Of Bluebirds and Roses

Tagged!!

I've been tagged by Sonia, Shannon, and Ele, to list seven weird/random facts or habits about myself. Do you really want to know how weird I am? Well, here goes!

I attach "feelings" to inanimate objects. I've always done this. I thought my stuffed animals were alive, which might not be so unusual for a five year old, but I didn't outgrow it. My older brother tried to prove me wrong by throwing my teddy bear HARD against the ceiling, while saying in a taunting voice, "You think he's still alive now? Huh? You think he's still alive NOW??!!!" (he really was a good brother, but they all have their moments :) And I still give inanimate objects feelings...... like the last cookie on the plate. I'll say to myself "Poor little cookie is feeling lonely, he feels bad that all the other cookies were chosen to be eaten....." well, I can't just leave him on the plate feeling like that, can I? ;)

I'm both a morning and a night person. I love to stay up late, no matter how early I have to get up the next day. But then I'm also a morning person, and can be annoyingly chipper and talkative in the mornings.

In the grocery store, I never buy the first item on the shelf........ I have to reach behind the first box of spaghetti, etc., to get the second one that hasn't yet been "exposed". Weird, but my guys all know to never take the first one. (I also have trouble taking the last one -- "why is it still there? Is there something wrong with it?" -- I guess I should use Weird Fact #1 and tell myself it is lonely! :)

I have trouble pronouncing the words "conscious" and "conscience" differently from one another. I know how they should be pronounced, but I still have trouble getting them to come out right.

I am scared of the movie Wizard of Oz. It terrified me as a child, and to this day, I cannot stand to watch it.

I am a germophobic. I have this huge routine I follow if I have to use a public restroom. I don't want to touch anything, and certainly not after I've washed my hands. So I roll out the paper towels, then turn the water on and wash, then use that paper towel to turn off the water and to get another paper towel to dry on, which I then use to open the door, because people that have not washed their hands have touched that doorknob on their way out...... hey, it makes perfect sense to me!

I think mascots are hilarious!! Or anything that's dressed up in a mascot-type outfit. They are always smiling, no matter what is going on. Have you seen the clip of the (guy dressed up as a) Giant Taco, who falls down at a ball game and can't get back up because -- well, because he's a Giant Taco. But he's still smiling as he's trying to upright himself. Or the Huge Dinosaur that was at the Auto Sale, and the wind was blowing so hard that his inflatabale head was folded over by his shoulders -- but he still had this HUGE grin permanently drawn on his face? My youngest and I were rolling on the floor, in hysterics. (yes, he finds them hilarious too, which makes it even funnier! :)

So, there you go! Seven weird/random things about me. And I tag anyone who hasn't yet been tagged, that wants to play!