The Fives About Me

Thanks Amy! I won't lie, I think things like this are awesome!

5 Joys

(there are hundreds, it's hard to pick 5)

• Weldon and Jade/Family
• My Religion
• Beautiful Sunsets
• Interacting with nature(camping, hiking, walking, star gazing, swimming)
• A clean house

5 Fears

• That there will be an earthquake, fire or tornado in the night, and I won't be able to find my clothes and 72 hour kit (consequently Weldon taught me to leave my clothes by the bed at night instead of in the hamper) I'll probably still forget my clothes though!
• Losing Weldon
• That Weldon's Barber Shop will burn down (it seems like a lot of businesses go up in flames in our town; yes, we have fire insurance!)
• Being inadequate

5 Obsessions

• Time Management (I'm always trying to do better and I always feel like my life, when it comes to time, is spiraling out of control)
• Pleasing other people and worrying about them
• Making sure Jade is taken care of (especially eating enough, I realized I go overboard on the worry with that today at the doctor)
• Money Management
• When I make my bed, it has to be perfect with no wrinkles in the comforter (no I do not have OCD, but I was taught how to clean well as a child; my grandma's house is perfect and for some reason, I have always wanted to achieve that, but never have)

5 Things that are Surprising About Me

• I took swimming lessons when I was younger and they told me I was one of the best swimmers in my class. Well, all of a sudden one summer I jumped off the dock into Bear Lake and realized I could no longer swim! It was very freaky! I suddenly became scared of the deep water, but tried to suppress it. I was really embarrassed as a teenager because I was such a bad swimmer but I tried to hide it. I had to re-teach myself and finally when I was in college, the fear left me and I could swim again. I'm still slow, but I'm no longer scared. I know that seems weird seems how I grew up with a lake basically in my "backyard".
• When I was in 6th grade, I was in love with a "rebel". He had long hair and drove a 3-wheeler around our town of 100 people. One evening he came over and asked me to go for a ride with him on his 3-wheeler. Being the good girl that I was, I ran in and asked my mom. She said, "NO GET THE DISHES DONE!" So, I told him I had to do the dishes. Now, I don't remember the next turn of events. It's all a blur. Somehow, I ended up running away with him on the 3-wheeler about 30 minutes later. We were riding on this sweet "bike track" by the ditch about 1/4 mile down the road and we flipped upside down. and the boy and the 3-wheeler landed on top of me, taking a big piece of skin off my chin right below my lip. I won't lie it hurt. Anyways, he drove me back home and all the way I felt the fear of my dad deep within my soul. I got back to the yard, and my brother and sisters were out there. I was frantic trying to come up with a story to cover my skinned chin. I thought up all kinds of stuff and it all involved my siblings. Finally! The perfect lie came to my mind. I told my sister Carol that she had to cover for me and she was crying in a panic, she couldn't lie for me. I begged her, "Please, tell them we were playing on the horse trailer and I fell off and hit my lip on the side. PLEASE, PLEASE you have to!" She refused. "Crap", I thought, "what is going to happen to me?" Well, I went in the house covered my chin with a napkin, and tried to stop the bleeding in a non-obvious way. Then my dad noticed. "What happened to you?" Again it's all a blur of what happened at that point, but I ended up telling the truth and my dad was FURIOUS with me. He lectured me for a really long time and told me I had to read this huge book about forgiveness (way out of my league at that age) 'The Miracle of Forgiveness' Well, I never read it, I actually hid the book behind the bookcase hoping he would forget about it, and to this day I still feel guilty about it. Also, the sad face of Carol begging me not to make her lie for me still haunts my memories to this day.
• I've eaten dog food. (We were playing house when I was about 6 years old, and that is what I made for dinner. Yes, it tastes like it smells.)
• Some of my favorite music comes from groups like, Def Leppard, Slaughter, Firehouse, Poison, Tesla, and Ace of Base.
• I have a wildly active imagination and I also have extremely terrible nightmares, (not so bad in the last year). Sometimes the thought crosses my mind to consider writing a horror book or two. BUT, I have decided that I NEVER want to go there. I would scare myself to bad. And, as everyone probably knows, I won't even so much as come close to a scary movie or book!