Lucky #7

I've been "tagged" which is sort of new to me in the blogosphere, but here we go!

Seven Things You Probably Didn't Know Before And Probably Will Wish You Didn't Know After You Know them:

1. When I was doing a History Fair project in junior high, we sent letters to a bunch of celebrities who had recorded political songs. Two responses: The first was an autographed John Denver photo which I now cherish, though I didn't know his music at the time. The second was a small postcard that said, "Call me" with a phone number scribbled. When we deciphered the signature, it was Pete Seeger!!! It was AWESOME talking to him on the phone and he told us awesome stories.

2. I'm totally a cat person. I love cats SO much and will always bend down to give your cat a snuggle if you own one. Josh is allergic, so I can't have my own, which breaks my heart.

3. When I was in college, I took a ballroom dance class and LOVED it. I've always dreamed of taking a class since then because there was nothing I loved more than that dancing. But it's just weirder when you're a "grown up." (I love watching "Dancing With The Stars"--Gooooo Helio!)

4. I've owned two miserably painful businesses. :-D Both were great learning experiences, although both ended with bad circumstances. The first was selling stickers and custom desktop publishing (I sold stickers at the MTC, BYU bookstore & Deseret Book). The second was a partnership to make movies for LDS kids. That one fell apart when I got pregnant with the twins and my partners decided to move to greener pastures. I'll always feel sad about that.

5. I lived in Baden, Austria for six months when I was seven years old. My dad was helping administer the Study Abroad program for BYU that semester. That was an amazing experience and I have always wanted to go back to visit the Rosarium, hike up to the castle, and smell the vendors outside the Vienna Opera.

6. The last two are two pieces of the same puzzle. I have increasingly had "anxiety" issues in the last few years. The first piece of this is that I totally freeze up in most social situations. I used to be the life of the party and social all the time. Now I nearly have an anxiety attack when I'm calling my best friends. I see all my neighbors doing stuff together all the time and I just sort of sit by and feel bad that I'm not joining in. Ouch.

7. The last thing is that I get extreme performance anxiety when I sing. The most embarrassing moment of my life was trying to sing for the relief society two Christmases ago when I was sick. I slaughtered the song, couldn't breathe right, and my voice was totally uncontrollable with those thick vocal chords. I wanted to absolutely melt into the floor and disappear. And then... for some strange reason... I volunteered to sing again the year after... and this year I'm singing another solo. Apparently I'm a slow learner. And I'm also scared spitless.

Sorry they're so long-winded. That is something you already knew about me--the longwindedness. Now I get to "tag" some people. I'd love to learn more about Craig & Jaclyn, Sandra, Mike (though I doubt he'd dare put something so fluffy on his uber-techno-geekiness blog), Lisa, and all of my Mommies friends. :-)