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Of Quirks and Quirkiness

08:12, Monday, March 10, 2008 .. Posted in Just Thinking .. 2 comments .. Link

Amy Jo wonders if she is quirky or just plain not normal. Who am I to judge? Here are some of my quirks:

It drives me nuts when people who know us drive by our house on the somewhat busy road out front and days or weeks later, report to us whether they saw us outside at the time they drove by, and what we were doing at that moment. "Hey, I saw you last Wednesday afternoon in your driveway. You were taking something out of your trunk." (They can beep and wave, though. That's fine.)

When we go on vacation, it really makes my day if we have breakfast at Cracker Barrel. I even bring a special map along of all the Cracker Barrels in the United States.

If I make something new for dinner and my husband doesn't mention how good or tasty it is, I am not above soliciting compliments from him on my cooking.

I love the smell of swimming pool chemicals, and if a store has a section for pool supplies I will walk through it just for the smell.

Despite my upbringing and beliefs as a pacifist, I will unabashedly wage a full-scale war on the moles that have eaten my tulip bulbs.

If I don't get the bathroom cleaned on Saturday, I consider my entire weekend a waste, and complain that I didn't "get a single thing done" on that weekend.

I pray in unlikely places. I've probably prayed for you while driving, taking a shower, or while waiting in the doctor's office.

I have a rare form of dyslexia that makes processing numbers very difficult for me, as well as telling right from left, following how to do something in a specific order, and measuring. I can't remember numbers in their correct order, and do not even read them correctly half the time. Having failed numerous basic math courses in a wide variety of schools, not a single teacher noticed until my second-to-last year of college. The quirks that result from this disability are endless.
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03:50, Tuesday, March 11, 2008 .. Posted by gabbie427
Love your list of quirks! LOL I have a friend who drives by and says all the lights were on upstairs when I drove by, what were you doing up there. LOL
Nosey friends we have huh??

Thanks for posting this dear. I love it. LOL

God's Blessings,
Amy Jo

***Amy, that would kill me if someone actually asked what we were doing when our lights were on! How do you stand it???****

Edited by Mennobrarian on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at 08:39

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09:25, Monday, March 17, 2008 .. Posted by rellamom
Fun read!

I had to comment on the "lights on" comment. Yes! People do that to us, as well. If we forget to turn a light on the first floor off at night, somehow, people wonder why we were up all night! :-D

Carrie

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