Honest Scrap III & Lovely Huggies Awards!!!

My wonderfully fun-loving bud Kacey over at Chronicles of a Mommy tagged me in this Honest Scrap and Hugs Award! You must go over and take a peek at her blog-it is ultra funny-fabulous and truly inspiring.

I am supposed to pass this on to 10 great blogs and list 10 HONEST things about myself and make it interesting...so here it goes folks :-)

1. I decided to keep my maiden name "Strong" (I know...Gasp!) as apposed to taking on my married name "Snow". Can't a girl be proud of her name and keep it? It aggravates my husband oh.so.much! I do hyphenate it now though...so he is semi-happy again :-)
2. I have 3 older brothers ; 3 sister in laws ; 3 nieces ; 3 nephews on my side of the family. On Ron's side of the family I accrued : 5 sister in laws ; 8 nieces ; 2 nephews & 4 brother in laws. Making my family Grand Total= 3 brothers ; 8 sister in laws ; 16 nieces and nephews and 4 brother in laws. (WHEW!) Maybe for the next post I will share with you all the DRAMA that comes from people like us with families this big ;-)
3. I worked at WalMart in high school so I know how their telephone intercom systems work. Recently while waiting for someone to come to the paint department while at WalMart...(I waited patiently for more than 15 minutes)...I finally picked up the intercom phone and very politely announced: "Can an associate from Paint report to the Paint department to assist a customer please?" (Ron just walked away-far far away from me). Yep- Sometimes I am crazy and impatient like that :-)
4. I almost got kidnapped in 6th grade while walking home from school one day. It really traumatized me because for two or so years after that...I was convinced that every car that drove by was going to try to kidnap me, so I would literally dive behind snow banks all the way to & home from school, or hide behind cars or houses! I know...I laugh about it now too-people driving by me probably thought "oh that poor crazy little girl-what is she doing?"
5. I am addicted to Milk. I crave it-have to have it-love it. I really am a huge milk-a-holic.
6. My nick name growing up was "butt". Yes-I had a bubble butt-there I said it. Even though I was a mere 110 lbs-I was mostly butt....BUT that was back when J.Lo wasn't cool yet, and the song singing "I like big butts and I cannot lie" wasn't out yet either. NOT COOL! If only I could still be 110 with that toosh-I would have it made....(sigh)!
7. I once worked for a landlord of ours from Florida as a handy-woMAN! I actually learned how and did a roofing job ; how to lay real hard wood floors and refinish them ; tile ; paint ; drywall etc. It was the hardest work I have EVER done-but I got to wear cool overalls to work-and I felt pretty groovy about that!
8. I had a dream one night that I was walking my dogs in a parking lot, when my head caught on fire and I fell face flat onto the pavement. My dogs were running around my head as I laid there screaming for help. I called my mother to tell her of this VERY strange dream and what it could have meant. Neither of us knew...but it was funny. Three days later I was walking my dogs one morning before work when a cat jumped out of the bushes. My labs started pulling me really hard, and I felt something snap in my lower back. I went to take a step and fell flat on my face, on the pavement-with my dogs running around my head-while screaming for help! Turns out I broke my L4 vertebrae. When my mom arrived at the ER as I lay there (strapped to a back board with a neck brace)... in the worst pain of my entire life...she tried to be funny in an attempt to make light of my current situation. She said : "Well...look at the bight side-at least your head's not on fire!". Ha ha!
9. I can bring goldfish back to life. If you want to know how too...read HERE.
10. I just got my second ticket in my entire life a few weeks ago for not wearing my seat belt (which I always do-but for some reason, did not on this day-of course!). Ironically-I was caught on the same road-pulled over onto the same side street-in the exact same spot-for the exact same thing...15 years ago! Go figure!

I know I am supposed to pass this onto 10 people, but I am still kind of a rookie at this-so I really don't have ten people to pass this on to! So if you want to participate-please feel free to give me your Honest Scrap, steal the buttons listed here-and leave me a comment to let me know to hop on over to your page so I can check it out!

-Have a happy!

Honest Scrap Award!

Katy over at Fun with the Baker Five gave me this Honest Scrap Award Opportunity. This is how it works:
The rules for the Honest Scrap award -The honorees are to:A) first list 10 honest things about yourself - and make it interesting, even if you have to dig deep!B) pass the award on to 7 bloggers that you feel embody the spirit of the Honest Scrap.

My list of 10 Honest Scrap things:

1. My car caught on fire during our honeymoon, this happening after we got kicked out of the church we were married in for moving the Lord's table to take wedding photos. The Pastor called me Sharon throughout the entire ceremony. True Story-if you want the details...write me-it's actually pretty funny.

2. I ran out of school in second grade and ran all the way home (twice) because my teacher yelled at me and scared me to death! I got teased about it through most of my school years and to this day people I knew back then still remember me crying in class then hauling tush out the door running home as fast I could ;-)

3. I can move my ears on command. No joke! It's been something I have done since I was an itty bitty.

4. I watched fire works this last 4th of July sitting right behind William Fichtner. He laid back on our blanket at one point and started playing with Brayden. He is from Lakewood-a town right next to ours-he was home visiting. I am a huge fan of Prison Break so I instantly acted like an annoying fan and started chatting with him-he was so very nice and gracious. He left after fireworks and forgot his Avon Skin so Soft Oil-I excitedly grabbed it and brought it home...my husband says I'm crazy:-) I know this.

5. I was once in a bongo drum band. I was cool once like that-back in the day :-)

6. I sing Opera. I am a soprano. These days Brayden and Ron are the only ones to enjoy my singing...but I was cool once again-back in the day :-)

7. I just recently learned how to crochet. I am BAD at it (even though it is therapeutic)-so I bought a LOOM kit. It rocks. Now I am jammin' with looming hats...I have a million of them now...want one?

8. I am all about habit. I am a creature of it-I know. I always eat the same thing everywhere-don't like to change it up too much. I make lists-and lists of lists-and so on. I have a color coded highlighting system when I accomplish things on that list. I LOVE address books and my Planner-I would be lost and VERY stressed without them.

9. I have no sense of direction. It's horrible really. If I get too far from home....LOST! Seriously. Ron finally got me a GPS for Christmas-I want to go out and explore the world now...my possibilities are endless ;-)

10. I swear......sometimes ALOT! I have been really good lately...I don't want Brayden picking up any nasty words from me ( I would feel horrible)...but I'm sorry....I do get in the van alone on my way to work sometimes and freely shout the F-bomb (multiple times). It makes me feel better-I'm not going to lie. Don't judge me ;-)

I like Katy's idea: If you wish to participate-drop me a line and I will look out for your post on Honest Scrap-if not, no biggy. -Shannon :-)