Dangerously Transparent
Sweet Cathy asked me to tell all of you seven random things about myself. I wrote these in the order they happened in one particular 24-hour period. I hope you’ll still come back.
1. I walk down the hallway in our house with my eyes closed. It’s like a self-challenge to see if I can make it to the end without running into the walls.
2. I dance to the rhythm of the washing machine while folding clothes. My friend Mandy would understand. The agitation sounds like a tribal beat to me.
3. It completely freaks me out if a piece of clothing is hanging on the hanger the wrong direction. (The hook has to be facing left while looking at the front of the shirt.) I’d rather clothes be lying in the floor than hanging the wrong way.
4. I’ve been known to iron a shirt while wearing it. I don’t recommend it.
5. I distract easily. So easily in fact, I often pre-pay my gas at the one station in town and then drive off without pumping it. The girl who works there in the mornings now reminds me every single time I go in not to forget my fuel. How embarrassing.
6. Even though I finally have all my children in school, I have to leave the house to write. I can’t concentrate at home because of all the chores I should be doing. I wish I could be among the uber-cool who work at Starbucks or Panera but alas, those places do not exist in rural Alabama. I go to McDonald’s where the Wi–Fi, Fox News and Diet Dr. Pepper refills abound. It’s quite an enjoyable little set up.
7. I’m ashamed to admit I have about seven of these tags in my ‘needs response’ email file folder. Obviously, I never responded. If I snubbed your tag, please refer to number 5 and consider this my holla back.
So I can retain a little bit of dignity, would you like to share one strange thing about yourself in the comments?
Of course you would. Go for it..
I don’t get it. What exactly is strange about #3? Hangers are important. My husband’s clothes go on those hard plastic hangers like you buy 10 for $1 at WalMart because I hate wire hangers and his clothes are big and heavy and break any other kind of hangers. My clothes, being delicate and lacy and frothy, go on the clear plastic hangers like they are hanging on at the department store from whence they came. Except for pants. Pants are different, obviously. Husband’s pants hang on plastic hangers that let them hang straight down so there are no creases in the middle. My pants go on wire hangers with paper bottoms like you get at the cleaners. Because, remember, my clothes are almost weightless in their frothiness and they don’t get creases. Of course, I totally didn’t answer your question about something strange about me but I’ll think about it and get back to you. blessings, marlene
Something strange about me. . . well, I adore The Preacher’s Wife!
Oh, that’s not what you meant?! Let’s see – When a room has two light switches, I can’t stand for the switch to be “up” if the light is off. I’ll walk across the room to flip the other switch to get them in sync. Up is on, down is off. It makes me crazy. I wish they were just buttons to push.
I have to take a glass of water to bed with me nightly…but never drink out of it. I like warm drinks…not hot. Same thing with my soup or pizza…warm, but not hot.
I sing in the shower, car, and anywhere else I can…but never in front of people.
Oh #5 is so me…so busy these days…sometimes I’m going down the road and my mind is completely somewhere else and all the sudden I think “Where am I going” Oh well, it could be worse at least I didn’t suddenly relize I was driving….Geee I bet that’s next.
I ran into a convenience store. When I came out I realized I left my keys in my car. While that is probably not unusual or strange, the fact that I left the car running is, I think. I am new to your site. I am enjoying it tremendously.
Just ONE strange thing??? Oh, my….well, when I go to sleep, I have to lay straight in the bed (not at a diagonal) and the bed has to be at a right angle to the bedroom door, with my feet pointing toward the door. I know it’s weird but when I first had kids, if they cried out in the night or came to my room, I just wanted to sit straight up and be able to look at them and make sure they were ok. Now that they are 17, 14 and 4…it’s a habit I simply can’t change. It makes it really hard to rearrange my bedroom because basically the bed can only go in one spot. Oh, and I’m with you on the hanger thing.
Yah, hangers must be turned left…this is why I try and keep all the swivel types I can get my hands on…um…and I like inside doors to be closed. sad to admit but I’ve been known to get downright ugly about it.
oh, since we’re telling all, I like to have at least 2 beverages when I eat or even snack. Usually water with something else – coffee, green tea, juice. Unfortunately I have passed this oddity onto my sweet daughter in love, Beth…it’s so sad.
Pray for me would you?
These are great :)
I am totally the same as you with hangers. My husband is left handed and tends to put them on “backwards” according to me. I always have to fix them. He hardly ever does the laundry thanks to me.
Ok, I have a system with my groceries. I have to put them on the belt headed to the cashier in order. All of my produce goes together, my canned goods, milk products, etc. My 17 yr old son laughs at me every time he goes with me and sees me do this. I also write out my grocery list by the aisles I go down at Walmart. I start with the produce and then aisle 1, 2, etc. It really does help me not have to keep going back and forth through the aisles. You know how Super Walmart is, it is hard to get out of there in less than an hour.
A strange fact about me? Where do I start? Let’s see. Even though I’ve been a college prof. for over 20 years, I still get so nervous before the first day of a new semester, I can’t sleep!!
Oh, and I’m claiming Tammy’s two drink thingy too!
Sad, but I could go on and on. Enough for now.
Love ya,
~Cheryl (the crazy professor)
Whew!…I sure am glad I don’t have hangups like some of you have… I mean, the only thing that’s, you know, a little different with me – and it’s really not all THAT different, I mean, you know, around 38% of all Americans do the same thing, so it’s not like it’s really all THAT WEIRD or strange or anything, like on here ‘n all – but, it’s just that when I go to stores, I kinda have to touch everything. It’s not enough to see all the pretties – I have to feel their textures… smooth, rough, silky, prickly, soft, squishy, bumpy, hard… but, I just want you to know, I mean, I don’t want you getting the wrong opinion of me or anything, it’s not like its REALLY WEIRD, you know, – not like you mean… in fact, I don’t even really know why I even commented on this post with all of you … LOL!
Our little oddities just make us unique and more interesting, don’t you think?
Odditie? Well, everytime I swim I plug my nose with my upper lip. I know this may sound complex…I just like to look at it as a gift.
Ok, I dreamt last night that I gave birth to kittens.
I’m allergic to cats…maybe this has some deep meaning.
:)
I walk into a room and forget why I am there I am easly distract “) I am always thinking of something but never doing it LOL!!! think, think, think, I think it wears me out, “) marina
After the daily newspaper is read, it has to be folded back just like it was when first opened. My husband reads the paper after me and he leaves the sections all out of order and the pages uneven. I have a pretty longaberger basket that the papers go into until reclycling and they must be even and flat. Otherwise it looks all messy. I am a fan of neat messy. Only one of many of my little quirks!
I have to agree, I totally get the hanger thing! Two more quirks I have…all towels must be put on shelf with fold outward and my canned veggies are in alphabetical order and don’t you dare put corn in my pea row! Drives my family nuts, but you gotta love me!!! :D
You put your clothes on hangers?…..jk!
I love to peel the skin off my kid’s back when they sunburn! I also love to pull teeth!! All the kids in the neighborhood come to me to pull their loose teeth!
Ok Lisa, you would have thought the venting from yesterday(which i’d like to again say thank you for)would have been enough…..but OHHHH NO!!!obviously not. I had to call Mrs.D at the el. school to get my field experince schedule….and you guessed it, I fell apart and went on the rampage talking about my “teacher” and then preceded to tell her how I thought she must be in Kahootz(i’m sure this is NOT how you spell this, but you know i am not mentally stable this week) (haha)….( and just think your son was in my care lol.) with the “DARK ONE”
any whooo,I begged her not to tell the “man teacher” that i will be observing that i had my little break down on the phone, he already knows that i am fragile and i do not need HIS rejection i have to get my 6 days in.
I am not positive, but as usaul when I have to call her…it has to be her laugh for the day.I am usually in a tizzy about something that is soooo terribly wrong.(on who’s scale….not sure)
Thankfully she is a Godly woman and she laughs to my face and not behind my back.
My little 5 min intention turned into about 30min (non intended)rant.(kind of like this short response to your blog you asked for right???ha) But , she was great about it and when i thanked her for my therapy, she gratiously said (while laughing under her breath)”You are welcome”.
{Note to self:
I have got to get one of these venting pages…i mean blogs}
On to the hangers; Has any of you ever seen Mommy Dearest…..i ‘m sure i do not have to say…type….another word. Yep, MUST…SEE…. FRONT….OF….SHIRT. (that is my Dark personality speaking ..)
I do not know why it drvies me so crazy, i wish i was OCD about things that really matter…i dont know…like DIETING!! buuuuttt, Im not. The gas thing, yes that is me as well. I am so bad, I drove off and left one of my kids the other day. High light to that, I went back and got them, and I do have 3 more…..JUST KIDDING, I love all 4 of them.
OK, let me know how to set one of these babies up. I need to talk, i know you would not guess that, but i do not get alot of adult conversation, it must be PAINFULLY clear i need it! both the conversation and a blog page!
See ya tonight at game!
Ha! This is hysterical. You gave me a good laugh today. I’m glad I’m not alone in my slight “oddness”. I think they have medication that helps the clothing/hanger disorder you have. :)
I can’t read a book with a price sticker on it. No, never! The little sticker must be removed prior to reading the first page. It’s a sickness…I’m going to look for some of that medication now.
I like to peel glue off of the glue lid and bottle. I intentionally squeeze the glue and let it run all over the bottle. I then go back after it dries and peel it off and repeat the process.
I am with you on hanging clothes, I hang mine the same way!! And I too dance to the washing machine, which I am afraid has rubbed off on my 18 month old nephew!! He is my dance partner when he is at my house. And, Mocha w/ Linda, I know what you mean about light switches!!
I can’t sleep with socks on. It makes me feel like I’m suffocating. :)
Lisa, I did it, I started my blog. After taking up so much space on your comment page(ha ha), I decided to go for it. It is Mom~of~4. That is the name.
Let me know what you think!! I need pointers. I AM new at this.
See ya girly!
Oh Lisa. You made me laugh at the ironing your shirt while it’s on – comment. :)
I get distracted easily too. Oh well.
Okay – one thing about me? Hmm….I don’t like to have doors shut in the house. I always have to see what is behind them – don’t want any creepy things hiding!
OK…1, 3, and 5 are all things I have done or do on a regular basis myself….This cracked me up to see how many of us have this crazy hangar oddity…for me though I have had MANY oddities in the past. Like, toilet paper going over the roll, shoes lined up accoring to color, clothes hung with like clothing then color, can food labels must be facing front, going no where near clowns, and many many more things. HOWEVER, because these things became SUCH an obsession, I had to let them go! (NOT EASY) But for me they were controling my life!!!
Now, sometimes my hubby wishes I still had some of them….. :)
Angela
I just did my own 7 things yesterday (this must be making the rounds because I’ve read 3 other 7 Things this morning). I am TOTALLY with you on the hangers facing the right way. It drives me up the wall when they get switched around!
Well Lisa You asked for odd things about us. (I don’t responded on this blog very much but I so enjoy reading it. Being a pastors wife and all, this blog is sooo encouraging. Ok that said.) Odd things about me. Well I love to tear paper labels off of bottles. Drove my mother crazy. Also, I too hate doors in the house to be closed and the doors to the outside have to be locked. And just like you, I get distracted very easily. I think they would labeld me ADD today if I were still in school and to think I wonder where my kids get it from. Ok so I think that is more than you asked for, though I could go on and on and on…..
Kim B. In AZ
I believe this is my first time to comment on your blog although I have been reading for quite some time now…The strangest thing about me is that I CANNOT stand to be without socks. The feeling of carpet on bare-feet and the sound of feet rubbing on carpet is 1 million times worse than fingernails on a chalk board to me. Just thinking about it gives me the creeps…I am strange, I know.
Ok, well, I share your #3 with the clothing on hangers. I think it’s because I worked in the ladies dept of a retail store when I was a teenager and that was drilled into our heads about the clothes facing that direction on the hanger.
I also share with Mocha with Linda about the light switches. My living room/dining room has light switches on two sides and I prefer to only use ONE set of them so they always stay the same direction but my kids will use the other one and get them all mixed up and it drives me crazy!
And, the toilet paper and the paper towels have to be loaded the correct way (so it feeds over, not under)!
Blessings
Michelle
I have been known to fix the tags sticking out of strangers shirts. It just drives me nuts to see the tags sticking out.
Ummm, I never do anything embarrassing, and my kids LOVE being seen with me! :)
Well, according to Google Reader, I did accidentally flag your blog as having inappropriate content…I didn’t, I PROMISE! But they say I did….well, maybe you will get some new, more “colorful” readers and you can tell them all about Jesus, and ummm…..forgiveness! :)
Oh I laugh and giggle at all these comments! You are the most precious PW ever! Thank you for playing along.
(You know I recognize some of these traits in myself, but that’s ALL I’m saying! Oh, but let me say this, I have a hard time doing stuff at home too because of all the things I’m not doing b/c I’m doing something else. Just easier to leave…)
I’ve been known to iron a golf shirt while it’s still on the hanger! And ALL my hangers (and my husband’s and my two sons and my mom’s) hang the same way yours do! HA! HA!
I am afraid of clowns. Never have met one but I know I dont want to.
I also have to have the hook to the left of the shirt!
No only do the clothes hanging in my closet have to be facing the same way, they are colorized from light to dark. And are sorted from short to long sleeves. capris to jeans to dress pants. I know completely OCD!
haha…I’m glad I’m not the only one who tries to iron clothes while wearing them. Steam is HOT!
I dance clean. I hate cleaning so I throw on my ipod, turn it up really loud and dance clean. The problem is I’m wore out and have only washed 3 dishes.
I stay home alot because it takes too long to get ready to go somewhere.
First of all, I wouldn’t DARE walk anywhere in my house with my eyes closed! There would surely be an ER visit involved in that little feat. As for something strange that I do, well, I’m with Wendy on driving somewhere and then forgetting where I’m going. I have to make a quick (sometimes not so quick) mental check thinking about what I’m doing that day to remember where I’m heading.
oh Yeah, and there are two small children in the car.
If I get a foreign smell on my hands (ketchup from a hamburger I ate, gasoline from gas pump, etc.), I hold them to my nose and smell them every few seconds. I CANNOT STOP until the smell is gone. It drives the husband crazy.
I meant to comment the day you posted this but and just now getting around to it. The fact that I can’t find anything that I do strange, is strange to me! Love ya girl!
Hey Jenny Ducks and Books,
Are you open to suggestions from your friends? LOL J/k
Fascinating tidbits! Nothing to make me run screaming away from your blog though! Facsinating just fascinating! I think you should explain the ironning while wearing thingy!
I iron my skirts after puttin them on. I plan each meal while cooking/eating another. And, I make lists for everything but most often times leave the list on the fridge when going to walmart or Foodland.
Vernie
I can touch my nose with the tip of my tongue. You know that you want to see if you can too. Try it!
I was recently tagged for this. Although the request was seven random OR weird things…
They got ’em.
I SOOO get the clothes hanging thing! I can’t stand it if the hanger isn’t removed and placed with the other empty hangers.
I do write at home. But when I’m “REALLLLY” working on something big…okay, that I HOPE will be big one day–I have a great deal of trouble here at home. The toddler must be at the Nana’s. Sometimes I have to pull out my earplugs.
I love these random insights into the lives of blogging friends. Hey! Am I your blogging friend? ;)
this was a great introduction to your blog. (i now have no idea where i hopped from.)
odd thing about me…this is almost cheating…if you google “funny things about me” you find one of my blogs listed as the number one result.
My brain got tired before I read all the comments, but as far as I got I realized that all my normalcies are odd! I too must have water by the bed but rarely drink it, and organize my groceries as I put them on the belt. I, however, can’t sleep withOUT socks on. And I try to be “fair” putting silverware in the dishwasher basket…each section gets a spoon, a fork, a knife, then one of each upside down, etc. I don’t think I’m OCD…
By the way, how ’bout them Hogs? :)
HA! I do understand!! :)
One random thing about me… Well… I take fairly long showers. that’s boring. let’s try again.
Ok. Here’s one I don’t want to admit. When I put on my running shoes to go to the gym, they have to be tied to an equal amount of tie-age. They have to be at the same tension, or else I have to re-tie one to match the other…
And, No, I don’t know why I’m like that.
Well, I’ve got this thing about the toilet paper and how it should roll off the roll….should be over, not under. Drives me crazy if I find it any other way…and that’s just not at my house either!
And I can not stand to go barefooted in my house..or anywhere else for that matter! Must have on socks. Want LOTS of lights on, so that is a major challenge at home because my hubby is just the opposite.
Oh, there’s more, but I’ll stop for now.
Enjoyed your blog…can’t remember how I found it though.