You might not have known...

Kate recently tagged me in her blog to share 7 facts you may not have known about me. Here are the rules: I have to write 7 little known (or unknown) facts about myself and then tag 7 other people to do the same. I don't actually know seven other people who haven't been tagged AND still write in their blogs, so here we go anyway!

1. I really resented my parents when we moved from Jersey to Maryland when I was in 4th grade. I don't remember being angry but it still hurts my mom when she thinks about it. I'm actually quite glad about where it finally led my family.

2. I love tearing out the bookmarks from Real Simple and actually using them in my current reads. I have a couple great ones with pigs and one with flowers that I've used for my last four books. They're so bright and cheery.

3. I, in an "I'm not crazy" kind of a way, believe that PA in trying to pull Mike and I back. Our family is there- sans my immediates, and a large portion of our friends are there. I call it the Pennsylvania Pull.

4. I'm terrible at correspondence. Awful. I hate the phone and see it as a necessary evil. I don't like checking email. I love writing letters but haven't actually had much time. I believe part of it is a result of moving so often. Constantly restarting- which requires much effort and therefore less time for your past. But while I don't call or write often, my friends are often what occupy my mind.

5. I don't see myself teaching for 30 years. I want to always have art and crafts be part of my life but I'm not sure how. Some days I want to open a "paint your own" deal of a shop. Sometimes I want to create adorable but sleek accessory pins. I have several in mind and wish I had some time to work on them. I'm ambitious, but there are only so many places in education you can go, and I will never become administration. I also want to earn a master's but am torn between art history and studio art- not art education. This is not a realistic dream for the time being.

6. I really wish I had a house. Selfish and simple. I become very jealous when I see other people who have a place that's all theirs. Even if I find the house completely repulsive I think, "wow, they're doing so much better than me. What have I done wrong?"

7. I love the fact that I know so much useless information. It is this information that helps connect the world together and relate point A to point B. It's amazing when you can pull out an obscure movie refrence and relate it to a current book topic. Just silly that way I guess.