As promised in my previous post, here’s the first completion of several tags I was blind-sided with. Mike wanted to know "8 Things", so eight things, it is. I don’t think I’ve posted any of this before, but I’m much too lazy to go back into the archives and confirm that.
1) Whenever I go pretty much anywhere, if I’m the person driving, I slip my car keys onto my right pinkie finger and carry them instead of putting them in my purse or pocket. This is NOT a good habit and I have no idea when it began.
2) Although I’m right handed, I cannot snap with my right fingers. They look like they’re snapping but don’t make any noise. My left fingers snap just fine.
3) I’m pretty sure I have the ugliest tongue in the world….past, present or future. My children agree with this and for fun, they get me to show it to their friends :/. There’s no doubt people would pay money at a Circus Freak Show to see it. Saving grace? at least I’m not the bearded lady.
4) I order food in a restaurant like Meg Ryan’s character in
"When Harry Met Sally"…not that there’s anything wrong with that…!
5) When I’m tanning, I do whatever I have to to avoid tan lines on my back and shoulders. This befuddles my husband since I haven’t worn a strapless dress in YEARS….but I HAVE worn halters, so that’s close enough.
6) I torture photograph my children three times a year and it’s ALWAYS a production. Christmas, Easter and while we’re at the beach. We have a formula: I beg threaten coerce manipulate bribe beat them into submission sweetly ask them to cooperate and they lovingly agree immediately comply give me "the look". We take a thousand pictures and always manage to get one or two really good ones. More of those, though, in my Kiawah "Top Ten", coming up eventually soon.
7) I fantasize a
bout would love to be a Sommelier…not just a sommelier, but a Master Sommelier. Not because I’m a lush…or because I’m haughty or arrogant or a know-it-all…or because I wanna give a finger to the SBC. I just think it’d be cool to be a wine expert…to understand the subtleties and complexities and richness and qualities of every bottle known to man…and to know how to pair a bottle with a meal that would compliment and enrich the enjoyment of both…and to help people choose a wine they would rave about and remember FOREVAH.
8) I always sleep on the left side of the bed, even when we’re traveling. Otherwise I’m totally disoriented.
Want a relatively easy post to write? Consider yourself tagged…so many of you have done this already BUT I CAN’T REMEMBER WHO so I wouldn’t know who to tag. If you decide to do it, lemme know–I’d love to read your eight things :).
You are SOOOOO AWESOME!!! I’m so glad you did this. It has made my day 🙂
BTW, why does your one boy look so not-happy?
And you’ll have to explain the food ordering thing. I vaguely remember the movie. But I don’t recall that part.
Thanks for participating.
First of all, When Harry Met Sally is my favorite movie of all time!
Second of all, I’m with you on the Sommelier thing. Actually, I’ve come a long ways. My dream is to be a vineyard owner. How cool would that be!
Great list Robin. I know what you mean about the photos, my eldest hates having his taken so I have to sneak photos of him when he’s not paying me much attention.
When Harry Met Sally is one of my all time favorites – and I think Sally was a doll – so I think I could handle being in a restaurant with you! (hee hee)
Love the kids picture – even if they don’t all look happy to be in it!
C’mon, no picture to go with #3?!
#4 is a favorite movie I’ve seen dozens of times, yet still watch when it’s on.
#6 Love the photo, beautiful kids.
If you achieve #7 I’ll hire you!
#9 I have to be on the right side of the bed or I’m totally disoriented.
MikeY, Thomas isn’t sad, he’s actually probably the most photogenic of my kids…BUT, he doesn’t smile with his teeth showing usually (he’s missing 8 permanent teeth…on top, he has only his two front teeth then huge gaps, on the bottom, his four front teeth, then huge gaps).
Heather, I love it! Your own vineyard would be just too cool :).
Beccy, I got some of those, too…a few turned out really well.
Karmyn, one of the reasons I used that one was b/c of the sky behind it… And going to a restaurant with you? Why, my bluddy, I think we’d have a fabulous time no matter what I ordered! 😀
Kila, name your price ;). And, I guess, if we ever HAD to, we’d make good bed partners. Gee that sounds weird, lol.
Maybe we are related Robin. I cannot snap my right fingers on my right hand either, and I can’t wink my left eye. I can close both eyes and can wink the right eye but not the left. Weird, Huh!
I do not want to be a Sommelier, but that is a neat word to say.
Maybe you could practice sommelier-ing by beginning as a tomato sommolier. “Ah madame, for you, I would choose ze Beefsteak tomahto becuze eet has ze aroma of ze earth. For you, monsier, you weel have ze Currant tomahto for eets smahll size to pair weeth your shreemp.”
It’s just EXACTLY like being a wine sommelier, don’t you think? Exactly. Tomatoes can be memorable too, you know.
Jeepers, I thought your daughter was YOU in that beach picture. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
I definitely think you need to post a photo of your tongue.
Just lurved reading more about you. When you have the time, check out my daughter’s tongue on her birthday post in November. We need to see a picture of your tongue so we can determine how ugly it is.
what makes a tongue ugly… apparently not your words…as they are always wonderful, entertaining, and above reproach.
So it has to have something to do with your taste buds ????
hmmmm
oops.I forgot to change myself from the wicked witch when I left Australia and Willowtree.
You want to be an African??
Yay to wine! Wine is good (whine is bad.)
Molly, sommelier, sommelier, yep, I just like to say it, sis ;).
Erin, Ooooo, you speak French so well! Ooo la la, mon amie :). BUT….I HATE TOMATOES! As a born and bred Southerner, I realize this is a grave sin…but, alas, I shall be no tomato sommelier…
T.O.B. and Swampy…I’m starting to feel pressure…”WALK AWAY FROM THE LIGHT…NOW!!!”
Wicked Witch aka Pamela aka ME2, well, now, aren’t you blowing some sweet air up my skirt? Feels n i c e :). I knew it was you, I could tell by the slant of your writing ;).
Willowtree, do they have ugly tongues, too? 😉
Nikki, Agree and agree :D.
I’m not exactly a sommelier, but I work in a fine dining establishment and I do know th basics. LOL. I’m turning into a bit of a wine snob in my old age.
Huh, Robin? Contest? Prizes? What? Did I miss something?
I don’t about the tongues, but I know there’s a lot of Africans in Sommelier. That’s the one next that dance, you know the Shake Djibouti.
What do YOU recommend, Michelle?
Heather, if you hadn’t of gone to that “toddlin’ town” you would’ve known…!
WT, can you pronounce that, please? Funny boy, you are. Smart, rockin’ funny m.a.l.e.:)