Seven Things

Eek! I've been tagged by the cool cat Becky of Sweetie Pie Press. And in honour of her bravery at posting a picture from childhood at the top of her seven things, I've dug out the above (not quite sure that's proper grammar...). So here are seven things, random but perhaps not so weird...and speaking of childhood:


1. never saw shapes in clouds or had an imaginary friend or believed in fairies (yes, i know they're dropping dead all over the place now - quick! ring some bells or something - clap your hands!...)

2. was enamoured of Christopher Plummer when I was a girl, due entirely to The Sound of Music...

3. can recite, at length (and, if you ask Mr. S. ad nauseum), my favourite childhood movie: The Princess Bride

4. i still have paper from a titration experiment in highschool, which i kept because i liked the colours. which tells you about my attitude towards chemistry... and colours :-)

5. have Gordon Korman's autograph

6. double-jointed, i think these days they can it hyperflexion, but whatever, it let me win that bend-back-eachothers-fingers-until-someone-says-uncle game...

7. i still have my wisdom teeth - um, not in my head...in a box...



And now I tag:

hmmmmm.......so, if you've been kind enough to leave a comment here in the past couple of months and you are new-ish :-) to me, and I haven't tagged you before, you are:

gretchen

lisa

florence

enthusia

katharine

jenny

kelly

rules:
1. link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog.
2. share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
4. let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.


p.s. of course i believe in fairies now...
p.p.s. my Mom made that dress. it has smocking! i have so very far to go....

Tag You're It

I've been tagged by the lovely Jen. So here goes (funny, I'm usually the chain-breaker...see, it's just that Jen's so nice :-)

The Rules:

1. Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog.

Done.

2. Share 5 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.

Random or weird. Maybe random and weird? You see, nobody thinks they're weird, but the nice thing is we all are, so let's celebrate a little weirdness, eh? And randomness...

1. If I make a mistake when I type (a spelling error, for example), I backspace all the way back to where the mistake was made, erasing everything in my path, and start over again. I don't know if that's weird or just a little obsessive-compulsive, but there you are...

2. Both polar-fleece and cotton balls are like nails on chalkboard for me. Serious goosebumps and icky-shivers. If you ever want to get me to confess something, just stick my hand in a jar of cotton balls...

3. I haven't brushed my hair for a couple of years. What? It's clean, just not brushed! My Mom needed a comb once at our place and the only thing I could find (to her utter bewilderment and slight horror) was Safiya's baby comb. Don't come to our house if you've got knots in your hair. Well, you can come over, we just won't be able to help you...

4. When I was little, I used to hide places and read. Everybody did, right? I lived on a farm...where I was supposed to work. So I took my books and I hid - in the empty giant wooden bins that were used to ship peaches to the canners. In trees. In the family car, lying down, with the window cracked for air just a little so that it wouldn't be noticeable. In the upstairs of the barn, where the baskets were kept - I would burrow in, making tunnels in the baskets, and bring a flashlight..."Oh there you are!" My Mom would say. I was really good at hiding :-) I don't really think behaviour like that is applicable to adult daily life, but wouldn't it be fun?

5. I can eat an entire jar of pickles. Just the homemade kind. In one sitting. Ask my Grammy about what happened to her stash of pickles when I house-sat one time for them...

3. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.

I echo Jen's sentiment about this part making one feel shy, but here goes:

kate

sarah

shin

heather

h.

4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Done.

5. Don’t break the chain!

O.K.!

And p.s. if anyone ever wants to pass around a meme/chain for weird or random things about their partners, sign me up! I could do, oh..."73 weird and random things about Mr. S." Ha!

Random Fun

Safiya and Mr. S. have gone out for a bit, so I've got the house to myself, which explains more than one post in a day ;-) I'm sitting here listening to The Vinyl Cafe on CBC Radio. I could listen to those stories all day - they just leave your heart in the right place afterwards (sounds schmaltzy, but true!) Listening to radio is a pleasure that I've forgotten about lately. My Mom always had CBC on, quietly in the background for my entire childhood. And it's just come to mind that Mr. S. and I used to listen to Monday Night Playhouse pre-Safiya. Maybe we'll start that again, because I feel that my grown-up imagination's gotten a bit rusty lately...

And now, on a completely unrelated note: I saw this post on a new-to-me blog, so just for some Saturday morning fun:

The Name Game

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car),
Kitty None (I might start using that...)

2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie),
Chocolate Peanut Butter Double Chocolate (a little weighty - how about P.B. Triple-C, eh?)

3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name),
M-Sas (or, M-Sass, obviously)

4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal),
Blue Cat

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born),
Renata St. Catharines (awesome!)

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first),
Sas-Ma

7. SUPERHERO NAME: (”The” + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink),
The Green Tea (that's the weakest superhero name ever)

8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers),
Aron William

9. STRIPPER NAME: (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy),
Lilac Goodies (hee hee)

10.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names ),
Eleanor John

And a few more…

11. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (Your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter),
hmmmm can't remember...

12. SPY NAME/BOND GIRL: (your favorite season/holiday, flower).
Autumn Rose (better than Autumn Peony or Autumn Camellia, and yes, I'm cheating)

13. CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now + “ie” or “y”)
Cherry Hoodie

14. HIPPY NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree),
Strawberry Jam Willow

15. YOUR ROCKSTAR TOUR NAME: (”The” + Your fave hobby/craft, fave weather element + “Tour”),
The Felting Storm Tour (cool!...that can be this blog's alter-ego name :-)

O.k., enough of that kind of silliness, now off to a different kind of fun - sewing!