Things about me

I feel like I already share too much of my weirdness so finding seven little-known facts about myself to complete the tagging from my sister Angie was tricky, but I was able to dig some up.

1. I stockpile treats and then eat them slowly. I've tried to go off sugar and chocolate and all of that, but really I'm just a much angrier person when I don't have a little something during the day (or at night after the kids go to bed). This treat philosophy differs from my husband's. He would rather eat things all at once and "get them out of the house." I like to savor things and eat a few chocolate cinnamon bears here and there so the delightfulness lasts longer. Mmm, chocolate cinnamon bears. I may need to get some of those.

2. I always have to have a book to read. At night, I read my scriptures and then dive into my book (and yes, I usually read my book for longer than my scriptures--that counts as a bonus fact). If I don't have something new to read, I'll stare at my bookshelves and pull out something old, but well-loved. I don't know what to do with myself if there isn't a book on my nightstand.

3. I cherish sleep. When I applied for college and had to write stuff about myself so they could choose roommates, I may have put "sleeping" as one of my hobbies. My mom told me it wasn't really a hobby, but I really do love it. As I've grown older and had children who aren't born with this love of sleep, I've done my best to nurture it. (A calls me the Sleep Nazi.) Even now, I'm devising ways to get the twins on a good sleeping schedule as soon as possible. Yes, I know newborns have their own ideas about sleeping and those ideas rarely coincide with nighttime, but I will prevail at some point! And the house will be happier for it.

4. I'm not a nice pregnant person. I so looked forward to this last pregnancy, thinking I would cherish every moment as my last this, my last that. Yeah, not so much. I'm tired, cranky, and everything hurts already. I'm sure it has something to do with the fact that there are two people in there making me gain weight at a rate not unlike some zoo animals, but I don't think I'd be much more chipper if I was just pregnant with one. But, this too shall pass. :)

5. I used to think I sounded like Julie Andrews. I remember being in elementary school and singing Sound of Music songs in my head (complete with the accent, of course) and thinking I sounded just like her. And I remember thinking I was special because not everyone can sound like Julie Andrews. Unfortunately, that was only in my head. I have, at best, a passable singing voice. And my British accent is ok, but nothing to write home about.

6. I talk in my sleep. A has many stories of me saying weird things in the middle of the night--jumping up to examine something on the wall that wasn't there, screaming because I thought there was a fire in the corner, and his favorite: falling off the bed and when he jumped up and asked me if I was ok, I said, "Don't worry about me. Get the baby!" We didn't have any children at the time...

7. I believe I've divulged this already, but I'm somewhat of an obsessive person. I don't have floors you could eat off of, but I like my house to look at least picked up before I go to bed. The sink must be clean of dishes, toys must be put away, etc. I check the garage door like five times every time we leave the house, and I usually have to check the curling iron twice before we leave. I've realized recently that my obsessive nature began brewing when I was much younger. My mom always checked all the doors, oven, etc. at night to make sure everything was secure. I checked them, too. I remember when she was out of town, I would get out of bed to lock the doors because I worried my dad *might* not have done it already. Sorry, Dad. There are more obsessive tidbits, but if I tell you all my secrets, you'll all really be afraid of me, whereas now you're just sort of afraid.