1. When I was going to school at Utah State I worked at a baby store called Stork Landing. During my time there it was decided that we were going to purchase a infomercial spot on the Cache Valley Channel and every employee would have to be in the infomercial showing off a part of our store. Some one got strollers, another toys, maternity clothes, cribs etc. Even though I was the ONLY full time employee there, my boss decided to let everyone pick there departments on my day off. NOT OKAY! I thought I deserved first pick since I pretty much ran that store. Not the case, I was the lucky girl who was forced to discuss breast pumps and nipples. Wow, what a treat that was. I still have the recording on VHS… thank goodness we don’t have a VCR!!
2. I was dating Joe when he got word that he was going to have to report to duty for 18 months with the Utah National Guard. Operation Enduring Freedom separated us physically but brought us so close emotionally. The first time he told me he loved me was on his cell phone as his plane was leaving the tarmac headed to Camp Shelby Mississippi. I can not believe we endured 18 months apart, but it has made us appreciate each other so much more! I love you Joe!
3. There are very few movies I have ever stayed awake in – even in the theater. I love sleep so much that when a movie begins to play my brain turns off immediately and sends me into a sleeping trance! However I did see Dan in Real Life three times already and stayed awake every time! What a great show!
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4. Joe came home for two weeks in November 2005, 11 months into his deployment. We were planning on getting married the following September. When he came home we decided that we were just going to get married while he was home. We decided on a Sunday… Planned our wedding in FOUR days and were married on Friday November 18, 2005. It was so exciting and so stress free… not to mention how much money we saved!!! I’d recommend it to everyone!!
5. When I first started my current job we had weekly meetings. The meetings ALWAYS started late, and they were usually pointless. My boss was frustrated that no one was showing up at the meetings. I sat in the front entry way where everyone walked in, so I told him I would let him write the meeting info on my forehead in permanent marker if he would compensate. He thought this was a great idea. For the next three days I had the meeting memo on my head. After the meeting he took me to Best Buy where he bought me a $500 TV because I did not have a one. He could not believe someone could live without TV. I love my TV!
6. I feel guilty buying clothes for my little Stella. Her cousin Kaya is one year older than she is and has give Stella all or her very cute hand-me-downs’! Stella’s closet is so packed full of Kaya’s old clothes that I will not allow myself to buy her anything new. Well, except for jammies... I have a small obsession with the jammies at the Children’s Place. They are so cute! This picture only shows half her clothes... its laundry day.
7. Every time I buy a new article of clothing I don’t take the tag off until I wash it. I could wear a shirt out three times with the tag on. I seem to wear the item more times that I usually would without washing it. I don’t know why I do that. I realize it’s strange, but its something I’ve done for years.
All of you friends should do the same! Its fun to remember why you are strange!
