Here are the rules:1. Say thanks and link to the person who gave you the award.2. Share ten "honest" things about yourself.3. Award this to seven people whose blog design/content you admire or who have encouraged you, and inform them of their win and of the rules of this award.
1. I have perfected the art of procrastination. :P
2. Currently, I'm in the middle of at least 5 knitting projects.
3. I can read 630 words per minute and I plan on getting faster after going through exercises with my mom for a month.
4. I plan to knit at least half of the gifts I'll be giving for Christmas, and wish that I could do more.
5. My walls are awesome...they're covered in Lizzy's drawings, and now my sister's, too! :D I'm working on getting them all framed.
6. If I gave you the numbers of music files, photos, fonts, and Photoshop brushes that I have on my computer, you'd probably faint.
7. I teach more of my sister's school subjects than my mom does. I think they both prefer it that way. :P
8. I can use sign language in front of a large crowd with no problem at all, but ask me to use my voice and I'm a nervous wreck...even with a small crowd.
9. I actually enjoy it when the electricity goes out...I just wish that everyone else wouldn't complain so much and act like it's the end of the world.
10. I now have 3 different instant messenger programs on my computer. I mainly talk to 3 people, and each of them use a different one. I like Windows Live the best, and am glad that I can talk to Yahoo users with it. I wish that I could use it for Google Talk users too...maybe some day. :P
Lizzy also gave me a second award...
The rules are: I have to list 5 facts about her, and then 10 about me... Then award ten other people.
Is this payback for the previous tags I've given you, Lizzy? :P I've been sitting on #2 of the above award for a week! And now I have to come up with 10 more things?! Sheesh!5 Facts About Lizzy:
1. She has Russian ancestors and is proud of it...though sometimes I think she wishes she had Irish blood flowing in her veins. :P
2. She is the artist behind my wonderful new profile picture. :D
3. Her colored drawings amaze me, and I wish that she'd do more of them. (Maybe we could start a petition? :P)
4. She owns horses and is currently training one that was born on her farm not too long ago.
5. She's planning on having a Russian-themed wedding.
Now me again....
1. I hoard candles and have more than I know what to do with. I inherited that trait from my grandma.
2. I express my feelings through poetry, but more often when I'm sad and gloomy. Therefore, a lot of it has not been read by anyone but me. I also have a lot of little pieces that have never been completed. I'm sure my stack of post-it notes with little rhymes on them has reached 100 by now. :P
3. Saltine crackers are my comfort food, but I've become so addicted to them that they're often my lunch too, and my midnight snack. I once had a whole package without salt...and still ate them anyway. :P
4. It's very hard for me to type a line without a smiley of some sort at the end....or an extended line of periods.
5. I am extremely cold-natured and wear long sleeves throughout the summer. Yes, it may be hot outside, but that just means that the AC is on inside.
6. As a result of fact #5, I have a supply of blankets in every part of the house that I frequent. Since winter is coming, I'm going to have to re-supply the living room. My mom actually began getting cold last year, and skinny as my sister is, she's cold too, so my blankets get used. The thin ones that have always been there have become dog blankets...I guess everyone likes my thick fleece ones.
7. In the areas of books, coffee, and chocolate, I am my mother...I can't get enough of them.
8. I have what you could call a "second breakfast" every day. After the main part I have something that I can eat as I drink my coffee (or tea...depends on the day). Multi-grain bread with honey, toast with strawberry preserves, cinnamon graham crackers, cookies, etc.
9. If I had to pick one of the cleaning jobs that I'm in charge of that I like the most, I'd actually choose cleaning the toilets because it's quick and easy. Washing dishes is much worse in my mind because you actually have to put your hands in the dirty water. That's why my younger sister gets to wash them, and I get to dry them and put them away. :P
10. After working on this for nearly two hours, I need to wrap it up because I need to have dinner ready for when my dad and brother get home at five. Mexican Pasta with Texas Toast. :D
I'll tag Firieth and Unveiled Hope. If anyone else sees this that hasn't been tagged yet, then go for it! ;)
