The Learning Umbrella

Robin tagged me for a meme!  I’m so excited - I haven’t ever been tagged before for anything!  Now I feel like a real blogland inhabitant.

 So, here it is:

Each player lists 8 facts/habits about themselves. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning before those facts/habits are listed. At the end of the post, the player then tags 8 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

 I decided to do some of the more surprising facts about me:

 1.  I like to sleep on my stomach.  It was very difficult when I was pregnant and it actually made it hard to fall asleep.

2.  I have three tatoos.  I got my first one on my 18th birthday - it’s a dagger.  Oh yeah, I was hardcore!

3.  My husband and I split the naming rights for our kids - he was allowed to name the boys and I got to name the girls.  We each had veto rights over the other’s choices.  I vetoed one middle name: Pariah.  What a horrible name that would have been! 

4.  I don’t like my size.  I was an anorexic/bullemic ballerina when I was a teen, and it’s hard to get over that.  I’d like to be tiny, and instead I’m completely average (which we call plus size in this country).

5.  I cried when I saw on the ultrasound that I was having a boy.  I was so sure it was a girl.  Of course, I love my boy too.

6.  I love to sing and I did operatic voice training when I was a teen.  But now I don’t ever get a chance to sing except at home with the kids and at church during hymns.  I can’t fit choir practice in with my schedule.

7.  I told my husband that I didn’t like chocolate when we were dating, because I didn’t want to be stereotypical.  But I love chocolate - why do I tell these stupid lies?  I used to do that all the time.

8.  I joined the National Guard right after I turned 18 - mostly because my Dad told me not to.  But I really got into the military and enjoyed it - right up until I got sick with endometriosis.  The Army is less than understanding of female health concerns.

9.  I like to eat pickles, olives, and sauerkraut for snacks.

10.  I used to want to be a survivalist, with the cache of food, guns, etc.  Then I read The Postman by David Brin, and it changed my life - I became much more community minded.

Now, 8 people to tag.  I don’t know who to tag, and I don’t want to make anyone mad, but I’ll tag: Nina, Piseco, Julia V., and RegularMom.  That’s only four, but they’re so cool they all count as two people.  (Okay, that’s lame, but eight is so many to do!)