Oy! Another Monday. The weekend was dreary! Long and dreary when trapped in the house by the weather. I did knit, on two different pairs of socks, and I spun some more of the superwash merino. But the sun didn't even peep out long enough to take a decent photo.
I thought I would instead share with you six weird things about me. I've seen this list posted on several of the blogs I frequent, and not only do I find it fascinating to get a glimpse of the more personal aspects of peoples lives, but I think it's very interesting to turn that voyeurism on ourselves.
It's interesting, too, to find out if what I consider a weird thing is as weird as I think it is. Feel free to tell me what you think.
1. I brush my teeth in the shower. If I get out of the shower without brushing my teeth, I don't feel clean. Doesn't matter if I do it immediately after I get out. I still don't feel as clean as I do when I brush them in the shower.
2. I cannot stand the smell of food after I have eaten. It will make me nauseous. For this reason, I will rarely linger at a table unless the plates are cleared, and I will wash my hands immediately after getting up from the table or before leaving the restaurant.
3. I don't drink when I eat. I usually won't even have a drink by me at home. In a restaurant I order water, eat my meal, then drink the water. I almost never finish the glass and it's very uncommon for me to need a refill.
4. I have a hang-up about tails. Yarn and thread tails, I mean. I have frequently pulled out a cast-on and redone it if the tail is too long. I'm the same way about cross-stitch thread. When I finish a set of stitches in a particular color, if there is enough thread left for even just two or three stitches, I will carefully wind it back on the bobbin and save it.
5. I don't like turning across two lanes of traffic. It is not uncommon for me to plan a trip of multiple stops so that I can make only right turns.
6. I am a researcher. Of everything. Five years ago, when I got my first and only tattoo, I read everything I could on the process, printed out a six page report and read it on the way to Texas with my friends (Oklahoma being the last state in the country to legalize permanent body inking, which only happened November of last year, btw, we had to drive three hours to get a legal tattoo)!
Comments (13)
i'm so with you on the turning thing. i either do all right turns or if i absolutely MUST go left i plan it so i'm leaving a parking lot at a light.
Posted by amanda | February 12, 2007 7:12 PM
Posted on February 12, 2007 19:12
i have a toothbrush just for in the shower, my husband always needs a drink with dinner, so i bug him cuz-not needing one- they are the last thing on my mind. i research everything. before i cast on the first time i had read every library book on knitting. this gives me alot of useless knowledge as my husband calls it. i am miserly with my yardages, and will cross stitch the same legnth til i can barely get it thru the next hole b/c there is nothing left :-)
Posted by heatherly | February 12, 2007 8:29 PM
Posted on February 12, 2007 20:29
I'm with you on the smell of food after a meal.. ugh.. I have to put all the leftovers away immediately afterwards (grin)
and as far as saving little bits of yarn and thread?... there must be a place in heaven for folks like you!
Posted by Teyani | February 13, 2007 12:11 AM
Posted on February 13, 2007 00:11
I have never even considered brushing my teeth in the shower. Hmmm.
Posted by Carole | February 13, 2007 6:04 AM
Posted on February 13, 2007 06:04
Great Gran is a yarn miser too. I am trying to curb my inclination to save all the scraps because I am running out of storage room. And I brush my teeth before the shower (actually I brush them first thing in the morning and then at several other times during the day I like clean teeth).
PS you have a tattoo? that is so cool.
Posted by Emily | February 13, 2007 8:58 AM
Posted on February 13, 2007 08:58
My husband is the same way about not drinking while he's eating, whereas I feel I couldn't possibly swallow a mouthful of food without a drink to wash it down.
How about cookies or brownies right out of the oven? Not even a glass of milk with those?
Posted by Rachel | February 13, 2007 10:16 AM
Posted on February 13, 2007 10:16
I could never get through a whole meal without a drink. The food just wouldn't go down after the first few bites. As for brushing your teeth in the shower....hmm doesn't your toothbrush get soap and shampoo suds on it?
Posted by Karen | February 13, 2007 10:22 AM
Posted on February 13, 2007 10:22
Huh, I used to brush my teeth in the shower, too... I wonder why I stopped? I should bring it back. ;-)
I didn't know that Oklahoma was the last state to legalize tattoos! Y'all will have wine/liquor in grocery stores before you know it. I was surprised to see casinos in Tulsa over Christmas!
Posted by Mary-Heather | February 13, 2007 3:44 PM
Posted on February 13, 2007 15:44
You know, I thought my daughter was absolutely CRAZY!!! She brushes her teeth in the shower. I thought it wasted too much water, I guess I will have to stop bugging her. I could never eat a bite without a drink! Thanks for letting us get to know you better.
Posted by KaKi | February 13, 2007 7:50 PM
Posted on February 13, 2007 19:50
Hi Leah, are you still interested in being part of the Forest Path Stole KAL? I don't see anything and haven't heard from you! Please let me know! Debi
Posted by Debi | February 14, 2007 5:49 PM
Posted on February 14, 2007 17:49
So, what did Oklahoma police do when they caught somebody having a tattoo done? Put them in jail for a week? That's so ridiculous...
This is for Mary-Heather: Over here in Germany, it's totally normal to have a wine/liquor section in supermarkets. Whenever I went abroad to the US, or to Australia, I thought it was hilarious that alcohol was sold in separate stores.
Posted by Dorothee | February 15, 2007 9:36 AM
Posted on February 15, 2007 09:36
I love to brush my teeth in the shower. My family finds it quite gross!
My best friend visisted last weekend and loved the largest skein of yarn I won from you....so I gave it to her! It was so fun to share what I won! She is going to crochet it into a scarf !
Posted by Marti | February 17, 2007 6:20 PM
Posted on February 17, 2007 18:20
I don't think those things are super weird. Just quirky. I don't usually drink while I eat at home, either, but I do at restaurants, I think because I always use a straw at restaurants (assuming I'm not at a fancy place). Mainly because I get the heebie jeebies from putting my mouth on a public glass.
Posted by katie | February 19, 2007 3:03 PM
Posted on February 19, 2007 15:03