Things You May Not Know About Me

A "get to know me game" has been filling my news feed on Facebook for the past couple of days and I have been reluctant to participate. Basically, the thought that my "friends" are judging me from afar bothers me. I know it shouldn't make a difference, but that's how my mind works.

I doubt that many of these will surprise anyone. I feel that I'm pretty much an open book. OR I just lead a very boring life. (It's probably the latter)

Rather than put my weird tidbits of myself on Facebook for all to see, I will put them in this blog. If people really want to know these quirky things, they can click a link and read about them here. Like you are doing now! So...welcome to my weirdness!!! Here we go.

1. Most people already know that I am afraid of spiders and clowns, but I am also afraid of little people/dwarfs. Maybe "afraid" is the wrong word, but they do make me skittish. I'm not sure why and I feel terrible about it.
2. Raw meat disgusts me. I can't touch it and I really don't like to look at it. That being said, I don't cook. Thank God I married a man who is an excellent cook!
3. I do enjoy baking!
4. I don't like to eat meat on the bone. It's gross. I also don't eat grilled food.
5. I don't drive. It terrifies me more than anything in this world.
6. Wax museums also scare me. Something about the look of a wax figure makes me sick to my stomach. I can't look directly at one for more than a few seconds.
7. I used to collect troll dolls when I was younger. I had hundreds of them.
8. If I'm out and about in the evening/nighttime and I see a house with the lights on and the windows have no blinds or curtains pulled, I will and do look in as I'm passing by. I like to see how other people decorate.
9. I don't have any close girl friends. My close friends either moved away and we lost touch (until social networking came along) or I've been betrayed by them in some way. It's been this way most of my life which is why I prefer to have guy friends. Girls are far too dramatic.
10. I prefer horror movies over chick flicks. Blood and gore is much better than a sappy love story.
11. I like to think that ghosts are real. All things paranormal interests me.
12. Just once, I'd like to speak to a medium so I can make a decision on their validity for myself. (*cough* Long Island Medium *cough*)
13. I have 1 sister, 1 half-sister and 1 half-brother. We aren't a close family though. 
14. Major disasters (natural or caused by man) fascinate me. When it comes to tragedy, I am drawn to it like a moth to a flame. After 9/11, I watched the news non-stop, which ended up giving me horrible nightmares. The more casualties, the more drawn to it I am.
15. Serial killers also fascinate me. My mom was the same way. She read numerous books about serial killers.
16. I love pinups!!! I find the old style pinups alluring. I wish I were still youthful enough to do a pinup style photo shoot.
17. I took out my belly button ring about a month ago after having it for many years and I miss it terribly. I took it out because I feel like I'm too old (and out of shape) to hang on to that youthful trend.
18. I wish I had went to college and followed my childhood dream of becoming a teacher. I love kids and feel more comfortable around them than I do adults. Working with children for 14 years was awesome (even if it was just in a daycare setting).
19. I would have also liked to have been a psychologist or a social worker.
20. I hated my now husband of 16+ years with a passion when he was a Senior and I was a Freshman in high school. We started dating my Sophomore year.
21. We should have 3 kids.
22. I believe that God used my grandmother in a dream to prepare me for the passing of my mom. However, it didn't all make sense until the moment she took her final breath on 1-2011 at 1:11 p.m.