Since I Can't Get My Mind Off The Evil That Is Michigan

Well, I've been blog tagged by BFF Good Joo. This is like the '80s version of chain letters, which I never enjoyed and never participated in. I also do not enjoy anything that makes me write the word blog in my issues, we all know how I feel about that vomitous word. However, it gets me off my ass and makes me write something....rather than what I was doing....contemplating slitting my wrists if I see one more nefarious snowflake. Since it's not stopped snowing in days and the snowflakes have piled up to many feet of snow, I was clearly not inclined to do much about that either.

I guess the point is to write 6 things about myself that are not well known. How Good Joo and Bad Joo could write that they love to swear for answer number one is well beyond me as that is the first thing everyone learns about them. I too, am pretty much an open book except for a few of the more dramatic things in my life which I certainly am not going to get into in my issues, ever. So I will do my best to come up with something at least a little off the wall, if not completely unknown. Also, to further my point with the whole chain letter thing, I absolutely refuse to pass this on. That's my stand for the day.

1. Ice freaks me out. I hate touching it and I won't let a cube touch my teeth or mouth. I don't mind it in a McDonalds cup, I can't see it and the straw won't let it into my mouth. If I have to get cubes out for someone's drink I can force myself to do it, but it gives me the heebie jeebies, like scratching a chalkboard.

2. I'm a tee-totaler. I haven't had a single alcholic drink since I was 21 1/2 years old. Yes, for those of you that can add, that's just about 14 years. I was never a good drinker and after breaking my foot during a little shoving match at the bar and not knowing said foot was broken because I was so drunk, thus walking all over town on it and making it worse, I realized I might end up with a drinking problem if I didn't stop.

3. As my last item may have alerted you, I have a bit of a problem with becoming easily addicted to things. Like to the point of obsession. My current obsessions include, but are not at all limited to: loathing Michigan, Playmobil, thrift stores, Swiffering, hating Mattel, and staying away from any addictive legal or illegal type drugs including alcohol, cigarettes, and caffeinated sodas. And god help us if I get my hands on all 3 at once.

4. My left boob is bigger than my right, always has been, can't blame my kids for that one.

5. I played with Barbie dolls until I was 14 years old, which swiftly turned into the obsessive doll collecting that my husband now enjoys.

6. Cell phones stress me out. Mine is very simple and I haven't even mastered it yet. I've never texted anyone and I don't have any idea how or if my phone could even do it. I got one of the first "cell" phones. It was a bag phone and I got it back in 1996 from a company that doesn't even exist anymore. I rarely used it, but I kept it until 2000 just because it was easier than figuring out all the new cell phones. When I went in to replace it the sales guy had never even seen one before, he replaced it with a newer model, one that now would look huge, and I got a plan with no minutes because I had no intentions of learning how to use the new one. I kept that one until 2 years ago, I had maybe used it 3 times, when I got a Tracfone. I do use my new phone.....just not with enthusiasm. I just don't love a cell phone.

Well, that's my 6. I feel that this is a very long, thoughtful post, one which I should be proud of with as busy as I am and all the things I have to do. Of which I was doing none, but how can I really be expected to concentrate on my "to do" list when snow is piling up over my door? Every. Single. Day.