Fun Facts Friday - Very Inspiring Blogger Award

Recently, Angela at Happy Fit Mama passed along the Very Inspiring Blogger Award to me. And I thought it'd be perfect for Fun Facts Friday.

Thank you so much Angela. I think you're incredibly inspiring!

The Rules:

Display the award logo somewhere on your blog.
Link back to the blog who nominated you.
State 7 things about yourself.
Nominate 15 (or less) other bloggers for the award and provide links to their blogs.
Notify those bloggers that they have been nominated and of the award’s requirements.

7 Random Things About Me

1. While I love the beach, the ocean, the waves, I don't actually enjoy getting into the water. I prefer to sit back with my toes in the sand and just listen and watch. I'll wade out no farther than my knees. When I was a kid, I did actually get in and play, swim, ride the waves on rafts. But now I know there are "things" in the water.

2. I've mentioned before that I'm a total klutz, but I also did ballet for more than 20 years. The two don't seem to go together really. I only had one major fall during a class, and never on stage. We were rehearsing a new piece that included a sequence of developes (think leg to ear en pointe) then turns.

I never could get my leg nearly has high as I wanted, but man I wanted to dance this piece during a performance. Instead I landed flat on my stomach. Luckily only a severely bruised ego. Needless to say, I danced a different piece.

Source: anonym.to via Rene on Pinterest

3. I guess there was another ballet related mishap in the 7th grade, only not really in class. I was trying to teach a friend pointe. I had a barre at my house, downstairs. We decided to get lunch - leftover pizza and a large glass of soda.

Still in pointe shoes I was walking down the stairs with plate in one hand, glass in the other. I slipped and landed flat on my tailbone, but saved the food and drink. Broken tailbone - and couldn't sit or stand easily for about 2 years.

4. I am a fairly picky eater, but I have gotten better. Jason says I'm not vegetarian, I'm just picky. So I get really annoyed when someone questions why I don't want the single vegetarian item on a menu. Just because it's meat-free doesn't automatically mean it appeals to me - especially when it's nothing but a pile of avocados and cucumbers with a side of melons.

5. I wouldn't call myself a hoarder by any means, but I do have a hard time letting go of things, even clothes. I tend to attach memories to almost everything. For example, I had this small wicker container that had a pink rose on it with lace and such. I kept it until just a few months ago.

I had bought one and my friend (who passed away) bought one with a different rose color. We got them when she was at Houston Ballet's summer camp and I had ridden down there with her mom to visit, probably 13 years old. And in it, I had random things like the foil-covered penny I wore in my shoe for good luck during my first cheerleading tryouts.

6. I worked for a bookstore for 5 years (full-time paying for college) and have a weird obsession with hardback books. I love to read, but will only buy hardbacks. Needless to say, my stash of books looks more like a library. I finally had to box some up to store because they were just stacked nearly waist-high in the study.

7. I can wiggle my ears. Ok, so it's really just sort of a back to front motion vs true wiggle, but still.

Your turn - random fact time!

Now I have to do the hard part and pass along the award. I say hard because it really is hard to just choose a few bloggers. I think you all deserve the award.

Jennifer at Running with the Girls

Kristina at Spabettie

Meg at A Dash of Meg

Jessica at EatDrinkBreatheSweat

Laura at Mommy Run Fast

Heather at Mile 26 and More

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