Did you know?

So busy this week with work, and kids, and ballgames, and laundry, and husbands...

Well, you get the idea.

I was having a hard time coming up with something to blog about, until I read Angie's post today and decided to join her in the "List of ten things you might not know about me" meme.

Here goes.

1. I am the youngest of four girls. Two of my older sisters I love dearly and talk to often; the other one, I haven't seen in years. And I'm okay with that, even though that sounds awful.

2. I still miss my dad a lot, even though he's been gone for four years now. Sometimes when I'm missing him, I get really pissed at him for smoking all those years, even though I begged him to quit.

3. I always thought I would have four babies. For awhile, I held out hope that I might convince Joe to have a fourth. Now that Gabe is almost five, I'm really content with just having three healthy and amazing kiddos. (Gabe counts for two kids, I often tell myself!)

4. I hate my nose. And my varicose veins on my legs. If I could afford cosmetic surgery, these are the two things I would fix.

5. I really love having short hair. And even though I used to be a towhead blond as a kid, my natural color now is an ugly dark dishwater brownish-blond with gray. Thank God for good hairstylists and dye.

6. I love my job. If I had the choice of staying at home versus working part time like I do, I really think I would still choose to work. I have the best of both worlds, and it's good for my kids to be with their dad when I'm gone, and it's good for their dad to know that I'm still a woman of independent means.

7. I had a lot of cats in my childhood, and they all met their deaths in very unusual ways, through no fault of ours. We called it the "Klenk curse", and I still can't believe I've had our cat, Sugar, for eight years now.

8. I used to be very shy. Until I was once accused of being "stuck-up". Then I swore I would talk to everyone, so that people would know that I am truly not a snob. Now, there's not a shy bone in my body.

9. If I could afford it, I would buy a Homearama house (like the photo), making sure to have a garden room full of scrapbooking supplies and photography stuff. My dream is to be a famous scrapbooker someday, along the lines of Becky Higgins.

10. I have been blogging for almost two years now, and I enjoy it more now than I did when I started. Meeting other women online (and sometimes in real life) is something I never would have imagined doing!




There you have it, ten things you never knew about little old me.

Wanna play along? Go ahead, we're all dying to know more about each other!