7 things about me

So I've been tagged by Malinda! Here I go trying to think of 7 things about myself.....

1. I'm pretty frugal. I love it when I can get a good deal on something. Each Sunday I go through the newspaper and clip all the good coupons and I even file them all in my little organizer container. Then I look through the grocery adds and circle all the things we need that are on sale. When I go to the grocery store I carry my coupon box with me to see which ones I can use. I love it when I'm able to save a bundle! I love using all sorts of coupons. Once I got a pair of nice dress shoes from DSW for only $0.01. Yes, one cent! I was so proud of myself. I also found a local website where I can purchase gift certificates for 50% off!

2. I haven't had a dishwasher the entire time I've been married. That = 5+ years! I thought by now I would have been used to washing dishes by hand, but it hasn't happened yet. Since I hate doing dishes I usually wait until the sink is full before I do them (I know that would drive some people crazy!). But it works for me. My husband is pretty good at taking his turn to do them to, which helps a bunch. I just hope the next place we move to has a dishwasher.

3. I am picky with my meat. I eat red meat, but it has to be cooked well done. No pink for me. Grosses me out. I also try to cut off ALL fat/tendons/blood vessels (oh I'm grossing myself just writing this) before I cook my meat. It annoys Josh. I'm very paranoid when it comes to chicken. I'm afraid it will be undercooked. As a result, whenever I cook chicken it's almost always overcooked and way too dry! I also hate eating meat on the bones, it makes me feel like an animal. I'll eat it if it's served to me, but I don't ever eat the skin and I usually try to pull the meat off before I eat it.

4. Another way I'm frugal: I like to get every last drop out of a bottle. Thinks like toothpaste, lotion, shampoo, peanut butter, etc. I'll squeeze, shake, scrape, until I've used as mush as I can possibly get. Once I even cut open a lotion bottle so I could scrape out the rest because it was a big bottle and there was a lot left inside! Hey, it makes things last longer than you think!

5. I have a love-hate relationship with my hair. I LOVE that it's long and thick and shiny and soft. But I HATE that it has a nasty wave to it. This means that I can't ever just let it air dry because otherwise it gets frizzy and way too poofy. So every day I have to blow dry it straight, which makes it straight but it's still poofy, so then I have to smooth it down with a curling or straightening iron. It takes way too long to do my hair.

6. I really don't like to read all that much. I used to read a lot when I was younger, but I think since I had to read so much boring stuff in high school and college, I got tired of reading. I do read (I'm currently reading 'The Memory Keeper's Daughter'), and once I find a good book I can't put it down. It's just the getting started I don't like. Plus, I think I read slow and I usually fall asleep when I'm reading.

7. I've had a variety of jobs. Here's all the jobs I've had: Organ Stop Pizza (I did everything but manage and wash dishes), a temporary position at a Costco grand opening passing out food samples, Motorola (I worked the night shift and wore a bunny suit in a clean room making these disc things), a telemarketing job for like 2 days (I hated it), Jamba Juice, a few temporary positions working as a secretary, a hostess at restaurant Barcelona, a Rehabilitation Facilitator (I worked with a 15 y.o. autistic girl), a legal filer at Holm Wright Hyde and Hayes, Nurse Extern and RN at Chandler Regional Hospital mother/baby, RN at Univ. of Chicago Hospitals L&D.


OK, so now I tag Kim, Amy J., Cassie, Tifani, Allison, Brynn. You must write 7 things about yourselves and post them!