I was thinking in the car today about how weird it is that Karl didn't know me before high school, as didn't 80% of my current friends so I started thinking about weird parts of my history that really help make up who I am... enter one of my favorite things: a list. A list of 25 things about me you may or may not know. Enjoy. Or fall asleep.
1. I've never broken a bone or had stitches
2. I didn't think I suffered from claustrophobia until I got married and Karl started cuddling me a lot... now I think I do.
3. When it comes to food, I am extreme and a little obsessive. See this post
4. I spent 1st-3rd grades living in Atlanta, Georgia and 4th grade in St. Louis, Missouri.
5. I loved Georgia and hated Missouri... everyone called me Ginger Spice in Missouri.
6. In 6th grade I was the tiniest girl in the grade
7. because of #6, at a friends birthday party, a bully picked me up by my overalls and punched me. Yep.
8. I remember the first time my mom said a bad word. I was 8, she said "crap" and I cried. Damaged goods, this girl.
9. I credit my mom for teaching me how to hold my own when interacting with stubborn store managers
10. I've talked my way out of an U of A parking ticket- I think this is worthy of listing.
11. My mom wouldn't let my sister's and I start to shave our legs until we had "the talk" with her
12. "the talk" would happen when you stayed home from school sick
13. I had perfect attendance until 7th grade... that was no accident.
14. I now have a love/hate relationship with bribery and leverage so Karl & I have a "no bribery" policy
15. Me & my older sister, Callie, kept a basket full of junk in our rooms as "prizes" to get our little sisters to do our chores for us and to not tattle on us when we hurt them
16. I H-A-T-E dancing shows and I have no idea why- so you think you can dance, dancing with the stars... they all make me want to rip my eyes out
17. I'm obsessed with babies
18. I'm a makeup snob/label holder
19. Since weaning from my daily wedding blog reads, I've moved on to interior design blogs
20. When my family moved back to Texas when I was 10, we lived with my cousins while we looked for a house... that means there were 8 girls between the ages of 4 & 14 under 1 roof.
21. #20 comprised the most fun months of my life; I don't think our dads can say the same.
22. When I was in nursing school, sometimes I ignored the call lights during clinicals... shameful
23. Karl & I eat hot dogs for dinner at least once a week
24. I rarely eat dessert- not much of a sweet tooth at all. Chips, on the other hand...
25. My favorite thing to purchase- pillows. I LOVE pillows.
Hannah K.C. Burton
ha...LOVED this post!
ReplyDeleteI can't believe we all lived together in one house...our parents were crazy but I remember LOVING it!
Also, I laughed, literally OUT LOUD when you talked about becoming claustrophobic (maybe b/c I just might think the same thing)
thanks for the laugh
#17- you can have mine for the first 6 months of life. i really hate newborns.
ReplyDelete#22- i'm sure those nurses didn't care. i don't think patients should be allowed to have call lights. if they're well enough to yell at me, they're not sick enough to be in my ER.
#24- amen, sister.
Pretty much the whole first year of our marriage Shane was appalled/embarrassed at the way I talked to incompetent sales people. Thirteen years of marriage to him has mellowed my personality out a lot. It will happen to you too. Oh, and I always tell Shane that he is claustrophobing me. I know that's not a real word, but no other word works quite as well. You can use it if you want.
ReplyDeleteAllison
Linc- look at what Allison said. Apparently this is normal and not just us?
ReplyDeleteHannah, oh how I wish I were a north Texas resident because I would take you up on your offer, although I have a feeling Bekah might love newborns as much as I do so I'm sure she can be your surrogate.
Hahaha, Allison, Karl BEGS me to just eat the hamburger that came the wrong way or to just wait in the car while he goes to talk to some imbecile of an office worker. I could use a little mellowing- that shouldn't come as news to you though.
i'm very impressed with number 10.
ReplyDeletei want to apologize about number 16...
i'm not surprised by 23.
and i miss you!