I did this a few years ago, but it is time again. Here are ten things you should know about me…
I started this blog two years ago for my friends to read after I moved. Turns out that none of them read my blog, but you do! You guys are from places like Belize, the Netherlands, Germany, Thailand & Poland to name a few.
I figured we should be friends so it won’t be so weird when I ask you if I can come and stay with you in your cool apartment in Moscow for my next vacation.
So, here are ten things about me that will help us get to know each other!
1. I may not look the same whenever you see me next. Long, short, bangs, no bangs, blonde, red, brown and everywhere in between. I get bored with my hair very easily. OR maybe I am a spy. You pick.
2. I really love Subway sandwiches. They are truly a delight to me.
3. I won’t buy food from superstores. In my mind there is something fundamentally wrong with buying groceries from non-grocery stores. Wal-Mart will never get me to buy food from them. Purchasing oranges at the same place I can buy tires is just unnatural.
4. I am a Type-A/Bohemian hybrid. Very driven. Constantly thinking. But with a whimsical spontaneity to it. You will find me trying to figure out a plan for how to run an AIDS clinic while swaying to Frank Sinatra with my hair up in an Italian scarf. It can really throw people off.
5. I have figured out how to stop global warming. No, I didn’t get any help from Al Gore on this. I came up with it myself. Simply cutting out this one thing will end it.
6. It took me 2 years to learn to cook a baked potato. Simple, you may think, but it wasn’t! Literally 2 years. I will save you the time and toil that I spent. Put the potato in an 350 degree oven for 2 hours. Now you can use your two years on something else.
7. I believe monkeys can be pets. When I was little I created a plan to convince my parents that we could, in fact, have monkeys as pets. I calculated how much they needed to eat, what it would cost, sketched a diagram of the monkey house I would build in the back yard, planned out their vaccinations…They didn’t go for it. I guess my parents are not quite as visionary as I am.
8. When I type, I hear my voice saying the words out loud. Just like Meg Ryan in You’ve Got Mail. I’d like to think that I don’t smirk and smile thoughtfully into the distance like she did while typing, but it is very likely that I do.
9. I wear sunscreen every day. Seriously, people. I have a soapbox about skin care. It’s not hard. Just put it on. When I lived in Seattle it would be 50 degrees and raining. This lady still put it on. Make fun if you will. Dermatologists love me.
10. I think I would enjoy gardening if it didn’t involve dirt. And bending over so much. But, I do love gardens. Particularly wild English gardens. I could sit in those for days. As long as I didn’t have to do any gardening.
See, wasn’t that nice? Are we friends yet? Honestly though, I wish I could sit and chat with each of you. Hear your stories and see pictures of where you are from.
Are you on Instagram? Twitter? Do you have a blog? I’d love to see you other places online. Let me know in the comments!
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Oh how you have made me laugh! I think we would get on fine and dandy. If you ever fancy a trip to Ireland I will put the kettle on. As well as my Gillybirds blog about my hens and other random stuff, I tweet and Instagram @mrsgillybirds. Find me!
I would LOVE to go to Ireland. My parents go every year. I’ll give you a heads up if I come so you can put that kettle on.
brilliant! see you next year then 🙂
Oh my word, just read the NASCAR post and you are a genius (and also hilarious). When we lived in Birmingham, NASCAR was so big that during Talledega, the schools shut down. Apparently, fast cars trump education. God bless America.
No way! They shut down? So, if we cut out NASCAR we could end global warming and help the educational problem here in America. Two birds one stone?
Sure it’s not that simple? However, we would have to deal with the unemployment that shutting down NASCAR would cause. But I do need a few more babysitters, and according to Asher, a race care driver is exactly who he’d like caring for him.
We would be fantastic friends!
Oh my word. We would be great friends! If your ever in Knoxville, let me know! I’d love to have coffee with you!
Oh, I will! I hear Knoxville is fantastic.
Hello! I love reading your blog, you can check mine out at sierrahorst.blogspot.com
Thanks Sierra! I will.
Justin Bieber has a pet monkey! And hey, if Justin is doing it, it must be ok 😉
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Great point! I like the way you think.
You’re grown and have your own house now. Feel free to get a monkey. 🙂
Wouldn’t my kids love that…
I find you simply delightful! Love,love your blog! Eres encantadora:)
Thanks Molly! Had to google a translation for your sweet compliment. I might be one of the only people in Texas who doesn’t speak Spanish!
Haha! Loved that about the potato! You’re not alone! I didn’t figure it out till a few years ago and this is coming from someone who doesn’t let anyone else make the mashed potatoes for Thanksgiving (I’m a bit potato obsessed). I steam them and they cook even faster than the oven.
What sunscreen do you use?
I started following your blog when I moved to New York to go to culinary school. I used to go to Baylor and went to Antioch. I lived in a discipleship house with some incredible girls and Jenn told me about your blog. I have one too! Splendidsimplicities.wordpress.com
I wish we had gone to Common Grounds when I was still and Waco and we could have gotten to know each other. You are so wise and I think we would have been good friends, seems like we have a lot in common!
I just discovered your blog through Howtheyblog.com – what a cool place! I’ve only been blogging for the last three weeks, so I’m still the new kid on the block! I loved learning more about you! I’m on FB, Pinterest, and Instangram. 🙂 Oh – and a fellow sunscreen wearer here! I tan easily, but I still use it – can’t be too careful!
Hi Elizabeth I stumbled upon your blog, as we all do, and love this, no really I love it. I am on Instagram I will follow you and here I am http://instagram.com/karenmainonline. I have a new blog, only a bubba, 3 months old but I do love her.
Hey Elizabeth, I absolutely love your blog. I’m actually a Baylor student involved in ACC college ministries, but I’ve never officially introduced myself to you and Jady (tell him his preaching rocks my world every time). I actually recently joined the blogging club, too, so feel free to check mine out at eatpraylearnblog.wordpress.com!