25 More things...

Due to the awesomeness of the other bloggers I know (who are nice enough not to tag people), I have not actually been "assigned" to do this. But, ironically enough, when I read the others I immediately started wondering about which 25 random things I would post. Finally, I gave up and decided to just post it anyway. Enjoy. ;o)

1. I grew up in the sticks (literally), in a small 100-family community called Waha, where my parents still live. Since this area was way too small to have a school, I went to school in Lewiston, which is the lowest point in the state of Idaho and formerly the state's capitol.

2. I'm an avid golfer (a game I affectionately call "whack-dammit" since it usually involves whacking a ball and then saying some "fore" letter word) and was on the varsity team in high school. We won State my senior year, at the time the first girl's team at my high school to do so since the basketball team in the 70s.

3. I collect teapots. My mom started my collection as a child, and it has grown to over 22 teapots and their associated accompaniments since then, which threaten to take over my kitchen.

4. I've been married to Tim for eight years this July, after we met on a blind date in college. We take a major trip every 5 years to celebrate our anniversary. Year 0 was Germany (our honeymoon), year 5 was Italy. Year 10 is still up for debate (the location, not the milestone).

5. I'm a total klutz and always have been. One of the phrases I've heard the most in my life is "your middle name's not Grace." So much so that we nearly named Anna Olivia "Anna Grace" instead so no one could ever say the same for her. ;o)

6. I'm currently training for a "sprint" triathlon in July.

7. I have a husband and a wife. My "wife" become my wife as a result of our many business travels together, where we found we got better dining service (in San Francisco especially) if we introduced ourselves in this manner. Frankly, I don't know how anyone gets through life without one of each.

8. I'm an only child.

9. Along with Jen and Amy, I spent many years in the 4-H clogging club and still find myself instinctively tapping my feet when a song we danced to comes on the radio.

10. I never thought I'd be married almost 8 years at age 27. I never thought I'd like being a mother. I was so very wrong on both counts and have never been happier to be both.

11. I love languages, and I speak some Italian, Spanish, and German (and even a little sign language), though I only speak English fluently, and only sometimes.

12. I hate the bump on my nose, which is a result of my slow reflexes (see #5) on the basketball team in junior high.

13. I'm a total foodie, and there's not much I don't like. I absolutely love foie gras, but hate escargot.

14. My latest guilty pleasure is reading the Go Fug Yourself blog. Though I'm not a fashionista by any stretch of the imagination (since having Anna, Nicole calls me the "track suit queen" since I'm too lazy to wear anything else at home), I love the clever writing and well sharpened wit.

15. I curse like a sailor. No, my mother didn't raise me this way, and is generally horrified when I forget this fact around her. This is very near the top of my list of things to work on before Anna starts talking.

16. I love to read. Mostly I read mystery/sci-fi/fantasy...things like the Odd Thomas books, Twilight, The Cat Who series. I have never read a book written by Danielle Steele. My favorite book is Coming Home, by Rosamunde Pilcher.

17. My toes are double jointed.

18. This year was the first time I'd ever voted in any election.

19. I have traveled the entire length of the Alaskan Highway (aka ALCAN) during a month-long summer road trip to Alaska with my parents. While there, I visited the North Pole (North Pole, Alaska), caught a 35 lb halibut, and nearly got caught in the "quick sand" of the incoming tide while razor clamming.

20. Besides Alaska, I have visited pretty much all of the west coast states, most of the nor'easter states, D.C., B.C., many of Canada's provinces, Germany, Italy, Austria, Denmark.

21. I have a 34" inseam...which leads me to my next random thing of: I *hate* shopping for pants. They are always 2" too short.

22. I play the fiddle, or try to. More than that, I love to sing.

23. I have been known in the past to express my extreme and vehement dislike for the color pink. Nothing personal if you do like it, I was simply overdosed on it as a child (if you grew up in a pepto bismol pink bedroom, you'd hate it, too). For all that, I'm finding little pink things starting to sneak back into my wardrobe since the arrival of Anna. Perhaps this is Pink Rehab and someday I will recover.

24. I hate having water on my face. I'm finding this is an obstacle I must overcome in order to be effective at #6. :P

25. I'm addicted to blog comments. Tim and I absolutely love reading them, which is really the main reason I keep posting. If you're out there and haven't commented in a while, we'd love to hear from you!