7 Things

I saw this on Lara's blog and thought it would be fun to do. So here are 7 things about me:

1. I danced on TV for a Merrill Osmond Thanksgiving Special - but never watched it. Osmond? Who's that you say? Google it, I'm older than you.

2. I love foreign films - good ones. My favorite tend to be french - Count of Monte Cristo (w/Gerard Depardieu), My Mother's Castle, My Father's Glory. I can read french pretty well, speaking it on the other hand...

3. Growing up, I always wanted to be an archaeologist, a photographer for National Geographic, a writer, or maybe even a teacher. My sister was the one who wanted to be the nurse, not me. Not that I'm complaining; I love my life, it's just not exactly how I pictured life with 5 kids (but I'm pretty sure the same goes for a lot of people).

4. I have had a phobia of stinging things (bees, wasps, hornets). I say had, because it goes away every winter and hasn't yet poked it's head out this year and maybe there's still hope that it won't.

5. Closet sing-alonger, to my kids' dismay (actually only the 12 year old minds, the girls are all about it). You know, the kind you see on the freeway, in their cars. They look like they're having a very animated conversation with their self - but really, they're belting it out. The best tunes come from Queen, but Wee-Sing Sing-alongs works in a pinch.

6. I love to bake and quilt (handwork too), but I haven't done either since last October when Ty's bomb dropped. The only thing I've done is knit 3 hats from organic cotton to keep his head warm.

7. My music tastes are pretty varied (in no particular order): Harry Connick Jr., Elvis Costello, The Proclaimers, James Taylor, Queen, typical and not-so-typical 80s, classical, Les Mis and Phantom soundtracks, some Smashmouth, Allison Kraus, John Denver, ABBA, Beach Boys, Brian Setzer Orchestra, and so on.

Join in, if you like and tell me 7 things about you.