I love finding out more about people so when Erin's 10 on the 10th link up was announced and the first one was 10 random facts I knew I wanted to participate! Although, thinking of 10 random things was a bit hard for me..I guess i'm pretty #boring.
ONE | Steel Magnolias is my all time favorite movie. I can literally quote it from start to finish. My best friend and I love to text each other back and fourth with quotes.
TWO | I did a foreign exchange program when I was in 5th grade. I went to France for 3 weeks and lived with a family and then the daughter came back and lived with me for 3 weeks. (This was part of a program and there were probably 20 of us who did it). I can't imagine letting either one of my boys do this in Fifth grade! I guess times have changed.
THREE | I spent every summer but one (when we moved to NC in 7th Grade) going to summer camp. From the time I was 6 until pretty much I graduated College (I worked there all through college)
FOUR | I love trashy tv. Anything on Bravo...I watch it!
FIVE | I am a natural blonde
Six | My sisters are 9 and 6 years older than me. My college entrance paper was on how I grew up in a family of 5 and a family of 3..I was almost like an only child for most of my life.
SEVEN | Patrick and I met on match.com and my sister and her husband did as well.
EIGHT | I sleep with 2 baby blankets. {judge away} I took them with me to the hospital when I gave birth. If I forget them at home when we go out of town I can't sleep....My middle sister also sleeps with a blanket. We both forgot them on our recent trip to Charlotte. It was funny.
NINE | I always have polish on my nails. Its my guilty pleasure. A fresh manicure does wonders for my attitude
TEN | I come across as a very secure person but in reality I am very insecure about everything.
*linking up with Lindsay and Erin
I can relate to so much! I sleep with a blanket my grandmother gave me when I was a little girl. I am a natural blonde and my sister is 5 years younger than me, but 6 by school years. Thanks for linking up, I loved learning more about you :) xoxo ERIN
ReplyDeleteI am so insecure (as you know) and also LOVE anything on Bravo and “Steel Magnolias,” OMG, love it. I love that you and Patrick met on Match.com! 😃😍
ReplyDeleteThat is SO cool that you went to France like that. Marissa will be in the 5th grade next year and I can't even fathom sending her like that... times HAVE changed. So fun to learn some more about you.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea you guys met on match.com - that is so cool! And how amazing was going to France in 5th grade?! That is definitely something you do not hear about these days but would be so neat!
ReplyDeleteIt’s so fun to learn more about blog friends and I love this link-up so! Ahh, yes, Steel Magnolias! I adore that movie and can watch it over and over again. France in 5th grade? That’s both awesome and frightening to this mama. I couldn’t imagine letting Mason go to France in fifth grade. But you’re absolutely right, times have changed. Loved learning these random facts about you!
ReplyDeleteI love these kind of posts! Steel Magnolias gets me every time. I can’t watch it without crying. My brother and I both met our spouses on match.com. I went France when I was 17 with a regional marching band. Most were strangers to me. I can’t imagine letting my kids do that.
ReplyDeleteI love that you sleep with your baby blankets haha! That is so funny and cute! I don't think I knew that y'all met on match.com, that's awesome!
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome that you and Patrick met on Match.com. I know so many people who have found true love on that site! That is just so cool to me!
ReplyDeleteI did not know that you were a natural blonde! Crazy. I love that you and Patrick met on Match.com and so did your sister and her husband. That is very cool. I love seeing stories like that work out.
ReplyDeleteThat is so fun that you went to France! Lexie is in 5th Grade and I couldn't imagine sending her to another country alone, but what an experience that must have been! We have a lot in common with our siblings. I have 6 older siblings. The next youngest after me is 6 1/2 years older and my oldest sibling is 15 1/2 years older. My early years were spent with a huge family and my teenage years were spent completely alone. It was really strange!
ReplyDeleteI love that y'all met on Match! That is so cool-especially because it worked out so perfectly for y'all! And we both LOVE Bravo!!!
ReplyDeleteSarah at MeetTheShaneyfelts
I definitely can't imagine sending my 5th grader on a foreign exchange program...and I'm betting back when you went there weren't phones and email and constant contact!
ReplyDeleteGive me the all the trashy TV. My favorite Bravo show is The Real Housewives of New Jersey.
ReplyDeleteI still sleep with a pillow I received when I was 2 so I completely understand! I have traveled without it and I am okay but I know I sleep so much better with it around. Jess at Just Jess
ReplyDeleteI, too, sleep with my childhood blanket! Someone once asked me if I intended on giving it to my children and I was like, "nope, absolutely not" haha. It's like a choking hazard now, anyway!
ReplyDeleteWe got rid of cable a couple of years ago and they only thing I really, really miss is Bravo. And Hallmark movies during Christmas! Confession, I've never seen Steel Magnolias! I need to get on that.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen Steel Magnolias, but I was in a stage version of it in college. I was Ouiser (I think I spelled that right...it's been a while!), and it was so fun to be a grumpy old lady! My brother and I are 8 years apart. I'm older, so I always mothered him. I read a study on birth order that said if there is more than a 5 year age gap, then it is like being an only child. Those types of things fascinate me!
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't say it's my favorite but I agree that Steel Magnolias is a good movie. In fact, my daughter (Shelby) is named after Julia Roberts character in the film.
ReplyDelete