Blog Awards!!!

My friend Jessie graced me with the awards shown here. I think you all know her, but if not, drop by her blog. She's one of those people you'll feel like you've known for years. She helped by combining these into a single requirement--share 10 random things about yourself. Since I have way over-shared here, I may end up repeating myself.

1. I like sardines. No one else in my family does, though.
2. My earliest pet memory is about a beagle named BugleAnn (and her brother Bugle). I remember hiding from her behind a tree while looking for an opportunity to run into the house. She liked to chase me and then she'd bite my shorts and try to pull them down. I was hiding because I was wearing my last pair of shorts!
3. My mom and dad both grew up on farms.
4. My parents had their kids in an orderly fashion: 3 girls first, then 3 boys, with alternating eye color: green, blue, green, blue, green, blue. Weird!
5. I have oddly hard fingernails. It comes in handy, but they can be a hazard if I don't keep them well trimmed--so I do!
6. In the 2nd grade I had a real rabbit's foot--my dad hunted. I think he gave it to me as a joke. I only got to take it to school once before my grandmother confiscated it.
7. I like old expressions, such as: precious as hen's teeth; drop a dime; hothouse flower; flim-flam; 2nd story man; and...I can't think of any more at the moment. I picked them up from my grandpa.
8. When we were forced to square dance in elementary school PE (physical education) class, I enjoyed it.
9. Apples are on my grocery list year-round.
10. The goofy post about mining for diamonds is the only time fiction has appeared on my blog.
    
    

I had to list really random and obscure items to make it to 10--after I post this I'll probaby think of 20 better things I should have shared instead. Hopefully I'll remember to write them down somewhere!

I want to pass these awards onto Dana, Jing, Megan, Mel, Leah, Amy, Rebekah, Manju, Ana, Ibyang, Khim, and Sonia.

Have a great weekend everyone. I hope to blog next week about the game-show game we used to play at home when I was growing up. It's name included the name of a candy bar. =)