I'm Baaaacckkk!

Having been
- nudged by Bowersita (who’s nearly my daughter)
“umm Grammy, Are you ever going to post anything ever again?”
- tagged by Nantie Meg (my actual daughter) and Gabriella (my dear friend)
- and inspired by Bright One (my blogger-buddy) I am finally back with :


6 Weird Things About Me


This was a hard post to write, because there are simply so many to choose from. Do you really want to know about my sense of humor (inherited from my Mom), my propensity to talk to inanimate objects, the fact that I turn most household chores into a game, or any of my other odd habits? Probably not! But here goes anyway.

1. I am 52 years old and have my own security blanket. Mind you, it’s not a raggedy old “woobie” or “kiki” that I drag around wherever I go. It’s a perfectly presentable cotton thermal blanket that lives between my top sheet and comforter. What makes it a security blanket is that I just seem to sleep better when I can feel it against my cheek. Weird? Of course, that’s how it made it onto this list.

2. I am 52 years old and I have no compunction at all about sharing my age. In fact I’m kind of proud of it. Remember when we were kids and people would ask us how old we were. It was always 7 & ½ or almost 10. Somehow I just never got over that.

Maybe it’s because I’m still not very mature. Or maybe it’s because I was a sickly child and the doctor told my Mom that if I lived to be 12, I would likely live to grow up. Well, now I’m grown up (or at least old). I’ve arrived at my goal. Or maybe it’s because my Honey gives such great birthday presents.

3. When I snore (which I promise is very rarely) Papa says that I do it backward. Instead of rumbling when I inhale, I whistle when I exhale. This is only hearsay, you understand. I don’t know it firsthand – as I’ve always slept through it.

4. My “actual” name (aside from Grammy) is Elizabeth Elin, but I’ve always gone by Elin. That’s just who I am. I like the name Elizabeth, but it just doesn’t feel like me. It still kills me to fill out dr. forms, etc with my first name. I swear that I was marked absent for 3 ½ years of college classes because I never responded to Elizabeth. And yet, when I do something really stupid or un-coordinated, I always berate myself with a derivation of it. As in, “Smooth Move Lizzie”. Yup, I am always Lizzie when I am dumb!

5. Papa (the love of my life) says that one of the weirdest things about me is the way I take pills. Apparently the majority of the world throws the meds in and washes them down with a quick drink. Who knew? I always fill my mouth with water, tip my head back, drop the pills in and let them sink to the back of the throat before swallowing. Now, that’s wise use of gravity my friends! And I never have to taste the pills, because they are surrounded by water at all times. It just makes sense to me.

6. I LOVE to organize things! It’s fun! I like the way things look when they are filed or stacked away neatly. I love a system that makes my life more efficient. It makes me happy to know that everything has it’s own place and that I can find it when I want it. And labeling things (not people) is an uplifting experience.

3 of my very good friends showed up on my doorstep early in the morning of my
last birthday (Did I mention that I was 52?) with the ultimate label maker. What a great birthday present that was! I labeled the drawers on my sewing organizer, my photo album supply organizers, my scrapbooking and stamping organizers and my quilting patterns. I used up a whole roll of printer tape and had a happy and productive day.

Ok, there you have it in a nutshell.

Am I weird? Probably.
Can I live with that? Yes, very comfortably.

Have a great day! Let yourself be yourself! It’s liberating!