10 surprising things:)

Thanks JBTC for tagging me in the 10 Surprising Things meme! Here goes nothing!

1. I am the most nonathletic person in my family. I always have been and I always will be. My 6 year old cousin has more athleticism than me. And, that's okay! Someone has to be on the sidelines cheering every one on. If you can't be an athlete, be an athletic supporter!

2. Not only am I nonathletic, I am also a major klutz. My parents always, always had a first-aid kit in their cars, in the camper, at home....just for me! I carry on the tradition but now I take care of my own bumps and bruises. If someone is going to get hurt, it'll be me!

3. I was a band-geek in school. Ate, slept and breathed my clarinet! Did concert band, marching band, pep band and got mad when I couldn't do jazz band. Band director said clarinets didn't belong in jazz band. Did he ever hear Benny Goodman do jazz? That director was missing out if he hadn't!

4. I once hit a garbage can driving into a blinding sunset. It was the start of my senior year and I was driving west heading to my aunt and uncle's house. I couldn't see a thing due to the sunset, crossed the center-line and smashed right into a trash-can! Luckily, it was rubber-made and bounced right over my car. No damage to me, the car or the trash-can.

5. I don't visit the graves of my loved ones very often. I think of my dad and grandparents every day. They are with me all the time. It makes me so sad to see the trinkets and items left at grave sites. I can sympathize with people who do visits graves regularly but I know my loved ones are not there.

6. I love Laura Ingalls Wilder. Seriously, I love her. I wanted to teach in a one-room school in the middle of nowhere when I grew up. You know, they still have one-room schools? I have her children's books, several biographies, a photo scrap-book and a Little House cookbook. I got into a huge fight with my hubby and our friends when we drove out to South Dakota because they wouldn't drive just 20 miles to DeSmet where the Ingall's family finally settled and Laura met Almanzo. I got mad, too, because they kept calling Almanzo, Alphonzo. Yes, I hold a grudge!

7. I have an unhealthy addiction to long-sleeved t-shirts. I have way too many but I can't stop myself!

8. Even though I am nonathletic I love running shoes. They make me feel slightly more athletic. And, a little bit taller.

9. I don't do the lawn. I think I've mown a lawn once in my entire life and that was at a friend's house when we were teenagers and I helped her with her chores.

10. The only book I have ever started and been unable to finish was Last of the Mohican's. I hated that book with a passion but I loved the movie.

And, that's it! I tag the following gals. Play along if you want but I won't be offended if you don't!

Sew Infertile (Sorry..you got me into blogging in the first place!)
Hope and Faith (I know you're on the road but you're almost there!)
Allie's Pursuit of Motherhood
Little Catholic Bubble
Life From Inside the Wheelbarrow