Hi everyone! I just thought I'd share a few interesting and fun facts about me. Some of these things you may know and some you may be surprised by. :) ENJOY!
1. My great-great-grandfather helped design the Seattle Space Needle.
2. My great-great-grandmothers on both sides of my family are 100% Native American. Hard to believe considering how white I am. Haha! I also have German, Irish, English and Polish. I think those genes took over! You could tell that my dad was part Indian because when he was tan, he was red. I'm pretty sure that I'm part Cherokee and part Choctaw. You can tell my mom is part Indian because her hair is so dark, it's almost black.
3. Growing up, I had 4 sets of grandparents (both sets of grandparents remarried) and I got to meet and know my great-grandparents.
4. In 8th grade, I had Scarlet Fever! If you ever tell me that you have strep or you THINK you or your child might, don't be offended when I quickly back away! It is caused by strep. My sister was a carrier and we didn't know it. I will remember that week for the rest of my life. I didn't eat at all and barely drank anything for 7 days.
5. At the age of 12, I was a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. I bet you didn't see that one coming! Yep! It's true!
6. I have moved more in my adult life more than most people do in a LIFETIME! Thanks KCS Railroad! Though I am very happy where I am right now and it has been nice seeing and living in new places. I've met a lot of great people along the way.
7. The day Lance offered me his phone number as he said "If anything ever happens with you and your b/f, call me", that night, my then boyfriend broke up with me with this statement (after he had belittled me for buying a like-new car) .... Let me start over so it makes sense....As he was putting me down, I told him that my mother had low self esteem because my father talked to her that way sometimes and this is what he said....'If you think I'm going to turn you into your mother, then we might as well break up now.' Yeah. Idiot. He came begging back the next day saying he was joking. Um. I don't think so. It wasn't a joke to me. Well, now the joke is on HIM!! Anyway, FATE had it's way that day. So glad I met the love of my life ! Funny how life works. God had a plan.
8. I have OCD tendencies. :) I'm not a perfectionist but I like things to look pretty and correct. I hair or fuzz on someone shirt, tag sticking out, one sleeve edge folded up, drives me nuts !!!!! If you look in my towel cabinet, they are all folded exactly the same and they look nice and presentable. Even my wash cloths are all facing the same direction. Just the other day, I put a spice back in the spice cabinet and immediately opened it back up to turn the label to the front. Yeah. I'm OCD. Ask my siblings. :) If I'm counting something, it bothers me when it lands on an odd number. Ok. Now I just sound weird. It's true though.
9. After biting my nails most of my life, I've finally broken the habit!! Mostly! Haha! I finally have long nails. I've never been able to say that.
10. I have a Medical Transcription certificate that I haven't been able to use because when I finished my courses, all the companies I could apply for required 2-5 yrs experience. What the heck!!
11. I love surgery/hospital/emergency shows! It sort of makes sense now. When I was in middle school and high school, my 3 siblings and I had one night per week that we could choose what we wanted to watch that night. I think my day was Tuesday and I chose it because that's when Rescue 911 came on. That was my favorite show!!! I loved it!
12. I've had 4 boyfriends, 3 of those were long lasting relationships. One was 3 yrs (my first love), one 2 yrs and the last and final one is about 9 yrs together so far!
13. I want to be spontaneous but I'm not. I like to have a plan. I think I need a push to be spontaneous. It's not that I WON'T do anything spontaneous, I'm just cautious.
14. I'm actually very shy. If I feel comfortable with someone, I open up pretty quickly but a lot of times, I sit there quietly because I don't know what to say or I'm nervous and uncomfortable. This is usually in crowds of more than just one on one.
15. I've NEVER had a speeding ticket !!! The only ticket I've ever had was because my inspection sticker was expired (by a few days) and I didn't realize it. It was dropped so I guess technically that one doesn't count. :) Right?
16. Though I've never had a wreck where I was driving (thank the LORD!), I have been in a few wrecks though. My first one that I remember....I was with my mom and siblings and I was sitting in the front seat. We were going down a quiet road behind an 18 wheeler when all of a sudden, the truck starting backing up towards us. My mom started backing up as well and backed into a gravel drive to get out of his way. Apparently, that's where the truck was going too because he backed right into us and onto the hood of the car. My mom had nowhere to go. Scary moment!!!! As she's laying on the horn, he has no clue he's hitting us. He finally stopped because he blew a tire. Needless to say, he lost is license. I was in another accident when I was in middle school. My mom's power steering went out in a curve and we hit another car. We were all fine luckily.
17. I've had 2 broken bones in my lifetime. My pinky toe (Thanks NICKI!).....and my tailbone which was broken because I was pushed almost off of my own trampoline, hitting my tailbone in the process. I have permanent issues with that one. Nothing I can't handle though. I've had only one surgery in my lifetime and it was from having Kiya. OUCH!
18. When I was a child, my arm constantly dislocated itself at the elbow.
19. I'm a southpaw.
20. At the age of 16 or 17, I found out that I am allergic to egg whites and shellfish. Someone might need to know this one day. Certain medications have these in them. Also allergic to penicillin.
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