Random Babbling

May 22nd, 2007 at 9:22 am (Random babbling)

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!

5 Comments

  1. Amy said,

    May 22, 2007 at 9:51 am

    Don’t worry. As your kids get older, you’ll be able to read again. And it will be even more fun than it used to be.

  2. Diane said,

    May 22, 2007 at 11:49 am

    With motherhood, my concentration for reading has gone, too. And if I’m knitting much, I read even less. I’m trying to reread some Harry Potter books, and I’m managing about 10 pages before falling asleep every night. I need to pick up the pace to get done by July.

  3. Kristi aka Fiber Fool said,

    May 22, 2007 at 12:32 pm

    I think I’ve been tagged three or four times in the last few days too, but I can’t think of anything that interesting about me… Perhaps by the end of the week…

  4. Guinifer said,

    May 22, 2007 at 1:21 pm

    Thank you for not tagging!

    I can balance a book on anything, and thank goodness for audible.com!

  5. Chris said,

    May 22, 2007 at 9:14 pm

    I grew up outside of a small town and I don’t think I could ever go back. In fact, the thought might give me nightmares.