Laura tagged me in one of those “five things about you” memes via Instagram. So, lucky you, five random things about me.
1. Cookies are my kryptonite. I have a wicked sweet tooth, regardless, but my particular downfall is cookies. It doesn’t help that I make some incredibly delicious ones, if I do say so myself. I was all kinds of proud when one of the kids’ preschool teachers confided last year that the box of cookies I gave them at the holidays was their favorite.
2. I love classical choral Christmas music. I could happily listen to my St. Olaf Christmas Fest CD from Thanksgiving until New Year’s. And don’t even get me started on a good men & boys’ choir. And yes, that is somewhat in conflict with the whole “we’re raising Jewish kids and not celebrating Christmas in our house” thing.
3. I have toyed with the idea of becoming a Spinning teacher. I would have to get in WAY better shape before I would consider doing anything about it, but I think I’d be good at it. Or maybe I’d just enjoy creating different playlists for different rides.
4. My random, recurring celebrity fantasy/daydream involves having [insert current celebrity of choice] over for dinner. I have no idea why. I can’t decide if that says something kind of sweet about me, or if it just means I’m getting old and need a much more adventurous fantasy life. Either way, it’s kind of embarrassing.
5. In the last month, I have at least a dozen pictures of myself. This is absolutely radical to me. I’m not sure I have that many from the rest of the entire year. I give all credit to my new iPhone and the self-facing camera, as well as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, which make taking a picture just part of a status update. I almost never give my “real” camera to someone else and ask them to take a picture of me. But the iPhone makes it so easy to snap a picture as we’re going about our day. Not many of them are exactly frame-worthy, but I’m glad that it’s so easy to finally have some pictures of me and the kids.
Though I will say, there are few things as alarming and hideously unflattering as turning on that camera and have it facing you from somewhere under your chin. Yeesh.
OMG. EXACTLY, the hideous unflattering angle! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve thought that!!!
oh man I LOVE some St Olaf. I think I watched that horrid Christmas concert circa 1986 with the girls with the feathery bangs that played on the South Carolina PBS every.single.year with my mom. Good times, really it was and I have a special place for Christmas music as well as holiday books. As in need to stop my collection of both. I too only pull of the crates of both for the weeks between the two holidays.
I would so lend you my Winter Solstice music collection from Windom Hill. Know them? Think the music sound mixing on thirtysomthing (also circa 1986)
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