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25 Random Things about Liesel

I had someone start this with me on Facebook, and I thought it turned out really interesting, so I thought I would post it on Xanga.  My friend sent me a list of 25 random things about himself, and it was really fun to write the 25 things about myself, so here they are:

1. I lived in the same house until I moved away for college.
2. I cataloged over 12,000 pages read in a reading challenge in the 6th grade (and I got tired of reporting all the books I read, so I really read more than that)
3. My brother once body slammed me in a grocery store.
4. My brother hit me in the head with a brick when I was little.
5. I got pulled over for not turning on my headlights when I was 16. My cousin, Ashley was apalled when my response to the cop was, "I'm sorry officer, I guess I just had a brain fart."
6. I've been to San Diego like 10 times in the last year, and I've never made it to the beach even once.
7. I broke my middle toe last fall at about 6am, on my bedpost...that toe is now about 1/4 in shorter than the same toe on the other foot.
8. I played the trombone all through Junior High, High School, and 1 year of college.
9. I miss playing my trombone in a band even now.
10. The only stitches I ever had to get were due to an accident opening my brother's pocket knife.
11. I yell really loud when I have to smash a bug so I won't hear the crunch.
12. I LOVE my job.
13. Due to my job, my nerd level has increased severely as I am secretly fascinated by roadside ditches, storm drain inlets, roadway striping, signs, bridges, entrance and exit ramps, etc. I try not to talk about it, but sometimes I just can't contain myself and point out some really cool feature of a road...It's really cool to me, that is--to my friends, it is just an opportunity to smile and say, that's nice.
14. I have made 5 and a half baby quilts this year...I will be helping my mom make two more for a certian set of twins that will be born in May.
15. I never made a "B" until my first semester of college...what a nerd!!
16. I once got really sick in the middle of a walking tour through Munich, Germany.
17. I met an Irishman in Paris, and heard him do an impersonation of an Oklahoma accent...talk about hilarious.
18. I spent a whole year of high school in a class studying the Constitution...AND WE KICKED BUTT in the following competition and got to go to a national competition in Washington D.C.
19. I have the absolute greatest family in the world!!
20. I helped knock down a chimney in my parents new house, and my mom has a picture of me looking like a coal miner somewhere...I hope it never gets out.
21. I HATE tack strip...the strip under carpet that holds the carpet in place. I pulled up tack strip in my entire house, and in my parents new house. It is so annoying and it splinters everywhere and it resulted in being the reason for my most recent tetanus shot.
22. I have a strong tendancy to run into walls. I've done it my whole life and I still don't know how I manage it.
23. I have the sickness that strikes all quilters...an obsession for fabric. We all have a stash, a big collection of fabric. When my house was broken into last month, I was really relieved that none of my fabric was missing!
24. I now have five rosebushes in my front yard.
25. I thank God everyday for sending Jesus to be my salvation!

TOE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 So I woke up this morning as usual to the sound of my alarm.  Now, just for context, realize that my alarm is on the far side of the room on top of my dresser.  To get to the alarm I have to get out of bed and walk around my bed to the dresser.  I have this amazing capacity to stay vaguely asleep during this process, so I usually hit the snooze a couple of times and walk back to bed and doze for about 2 snooze cycles before I get up for the day.

This morning the process started well.  I got up, walked to the alarm and hit the snooze button.  Unfortunately, as I turned back around I kicked the bedpost!!  OHHHHH the AGONY!!!!  I spent the entire snooze cycle moaning on my bed.  After the day at work, I thought I would share the pain with you all by showing you some pictures of my poor toe.

I feel that all the pity I will recieve has been well earned.  My toe feels like it is about 2 inches in diameter.

I would just like to take back my comment about my parents having news...they had me convinced they were going to buy a new house, but then they decided it was too much of a fixer, and Dad decided he wanted to have more of a life.  I agree, it is better to wait awhile until the perfect one comes along that doesn't involve killing yourself to get it liveable.

The following is a narrative of my morning:

First, I totally overslept, missed my exercise bootcamp, and continued sleeping until I had to rush to get ready for work.  Once I realize the time, I burst out of bed, use the facilities, and hurry to get Irwin out of bed.  He takes FOREVER outside, I'm talking he sniffs the entire yard and totally ignores my calls to come in.  Finally he comes inside.  I rush to finish getting ready, then I hop in the car to go to work.  I stop at Starbucks to appease my rushed feeling with a frappacino (I know I shouldn't, but they are so good!).  I'm halfway to work when I notice the empty light on my car and the dial is like beyond the empty mark, I turn into a gas station and have to wait in line for gas.  I finally leave the 7Eleven, and make it to the work parking lot.  I decide that I should grab my coat from the backseat because while it wasn't too cold outside, my work is cold a lot.  I grab the coat and try to put it on in the car.  At this point two things happen--My coat catches on the straw of my frappacino, spraying whipped cream and coffee everywhere and the straw falls down between my seat and the console, and my foot comes off the brake.  When my car bumped into the car in the space in front of me I realize that I had not put the car in park. I have like this total moment of horror.  I put the car in reverse and back away from the car, thanking the heavens for it not having an alarm.  Then, I looked around the whole parking lot to see if anyone saw the bumping of the car in front of me...no one did...and I'm sooooo relieved!  I then take the time to wipe up all the whipped cream and coffee while I pray that there will be no dents and scrapes to the car's back bumper.  I finish cleaning, step out of the car and see the best thing that happened all morning...absolutely NO marks on the bumped car.  I nearly squeal with relief and walk into work to hear "The Daves" questioning weather I would be coming to work today (I have two ODOT retiree's that share the cubicle across from me named Dave).

Just another one of the instances in my life where someone really needs to share it just so they can laugh.  Seriously, it would be just so much more funny if I had someone to laugh at myself with!!!  Join in with me people...there is a guy out there that is totally missing out!! 

Well, I find that I have to force myself to blog so that you all can read about my fabulous life (catch the sarcasm here, please).  I just feel so boring sometimes, and I know I should type a blog more often, but there is just not much new information to say!  I'm still working on the border fence access road southeast of San Diego and Broadway is a never ending venture.  We hope to have all the plans turned in to ODOT by this summer, but no one hold their breath for it to be built...$$$$$ is what the state of Oklahoma needs to give to transportation. 

There will be EXCITING news announced by S in the next few days!!!  I believe everyone will be as excited for my parents as I am.  I will let her tell all of you about it, but all I can say is CONGRATULATIONS and after 28 or 29 years (approx.) of making the best of it, you guys deserve it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am making a quilt to be raffeled off at my church to raise money for a mission trip to Spain.  I'm not going, but I want to do my part to send those that can go to spread the gospel to all those who need Jesus in their lives. 

I am also making BABY quilts.  Not only is Ashley Changecolor-Bundy pregnant but one of my bible study girls is expecting her second and two of the others could be pregnant within the year, so I'm trying to be prepared.  Well that's about it.  What can I say??  My life just keeps going on, I'm happy, but there is just not much exciting news that happens!!

Love you all!!