Mikknit

I’ve been tagged by at least 2 people, there may have been a third that I forgot, so maybe I’ll do this one. I usually pass over the memes because I don’t really have a need to read that stuff (plus I’ve seen most of them on LJ over the years), and I doubt anyone really needs to read that about me.

But here we go:

1. I studied chemistry and then culinary arts but did not receive a degree in either discipline (or any discipline, for that matter). I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up.

2. I grew up in a small town. I hated living there at the time, but it has changed so much in the last 10 years and now I’d love to move back there. My parents have 70+ acres, we could *so* build a home out there…

3. I was the third-place finisher in the Wisconsin State Spelling Bee in 1991. I got out on “unisonous”, a word I will be able to spell correctly for the rest of my life. Incidentally, the girl who won that spelling bee went on to win the National Spelling Bee that year.

4. I didn’t start drinking coffee until about 3 years ago. Now my day doesn’t really feel ready to begin unless I’ve had my coffee. Breakfast isn’t my big thing, though - I don’t usually feel much like eating first thing in the morning.

5. I love to spin but I rarely knit with my handspun. If it’s not sock yarn or in sufficient quantity to become a sweater, I usually can’t figure out what to make it into. Doesn’t stop me from spinning, though! Process, not product, I guess.

6. While I may be a process spinner, I am definitely a product knitter - hence my fondness for knitting socks.

7. I used to constantly have my nose in a book, but since I had kids I don’t have the concentration to get into a book anymore. I don’t think I’ve read more than 20 books (kids’ books excluded, of course) in the last 4 years. Sad, I know. My only reading time anymore is in the bathroom, so there’s usually a good stash of magazines in there.

I forget if there were 7 or 8 of these… so this is a bonus if there were only 7:

8. I really miss driving a stick shift. I wish you could still get minivans with them, but for whatever reason they don’t do that anymore.

I tag NOBODY!