I've been tagged

Okay, I was tagged a LONG time ago by my friend Jodi to tell 7 things about myself that people might not know! Things have been so crazy around here that I'm just now getting around to responding! So, here goes...

1. I'm an Army brat! I grew up all over and I moved to MS from Chicago! Yes, I was called a Yankee and I said "you guys" instead of "ya'll!" I loved moving around and meeting new people and wish I could have gone more places! There is a whole great big world out there and I can't wait to see more!

2. My sister and brother were born on the same day TWO YEARS APART! No, my parents did not plan that...back then you didn't have a choice! I am 11 years younger than my sister and 9 years younger than my brother and we are all very close!

3. My friend Stephanie and I started a business called fafa (fun and funky art) and we paint adult and children's art! We do some really cool funky art on canvases! I started a blog for fafa but yet to have uploaded pictures...that is a goal of mine!

4. I can get a little OCD at times! Before I go to bed at night I check all the doors like 5 times to make sure they are locked (including the garage), I make sure the stove and oven are turned off if I've been cooking, and I check my straightning iron to make sure it's turned off! Like I said I will do this over and over then when I finally get into bed I will think I didn't check something really well and I'll get up and do it all over again! Weird huh?

5. I have very curly hair, but you would never know it because I straighten it everyday!!!! You would only know it if you saw me when I got out of the shower or were at the pool or beach with me or if I was with you in the crazy hot muggy Mississippi weather! But, I fixed that problem for a while anyway...I got my hair chemically straightened about a month ago! The real test was last week when I was playing a tennis match and I got rained on...more like poured on! Later on as my hair dried, it dried straight! I thought to myself...hmmm that was money well spent! That and my Chi iron (can't live without that)!

6. I LOVE to read! I get obsessive about it! I am a speed reader and I have to buy several books at a time so when I finish one I will have another one immediately! I just watched a Dateline and Oprah special on the two families who had their daughters identities switched, by accident, at the scene of an accident in Indiana two years ago! One family thought they were burying their daughter and in fact she was being cared for by the other family! The book is called Mistaken Identity! I bought the book on a Saturday and finished it that Monday! One of my favorite books I think I've ever read is My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult! I could NOT put it down! I highly recommend it! I've learned to be creative with my reading time (since I have a 2 year old and finding time is hard). I read in the bath (that means about an hour bath time)!

7. I'm a big time night owl! I get a second wind about 9:00 and I end up staying up really late! I rarely get to bed before 11:00 or midnight these days! Not always a good idea with a 2 year old running around the house!

One more thing: I HATE elevators...they terrify me!!!!

Now I tag: Michelle, Denny, and Cathy!!!!