A Twisted Arm, A Gypsy And 7 Things
I met a delightful SEO ‘mad scientist’ the other day who greeted me warmly with a ‘welcome to the madness’ message after a short exchange. When he greeted me the next morning with a friendly hello and informed me he had gone more than 30 hours of sleep, I knew the day would prove to be interesting.
I was right.
A short time later, he reappeared and tagged me to do this little post. I won’t mention any names (Hello, David Harry of Huomah.Com. I’m sure you will read this when you wake up), but I am now responsible for revealing seven things that others may not know about me.
Trying to come up with something that won’t earn me relentless teasing later on was a bit difficult, but I think I have come up with a list of seven as well as a wonderful tidbit at the end that I didn’t write. It isn’t written particularly well, but it is the best blog post I’ve ever read. I couldn’t help but share.
1- I have a thing for frogs. Not just real ones either. They have taken over my bathroom, and are appearing throughout my house including my favorite apparel. I have everything from frog shower hooks and toothbrushes, to frog clocks and light fixtures.
I have no idea why. Is this even normal? This might just fall into the odd category.
2- At one point, we had a hermit crab, fish, two cats, a dog, three kids, and the two of us all living in the same house. Can you say zoo? Now that the older boys have moved out of home, the house is considerably quieter. We are also down to one cat, and the fish.
I’m an animal fanatic, so I actually miss the little critters. I have contemplated getting a ferret, but so far, I’ve been able to talk myself out of it.
3- When I was little, I had my heart set on being a ballet dancer. After realizing I had more klutz in me than grace, I opted for the orchestra pit instead. I started playing at the age of ten. I thought I would always have forensic science to fall back on, but obviously that didn’t get any farther than the ballet dancing.
4- Located approximately twenty minutes south of my home, the Cypress Hills is one of my favorite places in the entire world. We take all kinds of pictures, fish, hike, have hot dog roasts, and generally spend as much time as possible here. When there are few tourists around, you can sit for hours in the quiet and tranquil surroundings. For interest sake, ‘Bald Butte’ (located in the center of the park) is the highest point in Canada between the Rockies in British Columbia, and the Laurentians in Quebec.
5- I have an obsession for music. It plays with or without audio equipment 24/7. Once I quit performing professionally, this obsession led me to karaoke. While it may sound odd, this love affair with karaoke led me to a job as a DJ when I was flat broke, my loving second hubby (who lived with the couple who owned the karaoke company), and my first article sale. To add yet another twist to the story, I knew the family of my hubby’s ex-wife before I knew him from a completely different town. We discovered this fact months after we met. Small world.
6- I wake up each morning with thoughts of a new day. Life is too hard to live it any other way. When a new day breaks, my goal is to live with my eyes, heart, mind, and arms open. This doesn’t mean that I don’t slip up, but I will definitely give it my best shot.
7- I’ve got my entire retirement planned out. I’m going to strike it rich. I’m selling my house. I’m buying an old castle, and moving to Austria. No negotiations. I was there on a national tour in 1996, and the feeling of stepping on that soil has never left. The only thing left is to convince hubby to share that winning ticket he has hiding.
Now for the ‘guest post’ I promised earlier from my favorite blogger. It is my soon-to-be 8 year old’s first post.
The World Is A Place
The world is a place. A wonderful place because it has flowers and grass and trees and this world is where we are. We live in Saskatchewan and I think the world is a really cool place.
I thought it seeing the world through his eyes really put things into perspective. He has gone through so much, but the world is still a really cool place.
You can almost hear the hope and optimism in his voice.
I need to tag people. I am in the midst of hunting down addresses, but I will update them as I hunt them down.
My chosen victims are:
1- Michele Tune of WritingtheCyberHighway.com (@MicheleTune) — Freelance writer
2- Trina Lee of Professional Content Writing (@TrinaMLee) Writer and Author (with a preference for werewolves and vampires)
January 20, 2009 at 12:19 pm | Lighter Side | 5 comments
See?? Was that so bad? Other than the fact i may start callin’ ya ‘frogger’ or some related nickname :0)
I am a huge animal lover as well – 3 dogs, 1 cat and 2 kittens, 2 snakes, 2 lizards and a tarantula – hee hee – And strangely I also enjoy music and have playd guitar and piano for more than 20 years… no wonder we get along
Now hurry up and finish harassing some more (ex?) friends…
Dave’s last blog post..The trail has been nominated for some SEMMYs
lol Pushy, pushy! I’m glad you learned something about me. I think
This was such a fun read! I didn’t know you were so into frogs! I’ll have to remember that…..
Christine OKelly’s last blog post..How I Ranked A Brand New Site In Google & Yahoo’s Top 10 Within 3 Weeks
Yes, they are rather quite an obsession. In fact, my last purchase was a handmade wool frog swinging on the rope of the necklace. Gotta love Etsy
Still don’t know why lol
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