My Honest Scrap

I have been called "honest" by many.  I love to throw away "scrap" immediately when it becomes non-useful.  But an award for "honest scrap"...NEVER heard of it.

Until now, thanks to my good 'ol friend Beverly.

Now, I have won several awards in my lifetime, but never have I ever received one like this.  It's an award to get me to spill out some of my juicy secrets.  Hmmmm..which do I tell?  Which will I choose to hold inside....I dunno, but here goes nothing.  

Here's the rules...

1.Choose a minimum of 7 blogs that you find brilliant in content or design 

2. Show the 7 winners' names and links on your blog, and leave a comment informing them that they were prized with "Honest Scrap"(the nifty icon they can display proudly on their blog). 

3. List at least 10 honest things about yourself.

Here's my scrap (for better or for worse):

1.  Steven was not the first boy I planned on marrying.  I had planned on marrying two others before him, but I never officially had accepted a ring.  The first was of course, my first love, Jared (who by the way, is also happily married to another these days).  Well...we never really were engaged, but we'd been planning on getting married not too longer after I returned from Chile.  Ya, that didn't work out so well.  Then there was love #2 from Chile, Mario (who I never even had a first date with), but apparently when I decided to finish out my college semester at BYU-I, he found another and is married with one child now.

2.  Even though I had planned on marrying these other 2 boys, I never loved them the way that I love Steven.  And the opposite is also true...I never felt quite as loved by another, until I met Steven.

3.  I never planned on serving a mission.  It was one of those moments where I swear I heard a voice and the first thought that ran through my head was..."Do I HAVE to wear a jumper?"

4.  I fear running out of money, my hubby dying before me, and not being able to continue being happy, losing my parents (especially my mom who is ALWAYS sick these days w/ one ache or another...& who btw takes WAY too many meds for me to ever keep up with!), my brother or sisters, or my nieces & nephews.

5.  I am extremely competitive, but not at sports.  I've never been slender and I hate to run.  I hated PE in school b/c I was usually only picked to be on teams b/c I had friends, but was NEVER picked in the first or second round.

6.  I have reading problems.  Seriously.  I read a page and sometimes can't remember what I just read.  Then, I have to go back and start all over again.  And I still have problems the second time through.  My eyes get cross-eyed halfway through long readings, and I'm always distracted by things around me.  The best environment for me to read would be this:  in a straight-jacket (so I can't fiddle w/ anything), in a room w/ NOTHING else but white bare walls, with the book in my lap.  Don't know who'll turn the pages, and I'm pretty sure I'd hate the environment after a second or two, but seriously....I'm at a loss.  I have made it through High School w/ a Distinguished Honors Award, I made it through College w/ a 3.7 GPA, and I'm working on my Masters.  But ask me questions about what I've learned....I admit it:  C-L-U-E-L-E-S-S.

7.  I am currently addicted to two things: FREE CELL on the computer (I have to play one round before going to bed at night, and I'm currently in the middle of a game right now), and CAFFEINE.  I take a cup of something diet every morning to work with me.  Dr. Pepper, Pepsi, and Mountain Dew are my favorites, but I'm in the DIET phrase right now, so it's all diet beverages for me!  So, I have a glass in the morning to pep me up for school, a can with my lunch, and usually one at dinner.

8.  Last week, I thought I was preggers, for REAL!  I was 3 weeks late for my period, I had been deathly sick since December and wasn't getting any better (even after a trip to the Doctor's office), I'm getting fatter by the second (I swear my belly looks like a preggo chick), and the killer:  I couldn't sleep on my tummy the other night!  I have slept in the same position for FOREVER...I'm sure I came out of my mother's womb in this position (head tilted to the left, right hand curled up over the head almost touching the wall, left hand curled up at the elbow with my fist almost up to the face, left leg hiked up, and right leg sprawled all the way out hanging off the bed).  But the other night, my tummy hurt to lay on it, so it took me forever to fall asleep.

9.  My period came the next morning at school during my planning hour, 1st period.  (ha ha...no pun intended there!)  I tried calling my hubby 3 times, with no results (btw, he was watching tv downstairs, and couldn't hear the cell phone ringing...FIGURES...he's a man!).  I had NADA with me that day...honestly, Steven had bought preggy tests the night before, and I was saving them for Valentine's weekend to do the test (awwww....ain't that cute?).  So when Mr. Nasty arrived, he was really unexpected, to say the least.  I had to ask the school nurse for emergency supplies, and I'd honestly forgotten just how BIG, LAME, CHEAP, and totally THICK their supplies are.  I felt like I was back in Jr. High fo' realls (and not just b/c I teach at one, either).

10.  I LOVE popping zits and plucking out wild hairs.  I know...it's strange!!!  It thrills me to find an ingrown hair on me, but it is even MORE fascinating when I find one on someone else and they let me deal with it.  Steven has slowly become accustomed to it.  I have a special tool that will get out the infection of a zit w/o it scarring, it hurts minimally, and it heals up oh-so-nicely.  I found it at Sally's Beauty Supply a few years ago, and I DARE someone to take it from me.  IT'S MINE (and no, I don't share....gross....sharing zit ooooozies just ain't right!)

There you go...several more of my silly quirks.  Man, since starting a blog (and having so many friends that tag me w/ these random things), you all know WAY TOO MUCH about my deepest darkest secrets.  but just you wait.....there are still things that you will NEVER know about me. (ha ha ha).

Tag, you're it!!  Amber, Kasey, Kirsti, Steven, Hna. Price :), Mary, & Tami