10 in 5

I hear a good bit of talk about losing yourself after you become a mom. I was reading an article a few weeks back and it challenged women to step out of their mom and wife role and talk about who they really are. I think it's easy to talk to new friends about your children or what your husbands might have in common. I could tell you stories about BK for days. Days, people.

This article encouraged you to take 5 uninterrupted minutes and talk about yourself to a friend or your husband, or even if you just journal for those 5 minutes. When talking about yourself you couldn't mention your children or husband, that was the only rule. Well, you know I love a good list and you know I love to blog so what better way for me to approach this?

I took the challenge and put a different spin on it. I challenged myself to come up with 10 things about myself (separate from being a mom or a wife) in just 5 minutes. 10 little quirks or things that would make good "ice breakers." 10 things that people might not know about me.

1. I am the only girl on either side of my family. On my moms side there are 5 grandchildren (4 boys and myself) and on my dads side there are 4 grandchildren (3 boys and myself). IF I am spoiled it is no fault of my own. So yes, that means BK was the first girl in 24 years and for this reason Allen is convinced that we will have a house full of girls.
2. I love a vacation. There is nothing in this world I wouldn't give up budget-wise to go on a trip.Okay, I lied. I'm not giving up my blonde hair. But anything else, eating out, new clothes, new shoes, I'll wear cheap make-up just let me keep my salon visits.
3. I sing really loud in the car. For some reason I think louder means better. I turn the radio up loud and sing loud and a strange thing happens, I sound just like the person on the radio. Crazy, huh? :)
4. Teaching has always been my clear career path. My second choice? A lawyer.
5. I am overly sensitive at times and I find myself wishing I had "thicker skin" more times than I care to think about. I just don't like mean people. Period.
6. I have an impeccable sense of discernment about people I meet. It's almost creepy at times.
7. I am a people-pleaser like no other. I want to make everyone happy and I sometimes put myself out to do it. It seems like a good quality, but there definitely has to be some balance. Read: I need to say "no" more.
8. Decorating my house is the bain of my existence. I buy random stuff hoping that it will go together and when it doesn't I just put it in the basement. We have so many random home furnishings, I could probably make bank at a garage sale.
9. The great outdoors? You can keep those. Every time I have ever been camping I woke up to a sinus infection the next morning. Which I'm pretty sure means I'm allergic.
10. I am annoyingly OCD about plans. You can't just tell me that we're going to do something next weekend. I need to know when, where, what time, who is going, how I should dress. I like the deatails, I can't help it.

I didn't proofread those. Truth be told, I rarely proofread the blog because when I do I usually end up deleting things or over-analyzing myself. So I apologize for the typo's in this post (or any other for that matter).