I Got An Award! (Part 1)

Thanks to Jennifer at A Look Into My Life for this thoughtful award! It was such a pleasant surprise. :-) If you haven't had the chance to get to know Jennifer, stop by her blog and say, "Hi!" She's super nice and upbeat. Plus, she is wildly talented and makes beautiful jewelry!

The rules for this award are simple - just give 7 fun facts about you and then nominate 7 people for the beautiful blogger award.

Hm. Finding seven new facts to tell you about myself is getting hard. I am sort of an open book here. I'll give it my best shot, though:

1. I was an extra in a movie of the week starring Rick Schroder and Michael Easton while I was in college. Actually, Is.aac was the extra, but they needed more people so they had the extras call their significant others for a party scene. When I got there, they separated the two of us and paired us up with other people. The casting person said we didn't look right as a couple. What-ev-er. I got paired with this big football player type. Is.aac got paired with some tiny bimbo (if I remember correctly).
2. When I was in junior high school, I really wanted to be an astronaut when I got older. That all changed when I was in 7th grade and the Challenger exploded. I switched my career goal from astronaut to airplane pilot--you know, because that is a lot safer. Ahem. Anyway, I still remember the classroom and where I was sitting when we heard the news of the explosion over the school's loud speaker. The crazy thing is that I teach in that room today. Thankfully, the room has been remodeled since then so it doesn't look the same anymore.
3. I am entertaining the idea of changing careers and becoming a nurse. I don't know when that seed was planted, but it has done nothing but grow since I realized it was there. Is it any surprise that I'd want to work in the NICU?
4. I break out in hives when I sweat. It is awful. I also break out in hives if I get Is.aac's sweat on me, too. Ahem.
5. If I could be in the Winter Olympics for any sport, I'd choose skiing. I just think it seems so...free. The problem with this is that I 1) don't like cold, 2) don't know how to ski, and 3) I get hives when I sweat.
6. I love to start and try new things, but I often lose interest and won't finish them. To combat this problem, I try to keep working on something for as long as I can before I stop. I know that if I stop, I just might not get back into it. One look at my kitchen would drive this point home. All I have left is the finishing details and it would be done. Those details are all I've had left for two years...does that tell you anything?
7. I collect sun catchers and crystal prisms. I have them hanging in just about every window. I love the way they look when the sun shines through them. (One of the boys' first words was rainbow...and not because it rains a lot here!)

Okay, it is getting late. I'll be back tomorrow and post the names of those I nominate for this award.