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mirjam
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Let's learn 5 Random Facts! About YOU.....and me!

I'm LOVING the awesome forum family here at the PAD and I'd like to know a little more about all of you!
Instead of learning the usual facts about you... I'd LOVE to get to know the random and unusual facts!

Don't be afraid to post more than five facts or come back to post more!

I'll get us started... hopefully I wont scare you all away :)

1. I can (still) put one leg behind my head
2. I love colour coordinating things so much that I match the colour of the clothes pins to my towels, blue pins go on the blue towels and the green on the green towels.
3. I almost always wear black clothes
4. At age 14 I became Dutch junior champion in archery
5. I am such a chatterbox that I noticed last week I almost hit a 1.000 posts and when I checked today I totally missed that joyous event by not one or two but 38!! posts :giggle That's me all right!
 
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1. I have a scary obsession with owls and the Eiffel Tower.
2. I used to be able to dance like they do on "So You Think You Can Dance".
3. I HATE laundry... so much so that I wait until the last possible time to do it lol
4. I have never been outside the US.
5. Majority of my clothes are the color purple... another obsession haha
 
Those are really fun fact to learn Holly! Wow for you being able to dance like they do on "So You Think You Can Dance". I am always watching in awe! I think we would look very royal together in black and purple! LOL
 
1. I used to be an aerobics instructor half my life ago
2. I am not easily grossed out (very handy when you have 3 boys!)
3. We own and run a music school here in Quebec and online and have started expanding with a sister school in Ivory Coast, Africa.
4. I hate laundry too Holly, but not as much as cooking! (Both of which are inevitable)
5. I love earth tones. I am drawn to anything natural, grungy and vintage
 
Wow - 5 random facts? I'm not sure I can do this!

1. My thumbs will bend back so the part above the knuckle is at a 90 degree angle from the part below the knuckle
2. I obsessively organize most everything
3. My favorite book ever is the Thorn Birds
4. My knees and ankles crack constantly throughout the day
5. My favorite indulgence is clean sheets - if I had the time, I would have fresh sheets every single night
 
Ooh, I love the Thorn Birds!

mrs2a50 said:
Wow - 5 random facts? I'm not sure I can do this!

1. My thumbs will bend back so the part above the knuckle is at a 90 degree angle from the part below the knuckle
2. I obsessively organize most everything
3. My favorite book ever is the Thorn Birds
4. My knees and ankles crack constantly throughout the day
5. My favorite indulgence is clean sheets - if I had the time, I would have fresh sheets every single night
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I can't imagine there are 5 things about me that everyone doesn't already know, so these are probably repeats. :giggle

1. I won't eat meat that is still attached to the bones. No wings (unless boneless), no ribs, no t-bone steaks, etc. And no weird fatty parts are allowed either. I'm one weird meat texture away from being a vegetarian, even though I do like it usually.
2. In 2008 I weighed 260lbs. In 2012 I ran 4 marathons. (I've done 7 total)
3. I have a 3 K-Cup a day habit
4. I've turned just about every hobby I've ever had into a job thanks to my "there must be a way to make money from this" attitude. Almost surprised I'm not a hooker.
5. My toenails are polished and well maintained 365 days a year.
 
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5. My favorite indulgence is clean sheets - if I had the time, I would have fresh sheets every single night
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This is me, too. When I'm sick I DO wash them every day. I can't handle the thought of sleeping in a "sick bed". Dh was sick this week and I almost snapped waiting for him to get up long enough for me to wash them.
 
So fun to learn fun facts about everyone!!!

1. I was just asked to do a Half Marathon in Disney with my friends in 13 months and I am not sure I can be ready!!!
2. My elbow bends back in the wrong direction and really freaks people out - I never knew that was unnatural until like 2 years ago.
3. My little family of 5 is living in my parents basement while we build our 4th home - and we share one small bathroom and 2 bedrooms - It's a bit crazy, but a bit fun - and we have built in babysitters!
4. I went to the Rainforest in Peru South America in 1993 on a "Save the Rainforest" expedition - it was life changing in many ways.
5. I HATE spending money - it does not make me feel good at all.
 
Let's learn 5 Random Facts! About YOU.....and me!

13 months is more than enough time to get ready, even if you've never run a day!
 
I will need you to coach me thru this Angie!!! :) I instantly thought of you. I did three 5k's in 2011, and slacked on running in 2012. Now I need to do a 5k and a 10k this year to get a timed score so that they will put me in a decent coral for starting the half marathon!
Angie4b1g said:
13 months is more than enough time to get ready, even if you've never run a day!
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1. I love dogs, but mine sometimes really get on my nerves.....like now
2. I love ice cream
3. I cringe while I'm cleaning the bathroom, hate it
4. I have flat feet and need special made orthotics or else my feet hurt from even good shoes
5. I love to play with my kids' legos
 
Such fun facts about everyone!

1. I've been able to keep up with my P365 because half my photos were taken with my phone. Not sure if that's good or bad...
2. I'm french canadian and usually use english titles with french journaling on my pages. I guess they're just catchier? ;)
3. I used to be a figure skater. Loved it and followed the amateur figure skating world very closely.
4. I only started drinking coffee about 2 years ago, but now I can't stop!
5. I'm married to my high school sweetheart. We've now been together for 15 years. :)
 
Angie4b1g said:
13 months is more than enough time to get ready, even if you've never run a day!
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i'm not a runner by any stretch of the imagination, but would love to be... i need you to coach me too!!

and mirjam, how cool that you were the jr. archery champ!! that's fantastic!!
 
Hmmmm....I never think of myself as very interesting, but I'll try LOL :)

1. I have 5 kids in a 6-year time span.
2. I have visited Bolivia (only place out of the US I've ever been).
3. I have crazy airplane anxiety and plan to never fly again, at least until all my kids are grown.
4. Before I became digiscrap obsessed and started working at home, I used to sew all my kids' wardrobes.
5. I was on the dance team in school? I dunno if that is super interesting LOL
6. Oh yeah and I homeschool my kids which a lot of people find interesting.
 
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i don't know 5 random facts about me that i've not shared before... i'm a pretty transparent person, so i think i've shared it all!! sorry if you already know this stuff....

1. i often dream in spanish, but i'm too chicken to actually SPEAK it to real people (thus, my name from the naming fairy).
2. i HATE HATE HATE tripple hate mayonaise. HATE. blech!
3. i have a weird food texture issue that makes my friends and family laugh at me often... for instance, i can't eat jarred mushrooms because i imagine i'm chewing through someone's earlobe. gross!!
4. i really don't like people (or anything really) touching my face. it's a compulsion really.
5. i'm a very vocal football fan... i can't watch it quietly... i yell at the tv as though they can hear me... and i yell just as loud in the stadium (which sometimes makes the people around me want to punch me in the face).
 
Here's my attempt at interesting (though I don't know how much of it is new info)

1. Not only do I homeschool my DD but I was homeschooled from 8th grade on.
2. I love to bake, when I get bored I bake.
3. I met my husband 13.5 years ago playing cribbage on Yahoo! games.
4. I am one of six kids but have an only child.
5. I am going to turn 40 this year (lol ok not really interesting but it boggles my mind).
 
Oh these are great! It's so fun to learn more about everyone. I even had a few surprises from some of you that I've known for a long time.

1. I really, really hate having my feet touched. I even wear socks to bed in case DH's feet bump into mine. I do get pedicures but it is pretty much an act of endurance every single time.
2. I am a ridiculous insomniac and have been my entire life.
3. I was voted "Most Likely To Succeed" in High School
4. My kids are 8 years apart because of recurrent miscarriage, which causes a lot of nosy questions. The most frequent one is "Do they have the same father?" Purely because I think that's rude to ask, I often answer, "I'm not sure." (Ha. For the record, they DO have the same father. Happily married to him for 16 years.)
5. I am an avid book worm and read an entire book almost every single day. (That's what I do instead of sleep. See #2)
 
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