Lisa tagged me for the Eight Random Things meme. I’ve done this one before, so I’ll be careful not to repeat myself.

1. I am easily enthused by projects. I work quickly and diligently but have an extremely short attention span and lose interest fast. I’ll start 2 or 3 projects, be very excited about them, and then drop them before they are finished. Quilting, soapmaking, and painting are my best examples of this. I have several unfinished projects that I started excitedly a few years ago.

2. I am independent and comfortable in my skin. I don’t mind being alone and often crave it. I spent most of my childhood alone. When my mom passed away, I was suddenly surrounded by people who wanted to steer me, check my homework, dictate my comings and goings. I remember that being a really hard adjustment for me because I was always quite strong a unit, a loner, self-motivated, and super independent.

3. I am very serious about my work. I take great pride in it. I don’t like to be lazy or half-assed. I feel the need to be doing something worthwhile. But perhaps a shortcoming of mine is wanting to make money and contribute financially to our income as a family. It’s hard for me to be comfortable not making money now that I’m a stay-at-home mommy. I’m always dreaming up ideas, like most recently a sandwich business. There are a million holes being punched in our precious Earth right now by oil drilling rigs that are run by hungry men. I could sell 25 sandwiches a day EASY. Five dollars for each sandwich=$125 per day for a few hours work. That’s $2500 per month. Not half shabby for a stay-at-home mom. See!? You see how restless I am?

4. I live in a fantasy world. I have already planned a beautiful way to spend the lottery money we’re probably never going to win. I dream really memorable dreams at night. I regularly plan humble vacations long before we have the money or time to go. I have already told Austin what kind of car I want him to buy me when he gets drafted for the NFL. But trust. He will be drafted and I will drive a black Firebird with a gold firebird painted on the hood. Yep.

5. I write too much. Sometimes when I’m indifferent with someone, I write them. I almost ALWAYS regret what I say.

6. I try to nurture my husband. I think that it’s easy to overlook our spouses when we are so overwelmed with children and the needs of our family. But men need to be nurtured too. They like warm meals, hugs, encouragment, and praise. They like bubble baths. Sometimes they need us to bring them a tylenol and a glass of water without them even mentioning that they have a headache. They need us to be observant and gentle and kind.

7. I count things. Obsessively. I can’t do math in my head for anything. But I count street lights while I’m driving, I count buttons on shirts during meetings, I count the number of steps I take on the treadmill in a minute, I count the number of doors I pass while walking down hallways.

8. One of my very favorite movies is Life is Beautiful. You should go rent it!

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9. I once worked at a daycare center in the 1 year old room. I shared the room with an assistant and together we had 12 feisty and fun one-year-olds. I LOVED working there, despite that it didn’t pay well. I think I had more fun and interesting jobs before I went to college. Anyhow, I made a whopping $8 per hour. The owner started having a lot of financial problems and she became mean and hateful. A few days before I quit, she fired a couple of people and hired new people for less pay. The day before I quit, she came to me and told me that she was tired of me not cleaning the room properly before I left for the day. I was floored by her accusation because clean was an understatement on that room. It was STERILE! But I shook it off. On her way out of the room, she pointed to a toy garage and said, “You need to make sure that car doesn’t roll out of the garage and onto the ground.” I rememer thinking that was the weirdest thing she had ever said to me. But I shrugged it all off and went home after the day was done. The room was immaculate and the cars were all nicely stacked in the garage. The next morning I went to work. I had enough time to hang my purse and put my lunch in the fridge when she called me to her office. She told me that the toy car was found on the floor the next morning and that I was being “insubordinate” and that she was going to punish me by cutting my pay to $7 an hour. I got up from the table, told her that I was impressed she even knew the meaning of “Insubordinate”, that I knew she set me up, and that she just wanted a reason to cut my pay so she could continue to afford her manicures. I went back to my toddler room, kissed “my” 12 babies goodbye, and walked out the door. She went out of business a year later. What goes ’round comes ’round, y’all.

That was fun! I’m supposed to tag some folks here but, I just can’t do it. But do consider yourself tagged if you want to be!