25 Random Things List

For people who read this but don’t have Facebook, this is a thing that’s going around Facebook lately. It’s kind of like the Facebook version of a chain letter, but somehow most people are less annoyed by it than a chain letter. Anyway, the idea is that you come up with 25 random things about yourself and then you tag 25 people and they have to do it to. So here we are, my 25 things:
1. My minimum number of tags before I would do this meme was 3. I reached it this morning. Thanks Cindy.
2. I love lists. Love. Love. Love.
3. I can judge my stress level by the number of lists I have made (particularly if they are of the same things) 1 list = Laura is happy; 2 lists = Laura is a little too busy; 3 lists= Laura might need some help; 4 + lists= Look out! Laura is verging on crazy.
4. I read cookbooks for fun. My favorites are those with photos and the More With Less series.
5. I have given into peer pressure and developed these three addictions: Coffee, LOLcats and Dr Who (and other sci-fi). Without Kari and Amy I would not be addicted to any of these.
6. I am almost completely unable to exercise on my own. I need a person or a class that “expects” me be there. This is the only reason I would own a dog… because a dog would expect me to walk him.
7. My cat is my greatest source of comfort and entertainment. Every bad day must end with my cat or I am a sad person indeed.
8. I used to have an imaginary persona (not an imaginary friend). As this imaginary persona my name was Sara (sometimes with an H) I now have 4 friends named Sara(h). Weird, huh?
9. I love a bargain. In fact, I am incapable of buying clothing full price.
10. My favorite chocolate in the world is called Xocolatl from Dagoba. It is dark chocolate with chili’s and cocoa nibs.
11. Three years ago I started taking ballet and worship dance classes. Dance is now ingrained in my spirituality.
12. I don’t know what I would do without my cell phone and my computer. Since so many of my friends live somewhere else these feel like lifelines.
13. I think that when a technology becomes a verb (i.e. “facebook me” or “google it”) everyone should learn how to use it, even old fogies.
14. I have watched the second Lord of the Rings movie so many times I can quote the whole thing. It’s my favorite of the three. (Oh and this is another addiction I got from Kari and Amy)
15. If given the choice between going out and staying in I choose staying in, every time.
16. I have anxiety induced insomnia.
17. If my kitchen is clean I feel better about my life. The rest of the house doesn’t matter nearly as much as the kitchen.
18. I have a very scary sense of intuition that borders on ESP. I have to control it or it controls me.
19. I have had one close friend move away (or I’ve moved away from them) almost every year since college. It’s sad.
20. I have a list of 101 things I want to do in 1001 days on my blog which is www.simplestorygirl.wordpress.com
21. It is my secret ambition to write a best seller. I don’t think its going to happen, but one can always dream.
22. Sunshine and mountains are two important reasons I moved to Virginia. They are also two reasons I stay.
23. Without my husband my world would be a lot smaller and more homogeneous.
24. I dream of being a professor but don’t think I have the time, energy or ambition for doctoral work.
25. I didn’t think I would be able to find enough semi-interesting things about me to complete this list.