I was tagged!

Ok, I was tagged twice, once by Juila (http://julia-transition.blogspot.com/) and once by Aimee (http://aimeeheartsparis.blogspot.com/), so in honor of that I am going to do 14 things. Oh and here are the obligatory rules:

The rules:Link to the person who tagged you.Post the rules on your blog.Share seven random and/or weird facts about yourself on your blog.Tag seven random people at the end of your post, and include links to their blogs.Leave a comment on their blogs so that they know they have been tagged.

1. Being tagged makes me feel super special and happy. Embarrassing? Yes. Pretty much true though? Yes.

2. I am terrible with important dates. I even forgot if Nathan's birthday was on May 11 or 12 the first year we were married, and sometimes I still can't remember. I even forget my own sister's birthdays from time to time. And don't even ask me when my good friend's Becky's birthday is, I am pretty sure it is in mid October but I could be totally wrong.

3. This kind of goes along with #2, but I also constantly forget if I am 24 or 25. In fact, as I was sitting here I had to do the math in my head and double check that I am actually 25.

4. I am pretty sure #2 and #3 make me a dumb ass. That's considered random/weird right?

5. I am cheap. REALLY cheap. The only time I don't consider myself cheap is when Nathan and I are out with friends or throwing some kind of get together. Other than that I do some pretty crazy stuff to save money. I wash and reuse Ziploc bags, I buy 90% of my groceries from Aldi, I keep the thermostat at 68 and would probably keep it lower if Nathan would let me, I keep underwear and bras until they have so many holes I feel naked, and so on.

6. I have recently become a very positive person and it pretty much happened overnight and with little effort. It was like one day I just decided that life was going to happen and getting upset about what comes my way is just a waste of my already precious time. Yep, the sewer backs up and causes lots of money lost and headache, you have to pay 1300 instead of getting a tax return, but seriously, what can you do about it? It is just life, and yeah it sucks for the moment but 99% of it isn't going to impact my life for long.

7. Going along with #6, I no longer stress about my weight. Sure I want to be healthy, but I used to get super stressed about my size and it just isn't worth it. I refuse to make myself miserable because I would like to be lots thinner.

8. I used to have a crazy scary tolerance for alcohol. I really only started drinking at about 20, but by my 22nd birthday I could really take some drinks down without getting sick. 9 or 10 mixed drinks with different kinds of alcohol wouldn't make me sick, which is definitely not the case now, and thank God, because no one should binge drink like I did.

9. I am obsessed with my cell phone. I have an AT&T tilt and it is super cool. I love being able to use the Wi-fi capabilities. Plus, I just got off the phone with Nathan and he informed me that he was able to get me a Bluetooth stereo headset and a carrying case. Score!

10. I am a board game fanatic. I get super competitive and don't even realize it. Not to sound conceited but my friends die laughing at me everytime we play a game because I just get so crazy. I try and hold back when playing with people that don't know me as well, but it is crazy hard. I will elaborate more in a separate post so this tagged thing doesn't become a novel.

11. While I love spending alone time with Nathan, one of my favorite things is being out with a big group of friends. Some of my best memories are of my friends and I at a restaurant, winery, camping, or just over at someone's house.

12. The three compliments that I love:

a) "You are hilarious!" I love hearing people laugh.

b) "This tastes wonderful." Seriously, food compliments are the best.

c) "Thanks for listening." I really make a strong effort to be someone/a friend that truly listens and gives comfort.

13. For a really long time I wanted to be a writer. I wrote the better part of a couple novels, but never finished them because I decided they were crappy. Later I kind of fell into the cooking world out of necessity and grew to love that as much as writing. If I could do one thing and live a comfortable life I would write cookbooks. The funny thing is, for a couple years I actually thought this dream was within reach. I was going to pitch a cooking with beer cookbook to Anheuser Busch. I cook with beer a lot because it adds a ton of great, concentrated flavor. What was going to be so cool is I was going to feature all the different AB beers (including the seasonal ones) in a wide variety of really user friendly recipes. But guess what happened?

I saw this book in Borders and cried and I am really not much of a crier. I am sure it is great, but I don't think I will ever be able to pick it up.

14. Coming up with random/weird things was super easy for me, what does that mean?

I am going to break the rules and not tag 7 people, because all of the people that I would tag already were tagged prior to me. If you haven't been, then tag your it!!!!