To Be Honest...

I just love all the 'honest' posts going around with this award, so you can imagine my excitement when I was tagged by my blogging buddy, d.a.r. I've taken forever to get it posted, but that doesn't take away the excitement! This girl is truly honest, and her blunt, truthful comments have definitely helped me from time to time! Thanks a bunch!! So... here are the rules:

1. List 10 honest things about yourself that your
blogging friends do not know about you.

2. Give the award away to 7 bloggers.

3. Let them know they've received the award.

Hmm... I always struggle with coming up with things people don't know about me, but I'll try!

• I grew up right next to Canada. I had Canadian teachers (private Christian school), Canadian best friends, we shopped in Canada, my sisters took gymnastics in Canada... It was just like the next town over.. except for the whole security check thing.
• I was the first one on my dad's side of the family to move out of state.. we're a close knit bunch so moving wasn't easy!
• I was never into politics until I married my husband. I'm still not "into" them, but I feel like I'm much more 'in the loop' & passionate about certain things. For example, you don't want to get me going about Obama's stupid heathcare plan, big government control & spending, abortion, or the whole "take from the rich & give to the poor" mindset. Gosh. Makes me mad just thinking about it.
• A lot of people who don't know me well think I'm just a girly girl. Now, while I can be girly with the best of them, I can also get dirty & sweaty with [almost] the best of them. :) Yes, I've been covered in mud, go hiking & camping, use power tools, and pee in the woods if there is no toilet around. Now you know... ;)
• On the other hand.. I also did the pageant thing. I was Little Miss [Hometown-festival] & Miss Teen [Hometown]. Yeah, I practiced walking, waving, speaking.. the whole bit. Even took home the talent, scholastic, & congeniality awards. Probably should have left some for everyone else.. Anyway, I just did it for fun, so by the time I was finishing high school, I didn't really feel like doing it again- girls take that stuff WAY too far! Hmm.. I need to dig up the pictures..
  
• I play the flute. Or did. I believe it's still at my parents' house. But piano has always been my first love.
• I don't drink Soda. Or pop for you midwesterners & Canadians. :) Once in a while, maybe- if there's nothing else to drink, but that's it!
• I grew up in Maine, but I've never tasted Lobster. Or any seafood, for that matter.
• Z and I forgot to buy my wedding ring til 5 days before the wedding. Thank the LORD Kay's had something in stock!
• I was strangely tall in 6th grade. Like 5'5". At least it felt tall then- I think there was only one other person taller than me. But then I just... stopped. And everyone else grew. So now, I'm an average 5'6 1/2".

Whew! That was tough! Kudos to all of you who've done this already- 10 things is a lot!

I tag:

Liana
Ashley
pk
Leah
Lucy
Carol
Summer