Remember playing tag in the church yard every sunday afternoon? I do... and we played just about every kind of tag...

'regular' tag (NO 'puppy guarding' the base!!) and then of course, cartoon tag (or TV tag), freeze tag, hide-and-tag (this one was good for indoors if it was raining since most of us usually slowly snuck our way to the base), electric tag, group tag, or roundup tag... among many others...

Once we had all come to an agreement we had to choose our 'it' with the eeny-meeny-miney-moes... actually we usually used come other chant to select our 'it', we'd all memorized just exactly where we'd land if catch-a-tiger-by-the-toe was used, so the selector would usually get accused of playing favorites if they used that one (and in most cases that was usually true...) . Our favorite was "Bubble gum, bubble gum in a dish..." which would end up with another kid calling out a number, and then the selector continues by counting that number on the fists. Then at least you'd have to accuse two people of being conspirators (we were rather suspicious little church kids).

Well I've been tagged, and this time we're playing meme tag... this is the "6 weird things" meme, and Becka was the 'it' who tagged me.

THE RULES: Each player of this game starts with the 6 weird things about you. People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own 6 weird things as well as state the rules clearly. In the end, you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave a comment that says you are tagged in their comments and tell them to read your blog.

6 Weird Things About Me...

the hardest part was limiting it to 6, but I did - sorta - so here goes...

1.I've never cut my hair except for bangs (I grew them out when I was 9 and 10) and occasionally trimming off split ends. I won't use curling irons, hot curlers, hair dryers or harsh chemicals on it unless it's a really important occasion like if I'm in a wedding party.

2. I have a crazy sleeping schedule - I'm a night owl by nature, but sometimes I try to fight it and make myself actually sleep at NIGHT and be awake in the DAY (novel concept there...). Usually when I try this I end up being up or asleep at crazy hours until the 'normal' schedule is attained and finally established... then I can maintain it for about 2 weeks... if I'm lucky...

3. I've always hated turning a year older - still do - when I was little I would literally cry the night before my birthday because I wasn't going to be [whatever age] anymore...

4. I have weird feet. When I was little they were extremely narrow, I made the Nordstrom’s shoe lady cry - she was retiring in 2 days and there had never ever been a little kid she couldn't fit, that is, until me... she probably still remembers me 13 years later as "...except that one little girl with weird feet...". She even tried the glittery ruby-slipper type shoes and sneakers and everything in between. My feet are still abnormally narrow - but now they're mostly just weird. I have a tall heel/instep area that's hard to pull any hand knit sock over, but a narrow ankle and foot that makes it hard to keep wide socks on... (this calls for patterns with lots of ribbing). For the most part I got my dad's feet, but I also have weird little toe nails from my mom's side... It's only the one nail on each of the littlest toes - I can clip them down to virtually nothing, and they're about twice as thick as would be 'normal'.

5. I like my pajamas to match or at least color coordinate... that's not saying they always DO... but i like it when they do...

6. I have memories reaching as far back as 1 year old.. and some vivid memories even including what I was thinking at the time going back to 1 1/2 years. Most of these memories are things we wouldn't have photos of and I usually don't know what they are until I go ask my mom "why were we in a room that..." or "who was that guy when..."
I remember people and events very well, thought I often forget what I went into the next room for... and I'm horrible with names.

So now is the time that I tag other people... the problem here is that by time this has come around to me, everyone I know how already been tagged! Do you have any idea how frustrating this is??? Forgive me if you've already been tagged...

#1. Michelle

#2. Marisa

#3. Moxie

#4. Jessica (ETA: Heh... Jessica actually did fill out this meme... and I missed it... well... Jessica, consider yourself popular ;-) )

#5. ETA: Nerdy Knitter

#6. I ran out of people that I thought might put up with being tagged... ;-)

I also tried to leave a couple 'taggables' for my mom (she was also tagged by Becka). If you read my blog... and you feel like doing this meme... consider yourself tag #6...