Nicole from Fo(u)rt Robinson tagged me with a challenge to write 5 weird things about myself. How can I come up with only five things?

Here goes:

1. I am absolutely literally phobic in the true medical sense of the word to teeth. How, you might wonder, does one function in life with a phobia to teeth? Well, not easily, I might answer. The thought of cleaning them makes me nauseous, the thought of going to the dentist sends me over the top (I have to have IV sedation for a cleaning) and wiggly teeth make me run from the room. I can’t even stand to hear the word tooth. In fact writing this entry has made me nauseous. So if that’s not weird…..
2. I was born in Spain. I’m not Spanish, I’m a navy brat. That isn’t so weird, I realize. What is more weird is that I held dual citizenship until I was 18 and for a few years I considered joining the Spanish Olympic Team as a gymnast. I figured they sucked just enough to possibly accept me!!
3. I’m a control freak. I realize this has made it to many other Top 5 lists so I’ll jazz mine up a little by admitting that I don’t let my kids’ friends - or their parents - pick up toys when they come to our house to play. When they try I will often bite my tongue but secretly cringe in agony and then dump it out and start over when they walk out the door. I absolutely can not stand it when things aren’t in the right place.
4. I love Christmas. I stole this one from Kelly (who, incidentally, has the coolest looking house I have ever seen in pictures in all of my life!!!). I know it isn’t unusual to love Christmas but it *is* a bit weird to have a christmas tree in every room of your house. This is my goal. We buy a new (artificial) tree every year and eventually we’ll have a tree in every room. We are currently up to four trees. I have pictures but Blogger is not cooperating.
5. I couldn’t think of a fifth thing so I had to ask my hubby and he said this is weird but I’m sure it is totally normal and anyone who isn’t like this is the weird one I am a planner. As in - I can not make a decision without planning out every potential contingency or outcome or consequence first. Sometimes it’s a great trait, we often are ultra-prepared for whatever might come. Often it is just a burden and it zaps a lot of the joy out of life and some might say it at least appears very pessimistic. I call it realistic

I’m tagging Kimmi, Dorin, Irish and Stef

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