self disclosure
January 5, 2009 at 6:31 AM 
.: i continually eat certain types of food that i know that i hate, just to make sure that i still hate them: barbeque chicken, grape soda, cheese curd, sweet pickles, etc. i take one bite and it's all i can do to keep from throwing up on spot... and yet, everytime i see one of them i think, "this time will be different."
.:my closet is organized in sections (as all closets should be): tank tops, under tees, t-shirt, long sleeved, button up, sweaters (sorted by thickness), skirts, and dresses; shorts and pants in a seperate section. i also organize my hub's clothing in the same fashion. when an item is removed the hanger is taken from the group and hung with the other empty hangers. it's only proper ettiquette.
.: i sleep almost exclusively on my right side, sleeping on my left side invariably gives me a tummy ache. gear that i NEED to sleep with includes: my neck pillow (a baby blanket rolled up under my neck), a light pillow for between my arms, a chunky pillow for between my knees, one earplug for the exposed ear, and my wrist brace to help my carpal tunnel issues. then i cocoon up until someone wakes me.
.: when i see my children breaking a rule i repeat the rule like rainman, over and over and over again to them. i can't figure out if i'm just trying to brainwash them or if it's for my own benefit. but i CAN'T seem to stop:
we eat food at the table
this is not a jumping couch
we give hugs and kisses not hits and bites
we use kind words
only fingers on the piano
pee goes in toilets
the benefit to doing this is that all i have to do is start the sentence and my children finish it.
.: i have caught vomit in my hands, wiped the dirtiest of noses and changed the stinkiest of poops all without so much as wrinkling my nose... but if i see mold, i will heave.
.: when i get on the computer i do everything in order: email, facebook, flickr, and THEN i can go ahead and do something else. but before i leave, i go through those three again. i'm seriously a junkie.
.: i also wash up in order in the shower. wash face, hair, put conditioner in and tye up hair, body, shave, body again just for good measure, rinse out hair and wash off body. then i stand and think. for about 10 minutes. after the soak i *sometimes* wash my face again and put more conditioner on the ends of my hair.
.: if i don't have my contacts in i feel tired. as soon as i take my glasses off and stick those bad boys in i feel awake. but i can't touch my contacts unless i've brushed my teeth, gone to the bathroom, and washed my hands.
if you're looking for a challenging meme, feel free to take this one! it's sure to be embarrassing!
Reader Comments (14)
Remind me to show you Megan's Christmas letter, which is a list of all of the quirks of the family. It's hilarious.
i do like a good meme. i liked reading your quirks. xo
Do you want to come over and organize my closet?? Hee hee!
We are so alike it's a bit scary...I try foods I know I hate (but to give you hope- I now like tomatoes, pickles and saurkraut, 3 things that would make me nearly throw up not even 8 years ago); I *always* must sleep on my right. I tried sleeping on my left last night and felt like I was falling. I repeat rules, too- maybe not rainman style. Hubs does that, too. Like maybe if we say it one more time they might get it. But nope. I check my internet sites in exactly the same order- so much so that I set up my explorer to bring up the tabs at the same time, but now that messes me up because I'm about 6 clicks short at the end of it all, so I check them again. And I shower in *exactly* the same order every time (not the same as you- I wash hair, condition, wash body, shave (if I have the time), rinse out conditioner and wash my face. And if I do them out of order, I forget to do something and end up doing all of them again, aren't you glad you know that now?).
The contact thing- I was the same way when I was wearing them on a regular basis, but 4 pregnancies and a touch of astigmatism later, I'm a glasses girl.
So if you're OCD, then so am I. :)
OMG I am having a giggle fit. Boo pickles and mold! You are the funniest little thing ever. I am in love with your obessive compulsive tendencies...I am the same way.
Thanks for sharing Miss Lady! I needed a smile :)
i LOVE your toenails, and I love your music. :) And I will be contacting you a lot for advice when I have kids. I'll take the stuff you don't like- I like cheesecurds, and sweet pickles, and... can't remember the rest!
toenails rock!
this is so funny.
love the querks.
my closet NEEDS your help!
Damn, you and I are alike on a couple of those: closet is a biggie and so is the mold reaction.
Grape soda, eh? Haven't had that in years. I gots me a hankerin' for it now.
Love it, very entertaining!
Can I just say sexy toes! I love reading your quirks. I learned some new things about you. Lots of love.
I think everyone has some OCD issues to some degree. I thought mine might be worse than others...until I married Aaron; you'd be surprised how querky he is about things. Oh, and your shower routine is almost identical to mine--I don't tie my hair up, though!
That was really interesting to read! We all have funny things that must be done a certain way.
I sleep almost exclusively on my right side also, and for the same reason.
love the cute toesies! and i love reading about you. have you really caught vomit in your hands? ack! that's one i can't say i've done.....
ps. it's better to sleep on your right side anyway so i'm told....it lowers your blood pressure!
i love your optimism on the foods you hate! that is hildarious.