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Reading through a blog award then realizing that it’s been passed on to me just makes my day.

A couple of weeks ago, Jen over at What The Blog? awarded me the Versatile Blogger Award and I was just as pleased as punch!

If you haven’t read her blog recently, do it.  She is pretty incredible and also pretty pregnant and I cannot get enough of her blog.

Without further ado:

The “rules” here say that I have to share 7 facts about myself and then pass this pretty little award on to 7 bloggers. Here goes.

1- I’ve never in my life eaten ketchup.  The smell of it makes me gag. I’ve worked in two restaurants where one of the jobs was to refill ketchup bottles.  I cannot tell you the dirty, awful jobs I’ve done to get someone to fill those disgusting ketchup bottles for me.

2-  I am totally obsessed with Over the Rhine.  I really, honestly think that no one is as good as them. I’ve seen them a zillion times and they sometimes make me cry.  I walked down the aisle to one of their songs and our first dance was to an OTR song.  The funny part is this: When someone else tells me that they’ve heard of them and love them, I almost get defensive, like no one can love them as much as I do.  It’s a sickness.

3- I always carry huge purses.  Part of that is because I always have to have a book with me, but the other part is kind of bizarre and cracks my friends up.  I have a little technique that always works:  If I’m, say, at the store and they ask if I have the coupon for such and such item, I just act all flustered and crazy and start digging through this giant purse and they get flustered and just give me what I want.  It works when I don’t have my license with me and need it for a credit card transaction.  It worked in college with teachers. Once, I saved my friends and I like 20 dollars off of a canoe trip this way.  It always works.

4-  I have two tee shirts that I’ve had since I was in, like, 8th grade.  They are so soft and perfect and I still wear them regularly.

5-  Marshmallows are in my list of top 5 favorite foods.

6- I didn’t get my driver’s license until I was 25 years old. I’m serious.  In high school, I couldn’t pass the test because I was maybe the worst driver ever.  During college, I used public transportation and just got used to being carless.  I think it is quaint and hilarious that my husband taught me to drive.

7-  I am a major cheapskate, but the shampoo I love is 20 dollars. So is the conditioner. And the gel.  Sometimes I even buy the spray. I never feel a bit of remorse for dropping 60 or 80 dollars at a time on hair products.  Curly hair is tricky!

Alright, and the blogs that I’m passing this on to are, in no particular order:

Jen at My Brain’s Comfort Food

Susie at Sugar & Spice

Ashley at That’s Life

Mrs. DeRaps at DeRaps Reads

Kennedy at Always, Always Reading

Julie at Book Hooked

Heather at See Heather Write