Honest Scrap
Many hugs to my friend Juliet over at http://thepathimwalking.blogspot.com/ for sending this my way.
There are a couple of rules to accepting the award. Firstly is the pass the award on to 7 other bloggers, and secondly to list 10 honest and hopefully interesting things about yourself. Here are 7 of the blogs that I enjoy reading and impress me with their sincerity.
Bear with me here. I do not know how to rename links.
http://inannajourney.blogspot.com/
http://reflectionsofabutterfly.blogspot.com/
http://opusangara.blogspot.com/
http://clare-foxylady.blogspot.com/
http://lost–for–words.blogspot.com/
http://www.lifeafterleila.blogspot.com/
Ok, let’s see:
1. I speak Russian. Before we moved to the country, our neighbors on both sides were Russian. They worked with me on speaking, reading and writing. I spent countless hours studying their old schoolbooks and listening to lessons on tape. I love foreign language!
2. When I was pregnant each time, I had a very strange craving. Clay… in the form of cat litter. No, not dirty cat litter but clean right out of the bag. My midwives assured me that eating small amounts of clay was not harmful but the craving was SO strong that I had to limit myself. *embarrassed*
3. I am vegan; no animal products of any type.
4. I once rescued a group of Foster Farms chickens that were headed for slaughter. They only lived for a few months but they had a great life with us.
5. When I was a teenager, I strongly disliked children and didn’t want to have any.
6. I met my husband when we were 15 and 16. He had just broken up with my best friend.
7. I was diagnosed and used to take medication for OCD and anxiety disorder.
8. In high school, I had a serious drug problem and went to Hazelden for treatment.
9. I have never met a cat that I didn’t love. I LOVE cats. I especially love standoffish cats who attack for no good reason. lol
10. I make my kids crazy by changing the words to popular songs in a Weird Al Yankovich type of way. I can’t stop myself!
Well, that’s all for my far too revealing list of interesting things. What a fun change from the usual depressing posts!
Matthew's name in the sand on a beach in Australia
Lachlan's Mum said,
September 2, 2009 at 6:13 am
I love your list, Christie! That’s so cool that you learned Russian from your neighbors. I also love the story about the chickens you rescued. That is a great story! I also love cats.
Thank you for sharing yourself here so honestly. I loved learning more about you.
Christy said,
September 2, 2009 at 2:56 pm
wow, thank you! i wasn’t even aware that you read my blog!
you are certainly an interesting woman! actually, that’s why i started reading your blog. i’m a big fan of natural living and parenting, homeschooling, animal rights, etc, though i’m sure that’s not obvious from my blog yet. i was a vegetarian until i got pregnant and started eating fish again, i felt i wasn’t vigilant enough in getting all my protein from other sources. i can’t imagine how hard it is to be vegan and pregnant. or was it fairly easy for you?
i actually did not like children either, and decided that i would never have children, and didn’t change my mind til i was 19. but i still didn’t plan on having children til my early 30s….. hmm, how plans change!
Sara Clement said,
September 8, 2009 at 11:45 pm
I love your list…what a fun and interesting person you are!!!
I’ve never wanted to eat clay (Pica)…but chocolate and I have a good relationship. (HUG)
Christy said,
September 10, 2009 at 7:21 pm
hey there,
thank you! i think we would totally get along too! i do mostly fine art photography, so i photograph pretty much anything i think needs to be photographed…. so i take lots and lots of pictures, and make no money, lol. but one of my favorite subjects is children, they are such great fun and always present an opportunity for good photos. anyway, i really like the photographs up on your page, they are amazing. how long have you been a photographer?
might i have your email? i cannot reply to your comments on my email for some reason. thanks
XO,
christy