I've Been Tagged!

Well, I have been tagged by Kim, so here goes:

The rules are simple…Each player lists 8 facts/habits about themselves. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning before those facts/habits are listed. At the end of the post, the player then tags 8 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

So here are mine:

1. I am fascinated with England. I think perhaps I must have been British in a former life! Ever since I was maybe ten or eleven, I remember having a fixation with the country. I first visited there in 1997 and have since been there five times, but I remember my first visit, thinking, "I don't care if I see anything outside Heathrow airport. I would even love to just sit in the airport and listen to the accents." I think a British accent is so lovely, and the pound symbol makes me swoon! Yes, it's crazy!

2. I am a people watcher. I am fascinated by people, and I love to sit in the middle of a park or mall and just watch. I especially love airports, where I can sit and watch and create stories about people's lives. I envision where they are heading, whom they are meeting, where their travels may take them. I think I should perhaps become a fiction writer, as I've created fictional adventures for many strangers in my day.

3. I have a best friend in Ireland whom I've only met in person twice! In school, my teacher offered pen pal matches to us, and I ordered five foreign pen pals. Four fizzled out, but my friend Anna in Ireland and I kept writing over the years. We have been friends through high school, college, marriage, the birth of her two kids, and now our adoption of Jade. She and I have been writing for over twenty five years. Our first visit was in Ireland in 1997, and our second was in NYC in May of this year. We hope to have many more visits and still faithfully write and tell each other everything!


4. I love to travel. I have been bitten by the travel bug so badly I need insect repellant! I remember having the travel bug even as a child. I remember how even the foreign countries in Epcot thrilled me, and I would pretend I was in the real countries. My sister and I tried to speak in the accents of each country as we moved through Epcot! I will say I pick up foreign accents pretty well and could even as a child. I dreamed of someday visiting all of those faraway lands. We have since been to a number of foreign places: England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, France, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Russia, Sweden, Finland, Germany, and Canada. Next week we will add Bermuda to that list and soon...China! I hope to be able to travel for a long, long time. I just love experiencing other cultures.

5. I have a strange fascination with the dark side of things. I was probably a Goth wannabe in high school, but I went to a Catholic high school and so I wasn't allowed. I think Robert Smith and David Bowie are cool. I love The Crow and think he's pretty cute! I love vampires and I think New Orleans is the most amazing American city!

6. I am NOT an outdoorsy girl. I like my life climate-controlled, thank you very much. I do not like heat or humidity or bugs. I don't like to sweat. I can be a baby about it sometimes. I do love rain and snow as long as I am watching them from my window!

7. We have two dogs whom we love dearly. I love all animals and think sometimes I should have become a vet rather than a teacher. I think it might be hard for me to see animals in pain, though, if I had become a vet. I cannot stand any mistreatment toward animals and I would have fifteen dogs if we had a big sprawling farm and we had the room!

8. I love to create things. I have a need to make things, especially artistic things. I therefore love home decorating, scrapbooking, arts and crafts, etc. I make a lot of things for my classroom and love to design activities and bulletin boards. I think I am creative and imaginative, and sometimes I feel like I haven't yet found the perfect outlet for that. I feel I could make a million if I only found the perfect outlet!

Okay, I now tag the following people...No pressure, though, if you don't want to!

Kristen
Connie
Krista
Christine
Elisa
Doris
Heather
Carol