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Sorry I haven't written in a while haven't been feeling the greatest lately. I was so happy to see that my favorite sister-in-law, Shannon, tagged me!! You are probably wondering what this means, so I will tell you. Getting tagged means that I much write 8 random facts about myself, so here it goes!

1- When I was 5 years old I had an imaginary girlfriend named Matilda. We did everything together. I guess I even went as far as leaving seats open for her next to me. Weird, huh? It's almost like something out of that movie "The Sixth Sense".

2- Around the age of 13 I discovered a strange lump behind my knee. I FREAKED. Of course, I thought it was a tumor and that I was dying of cancer. It didn't help any that a close friend of my brother, Brian, and I had growing up, and just around this same time, WAS in fact diagnosed with bone cancer after a fall he took one day when we were all riding our bikes - like we did every weekend. That friend died a few years ago. My lump turned out to be a Bakers Cyst.

3- When I started college I was an art major - Interior Design - to be specific. Most days I wish I would have stuck with it or something along the lines of Art/Design. I LOVED my art history class. Ahh, those were the days at good 'ole ECC. (I left Iowa State U and later received my Associates from Elgin Community College). I REALLY enjoyed ECC. I seriously loved learning then. I wish I could go back!

4- Sticking to the school subject. Someday I am going back. Not sure exactly what for, but I am DEFINITELY going back. I have a yearning to learn more. There are SO many interests that I have that I would love to pursue - and just to name a few - I always wanted to be a teacher and I love history so I always thought that I would be a history teacher. That was my goal when I attended ECC. HAIR! - I am so into the whole cosmetology thing. I am always experimenting with colors. Pottery has always interested me. I think it's a great form of relaxation. You go to the gym, I'll go sit at the wheel.

5- My husband, Brett, and I have known each other since 6th grade. We were in 8th grade science together and I remember he sat right behind me. I remember thinking then, "Gosh, he has nice hands." How funny is that!!!!!!? We were really more just acquaintances then because we ran with a group of different friends. It was the same way in High School sorda. BUT I did ask him to the prom our Senior year. YES, I asked him. He picked me up in his mom's brand new royal blue Mustang Cobra. And because I had shaved my head not long before that, and he was a soccer player with long blonde locks, my hair was MUCH shorter than his. We have the promo photos to prove this.

6- My favorite smell is burning leaves in the Fall. It brings me back to when my brother Brian and I went to our dad's house on the weekends in McHenry. My dad lived on the Fox River and in the Fall we'd all rake leaves into piles and have huge bonfires.

7- I was pretty much a tomboy growing up. I went everywhere with Brian. We rode our bikes everywhere. We found bike trails, went fishing and swimming, I even went to Baseball Card shows with him and my dad on weekends. When we went to our dad's house on the weekends we slept in the same queensize bed (every morning we'd fight) and during the week I slept on his floor next to his bed when we would go back to our mom's house.

8- Girls are so mean. When I was in 7th grade, or maybe it was 6th, I went to a sleep over at a girlfriend's house with a bunch of girls. I woke up with red dye in my underwear - the underwear that I WAS WEARING! They had taken red dye and dripped it on my pj shorts that went through to my undies, to play a trick on me, making me think I had gotten my period. What the hell? I guess I was just too nice back then. I NEVER thought friends would do such a thing. Looking back, I should have beaten them up! I guess that's why I chose to have more guy friends than girlfriends after that.