I was “tagged” a week or so ago by Lynn, and I’m afraid time got away from me. So, I’m finally getting to it. I haven’t spent a lot of time on this, so this is in no way in order of importance.

1. I love animals, and have owned almost everything at one point.

2. Considering the above, I can say honestly that I hate cats.

3. I LOVE the Beatles. And like SOME people I know, I too scoffed and scorned until I actually heard them. Of course, I was still a teenager at the time.

4. I continue to be hopelessly in love with my husband, and I still get giddy when I hear his voice on the phone.

5. I am Mormon.

6. The actual name of my church is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

7. My gorgeous and talented sister is in Texas pursuing her music career. When she is famous, it will amuse me not to tell you her name. Besides, if I ‘fessed up, it’d crash my server.

8. I used to be horribly shy. I’m not afraid of people anymore, but I still have some ingrained physical responses that frustrate me when I’m speaking in front of people. Mainly I talk too fast and don’t take time to breathe.

9. However, I still have some insecurities. Like, I tend to think that people I barely know but have to interact with are mad at me. It makes no sense.

10. I met Nate when I was 15.

11. His parents had no idea who I was until a month before we were engaged, when I was 18. They completely flipped out. My mother-in-law started to cry, and my father-in-law went into a lecture about how you can always “get out of it” until you’re actually married. They have been completely horrified by their behavior ever since, and have apologized.

12. I absolutely adore my in-laws.

13. I love gardening, and totally suck at it.

14. As I’m typing this, I’m finding that I’m not very interesting.

15. I love to entertain and throw parties.

16. Playing with my kids doesn’t come natural to me. I have to try really hard. I’ve learned a lot from my girlfriends about parenting.

17. I didn’t know until my 3rd child that babies like to be swaddled. Now I’m thinking that Abby didn’t in fact have colic, but would have stopped crying if I’d bundled her. This annoys me.

18. I am sad that my girls can’t help me in the kitchen because it is too small. They ask to help all the time.

19. I used to have no hobbies at all. Then I had tons and tons of them. Then I started knitting and the rest fell by the way.

20. I worry that I’ll go blind someday.

Hmmm. I think this post is long enough. I have some festive photos to show you of the Interlocking Balloons Scarf. I’m 10 rows into the 8th repeat, and am still paranoid that it isn’t going to block nicely. But that can wait ’til tomorrow.