Eight Random Facts About Me Meme

I ran across this at my buddy, Laura's blog and thought it would be fun to do. I love sharing random things abour myself! (BTW, if you haven't been to Laura's blog, you reall should go visit! Not only is she sweet, kind, funny and helpful, but everyday she posts about contests around the blogging world...you can win some great stuff! And she was recently voted #5 out of 20 of the top contest blogs!

Okay, on with the eight Random Facts....

1. I love the quiet hours in the morning when everyone else is sleeping. It is the time I think best during the day and get the most done. Somedays, I delay starting school, just so I can enjoy more quiet!

2. I am a hands on kind of gal. When I am mixing cookie dough, I will often use my hands...best mixer I have ever found and it doesn't break or wear out! When I am gardening, I usually start out with gloves on, then I give up and switch to my bare hands. I love digging my hands into the black dirt (purchased from the store cause we all know the dirt in Virginia is red, red, red).

3. I enjoy movie marathons. You know...where you get out the Lord of the Rings Trilogy or the Star Trek movies and watch them one after the other.

4. I miss exercising. Ever since my knee gave out this summer, even walking has become difficult for me. I miss the power I used to feel striding here and there...now I walk gingerly, afraid my knee will give out again.

5. Writing is in my blood (not a secret if you have been visiting my blog for very long). I have been writing since I was about 10 years old. I have written hundreds of poems, three non fiction books, a fiction book, and many, many articles and of course blog posts. I have been in charge of newsletters at several different jobs in my life time.

6. I love snuggling under warm covers on a cold winter day....preferably with a book in hand!

7. I enjoy playing video games. Role-playing and puzzle games are my favorite. I also really enjoy the Mario Party series.

8. I used to spend nights walking through my house with a baseball bat when my husband was working out of town. Now I sleep so soundly, I don't even know it when my daugther comes and gets in bed with me in the middle of the night.

Now I am going to take a page from my friend Laura's book. I love doing Memes. Partially because it gives me something fun to write about and it is yet another way for me to get to know more about you and for you to know more about me. I don't like tagging people though...there are many people who don't do memes at all and have a 'meme free blog'. I don't understand it...but hey, I don't have to!

So, here's the scoop. If you are looking for blogging material or are wanting to share with others and get a bit of linky love in the process, write a post about your eight random facts, then send me the link. I will link to you on my blog.

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