Randomness? Sure!
I have decided to tag myself for the 8 Random Things meme (I haven't yet decided if that is taking the initiative or being pathetic, but it is what it is). So here, in no particular order, are 8 random things about me that you may or may not know.
1. Even though I am from the Boston area (which most people can't tell because I don't, thankfully, sound like I am) my parents are Southerners, born and raised in Arkansas. (Actually my mom was born in Nebraska, but moved to Arkansas at age 2). Growing up we used to go and visit my grandmother at her home on Beaver Lake every summer, and much of my extended family still lives in Arkansas, Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, etc.
2. From childhood up through my first year of college I wanted to be a classical musician. I started studying piano at age 7, and oboe at age 10. I played in every school orchestra, band, wind ensemble, etc. throughout my school years. I picked up a few other instruments along the way (string bass, glockenspiel, guitar, voice) but piano and oboe were my main instruments. I played in the Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra for at least five years, and I started college as a music major.
3. I have a Bachelor's Degree in Apparel Design, and a Master's Degree in Library and Information Science.
4. One of my mother's nicknames for me when I was a child was "motor-mouth". I talked, a lot. Whenever she said that I had a mental image of Cookie Monster pushing a lawn mower.
5. I used to have long, straight hair that was butt length when I cut it off during my second year of college. I went from that to a chin length bob.
6. I took a year off between high school and college. One of the things I did during that time was a month long ocean kayaking/wilderness camping trip on the Sea of Cortez with NOLS. I have never done anything else like that before or since, but I had a blast on that trip.
7. My daughter and I have the same last name and my son and husband have the same last name. It seemed more equitable that way.
8. I like nuts, and I like baked goods, but I don't like nuts in my baked goods. (Why ruin a perfectly good brownie by putting nuts in it?) The only exception that I can think of is my favorite chocolate chip/oatmeal/walnut/raisin cookies, but the walnuts are ground into meal, not left in solid pieces.
So that's eight things you may not have known about me. Give it a whirl on your blog, just let me know if you do so I can check it out!
1. Even though I am from the Boston area (which most people can't tell because I don't, thankfully, sound like I am) my parents are Southerners, born and raised in Arkansas. (Actually my mom was born in Nebraska, but moved to Arkansas at age 2). Growing up we used to go and visit my grandmother at her home on Beaver Lake every summer, and much of my extended family still lives in Arkansas, Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, etc.
2. From childhood up through my first year of college I wanted to be a classical musician. I started studying piano at age 7, and oboe at age 10. I played in every school orchestra, band, wind ensemble, etc. throughout my school years. I picked up a few other instruments along the way (string bass, glockenspiel, guitar, voice) but piano and oboe were my main instruments. I played in the Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra for at least five years, and I started college as a music major.
3. I have a Bachelor's Degree in Apparel Design, and a Master's Degree in Library and Information Science.
4. One of my mother's nicknames for me when I was a child was "motor-mouth". I talked, a lot. Whenever she said that I had a mental image of Cookie Monster pushing a lawn mower.
5. I used to have long, straight hair that was butt length when I cut it off during my second year of college. I went from that to a chin length bob.
6. I took a year off between high school and college. One of the things I did during that time was a month long ocean kayaking/wilderness camping trip on the Sea of Cortez with NOLS. I have never done anything else like that before or since, but I had a blast on that trip.
7. My daughter and I have the same last name and my son and husband have the same last name. It seemed more equitable that way.
8. I like nuts, and I like baked goods, but I don't like nuts in my baked goods. (Why ruin a perfectly good brownie by putting nuts in it?) The only exception that I can think of is my favorite chocolate chip/oatmeal/walnut/raisin cookies, but the walnuts are ground into meal, not left in solid pieces.
So that's eight things you may not have known about me. Give it a whirl on your blog, just let me know if you do so I can check it out!
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