award by the lovely Astrid over at Babymaking 101. The rules are you have to list ten honest things about your self and pass the award on to seven people. I don't so much do tagging but I will say that I always enjoy when people share these things about themselves so please feel free if you are so inclined to share to consider yourself tagged. Without further ado:

1. I love roller coasters. I am lucky to live near Cedar Point and will ride whatever is available (provided its not a spinner, which is different from a looper, I will definitely ride loopers.).

2. I am generally not concernd with whether people like me or not. Let's face it, no one is loved by everyone. But, I constantly worry about offending someone. I absolutely hate hurting someone's feelings and when I do it haunts me.

3. I volunteer with CASA. I have posted a few times about this. CASA = Court Appointed Special Advocate for children who have come into the system due to abuse or neglect. If you have a CASA program in your area and an hour or two a week to spare I urge you to check it out. It is one of the most rewarding things I have ever done.

4. I am learning to crochet. I have dishcloths down. I have a scarf project I would like to start and have finished by fall but I think this yarn would look much better knit and so now the plan is to learn to knit. If anyone has any suggestions on how to get started with teaching yourself to knit please lay them on me.

5. I try to be as eco friendly as possible. I reduce, reuse and recycle at every opportunity. I shop at my local farmer's market religiously from organic growers. I have been using tote bags instead of plastic for years. I save the water from the tap while I am letting it run to get hot and put it in the fridge to be drunk when cold. The D and I shower together whenever possible, well, I guess this one's not really for the environment, but that's a nice bonus. Here's the honest to scrap admit: I am an SUV driving, non-carpooling, planet fucker-upper. I LOVE my Je.ep and even with all the new incentives to buy a new vehicle (and the guilt I feel) I can't bring myself to do it.

6. I bought peesticks. I know that I resolved not to; that I said I was adopting a que sera sera attitude towards babymakin for now. But, my pms symptoms have been really quirky the past two months and we are not preventing anything from happening on its own and this month I was four days late and so...peesticks...20 of them...from Ama.zon.

7. Yesterday I stole a package of noodles from the grocery store. I didn't mean too. I didn't realize it until I got home. Somehow they got in my bag of corn on the cob. I self check-out and didn't notice them. This isn't really anything to admit as I will remedy it next time I go to the store but I am running out of things to say.

8. I need to lose weight. I have been thinking of using my blog and you all as a system of accountability. I have lost 3 pounds in two weeks. We cancelled our gym memberships because we now have a treadmill and free weights at home. We have been using the equipment so much more now that its at home that I am pretty pissed we spent money on gym memberships instead for so long.

9. I am a concert junkie. I will see whoever whenever. It's my one vice. I am lucky to live in an area with access to a lot of cheap venues or else I would be broke. The list of people I am embarrassed say I have seen is as long as the list of those I will never forget experiencing. My idea of the perfect date: The D, a cold beer and live music.

10. My eyes are blue. Not interesting, I know, but they are my favorite feature. They are blue and dancing like deep, Caribbean water. I got them from my dad who go them from his dad. There is no mistaking where I came from if we are in the same room. Actually there is no mistaking who I cam from period with him. Has anyone seen the Friends episode where Rachel is teaching Joey to sail and she begins barking orders in the same fashion her father did to her. She sits down in shock and says: "I've become my father! I was trying so hard not to turn into my mother that I never saw this coming!" Let's just say I can relate.

There it is...10 things about me. Some not so interesting but there are ten of them.