Tag

Okay, this is the first time I've responded to this type of tag (where you talk all about yourself). I used to make fun of these and the e-mail forwards I would get that were a similar idea. I pretty much thought I was WAY too cool to waste my time forwarding this to all my friends. But now as I sit here and try to do this tag I realize that I have the opposite problem. I am not cool enough. Oh well, Kara this one's for you. Any time you tell me how funny I am, I'll do your tags. Flattery goes a long way with me. Here goes:

3 joys: MARIN moments top this list by a long shot, ice cream, the feeling I have when I get done with a long, hard workout.

3 fears: getting a flat tire in the middle of nowhere, spiders, that I may have to waitress again someday

3 goals: get my flower pots planted (today), to have polite children, to teach at a university someday!!!

3 current obsessions/collections: (collections... seriously?) Okay, I am currently obsessed with my yard/garden, finding a new swimming suit (this is SO hard!), and trying to think of a third thing I am obsessed with.

3 random surprising facts about yourself: Sorry Kara, I do not have a paw print birthmark behind my ear like my sister Avree. Let's see... random.... oh, I like to pick my nose. Well, not the actual picking, but I need to have my nose clean at all times or I go nuts. Second, I actually enjoy being a "housewife". I put a lot of effort and money into 7 years of college education to get my degrees and become good at my profession, but after all of that I would rather be home with Marin. I'm totally old-school... I cook dinner every night, I plant flowers, I have a garden, I like my house to be clean, I make jam, etc. Okay, that was such a long one, it counted as 2. I'm done with this tag.

Just a little FYI for everyone. I REFUSE to do that "A to Z" tag so don't ask. No amount of flattery will change my mind Kara. It is boycotted by me because the LAMEST question I have ever heard in my life is included in it, which is "X-rays or ultrasounds?" Are you kidding me? I know "X" is a hard letter to start a question with, but that is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. Shame on whoever composed that tag! Well Miss Marin is taking all the pens apart in my desk while I sit and type so I better wrap this up before I have a gigantic ink mess on my hands!

Shopping Cart Lady

Val, this posting is mostly for you. In the town where I live there is this woman who my friends and I affectionately call "shopping cart lady" because when the weather is warm you can always see her sprinting wildly down ** North, a fairly busy street, pushing a shopping cart around 10:00 a.m. My friend Val has really studied her, having lived on ** North street for a few years. I also passed her quite a few times, as that street was on my way to work. Val even got a few pictures of this lady with her cell phone once. She's obviously a little loopy (shopping cart lady, not Val), and hopefully not homeless. Anyway, to sit and watch her is quite a treat. She stops to cool herself off every so often and dumps an entire water bottle on her head. Well, get this, she showed up at my gym this morning. She came walking in with her hair and top sopping wet (she must have just dumped the water bottle) and sat down at the stationary bike. I really noticed her because as she pedaled she was wildly flailing her arms and head back and forth. I was trying not to stare but it was hard not to! She did it for at least 20 minutes. It sort of reminded me of that episode of "Friends" when Rachel goes running with Phoebe in the park and flails her arms all around while she's running. Anyway, so I finished my workout and was heading out of the parking lot. She was standing on the corner with a whole bunch of bags around her (minus the shopping cart strangely) and she was kind of wiggling around and pulling at something on her shirt. I noticed something slipping down her legs and realized it was her SPORTS BRA! She was taking off her sports bra on the corner of Main Street!!! I didn't put it together that this was shopping cart lady until I was relating this story to Mitch. He suggested it was her and I put it together and it all made so much more sense! So maybe shopping cart lady has given up running and taken up cycling!

I just swimming!

Marin has always loved bath time, but lately it's become an obsession. She would stay in there for hours if I'd let her, I'm not exaggerating. Her main entertainment is the conversations she has with some spongy bath dolls my mom gave her. I need to record it, it's hilarious. Today she had been in the bathtub for probably 1/2 hour and I left for a second to answer the phone and when I got back she was on her tummy. When I asked what she was doing, she said "I just swimming!"