Friday 29 June 2007 - Seven Things
I got tagged with this a LONG time ago and immediately thought it looked like fun. I like tags because they're easier than writing a typical post. Unfortunately, my over-active brain seems to loathe the notions of "easy" & "simple". As I tried to randomly jot down interesting tidbits I could use for this, my brain got busy trying to arrange them into categories, as well as choose which seven would be the very best to use. *Sigh* Thanks to my tendency to analyze everything to death, the simplest things become unnecessarily complicated.
Um, yeah. Like this post. So on with it. For heaven's sake, it's a LIST, dummy! (Note: the term "dummy" refers to writer, not reader.)
OK, a list of seven random things about me. I'll try to keep it simple.
1. Today is the 2nd anniversary of my 40th birthday, as well as being the 2nd anniversary of the day we closed on our house.
2. I live out in the country, near the city, just outside a tiny town. We have 3 acres, yet can walk to the library, bank, or ice cream store. We think it is the best of all worlds.
3. I coach indoor soccer -- to homeschooled 6-7-yr-olds. That's despite having virtually no athletic skills whatsoever, only years of soccer-mom-hood and a willingness to serve.
4. I love hanging out laundry.
5. Seven years ago, I spent a week in Munich, Germany visiting a friend who had moved there.
6. My preferred form of exercise is bike-riding, and I am trying get back into last summer's daily early-morning bike ride routine.
7. My husband and I both have first names that are a generation ahead of their time-- that is, tho we are in our forties, everyone else we know of who shares either of our first names is age 25 or younger!
And just for good measure,
8. I have a tendency to stay up waaay too late on the computer, and actually fell asleep in the middle of writing this post. Goodnight!
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have you turned 40 twice? how is it your second anniversary? and rest assured (regarding my daughter learning to read) that i will indulge in some chocolate reward for myself.
i love to hang out laundry too.