1. I have beautiful handwriting. Block printing, D'Nealian, cursive, you name it, and I can write that way.
2. I'm good at reading out loud. Just ask my preschoolers.
3. I still like to skip.
4. I don't drink, but it doesn't bother me if you do. I can go out with friends and act just as stupid sober as they do a little on the drunk side, and it didn't cost me more than the price of a Diet Coke.
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| They're all shit-faced, except for me. Every last one of them.... |
5. I make the best caramel popcorn you will ever eat. No lie.
6. I can read a map and follow highway directional signs. That is very awesome if you happen to be married to someone who can do neither.
7. When I color, I stay inside the lines.
8. I make Halloween costumes or costumes for school plays or projects without using a pattern. I get material (or sometimes repurpose something I found at a thrift store) and sew it just by guess and by golly.
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| I replicated this... |
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| ...by making THIS for National History Day. |
9. I can pack a car trunk like nobody's business.
10. I try to comment on most blog posts I read, especially link ups, and I always reply when someone comments on my posts.
11. I always pick the check out line that is the slowest, so if you see me waiting in a line, pick another one. You're welcome.
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| Yeah, not if I'M standing in line. |
12. I don't sweat the small stuff. Paper or plastic? Whatev.
13. I'm very flexible. Unless it involves Thanksgiving dinner, then not so much.
14. I'm always game to go out to lunch.
15. I'M A ONE YEAR BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR, BABY!
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Linking to Mama Kat's Writer's Workshop. Prompt #1 15 Reasons You're Awesome.
You are totally awesome! Loved your post.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Carol! It was a fun prompt.
DeleteDyanne, I am probably standing behind you in line right now. I swear it's true!!
ReplyDeleteI warned you not to follow me!
DeleteYay for breast cancer survivors! My mom is one, too! And, a friend at my church. She's my age! I wish I had good handwriting. Mine has always been atrocious, and it only gets worse!!
ReplyDeleteThanks! Good luck and good health to your mom and your friend from me.
DeleteI could teach you penmanship. I'm a professional.
Oh, and the sewing really impresses me!
ReplyDeleteThe reason I sew that way is because I can't follow a pattern without something major screwing up.
DeleteAwesome handwritting = envious me! I have the penmanship of a serial killer. Love your list...and your shirt made me smile! (I just lost my Mom to colon cancer last month...)
ReplyDelete*clickin in from MamaKat*
I could never kidnap anyone, because my handwriting on the ransom note would give me away immediately.
DeleteSo sorry about your mom. That must be difficult.
The shirt is great, isn't it?
I love your shirt and congratulations on one year cancer free!
ReplyDeleteThank you! The shirt was a gift from my friend Jennifer at my Ta Ta to the Ta Ta's party before my surgery.
DeleteWith almost every single one I was thinking, "Me, too!" All but 2, actually. I have not had cancer, and I can't make caramel popcorn. I do love to eat it, though, so feel free to make some for me anytime.
ReplyDeleteYou've had your share of health concerns, though (the least of which would be your recent ankle fiasco). I will make you caramel popcorn, but it will now have to wait until fall, because the humidity would make it just one big, gooey mass of soggy popcorn. That will give you something to look forward to alllll summer :)
DeleteOh congrats on being cancer-free. I LOVED your t-shirt. As for staying in the lines, I'm pretty good at that too!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I don't get into much of the pink ribbon stuff, but I LOVE that shirt!
DeleteWhat's better than a new box of crayons and a color sheet, anyway?
Great list. Coloring is a work of art almost as much as packing a car trunk. Thats a very valuable talent.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I make amazing use of the space I'm given in a car trunk. I attribute the skill to all those hours I played Tetris. It wasn't such a waste of time after all!
DeleteOh, you are awesome....so awesome. Love the photo of you in that sassy t-shirt celebrating life. Amazing!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! I am all about the power of positive thinking!
DeleteI am impressed and applauding many of these, esp #15, but I gotta say I cannot stop thinking about that caramel corn...
ReplyDeleteThanks, Amy! Do I need to put you on the caramel corn waiting list?
DeleteSee, with #14, you and I would be fast friends. I spend a good chunk of every day thinking about lunch! It's sort of a hobby.
ReplyDeleteAnd congrats on #15.
Thank you! And, yeah, I'm not big on breakfast foods. And dinner means I have to cook it. That leaves lunch. 12:30 good for you?
Delete8 and 9- me too! Let's start a club!
ReplyDeleteHooray for breast cancer survivors - I have two in my circle. LOVE your shirt. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! I love the shirt, too! I guess I should have listed my new boobies as one of my awesome traits, but I've devoted a lot of blog time to them already.
Deletewow, so many awesome things!! i also tend to choose the slowest checkout line ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much! Yeah, the checkout line thing is really a gift....
DeleteI used to have beautiful handwriting...then I became a nurse. ;) and I ALWAYS manage to choose the slow checkout lines too.
ReplyDeleteI also write very slowly, so I never would have made it as a nurse (like that's the only reason). And even after evaluating several checkout line options, I STILL manage to choose the slowest one. I'm that good.
DeleteYay for surviving breast cancer! That one all alone makes you awesome! I'm also in awe of the fact that you can sew, read a map, follow directions, and pack a car trunk. All talents that I have successfully screwed up multiple times. However, I will be right behind you in the slowest checkout line. That's my best talent!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I learned to sew on my great aunt's treadle machine and can only go forwards and backwards, but I can turn out a decent costume. Map Skills via Weekly Reader in grade school. Tetris champ makes for trunk packer. The line thing is just bad luck.
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