Seven Facts

My Bloggy/Real Life friend Janna awarded me with the prestigious 7 Facts Blogger Award today. What a great way to celebrate a Thursday :) You post 7 facts about yourself and then pass it on to 7 of your most favorite bloggers. Here goes!

1. My favorite number is 7 (so clearly I like this award a LOT). It's been my favorite number since I had the opportunity to meet #7 Kevin Johnson from the Phoenix Suns when I was in elementary school. He and some other teamates came to a D.A.R.E. presentation we had. He autographed my team photo and I just thought he was the greatest! Did you know he's only 6'1"? Pretty short for a baketball player huh?

2. I drink a lot of water. I keep a gallon of water at work and refill it every other day. I also have a gallon of water in the fridge at home which I refill about every three days. Also I won't drink tap water, and I prefer to drink my water from a straw.

3. My favorite scent/flavor in the world is vanilla. I horde all things vanilla (chapstick, diet pepsi vanilla, lotion, candles, etc). My least favorite scent/flavor is cherry. I'd rather die than use cherry chapstick, or suck on a cherry cough drop.

4. I've been practicing ambedexiarity for a few years now. Below is a comparison between my right hand and left hand, any guesses which is which? I started out practicing writing names/phrases, but now I can actually take notes left handed while on the phone at work. Which rocks!

5. If you let me pick out any treat at the grocery store, I will chose a Butterfinger. Even though my favorite candy bar is a Snickers, Butterfingers take me back to childhood trips with my mom to the grocery store. If I was "good", she'd let me pick out a treat. Yes, I am an emotional eater :)

6. I have never had a cavity, and I thoroughly enjoy going to the Dentist. I wish I could go more than twice a year!

7. I have a very strong sense of smell. The elevator lobby at work smells like swimming pools, except on Thursday when the executive committe comes for their meetings. Then it smells like a combination of mens cologne and leather. Even though my office is on the 5th floor, I know the smokers go for their break at 11:30 and roughly 2:15 because I can smell them through the vents in the floor.

I hope you all play along, especially the 7 friends I tagged!

Aimee

Kelly

Amanda

Kristina

Winter

Becky

Melanie

my first vlog!

Even though I ABHORE seeing/hearing myself recorded, trying new things builds character! When I heard about Mamarazzi and Shawn's fun VLOG idea for April, I really wanted to join in. Much thanks to Janna for her "You jump I jump" idea that we film it together :)

The specifics of the VLOG are listed below. Stop on by Mamarazzi's page if you want to make fun of listen to other people's accents, and think about joining in yourself!


(Left-Amy, Right-Janna)
You start by saying the following words:

Aunt, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, Toilet, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Spitting image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pajamas, Caught, Antenna, Rootbeer, Ambulance, Museum, Milk, Orange, Apricot


THEN you answer the following questions:

What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?
What is the bug that when you touch it, it curls into a ball?
What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?
What do you call gym shoes?
What do you say to address a group of people?
What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped
body and extremely long legs?
What do you call your grandparents?
What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry
groceries at the supermarket?
What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
What is the thing you change the TV channel with?
Where do you buy your groceries?

Happy Monday Folks

Sooo I found this lil guy at Walgreens this weekend and he makes me so happy. His belly full of jelly beans have been long since eaten, but it made me so happy to find a penguin during EASTER! This weekend Shawn and I are going to San Antonio and Sea World and I honestly am giddy like a child to see real life penguins :)

In an un-related story, I had a rough morning. I was 97% to work when I realized that I never put my work shoes back in my car (I'm one of those weird people that drives with house slippers on). It was 6:55am...maybe there are shoe-selling stores open at 6:55am?? I was in unfamiliar store territory and I sure didn't want to spend money on another pair of stupid brown shoes (I own 4 pair...3 of which I can't wear because they hurt my feet). So I opted to drive back home. I was SUPER grateful that I'm OCD and leave insanely early for work every day, so I only ended up being 13 minutes late...which was still 35 minutes early based on when my boss shows up.

There's a moral to this story. It's two part actually:
1. A penny saved is a penny not spent
2. Better early than late
...or something like that :)

Light it up Blue!

I have so many friends and loved ones who are affected by Autism. Here's my small part to bring awareness to a great cause that has so much importance to me. You can join me and donate to the cause here!

Me wearing blue on April 1st

Shawn, Bailey and Me wearing blue.

My friend Stephanie and her son Brennan. He has Asperger's, which is a high functioning form of Autism