Six things...

Annalee tagged me so here are six things about me:


1. Raspberry is my favorite flavor – after chocolate of course. I love black raspberry ice cream, raspberry iced tea, raspberry flavored chocolate and I just discovered Berries and Cream Dr. Pepper which is to DIE for!

2. I hate balloons. Not silvery mylar balloons. They’re cool. I hate latex balloons. I have since once exploded in my face when I was about four. I can’t stand to be near them and hearing them being blown up by those tanks they use in stores actually gives me an anxiety attack. I shun parties where there will be excessive balloons because I can’t enjoy myself. I’d rather be in a room full of snakes.

3. I would never bark at a dog – it’s been my experience they don’t really like it when people bark at them, but I do meow at cats, who don’t seem to give a crap one way or the other what people do.

4. I almost never drink milk. I’m lactose intolerant and I never really liked milk to begin with so now I have an excuse. I put it on my cereal, but it’s probably been over ten years since I’ve had a glass of plain white milk. I don’t even drink chocolate milk anymore.

5. I couldn’t light a match until I was about 25 years old. Seriously. Don’t laugh. My parents were uber-protective. I wasn’t allowed to play with fire or sharp objects until I was in my teens. I had to teach myself how to light a match and I still can’t light a cigarette lighter. My mother cut my meat for me...oh probably until I got my driver’s license. The first time I was allowed to use a steak knife, I cut myself, hence cementing my mother’s belief that I could not be trusted with a blade of any kind. My daughter is 11. She cuts her own meat. Maybe next year I’ll let her play with matches.

6. Germs don’t scare me. Hey, we’ve all got them. They’re all over the place and they can never be eradicated. We might as well get used to them. I’ve learned over the years that our immune systems were designed to deal with germs. The more we come in contact with, the stronger our defenses. I like antibacterial soap as much as the next mom, but it doesn’t pay to be fanatical about it.