May 25, 2007
Eight Random Facts About Dana
Mary of Mom Writes tagged me for a meme. A meme in which I reveal eight random facts about myself.
Oh, where to begin. I’m trying to come up with eight things you don’t already know about me and that is harder than I realized. Here goes:
- I despise most reality T.V. shows except Dancing With the Stars and the early years of MTV’s Real World. American Idol makes me want to barf. The Bachelor is complete bullshit because we all know the couple will break up once the novelty of television romance wears off. Survivor is boring these days. Besides, we’ve got Lost now. And The Amazing Race? Blah. Wife Swap is the most annoying television show created, because who in their right mind would want to swap spouses, knowing fully that the person you get is going to be insane and you’ll miss your partner more than you realized. We shouldn’t be taking our SigOths for granted in the first place. Nanny 911 is almost tolerable, but it seems like ABC finds families with the most vicious children. These people should be on Dr. Phil. (Oh, did I mention I can’t stand him either?) And what’s worse is I see commercials advertising new reality shows. The Ex-Wives Club? American Inventor? Seriously, does this ever end?
- I hate shaving my legs. I can never shave without 42,000 nicks and cuts on my legs which makes me look like I wrestled a rose bush. I like Veet, the razorless “shaving” system, but it never does the job completely. I wish I could afford waxing, but I think I’d be afraid of the pain. I cry when I have my eyebrows waxed sometimes.
- I’m going to the BlogHer conference this July and while most of you know this, I’ve failed to mention how absolutely nervous I am about meeting the bloggers I love. I secretly fear I’ll be left alone in my room because everyone will think I’m boring. Totally irrational, I know, but I have already had a couple nightmares about it.
- Sometimes when Doug cooks dinner, if I don’t like something on my plate, I feel bad telling him it wasn’t great, so I fib and then feed the dish to Murphy. Shhh! Don’t tell my husband. He’ll cry. I think.
- I sometimes forget to read blogs. Then I panic and do a long blog walk and pretend like I’ve been following along. It’s terrible. I’m sorry. Forgive me?
- I love gardening but I hate weeding. I wish I had a gardener who came over to do my weeding, and maybe some landscaping. And laundry, dishes, dusting and mopping.
- I let Dawson eat potato chips and string cheese for breakfast sometimes. I know that’s not a good decision, but it keeps him quiet on the way to daycare. Nothing is worse than a screaming child while trying to concentrate on driving.
- I’m trying to find a way for me to work from home. I desperately want to be home with Dawson. Working out of the home is starting to wear on me. I wish I had the luxury my mom had of being home with us until we started school.
There you have it. Eight random facts. The rules of this game require me to tag eight people. I can’t tag Cheryl because Mary already did. So I choose:
Erin of The Queen of Spain (that is if she’s not chasing naked toddlers around the house.)
Christina of A Mommy Story (if she’s not in labor.)
Do I even know eight people?
(Can you tell I had to dig through my comments? It’s hard to think of eight bloggers, who haven’t already been tagged, on the spot!)
Posted by Dana @ 8:18 am • Uncategorized
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May 25th, 2007 at 11:49 am, a happier girl Says:
Don’t feel so bad about the chips and string cheese thing. I let my 3 year old have chips and salsa for dinner one night when I was really worn out. I’d like to pretend that I thought the salsa might count as a vegetable but I mostly just didn’t have the energy to care that night. It’s what she wanted and kept her quiet and happy.
May 25th, 2007 at 12:54 pm, dana Says:
Yay!! I’m with you on that! I think salsa is an excellent vegetable. I love it!!
May 25th, 2007 at 2:55 pm, Cheryl Says:
Ben usually has a snack before we leave for daycare (where she serves him breakfast). It’s probably graham crackers and water… though today we jazzed it up with peanut butter.
He wakes up at 5:30, but doesn’t have breakfast until 8. I’d get cranky too. — I’m totally with you on the scared of BlogHer thing. It’s one of the reasons I didn’t even consider it for long this year. I can never be totally sure that I can turn on a bright and sparkling, personable personality for when I’m around new people… sometimes I get really shy and hide from everyone. Like if I ever saw you at a store, I’d probably recognize you but be too scared to introduce myself.
May 25th, 2007 at 9:49 pm, Dana Says:
Cheryl! If you see me in a store, you better say hi!!!
I know what you mean.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:29 am, Nadine Says:
I’m not into reality shows either, but I absolutely love American Idol. I’m very much into Lost, although it’s kinda like a never ending story nowadays.
Dito on the gardening vs. weeding!
May 27th, 2007 at 3:05 pm, Leslie Says:
Wow, you tagged me! I’ll get on it, soon.
May 28th, 2007 at 12:58 pm, Dana Says:
No worries, Leslie! Whenever you can. It’s a tough meme! I couldn’t think of eight facts at first!
Nadine, I just couldn’t get into Idol. The first season just didn’t do much for my entertainment requirements. I’m too picky I think.