Almost forgot! I've been tagged....

With all the Craft Pad excitement, I almost forgot that Diane tagged me the other day! The only other meme I've done got me all nervous and feeling dorky. This one is the same! Argh!

But I'm going for it. And then I'm tagging seven more people, 'cause nothing soothes the fear of revealing seven random things about yourself than making other people join in the hell fun.

Seven Random Things ... in a Random Order

I have one older sister, and we are four years and four days apart. For most of my life, I thought all siblings were spaced that way: 3 years and 3 days, 3 years and 2 days, 10 years and 10 days. I just thought that you were how many ever years and that many days apart.

I went to Space Camp in 1987. Yes, it was a cool as you think it would be. They had french fries shaped like space shuttles.

I love to play Mah Jongg. My mom taught me about 8 years ago, and gave me my own set when I was pregnant with my daughter. I rarely get to play, but I love it when I do. I can literally sit and play for 6+ hours straight. It's something I'm really looking forward to doing when I'm in a retirement home some day. I'm gonna kick ass in the retirement home. I'm banking on that.

I used to want to get a tattoo of the Hang Ten feet on my hip. I don't know why, and I'm really, really glad I resisted that impulse.

I used to swear up and down and right and left that I was in no way crafty - that I was the opposite of crafty - that I would never be "that lady wandering the craft store aisles late at night." Yeah ... I'm so that person now. In the same vein, I'd like to say I'm not skinny or hot and will never be that skinny hot chick with nice clothes. Ever. (since I apparently turn into the opposite of what I think I'll become).

When I was in high school and college, I dreamed of moving off to New York City and working for Sassy magazine (I still have most of my old copies of Sassy). If I were to apply for this show, I'd ask to work for a magazine.

My husband and I have lyrics from The Cure "Love Song" engraved in our wedding bands. (go ahead and say it, we know we are dorks)

Whew. Got through it ... now who to pick ....

OK:
Kari - she makes me laugh on a daily basis, and I love her for that

Kritty - a pal from the Creative Mom Podcast circle who makes beautiful jewelry

Kellie - a friend from high school with whom I'd been out of touch until the first of this year. We found each other through Facebook and were over-the-top delighted to learn that we are both crafty as all get out. Her husband's blog is also HI-larious.

Stacy - I became a huge fan of her blog when I found it while researching for the Burda News Feed. Now she writes with me for them and she is awesome! It's been a blast getting to know her and working with her.

Gina - remember the I Love Lucy pillow from my embroidery post back in January? She's the genius behind it. Her blog has great daily themes that are loads of fun.

Amy - I met Amy through the Flickr Embroidery Group (dang, I love the Internet!). She does the most meticulous, perfect stitching, and she's even been doing the stitching for the samples on the Sublime Stitching Web site! She's awesome (and she has the most amazing tattoo on her arm - I'm so jealous.)

Sarah - Another pal from the Creative Mom Podcast Circle. I know I could never homeschool, but I love hearing about what cool things Sarah is doing with her kids. I like to live vicariously through her. She's become an amazing watercolor artist over the last year, and she's training for a half marathon in Budapest. Yeah, she's cool like that.

You guys are ON!

I never wanted to think about pinch-rolled jeans again ....

But then my pal, Anna, tagged me for a meme. Which I've seen on blogs but have never done, and didn't even know what "meme" meant (or apparently how it's pronounced ....) so now I've found myself revisiting pinch-rolled jeans and Speak-N-Spells. Why? Well read on ....

What were you doing 10 years ago?
Ten years ago this month (heck, maybe even this week ...) I was starting my final semester of college, and was spending most of my time in the basement newsroom - I was the editor of the college newspaper my last semester in school. I was in the beginning, giddy stage* of my relationship with my (now) husband, and I was sporting (bottled) red hair.

What were you doing 1 year ago?
Actually, one year ago today I was heading to New York City for my previous job.

Five snacks you enjoy?
1. Popsicles
2. chex mix
3. apples
4. gummy bears
5. cheeze-its

Five songs that you know all the lyrics to?

1. Belinda Carlisle, Heaven is a place on earth (had to write the lyrics for my favorite song in 1987 for English class ... this was the song I picked)
2. The Descendants, I don't want to grow up (had to write the lyrics for my favorite song in 1992 and this was the song I picked)
3. The Pixies, Wave of Mutilation
4. Radiohead: Fake Plastic Trees
5. Squirrel Nut Zippers: Put a Lid on it

Five things you would do if you were a millionaire billionaire
1. Get a wardrobe of my own custom-designed Converse
2. Take my family (husband, kids, mom and dad, sister and her fam) to Ireland for a few months.
3. Fund the Biscuit Brothers
4. Open up some kind of free, creative center for families - where they could go and take classes together or just make things together (art, sewing, music)
5. Buy a summer home in Portland, OR.

Five bad habits
1. Procrastinating - especially when it comes to housework
2. Getting too chatty when I get excited about something
3. Worrying about money
4. Rushing things - not taking the time to do them right
5. Being too hard on myself

Five things you like doing
1. Reading
2. just about anything crafty
3. hanging out with my family and good friends
4. random web surfing and finding stuff for friends online (I swear, I could be a personal shopper .... I'm queen of sending, "Ooooh! Thought of you when I saw this ..." links)
5. treasure hunting in thrift/fabric stores.

Five things you would never wear again
1. pinch-roll jeans
2. bubble skirts
3. Nicole Miller printed tights (I thought I was so new wave when I'd wear the wild printed tights with a black dress and a beret ... eesh.)
4. Legoons shorts
5. jellies sandals - fluorescent ones .... that matched my fluorescent pink fingerless Madonna-wannabe gloves ....

Five favorite toys
1. PEZ dispensers
2. Speak N Spell
3. my E.T. doll that I got for Christmas in 1982 and slept with until I got married ... (yeah, really)
4. any kind of fun little figurines from favorite movies and tv shows.
5. Lego

Ok now I am tagging:

.... I don't know ... I need to check with friends who won't smack me for tagging them .... I feel very chain letter about all this. (kidding Anna :)

*And strangely, I just realized that 10 years ago and one year ago (same week) major ice storms played a big part in my life. Ten years ago, Chris got stranded at my house in college because of a big ice storm. We made chili, cornbread and a huge plate of chocolate chip cookies. To this day, as soon as it gets cold, we both crave chili, cornbread and chocolate chip cookies. And last year, a huge ice storm postponed our trip to NYC by almost two days.