8 Random Facts

The rules:

• Each player starts with 8 random facts/habits about themselves.
• People who are tagged, write a blog post about their own 8 random things, and post these rules.
• At the end of your post you need to tag 8 people and include their names.
• Don’t forget to leave them a comment on their blog and tell them they’ve been tagged, and to come back and read your blog for the whole story.

I've been tagged so here are mine:

 

1. I'd never tasted cottage cheese until the age of 23, and I can balance an egg on the countertop. (that's 2 things but it's both food-related so no foul, lol.):

 

 

2. As a young adult I played semi-pro volleyball right after highschool. (Back then there wasn't much volleyball promoted -- most highschools didn't even have a volleyball program, but ours did. I started playing with the Parks Dept at age 9. The teenage boys wanted me off the court but the Center Director made them let me play. So, they were rough -- slam-spiking the ball at me and other things to discourage me. Being the brat I was, I just got tougher, developed a wicked overhand serve, and by the second year I was usually second or third pick when forming teams.

 

3. I'm a fairly good seamstress. Although I took Home Ec in 8th grade, I was too much of a Tomboy and never got the hang of sewing. This disappointed my mother a little bit because she was an excellent seamstress. It wasn't until after my second child was born and I started collecting dolls that I learned to cut my own patterns and sew clothing for the dolls that didn't have any. Some of the dolls were very small, and cutting/sewing those tiny, ruffled, inset sleeves were a feat unto its own. I apologize for the poor quality of the pics. These are scans of photos from before digital cameras were out:

 

 

 

4. I used to have naturally straight hair. When I donated my uterus and associated parts to science at age 40, it became the very curly mess I have now.

 

The rocking chair I'm sitting in is one I picked up at a garage sale when I was 18. After the first divorce when I had to move back home for a few weeks, I left it with my mother. 31 years later (when Mom passed away) I went to her house and retrieved the chair. It's in my living room now.

 

5. I can put five 12-gauge slugs inside a 4-inch circle at 65 yards (with no scope). 

6. I never set foot into a bar until I was 36-years old. (then I made up for lost time)

7. The ring on the third finger of my right hand has been there since I was sixteen and has never been taken off - even during surgeries, etc.

 

 

8. I can drive cars, motorcycles, fork trucks, boats, snowmobiles, 4-wheelers, jet skis, ride horses, and fly small airplanes. (no, I do not have my pilot's license...)

 

I haven't tagged anyone yet.