BFF Swoops In Again To Save My Sanity w/Blog Game

So one of my BFF's tagged me in a blogging game (is that what they are called? I'm still an amateur!) - as per the rules and regulations I have to list 7 strange things about myself and then tag 7 others who will then do the same and so on. Since I am VERY new to blogging, I will only be able to tag a couple of people, but this is still fun. I SO needed this today and interestingly enough, I sat down to read BFF's blog right after the EX came. I didn't push him off the porch as I had dreamed, I did however slam the door so hard that the blinds rattled on a nearby window :)

OK so here goes. This is actually harder than it seems, I think it would be easier for other people to tell me 7 crazy things I do, but then that would probably just piss me off so maybe this is safer.

7. I have an obsession with numbers. I know almost every phone number I have ever dialed, even childhood friend's numbers from 20 years ago. I can rattle off mine, my man and my 4 kids Care Card #'s, Social Insurance #'s and any other important #'s like Drivers License, credit card #'s or whatever. When I was working as a legal secretary (my life before I was a SAHM) I knew all of the Incorporation #'s for every mortgage company that ever crossed my desk. My obsession extends to license plate #'s, I actually spot people I know by looking at their plates to confirm it's really them.

6. I hate wearing socks. The only time I wear them is inside my Nikes when I am running and sometimes in the winter inside my boots. I NEVER have socks on at home, and yet oddly enough I am one of those people who always has cold feet. I still can't bring myself to put socks on, I feel like my feet are suffocating.

5. I must load the dishwasher the same way each time. Glasses on the top left row, plastics on the other half and the bottom is for plates and bowls, always together and always facing the same way. The utensil basket is sectioned into 6 and MUST have all forks in one, spoons in one, knives in one, plastic spoons in one, sharp knives in one and misc (garlic press, blender blade, etc) in the last. If by some miracle someone other than me decides to load the dishwasher, I always end up emptying it and starting all over again.

4. I have a disturbing compulsion to weigh myself. For this reason, I do not and will not ever own a scale again. I will literally weigh myself ten times a day and if I weigh more one morning than I did the previous morning, I will restrict my food intake that day just to get back to the weight from the day before. I almost wonder if it's an illness, but if it is I have it under control. Sort of. When I was working at the gym, I would talk to myself on the drive to work and promise myself I wouldn't hop on the scale right away. It worked about half the time. I'm a freak.

3. I LOVE to sweat. When I am working out, I don't feel like I have "done it right" unless I have buckets of sweat pouring down my face and my armpits are wet. If there isn't a wet stain along my shirt from my boob crease, I'll stay on an extra 5 minutes and run like hell. The bigger the wet strip, the better I feel, it's like how I measure my workout. Gross, really.

2. Just like my friend Cheryl, I eat everything off my plate in sections. I'll eat all my meat, then veggies, then whatever else. In no particular order, but I absolutely cannot swap back and forth between foods. If one food touches another, I'll separate it with my fork before it hits my lips.

1. I know the words to almost every song out there. I don't usually sing out loud if I am with anyone, but I always lip sync the words and I sing if I am alone. I am a terrible singer, and I mean nails on the chalkboard awful. I would never ever go to Karaoke, I would rather stick hot needles in my eyes than subject people to my singing skills, or lack thereof.

** extra one: my man just asked what I was blogging about and when I told him he started laughing. Every night before bed, I HAVE to locate all three cordless phones and make sure the ringers are off on 2 of them and they are on their bases. Then I take the 3rd one, turn the ringer to the lowest setting and put it under my pillow. Yeeeeep, a complete freak of nature :P

Alright, I know there's more (in fact I can think of some right now about the way I grocery shop and the way I arrange the pillows on the sofa 50 times a day) but I'm leaving it at that so people still want to be friends with me and read my blog. LOL. Here is who I am tagging. Sorry it's not very many, maybe next time around I will have more blog buddies!!

Mummy Danni
Lisa
Charmed Girl