Over on Facebook my friend Kate tagged me with the “25 Things About Me” Meme. Never one to turn down a challenge, here are 25 things about me that you might not have known. Hopefully you’ll find them interesting!Here are the rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 5 people to be tagged (It was 25 but that’s a lot!). If I tagged you, it’s because I want to know more about you.
1. I was born in West Germany. We moved to the states when I was 3 years old.
2. I ran long-distance in middle and high school. I held the record for the mile for 13+ years.
3. I grew up in a small town in Iowa – Denison – best known for being the birthplace of Donna Reed.
4. I started dating my husband while I was still in high school.
5. I am so freaked out by latex balloons that I won’t let me children near them.
6. I bartended for 6 years at a local neighborhood bar. It’s still my favorite place to hang out.
7. I gained more than 50 lbs with my first pregnancy. I weighed just 10 lbs less than my husband.
8. I won’t stand or walk across a sidewalk grate for fear of falling through.
9. My favorite food is spaghetti.
10. My husband and I had our first date at Kaldi’s, a local coffee house.
11. I once passed out at 3:00 p.m. in a park after trying to play drunk waffle ball.
12. Rocco DiSpirito is the only famous person I’ve ever met (not including athletes)
13. My first job out of college was working for basketball legend Oscar Robertson.
14. I can’t fall asleep at night (at home) without checking to make sure the doors are locked and giving each of my boys a kiss on the forehead.
15. I like peanut butter and pickle sandwiches.
16. I have a tattoo of a gecko lizard on my right hip. I got it when I was 22.
17. My favorite actress is Parker Posey. If I’d had a little girl I would have named her Parker.
18. We own a boat that we keep down at Lake Cumberland. I would be on it every day if I could.
19. I met my husband working at Frisch’s Big Boy. He was 17, I was 16.
20. My life was not complete until my boys came along.
21. I am a very loyal friend.
22. I cannot cook – both because I don’t enjoy it and because I suck at it.
23. In college I majored in Speech Communication and minored in political science with an emphasis in Japanese studies.
24. I’ve lived in Germany, Iowa, Texas, New Mexico, Illinois and Kentucky.
25. I received my hunting license in 8th grade after successfully completing a hunter safety course in gym. (Disclaimer: I’ve never been hunting)
Whose next? I’m tagging Jenny & Emilie at Mommin’ It Up, Mimi at The Things We Do, Tara at Feels Like Home and Amy at Amy in Ohio.
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Ok as I was reading this, I had to break out a post-it to take notes on because there were so many things that I wanted to comment on.
#2 – You didn’t tell me that you were a PROFESSIONAL when we committed to the Couch to 5k! (which we have committed to, right? Starting, uh, now?)
#7 – um yeah me too. But I passed my husband up.
#17 – OMG ME TOO! I love her! She is my fave in all of the Christopher Guest movies. Jenny and I went to see “A Mighty Wind” the day it opened.
#19 – I heart Frisch’s.
#22 – Ditto.
I think we might be twins.
And thanks for tagging us – this will be fun!
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You are so funny. I enjoyed learning more about you.
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You have to get a hunting license before you can move to Kentucky, don’t you? Kidding! I can say that, because I’m from Ohio and well…same thing. But, you totally lost me at peanut butter and pickles.
Great post! So many fun facts. Reminds me I got tagged on one of these on FB last week…although I’m not sure I could come up with 25 fun facts about myself. I’m sadly not so interesting.
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Yay for Parker Posey! Love her! Thanks for the tag, I DO love talking about myself so this will be fun.
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Great list! I have sort of the same issues with sidewalk grates.
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OK the drunk waffle ball is killing me!
p.s. I met my husband in high school, too.
Drunk waffle ball!
awesome.
I should have read everyone else’s lists before doing mine.
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Man, I did not see that typo – Waffle ball??lol. Should be Wiffle!
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It’s official….I’m the last remaining member of society that doesn’t have a tattoo. I’m feeling so uncool
Shannan – I love finding out little things like this about friends. And the photo of you and Rocco rocks!
Thanks for sharing – Debba
(Love the “waffle” ball fact too!)
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Your hunting license??? Wow. Iowa is out there a bit, lol.
Shannan we need to talk about #11 …. why did I not know this I’m your brother!
Hi Shannan — enjoyed this! I, too, nearly passed my husband on the scales at the end of my first pregnancy. Demoralizing to think of, but at the time I didn’t give a rip. See you around Twittermoms!