8 things about moi

I've been tagged! Tersie (The Road to Total Growth - Body Mind and Spirit) tagged me to share eight things about myself. Here are the rules:

The rules are simple…Each player lists 8 facts/habits about themselves. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning before those facts/habits are listed. At the end of the post, the player then tags 8 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.


1. i don't record checks that i write in my checkbook - never have. i just cross my fingers and hope they don't bounce....sometimes they do. i've bounced two or three tithe checks to the church before - now how embarrassing is that!?....so it's a good thing that ..........

2. i don't worry. i'm not sure if it's a spiritual thing or if i am just in la la land - but i honestly never worry about anything. it's not like i have amazing willpower to overcome fears and worries - i just don't have them in the first place.
sometimes i should worry so that it would prompt me to action....because i often

3. procrastinate. i procrastinate like crazy. i usually get things done on time, but the inspiration to do them always comes at the midnight hour....and when i say midnight - i really mean midnight! because

4. i like to stay up late. i have ever since i was a little girl. my grandma bates used to call me hootie (as in hootie the owl). but i also hate sleeping in - i don't want to miss all the wonderful photographic opportunities that morning light allows......because as many of you know

5. i am wild about photography! i've always loved taking pictures. my dad had an slr canon camera and taught me how to use it - but it wasn't until the dawning of slr digital cameras that my passion for pictures really took off! it's the instant feedback and room for error that digital photography offers that has turned my hobby into something more (sorry - #5 was boring) here's a more exciting fact about me...

6. i am a daredevil....will ride anything - will bungee jump - parachute out of a plane - jump off a cliff - ride my bike with no hands! i have a scar on my face from a wound inflicted when i was 10. i was riding down st. mary's lane with no hands and my feet steering the bike. i got into some loose gravel, took a nasty spill, and my face ended up sliced open by the sharp fin of a 57 chevy. i got 18 big black stitches and a scar that you can still plainly see on my left cheek.

7. i dream nearly every night and wake up remembering them. i also dream in color irregardless of what the sleep specialists claim.

8. i weigh 60 pounds more than the day i got my malignant cancer diagnosis 4 years ago...but can honestly say i am happier with my body than i was then. don't get me wrong - i want to lose the weight that has piled on due to steroids, medications, surgeries, hormone deprivation - and okay - chips and salsa......but not because i need to lose it to be happy. my big belly has become my friend - it's a great place to sit my plate when i eat!