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10 Things About Me Rules

Here's how you play. Once you've been tagged you have to write a blog of ten weird, random things, facts or habits about yourself. At the end, you choose five people to be tagged, listing their names and why you chose them to be tagged. Don't forget to leave them a comment "You're it!" and tell them to read your blog. You can't tag the person who tagged you. Since you can't tag that person back, let her know when you've posted your blog so she can read your answers.

10 Things About Me...I was tagged by Sara

1. I can do this very strange clover-leaf-thing with my tongue. Sorry for the possibly disturbing image...yikes, my nose looks enormous!

2. I have quite the knack for breaking my toes. This is especially surprising, given how graceful I am (please note that this last statement is DRIPPING with sarcasm).

3.) I really don't watch a lot of TV, but have become addicted to "Make Me A Supermodel". I can't believe that I have just admitted this.

4.) If you know me, you know that I love to bake. I make the best cookies in the world. This is not an exaggeration, or me just talking myself up. I do make the best cookies in the world. Really.

5.) I love doing anything craftsy. I adore sewing. I have fun knitting. I enjoy scrapbooking (although I rarely find the time to do it). I get a kick out of making jewelry. I LOVE to make things. I truly believe, upon seeing something in a store or craft fair, that I can do it better. I should get off my high horse.

6.) I dream of having a cute little sandwich shop/bakery.

7.) I am fairly shy, and have been in my comfortable bubble for quite a while, and so have decided within this past year, to step out of this comfort zone, and have done a few things. I have become a demonstrator for Uppercase Living (mostly to meet new people). And, I have just accepted a great opportunity and have taken a new job at Staple & Spice Market (a health food store), and will be leaving Someone's In the Kitchen, where I began working 10 years ago!

8.) I was a French major in college, and planned to minor in Russian (didn't happen). I also studied German for a year, and have learned a decent amount of Spanish on my own. I love languages, and regularly speak to my kids in French. I also read them books in French at night.

9.) My senior year in high school was bad. School wasn't bad, everything with me was bad. I was in "West Side Story" for our spring musical, which was right around prom. I was a Shark girl, and, along with the other Shark girls, thought that it would be a great idea to self-tan before the play, so we would look Puerto Rican. We looked orange. Plus, for prom, I had 2 dates. Believe it or not, that wasn't a fun time. Ugh.

10.) I find a strange satisfaction in ironing. It's very soothing and relaxing. PLUS, there really is nothing as wonderful as freshly-laundered and ironed pillowcases. I am weird.

Tag! You're it:
Amanda-my sister, the "good" sister
Amy-my sister, the "rebel" sister
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I don't know if anyone else blogs...if you do, consider yourself tagged, and let me know!

Emma...the gymnast

Have I mentioned before that Emma is taking gymnastics at the Y? Every Wednesday morning, she puts on her little leotard, and we go to her class. She does all of the events (except vault, of course!). She loves the balance beam (because she gets to twirl ribbons while she does it), and she loves crawling around on the floor over and through all of the obstacles. She is getting very strong, too, from all of her hanging on the bars and the beam. This summer, we are going to put Matt in a parent/child gymnastics class, too. Emma did that last fall, and has moved up to pre-school gymnastics. Man, do you remember playing gymnastics as little kids? Especially you, Sara Lee Pie...we ALWAYS scored 10 on every event (especially the balance beam in my basement!), and we always wanted to be Mary Lou Retton. Fun times... (oh, sorry about the crooked picture)

The dresses!

As promised, here are the pictures of the first 2 little dresses that I sewed for Emma. She is really proud of these dresses, and wants to show them to everyone! I am happy with how they turned out. Of course, as I was trying to take Emma's picture, Matty decided that he had to be in on the action! The purple dress with the appliqueed flower is actually a halter dress, and I think that I am going to do more in this style. The polka dot dress ties at each shoulder, and is also cute, but I really just love the halter! I have just pinned the pattern for the next dress...a red bandana-type print! Stay tuned!