Quirks R Us

[celticdragonfly]

a. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
b. Tag seven people to do the same.
c. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag "whoever wants to do it".

1. Although I am not fluent in German by any means, nonetheless I have been known to slip into German occasionally for a few words.
   
   
2. I grind my teeth in my sleep. I wish I didn't. It's caused problems. Right now it seems to be causing the growth of a bone spur, and I have to go see an orthodontic surgeon next week.
   
   
3. Like my dad before me, I do mix up my kids' names. However, I almost always get the gender right. I end up mixing up Brendan's and Jamie's names, or Maggie's and Alanna's, but rarely across gender.
   
   
4. I am not much for eating typical cooked vegetables. However, I adore salads, and have a lot of raw veggies I enjoy in them.
   
   
5. It used to be that when I tried a new form of fiber arts, I'd be sure that I couldn't do it, that it would be too hard. Actually, this isn't just true for fiber arts, but many other things, too. Then I'd get into it, and find that I did well at it, and then I'd say oh, it's easy, it was no big deal. selenite has been working hard to eradicate this quirk! I'm doing much better.
   
   
6. Most of the time I am practical, pragmatic, and pessimistic - however, I have an impulsive, optimistic, and romantic streak underneath, just being held in check.
   
   
7. Despite being an ordinary stay-at-home mom, I am developing an occasional alter-ego as a biker chick. (At the moment, just as a passenger. But I have dreams for the future.)

I am tagging selenite, fordprfct, tyledra, rlseiver, faxpaladin, dartpoly, and tmrlinnc. And thank you to kitanzi for tagging me!

Comments

[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

I'm glad I did, those are interesting! Re #7 - have you ever read the comic Rose is Rose? Rose has an alter ego just like that :)

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

Indeed, I read Rose is Rose - it is responsible for my phrasing it as an alter-ego biker-chick, and it's also where I got the image for the icon I'm using.

Last weekend I got to sit in the driver's seat, learn the controls, and even briefly let the clutch out. fordprfct was brave about it, but was looking nervous.

[xinef.livejournal.com]

#3. I'm sure that some guests to my parents' home when I was younger thought that they had one daughter, Beth-Anne-Christine. I liked to claim that the order of the names was in order that we got into trouble most!! :) I do get my sons' names mixed up, but then they occasionally call me "Dad" and vice versa. I've promised to not mix their names when they promise to not mix ours. They concede, every time!