Note from Kristen

Ty said I could take a few lines of his blog for myself--thanks, bud! I've been tagged twice now, so I guess it's about time I posted six things about myself. I'm supposed to post 6 facts about myself and tag 6 other friends to do the same. You lucky six will find out who you are at the end.

1. I love to try out new recipes. The Food Network is usually the first channel I flip to when I turn on the TV. Unfortunately I don’t get to experiment very often because Brian’s not a fan of new recipes and the things I make only turn out well half the time. I’m hoping to train Ty early to like the new things I make.

2. I love Dancing with the Stars. I watch it every Monday night and even vote online for my favorites. Brian and I even have to tickets for the Dancing with the Stars tour Seattle performance for our wedding anniversary in December! (What a good husband!)

3. It has always been a dream of mine to publish a children’s book someday. I even wrote a full length chapter book when I was in third grade. Unfortunately, I haven’t written anything in a very long time as my inspiration is lacking. You’d think having taught elementary school for ten years that I might have some sort of great idea for a book. But all I’ve done so far is read tons of children’s literature, in awe of the storylines authors are able to concoct. Maybe someday…

4. I think most people know this about me already, but I love to make cards and recently got into scrapbooking. I fought scrapbooking for a long time because I thought it would be easier to just stick your pictures in a photo album and call it good. But your creative juices flow more freely and it’s a lot easier to scrapbook when you have a cute new baby as your subject! And with my calling as YW Secretary I get to make all the birthday cards for the girls.

5. I hate dusting. I will vacuum, scrub bathrooms, clean the kitchen, and do laundry, but dusting rarely gets done. It just seems like such a bother to pick up all those little things you have on your shelf to run a cloth over the shelf in two seconds and then have to put everything back the way it was. Next time you come to my house, don’t look too closely at our end tables and piano!

6. And since I can’t think of anything else I want the whole wide world to know…here’s a random factoid—I was a Spelling Bee champion in elementary and middle school. I participated in the Bee in 4th-8th grade and won the district competition three years in a row which, I believe, is a district record to this day. (Although having made that known, I will be extremely embarrassed if I find any misspellings on this posting!)

Tag! You're it: Liz, Danette, Ashlee, Tiffany, Carrie, and Kristie. Sorry if any of you have been tagged before, but I don't know that many people with blogs!