tag -errific III

I've been tagged to describe 6 quirky things about myself, so here I go:

1. Sometimes when I am explaining things in primary or at work, I end my sentences in a sing-songy way. I didn't realize I did this until my friend at work said, "You must like to sing." "How'd you guess?" amazed and surprised she knew that little tidbit about me. "You end your sentences by singing sometimes." "Oh..." I responded, saddened that it wasn't because of my amazing posture or music-exuding countenance.
2. The only person who is able to cut my hair the way I want it is my sister.
3. I have such a hard time ending phone conversations that it sometimes makes my phone conversations awkward.
4. I've always been interested in having good stylized handwriting. I remember being in 2nd grade and practicing my "Ns" and "Hs". In 7th grade I got chided and lost points on assignments for using all capitals and was pained when I had to change it.
5. I prefer a chalkboard to a dry erase board and was bummed when school and church classrooms started replacing all of their chalk boards.
6. I like to shorten words, but I think I used to do it more often. One time, while in the thick of my shortening phase, I believe I was talking to my sister and shortened the word "observation" to "ob." That's when she said I had taken the shortening word thing a little too far.

Join in the tag fun if you like.

tag -eriffic II

I've been tagged to suggest six things everyone should accomplish/do before they turn 18:

Before I give my suggestions, I find it uncanny that on the back of the Reese's Puffs cereal box there are some great, and I mean awesome, suggestions for this very tag. Click on the photo to enlarge and read them all!

And now for mine:
1. Learn to be nice to everyone in high school, even the people that it may not be cool to be nice to.
2. Practice typing with Mavis Beacon (to prepare for the many papers you'll write in college).
3. Learn to budget/write a check/pay a tip.
4. Learn to drive a manual transmission car.
5. Do well on your standardized tests.
6. Make hugging your mom and dad a frequent activity.

tag -eriffic

8 things I'm passionate about:
1. my husband
2. my kin
3. quality conversation
4. taking pictures
5. the gospel
6. kindness
7. neat shoes
8. written fonts

8 things I want to do before I die:
1. have children
2. run a marathon, or just a half marathon
3. become a good cook
4. write a book, whether it's published or not is another matter
5. know where important verses of scripture are
6. learn how to oil paint or water color or both!
7. visit Korea
8. drive an Aston Martin

8 books I have read recently:
1. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
2. The Jungle - Upton Sinclair
3. The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky
4. Dracula - Bram Stoker
5. Life of Pi - Yann Martel
6. Twilight - Stephenie Meyer
7. My Antonia - Willa Cather
8. currently: Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe

8 things I often say:
1. jesso
2. sure
3. thanks
4. indeed/indweed
5. what should we have for dinner?
6. good times
7. that's awesome
8. I love you

8 things that attract me to friends:
1. kindness
2. awareness
3. easy to talk to
4. when I notice something unique about them that I'd like to develop
5. laughs easily
6. sincere
7. unselfish
8. creative

8 songs and albums I could listen to over and over:
1. Gershwin music
2. Andrew Bird music
3. Beatles music
4. songs I learned when I was young
5. The Osmonds Christmas Album, me too kel!
6. High on a Mountain Top with harmony
7. mixes my sisters make for me, thanks guys!
8. Just in Time - a song I sang to try out for acapella and did listen to and sing over and over

8 things I learned this year:
1. it's okay to kill insects, namely crickets
2. having furniture is definitely worth the cash you'll spend on it
3. a thoughtful deed can make my week
4. hanging up pictures in your house is a plus!
5. blogging is fun!
6. being intimidated is overrated
7. missing your family never goes away, but calling/emailing them works wonders
8. tears seem to come more often as you get older

8 random things about me:
1. I can tell you the make, model, and price range of most cars on the road
2. my birthday is on the same day as my sisters'
3. I thoroughly enjoy So You Think You Can Dance
4. I took 1st place in a family go-cart race once, but haven't been able to do it since
5. I was in a commercial at age 7
6. I've sounded a couple of notes through a genuine Swiss alp horn in the Swiss mountains
7. I'm an Elvis fan
8. I've been on a handcuff date

8 people i tag: seeing as my personality finds this a bit difficult (who do I choose? what if they don't want to do it? do I have 8 people I can tag?), I'll put down a few and let you decide...
1. tammy
2. angie
3. holley
4. natalie
5. abbey
6. chap
7. kristi
8. brooke