Better Late Than Never

Wednesday 02.13.08

So I was tagged in a meme.   And in poor form, I have not acknowledged it until now.  Which, honestly, the reason I’m even blogging right now is an attempt to stay awake until I can give Little A his dream feed in hopes that he’ll sleep longer.  I know:  hope springs eternal.

**6 Non-Important Things/Habits/Quirks about Myself**

1.  My closet is organized.  No, really.  In color coded order.  And within the colors, by shade.  And within the shades, by style.  So is my sock drawer.  And my underwear drawer.  And my shirts.  And tank tops.  And sweaters.

And so are the boys’.  [I used to work in a library where I was *paid* to organize;  you don't get past that easily].  Which means . . .

2.  My bookshelves are organized by subject and then alphabetical.  It’s an illness, I tell you!  Send for help!  [which, funny enough, the speaker at MOPS on Monday was talking about organization, which folks who know me said they thought I must be enjoying, to which I responded that I had to hang out in the kitchen in the back because she was giving me panic attacks:  she was telling people to organize *not* *right*.  It hurt me inside.]

3.  I can say supercalifragilisticexpialidocious backwards.

4.   I have never been thrown a surprise birthday party.  But then again, I often don’t acknowledge when I begin another trip around the sun.  That could have something to do with it …

5.  I tried to read Moby Dick when I was in fourth grade, only because it was the biggest book in the school library.

6.   My favorite episode of Mr. Rodgers is his trip to the pretzel making factory.  I watched a show on the Discovery Channel the other day when they visited as well, but it paled in comparison.

Thwack!  I tag:  Steph (who I’m sure has already done this, but needs to get blogging again:  hello, I’m missing my Henry updates!  How else is Little A going to learn that food is his friend?) and Meredith (because I think she has a fondness for organization like me - or at least maybe she won’t think I’m quite as crazy as the rest of y’all) - although you should ask Jason about his thoughts regarding amounts and patterns of eggs in egg cartons:  fascinating.

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4 Responses to “Better Late Than Never”

  1. Meredith Says:

    I am genuinely thrilled by your color coding and book arrangements. I used to work at a bookstore and I seriously enjoyed alphabetizing. I do know someone that has every single book coded on the spine and organized…like his office and home are real libraries. I kid you not. And I’m tagged…I better start thinking.

  2. Abbie Says:

    You are weird. Weird, I tell you.
    I WONDERED why you were chillin in the kitchen on Monday…(’do I stink? Do I have some weird pregnancy body odor that I don’t know about??’)
    Nope, you are just weird. But thats why I love you :)

    Just know if I ever come over to your house, I may be puking all the way home. Organization…HA!

  3. Abbie Says:

    OK, wait. I have to take one thing back…

    I too, organize my closet to some extent: tanktops, t-shirts, long sleeves, sweatshirts, and then I sub categorize them by color.

    Ok, maybe theres a LITTLE weird in me too. Whatever.

  4. Brazenlilly Says:

    I tried to read Moby Dick at age 22 as a senior English Lit major and I have a feeling I fared about as well as you did in 4th grade.

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