Random Things

First, my fellow blogger tagged her blogging friends, of which I am proud to be one, to post the sixth picture from the sixth folder on pictures. (consider yourself tagged if you blog and haven't done this yet) Then tell something about the picture. Well, this is random cuteness + attitude from Sophia in April. What more can I say?

Second, for Facebook, I went to the trouble to think of 25 random things about myself for a tagged note that's running rampant around the place. I figured I might as well get double duty out of it, just in case someone who checks my blog doesn't check Facebook. This is me being lazy. Enjoy.


25 Random Things About Me

1. I don't need anyone that I tagged to respond, but I thought I'd tag you in case you were waiting for your chance.

2. I love to discuss other people's opinions, but I think I'm right most of the time - even if what I'm right about is that no one can be right.

3. I am given to extreme emotions.

4. #3 is patently untrue, but I do enjoy experimenting with random personality traits and testing them as my own.

5. I have been working on and off on this note for days because I can't think of 25 things to write about myself.

6. I am named after my mother's two sisters (Laura and Amy Jo)

7. My name would have been Timothy if I were a boy (not a relative)

8. When I was 17 (a month before I started dating Erick), I decided that I was going to move west instead of going to college. I'd spend two years in three or four western states, and if I didn't settle down there, I'd move back to Missouri and try to find my soul mate. The plan a few months later was a much better one.

9. My father's dad used to say that my great-etc. grandfather was the boy who stuck his finger in the dyke and saved the Netherlands (my maiden name is Van Dyke). I'm sure we're the only ones with that story.

10. I was a kick-a$$ Bible Quizzer in 6th, 7th and 8th grades. Beat Schaumburg!

11. I used to think I was an interesting person until I started writing this list.

12. I get the free download from iTunes every week even if it sucks.

13. I enjoy throwing in cuss words now and then to keep my friends on their toes.

14. My family, which included mom, dad, three brothers and myself, would camp out in one tent for two weeks in Branson, Missouri for vacation.

15. I looked forward to vacation.

16. I ran into the brick next to the garage door with the Jeep - while I was going INTO the garage. Still have no idea how that happened.

17. I love jackets.

18. Before the internet, I had at least three people with whom I maintained monthly correspondence via U.S. Mail.

19. When I was a "Mom" to freshmen at College of the Ozarks, some of them threw me into Lake Taneycomo.

20. Taneycomo's water temp doesn't get much higher than 60.

21. I want to retire to New Orleans. . . . tomorrow.

22. To date, only one plant has survived my supervision for more than 6 months.

23. I had Sophia six weeks early and she weighed 6 lbs, 6 oz. Needless to say, I am still grateful for that early delivery - especially since she was healthy.

24. I went to State Competition judging horses for the FFA.

25. I also judged Dairy Products ala Napoleon Dynamite.