Receiving & Sharing Blog Love (and 8 random things about moi)

I'm definitely feelin' the love tonight as I accept

this delightful blog award...

the Kreativ Blogger Award

from sweet Donna

at

Brynwood Needleworks blog

and

Needleworks Boutique

With this award come instructions for

me to share some random things about myself with you,

so if you're inclined to want to know, here goes:

1.) My mother named me after a friend of hers who died of lockjaw... and you know what?

I did not speak to anyone outside my immediate family (parents/siblings) and even then, apparently very little, until I was well into Kindergarten.

I have a Kindergarten progress report in which

my teacher writes how thrilled she is that I finally spoke a few words to her

because

she was beginning to wonder if I was a mute!

So... moral of the story:

maybe we should think twice about naming

our children after someone who has LOCKJAW.

I'm just sayin' ...

but not sayin' much. ;)

2.) My daughter suggested that I let you in on the fact that I was

quite a dancer (think "Dancing Queen" as in ABBA) in my younger years

and even won a few dance contests.

No, I don't frequent clubs anymore...

There, Olivia. I told them...

Are you happy?

:)

3.) When I considered college, I wanted to become a medical doctor.

I can see now, though,

that I am in JUST THE RIGHT field and

wouldn't trade being a shop-owner for anything!

I am definitely WAY more right-brained than left.

4.) I absolutely CANNOT STAND the game Monopoly...

it takes too long and

is WAY too serious and involved to be considered "fun",

leaving me wanting to

tell the good folks at Milton Bradley

"Come on people, I have a life here!"

BUT

you don't have to ask me twice if

you want to play a game of Rummy!

LOVE that one!

Quick, simple, and no major brain power needed.

Right up my alley...

:)

5.) I very much envy "morning people" since I absolutely cannot wake up "bright-eyed & bushy-tailed".

I often wonder how it must feel to wake up in the morning and feel like

I do when it's finally mid-afternoon (the time of day I finally feel "awake").

I know people who do feel like that when they wake up.

It must be amazing.

6.) I am a music-freak (that sounds weird) and am never without

it playing at home or in the car.

I even leave music on for my dog when I leave

the house.

Since I've gotten a

Blackberry my new trick for making note of new songs I hear

while I'm in the car is using the camera in the phone to take

a quick picture of the song title displayed on the touch screen in the car.

No more trying (in vain) to remember the name/artist of a

great new song until I get home!

I love technology...

7.) I wear makeup pretty much all day, everyday.

Its just a thing with me.

I wouldn't even entertain the idea of

going out somewhere without it.

I'm not proud of this, but it is what it is.

Habit, I guess.

And since I'm fairly certain that my

mail lady and my UPS guy DO NOT read

this blog,

I figure they won't bust me on this one...

Okay, so I may have been known to

answer the door without "my face" on

in order to get a package I HAVE TO RECEIVE

(like when a signature is required)...

even in my robe a few times.

But delivery people are like doctors, right?

...They've seen it all, so they don't mind.

:)

8.) I get intensely bothered if I feel I've done anything to make someone

unhappy or unsatisfied at all. Many say to a fault.

Even the smallest indication that someone is not happy with me or something I did

has the potential to ruin my day or at the very least have me

sad about it for hours...

This is hard when you are in retail and there are just

going to be times when even the best of efforts will not

please everyone.

I'm still working on having

"thicker skin".

Not sure I'll ever perfect that one.

:)

Well, enough about me...

For every "random fact" about me, I picked one very deserving

sister-blogger:

Crazy girlie-girl Anne of Fiona & Twig

Uber-talented Donna, of Dreyne's blog

Renaissance woman extraordinaire, Teresa Sheeley

Always-makin'-something Julie from EAB Designs

Purveyor of elegance & all things swoon-worthy, Maryanne of Beadboard Upcountry

The essence of "funky-vintage" Joy, of The Vintage Rabbit

Shopkeeper and fab photographer Rebecca of Simply Stated Aesthetics

New to the blogging world & already taking it by storm, Adrienne of The Flying Bee

And again, thank you so much, Donna, for this

blog award.

I'd blog if I NEVER got any awards,

but the fact that you thought of me

sure makes my day...

:)

~RUTH~