Thirteen Things I Should Be Embarrassed To Tell You But I’m Not Because I Obviously Have No Pride
1. I do not know how to text message. I mean, I know HOW, but I can’t do it well. I COULD send you a text message, but I wouldn’t finish it until 2009, at which point the news would be somewhat old. So I’m sticking with email.
2. When I’m downstairs in my husband’s office and I survey his vast electronic universe, I have to ask for assistance to even turn on the television. And if the DVD player or TiVo is involved? I just hand him the remote and point to the device I need.
3. If I catch sight of an insect, no matter where I am, I immediately pull my feet up off of the floor and hop from one piece of furniture to another until I find a perch that I feel will remain off said insect’s path. And then I yell for D. to come and kill it. I think this particular strain of paranoia / OCD stems from An Unfortunate Cockroach Incident when we lived in Louisiana – where the cockroaches are the size of small housecats – and one crawled across my leg when we were watching television. I bet, if you think back to 1998 really, really hard, you’ll remember hearing me scream.
4. Surprisingly, I have never intentionally touched an insect. I’m sure you’re shocked after reading #3.
5. I made an F in a course in graduate school. It was the semester that I fell head over heels for D., and Utopian literature didn’t hold much appeal – not that it held much appeal pre-falling head over heels, to tell the truth. I kept thinking I would catch up on my coursework, but the end-of-semester deadline hit, and I received a note from the professor that said (OUCH), “I’m sorry you were unable to submit any papers for grading. Course grade: F.” So I ended up in summer school to make up the hours. And yes, I plan to delete this post before Alex is old enough to read.
6. When I was in sixth or seventh grade, I covered one of my notebooks with pictures of Rick Springfield. AND if that weren’t enough, I changed the words of “I Love Rock-n-Roll” to “I Love Rick Springfield,” and it went a little something like this: “I love Rick Springfield, so take another look at his fine face, baby; I love Rick Springfield, so come on take your time and dance with me.” Okay, so maybe I only changed a few words. But still.
7. I consider this to be one of the greatest inventions of my lifetime. Okay, at least of my blogging lifetime.
8. When I was in seventh grade, I wrote a fan letter to Duran Duran that incorporated many of the titles of their 80’s hits. All together now: GOOOOOOOB.
9. I am a total OCD traveler in that I LOVE TO PACK A SUITCASE. I love to think about everything that I might need, and organize all my toiletries, and get the big huge Ziplocs for shampoo, and oh just thinking about it makes me a little giddy.
10. The inside of my car is a disaster. DISASTER, I say verily unto you. But I’m cleaning it out before we hit the road today. I really am.
11. One time I cooked for an event at church – did a big ole meal for about 100 people – and I used 32 (THIRTY TWO!) sticks of butter. Surprisingly, no one’s heart stopped during or immediately after the festivities. But our friend Kevin did leave the luncheon to have an emergency root canal. I’m not sure if the dental work was butter-related or not.
12. Since that time, I’ve learned that when quadrupling recipes, you don’t necessarily have to quadruple the butter. In fact, doubling it will do just fine. And my church friends’ arteries just thanked me.
13. I just realized that this post is #324 for me – THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR – which is even more disturbing in light of the fact I really only write when Alex is napping or in bed for the night. So I think it’s fitting that I close this post with the following declaration: “My name is BooMama. And I’m a blogaholic.”
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I love your list. Ok I could agree with the Rick Springfield comment. I used to dream that when I grew up I was going to marry him (or John Stamos) LOL
My eyes still haven’t popped back into their sockets after reading Thirty-Two sticks of butter! I went to a New Kids on the Block concert in the 7th grade. And I’m not even embarrassed to write this. So I obviously have no pride, either.
LOVE LOVE LOVE these!!
Rick Springfield — I loved him too!! I saw LOVERBOY in concert — you know I’m such a wild one!!
Sure you quadruple butter when the recipe quadruples!! I am fortunate enough to be on the receiving end of the blessings at the table and it is ALWAYS a treat when Boo cooks. I wish I hadn’t been so nervous the other night — I would have eaten sooooooo much more!!!
Loved this funny post!!
HAHAHAHAHA! The Rick Springfield and Duran Duran comments were the most telling for me. ;)
“”My name is BooMama. And I’m a blogaholic.””
LOL! I’ve recently decided that rather than being an addiction, this blog thing, the writing, it’s what I’m supposed to be doing right now. Maybe. ;-)
My favorites are mentions of Rick Springfield (who I did see in concert – twice), Duran Duran (dated a guy with that hair) and EK’s mention of Loverboy. Just saw them at the fair in October and I must say they have changed JUST like the rest of us! Gonna text cha latter Boomama.
Yeah, that last one…
We already knew that.
I can’t say I relate to many of these, except for #1. But that would only be because I don’t have a cell phone. You might get a text message finished before I even figured out how to make a call.
I had to hold my mouth closed for fear of waking up little Posh spice who was sleeping in the living room when I read #6! Oh. my. word. The line “so take another look at his fine face, baby” Made we want to squeal with gales of laughter!
Love your list. I’m with you on #1. A phone is for TALKING, a keyboard is for TYPING. ‘Nuff said.
Reading your blog is the highlight of my day.
BooMama, if I haven’t said it before, I think we could have us a good time if we ever got together. :) But tell me, why would anybody think it strange to use 8 pounds of butter when cooking? Butter is a good thing…..And I don’t think I’ve EVER watched Paula Deen cook with at least 4 sticks of butter, Y’ALL, LOL. ;)
OMW!!!!!! I just turned on my SonicStage! ANd I LOVE ROCK N ROLL came on!!!
Did you know…that his real name is Rick Springthorpe? And the fact that I know that should tell you something…
Also,Lawana, Blackie (aka John Stamos) was a fav of mine as well. I am watching an episode of ER right now that he is in!!
I can totally relate to the car thing. Terry doesn’t get it.
First concert I ever saw–Rick Springfield (in Memphis, ironically enough).
I’m so with Addie on this one, “so take another look at his fine face, baby”, where do you ever come up with this stuff! It takes alot for a blog to get me to LOL and that one did baby!
And, OMG! – 32 sticks of butter, my mouth is still hanging wide open at that one! You’re too much and yes, you are a ahem…a blogaholic! (Like the rest of us of course) :)
Elise – I got your text message on the way to Memphis and laughed out loud. But I didn’t dare try to answer you. Very funny.
324? 324? Wow!
BooMama, this list just makes me love you all the more! You can quadruple a recipe for me anytime. I love me some butter.
You and my friend Cindy would have been best friends in Jr. High. She was obsessed with Rick Springfield and Duran Duran too. Because of her I knew all the words to the songs. : )
I also love to pack a suitcase. Nevermind that I always take to many cute “outfits” and need “junky” clothes. (That’s why they sell souvenier t-shirts everywhere, right?) Although I love to pack, I HATE to unpack. I take out the dirty clothes and toiletries bag and everything else sits there for days, weeks…..sometimes my husband unpacks it for me. He is OCD. :)