25 Random Things About Me

(My friends on facebook sent me this idea of posting random things about yourself awhile back. I thought I would post it here too. I forget all the weird things about myself so this is a way to help me remember them.)

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. Then pass it on to more people.


25. I am currently a meeting planner and marketing coordinator for my job but wish I could write a weekly column about being a mom instead. Or maybe be a movie critic. Or a food critic..... just anything else really.....

24. I never drank coffee or wine until I start dating my husband (thanks a lot babe for corrupting me!)

23. I am pretty good at impersonating people including some actors/actresses.

22. I do not really like living in Alabama even though I have met some really great and cool people here and even though it has sparked up my writing again. It just doesn't feel like "home."

21. I was on a synchronized swimming team for four years and even traveled to Washington D.C. with my team to compete in a national competition.





20. I met my husband on-line through match.com in 2001, way before it was a popular thing to do or advertised on TV.

19. My daughter is named after actress Vivien Leigh from Gone with the Wind. (but the actress' real name was spelled with an A in it. It was later misspelled by Hollywood studios)




18. I was captain of my high school dance team, the Raindancers, but I really hated being in charge of everyone and all the responsibilities that came with that.

17. I can write a poem about a person I know in usually less than ten minutes, complete with rhymes and funny sayings.

16. I passed out on Bourbon Street in New Orleans from drinking too many Hand Grenade drinks at the Tropical Oasis in 2001. (NEVER AGAIN!)

15. I have more virtual friends that I've never met than I do friends in real life - it's amazing how incredibly close I am to these wonderful women.

14. I practice sign language with my daughter almost every day. I have always had an interest in sign language and the deaf and blind. I volunteered with a blind girl my age back in 2004. And I admire Helen Keller.

13. I used to climb trees and read a book as a kid. I also used to pee in pools a lot as a kid. What? I was a kid, I didn't care. Hahahaha!

12. I lived in my husband's boss' office for four days after Hurricane Katrina. (in Slidell, Louisiana) That is where I had the one and only nervous breakdown in my life. It was stressful times....oh the stories I could share....

11. I really liked living in Ohio but had to look up where it was on a U.S. map when my husband received a call about a job there.




10. I have seen the Sistene Chapel in Italy. But I felt absolutely no religious or spiritual feelings while I was there and in Rome.

9. I take pictures of Vivian but never have any prints made of her. Hopefully our computer never crashes!

8. I envy people who have deep faith because I do not. I'm not sure I believe in God and I lie awake at night thinking about that sometimes.

7. I don't really enjoy the baby stage and can't wait for my daughter to be older so we can do fun things like make crafts, go shopping, and chalk-write on the sidewalk.

6. I chose to go to Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, LA because I didn't know a single person and I wanted a fresh start after high school.

5. I filled out an application to be a greeting card writer for Hallmark a few years ago. But then I found out the job was in Arkansas.....no thanks!

4. I have a terrible memory. That's why I need my friends to remind me of the funny and goofy things I have said and done over these years.

3. I have taught at least a dozen people how to do the Footloose line dance since nobody seems to remember it but me. I love Kevin Bacon!





2. I kept my 2008 Christmas stockings hanging up on our fireplace until the end of March 2009. Oops!

1. I considered being a Zumba fitness instructor at one time. And I tried out to be a Jazzercise instructor in August 2005. (I guess I will always have a love for dance).


So, did you learn something new about me? Who cares, right? You probably won't even read this far. Hahaha! Hopefully my random things didn't put you to sleep.