8 interesting things. . .

i was tagged by Melissa today : 8 interesting things about me. not sure how interesting they are, but she asked for it!

1 : mushrooms are my all-time FAVORITE food. i can eat them any time of day and fixed in any matter. even raw. i love to take a raw mushroom and squish some shredded cheese on top and shove it in my mouth. Y-U-M-M-Y!

2 : orange juice goes with EVERYTHING. growing up it was pretty much the only thing i drank. i drank it with breakfast / lunch / dinner / snacks. i LOVE LOVE LOVE orange juice with chocolate. actually if i'm eating anything chocolate i crave orange juice. i know, it's a wierd combination. my husband (even after YEARS of this) is grossed out everytime.

3 : i am an only child. and it only took me a few years to figure out that i LOVE being an only child. even though i want a large family myself i can not imagine growing up any differently. i have the most amazing parents ever. i am still spoiled to this very day.

4 : i was in the band in high school. i played the flute and during football season i was a majorette and twirled a baton in sequin bathing suits at half-time. those were the days.

5 : i have an art degree. i started college in the architecture program, which is where i met my husband. but eventually decided to change majors. i do have my minor in architecture though. sometimes i wish i had stayed in it just so i would have had a difinitive career path. now i just work. no real career. although i don't really like the word career. it's so FINAL. like you don't have the option to change. i like to keep my options open. in all aspects of life. the happy, quirky little surprises along the way are what keep me going.


6 : my favorite place on earth is the beach. my parents and i have been going to florida (destin area) every summer since i was 6 years old. so it's almost like a second home to me. we have watched it grow from nothing more than a few hotels and mostly little houses on the beach to a booming touristy place with tons of high rise condos. it's wierd how much and how FAST it has changed. sometimes we talk about going somewhere else that isn't so busy, but we've been going there SO long it's difficult to imagine going somewhere else! michael & i went to the Dominican Republic for our honeymoon. LOVED it there. i adore the beach. i can't wait to take stella.


7 : i have a slight infatuation with hands. it is the first thing i look at on a person. any person. i have no idea why. grimy fingernails GROSS me out. but i still have to look. hands tell you so much about a person. i love to watch people who talk with their hands. sometimes if i'm around someone who does this i notice myself picking up their manerisms. odd but true.

8 : i absolutely HATE going to the grocery store. and i don't really enjoy cooking. i LOVE to bake, but not cook. this works out ok though because my husband just happens to be a FABULOUS cook and he enjoys it and does all (or almost all) of our grocery shopping. yep, i'm a VERY lucky girl. the downside to this is that when he is gone for even a day i revert back to college food. NEVER a good thing at my age :) but he always comes to my rescue. eventually.

EDITED : to tag Telissa