playing tag...

It's been some time since I've played tag...but I'm feeling up to it today, so here goes!

I was tagged by A Woman Who Is to share six random, quirky things about myself. (I was actually hoping to have some more exciting news to share with you today, but this is the best I can do.)

1. Cold...that's me, for the most part. I get goosebumps just thinking about the air conditioning at church (the guys seem to like it like that!)

2. After washing my baking pans, I slip them into the oven to dry...and there they stay until I get around to putting them in their rightful place. I learned that bad habit from my mom...but that means you must always check the oven before turning it on (Heidi!). Over the years, I have melted a few things that should not have been in my oven.

3. We have a dairy farm...and spend lots of advertising dollars promoting milk...but I must admit that I'm not a very good spokesperson! I have never liked milk. As a child, I remember drinking it for one a month only because I was bribed. I drank milk during three pregnancies...and now I take calcium supplements. I ate my cereal dry for many years...now I soak it in milk, but leave the milk behind in my bowl.

4. I love the smell of coconut...it's a scent that reminds me of sun drenched beaches in exotic places. Therefore I have soaps, lotions and room fresheners that have names like 'coco cabana' and 'coconut,lime, verbena'.

5. I memorized 200 lines of poetry in the sixth grade, and can still recite most of them...just don't get me started!

"The day is done and the darkness

falls from the wings of night...

As a feather is wafted downward

from an eagle in his flight..."

Do kids still memorize poetry in school? I'm rather glad I did...since I can't memorize much of anything now!

6. I cut hair...sometimes because I want to, often under pressure. I used to love giving haircuts...I practised on my friends (I'm not sure their moms were always thrilled with the results). While in Bible College, everyone was after a free haircut, so I was actually in demand. I cut our boys' hair until they needed something a little more cool than a 'mom haircut'. Now I mostly cut hubby's hair...and he usually wants a haircut when it doesn't suit me in the least (on a Sunday morning or just before we leave on vacation). And I usually snip away at my own between haircuts.

That was six...and I tag anyone who wants to play. But if you're more in the mood for baking...and have some fresh peaches handy...you can find the recipe for fresh peach pie over at Mennonite Girls Can Cook.