Okay Camille...I'm on it!

So Camille tagged me with a request for six unique/quirky things about myself. Do I really want to own up to these...?

1. This one probably falls under the category of OCD but here goes. You know that tiny seam on pillowcases and sheets where it is the smallest fold ever and maybe a centimeter to the stitching? Okay for as long as I can remember I have run my fingernails along that seam or made it snap as I pull my fingernail across it. I used to fall asleep doing this as a little girl. I distinctly remember my sister Alena one night (we shared a room) say to me, "Will you stop that?" One of the first nights after I got married when Darren and I were falling asleep he asked me what that noise was. I sheepishly explained and the sweetheart has never said a word about it since. I can't even fold a sheet or pillowcase or make a bed without doing it. I just have to. I know...weird.

2. I'm sorta vain about my ankles and feet. I have a good three inches on the next tallest girl (there are four of us) in my family and they just get shorter from there. They always say that I stole the tall genes allotted to the girls and left them with "cankles." (For real that is a huge exaggeration on their part, but it made my ankles seem special.) Also I do have long skinny feet that look fabulous in shoes.

3. Another weird foot fact. Since the time I could polish my own toes I think I have had polish on them every day that I can remember, except for about two weeks when I made myself go that long without color just to prove to myself that I could do it.

4. I almost never like a haircut right away and I never let them style it at the salon. My hair is big, curly, thick and coarse. Hair like this must be treated like topiary - shaped in it's natural state. I once had a girl straighten my hair first and then cut it. It was a beautiful haircut straight (but I rarely straighten my hair - takes too long) which ended up being retarded looking when curly because not all curls on the same head are created equal. I had a rat tail until I finally took the scissors to it myself. I'm lucky now to have a neighbor who cuts hair and she does a great job. I really am a big chicken when it comes to getting my hair cut.

5. Babysitting is easy for me. I will almost always say yes if someone asks me to watch their kids. It is just an easy way for me to help out my friends. Twice now I've babysat for two different families whose moms needed to go to work everyday and really as far as I'm concerned the more the merrier. It gives my kids someone to play with and me a cure for being baby hungry. If you are having a baby I'll gladly take your kids - just don't ask me for a meal - it stresses me out trying to figure out what other people will eat.

6. Barf is no big deal for me. I'm a barfer myself so I understand the need to and how much better a person feels afterwards. My husband will do anything to keep it down. Not me - I'd just rather do it and get it over with. I'm also the designated barf cleaner-uper. For some reason I can turn off my sense of smell and so it has never bothered me to clean it up. I remember coming home from cheering at a game and my oldest brother had all of the rest of the kids in the living room (the one without the TV) while my parents were in town. I thought it was strange until he told me that my little sister Becca had barfed red koolaid in the family room and they were waiting for me to get home and clean it up before the reentered the room. Silly memory.

Okay that's it. Now I tag Renae, Kristin H, Crystal, Kristina, and Terri.