Seven Weird Things....Not!

*Brag alert* *Brag alert*

Before we proceed to my "sort of strange meme", please indulge this mommy a little brag time. I just have to...because...well, I'm a mommy and that's what we do sometimes.

Last week, I mentioned that my youngest was graduating from "Cubbies" in the Awana program...(even though it seems it hasn't been that long at all since she was out of diapers...*sigh*)
This past Wednesday it was my oldest's turn in the spotlight as she graduated from Sparks.

For those of you who may not be familiar- from Sparks on, children go through their club books by memorizing lots of scripture and accomplishing other Bible-related projects. Those little girls and boys really work at those verses, let me tell you!

And for finishing all three books in her two years, my daughter stood up with a few others, and received this special Spark plaque up on stage:

Not everyone accomplishes this goal...so we were more than a little proud of her!

And I earned something, too...see that blue piece peeking out? My very own bumper sticker, thank you very much.

"My child earned a Sparks award and I helped."

(You might remember that at the Cubbies awards the week before, my camera batteries died...this time I did one better and completely left my camera at home!
But it didn't bother her- she just gladly posed for me when we got back!)

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Now, onto a completely different subject...

Barb recently tagged me for the 7 weird things meme...but honestly, the pressure is on. Because awhile back, I was tagged by someone else for 9 weird things and I think it was Barb who commented that I just wasn't weird enough.
And now I have to think up seven more? Oh, Barb, I just don't think I can do it!
Oh, the pressure!

Actually...how 'bout FIVE. FIVE semi-weird Facts.
I mean, when you're as perfectly normal as I am, it's all you can ask...;)

OK....here goes...

1) When I'm at home, I almost always have to have the TV on to go to sleep by.
No, I'm not that addicted to TV in general (OK, I use to be addicted, but not any more, honest!)
But this habit of falling asleep to the TV I can blame on my dear hubby, who conditioned to me to his acquired habit. We simply set the TV timer and blissfully drift off to dreamland.
If he has gone to bed first (as is often the case, since he wakes up so much earlier than I do) I simply pry the remote from his hand on entering the bedroom (amazing how firm his grip is while sleeping!) and turn it from his Fox News... to HGTV , Turner Classic Movies or maybe a little of The Learning Channel.
Ahhh...so relaxing...

2) I am completely afraid of those huge mosquito things, which I have always called "flying spiders". I remember just losing it as a child whenever one would be in the same room with me. Or am I thinking of two days ago...? Not sure.
All I know is, to this day, if one is in my bedroom when I'm trying to go to sleep, even an old Cary Grant movie isn't going to calm me down unless hubby does away with it.

3) I was the quintessential late bloomer.
I didn't get my ears pierced until I was 21. Didn't start drive until I was 20. Didn't really start to date until I was 18. And of course, didn't get married until I was 32!

Now that we have two daughters, my hubby likes all of the above age limits a lot and think they should be written into our family bi-laws.

4) I don't care for potato chips. No, I really don't. Especially those plain ones without ridges. If they are thick and ridgy, though, and there's some good dip to bury it in, then I'll eat a few at your party.
Otherwise, I'd rather eat the raw broccoli.

And 5)....drum roll, please...

I don't own an ipod!!!

There you have it. Five just-sort-of-strange facts about me. I know they aren't earth-shatteringly weird...nothing for Ripley's Believe it or not. But I'm certainly not going to post pictures of my eleven toes for all the world to see...heehee

And since I'm such a nice gal, I will tag any of you who can't think of seven or nine or 30 totally weird and wacky things -and you, too, can just do just FIVE SEMI-WEIRD FACTS, too!

Now, I'm off because it's way past my bedtime and unless there's a good old movie on, I'll be stuck floating off to dreamland with an infomercial on removing unwanted facial hair.