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August 2011 Moms
catahoulatte
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Since it's slow: GTKY random question!
catahoulatte
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What do you do that other people think is weird? Do you have weird habits or collect something that no one understands? Tell us something off-the-wall about you!
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Re: Since it's slow: GTKY random question!
1- My food can't be touching on my plate. I know it's weird but I don't care!
2- I have an emotional attachment to a few stuffed animals that I can't get rid of or store in the attic. Among the randoms: An elephant my brother won for me at a fair, a "baby Eeyore" DH got for me randomly when I was sick, and another stuffed Eeyore that my Mom thought was cute and brought me one day. I can't store them away!!
1. I hate onions so much I pretend to be allergic to them. My close friends and family know this and think it's ridiculous because they claim I wouldn't even know if onions were in something I was eating... but I do. Oh, I do.
2. To piggyback on your stuffed animals thing, I have a teddy bear that I slept with up until I got married last summer. Yes, I was 27, and yes, I still slept with that stupid bear. Now he stays in my nightstand drawer, and I will admit that when hubby's out of town, the bear *might* make an appearance....
haha aww the teddy thing is cute!! No judging here
Ditto that the food on my plate cannot be touching, and I also can only eat one thing at a time. For instance, if I made steak, potatoes and corn; I would eat my potatoes until they are all gone, then my corn until it was all gone, and then my steak.
I hate feet, I think they are disgusting and would never touch them. When i go to bed I have to wear socks, because if DH's bare feet were to brush against my bare feet, I would have a cow!! However, I do love my pedicures and go once or twice a month for them
Weird things about me? I am trying to have this baby on the tiniest budget ever, simply because I know I can, and I want to prove some people wrong. I like to make everything myself, since I know I can, and like to challenge myself. I made a changing table pad today, and I had never made anything like it before. Total cost: $1.75 for cloth, plus time to make it.
Oh, and I hate onions too. LIke crazy/mad hate them.
I used to collect everything Eeyore.. to the point that I had over 100 stuffed Eeyores at one point. I have slowly been giving them away but I have a few that I just cannot part with.
I only own socks with designs. Like silly ones like smiley faces, hearts, flowers or characters. I do not like plain socks.
Ah crap if this is weird then add it to my list too! I tell my 'houla she's in charge while we're gone, and I tell our lab to behave for the whole day. LOL
I do this every day too. and I tell him to have a nice day.
I also am obsessed with the house catching fire while I'm not home to get him out so I walk around unplugging things like the toaster etc....My husband says I need therapy....
I have OCD.
1. I separate all my paperclips by size (large ones can't be mixed in with the small ones).
2. Count things when I enter a room.
3. Organize my husband's closet by clothing type, then color (long sleeve shirts in one section, then all long sleeve white shirts together, followed by groupings of other colors) (All short sleeve t-shirts in one section, grouped by sequential colors of the rainbow).
I'm an accountant, so I think my quirks fit me well.
Oh, the Eeyore love... I'm feelin' it!! I still have a few.
I just confessed this to DH for the first time 2 days ago:
I have to fight the temptation to buy bedding when I shop. I feel compelled to buy bed linens all.the.time.
I'm the opposite, I love onions! I eat them raw by the slice.
Another weird thing about me would be that the trunk of my car is always full of random crap. Clothing, bikinis, beach stuff, shoes, coats, and possibly a million dollars lol I wouldn't know because its so full. Everything else in my life is clean and organized except the trunk of my car.
I think it started when I would need a change of clothing for the gym or impromptu days to the beach but I never think to clean it out.
My number one is that I can't handle when doors/cabinets/drawers are left open. I'll wake from a deep sleep if the closet or bedroom door is left open even a little bit.
I also can't handle air being blown on me while I sleep. Whether it be a fan or someone breathing... I freak out.
My husband also informed me that when I get irritated only my right eyebrow raises.
I used to collect teddy bears but only the Ty kind. Not just the beanie babies but the larger bears too. I've given my collection to my daughter.
My mom is the EXACT same way. I lived with her until I was 21 and it was like clockwork. She'd leave for work, I'd hear the garage close and then I'd go get my phone. "Yes mom, you unplugged everything." lol
Oh man, I love sheets so much. I understand the temptation!
to add on to ppl saying they talk to their dogs, i talk to my cats. a lottttt. lol and when my husbands home we sometimes give them voices. crazy i know lol.
also if there is anything on tv about ghosts and aliens i have to watch it. im a scifi geek.
I know! And if the dog wasn't there I could care less if the house blew up while no one was home! I'm looney I swear!
I have to shake everything before I drink it. Unless I'm getting water from the tap... then I have to kind of swirl it around in the glass (repeat 2 more times) before drinking it.
Anytime my hands get wet, I feel like they have to be washed. I don't know why. Something about wet hands (my own or being touched by them) makes me feel dirty.
1. The thought of stepping on a snail or someone else stepping on a snail freaks me out. I tiptoe through our parking lot whenever it rains.
2. The sound of someone making a crease in a piece of paper with their finger nails makes me cringe and gives me terrible goose bumps.
3. Sometimes if it gets too quiet in the house and DH and I aren't in the same room we make sound effects just to acknowledge that we are still there. Yeah, we're BOTH weird.
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I can't stand breath or spit. Something about it completely repulses me.
However, I can kiss my husband quite easily, but if he were to, for example, lick my face- I'd probably hit him and immediately rush to wash myself.
i have issues...
OH, i also talk to my dogs all the time... and onions are disgusting. i love the argument that "If you didn't know they were in there, you'd never taste them", Whatever, I can ALWAYS tell!!!
aaaaaahahahahahhaa.. I'm a fanatical popper as well. but I have NOT seen this cyst video!
I tell my cat to be good when I leave the house every morning, too. And I am also terrified of the house burning down. I won't leave anything on the stove, even if it hasn't been used in days, bc I'm convinced something will spontaneously combust or something.
Baby corn creeps me out. I think of it as a corn on the cob fetus and will never eat it.
I still sleep with my baby "blankie". Yup. Sure do.
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This!
I'm SO glad I'm not the only one that talks to my cats. I feel like a weirdo a lot, but I've never really been cutesy like this about anything else in my life before I got my two cats two years ago. I tell them to have a good "cat day", or say "bye cats" every time I leave the house, and I ask them questions all. the. time. Also, everything belonging or associated with them begins with "cat"... They have "cat feet" and "cat faces", they get "cat hugs" and drink "cat water". My DH talks like he thinks I'm completely crazy, but he's just as attatched to them as I am, and I catch him doing the same things lol!
I talk to my cat all of the time! I work from home, so sometimes she is the only one I have to talk to :-)
I like to add numbers. Like, random numbers. Numbers on my grocery bill. Numbers that are found on signs. Numbers in a sequence. I'm a total dork.
This one obviously doesn't apply at this time, but I have a technique for taking shots (as in, shots of alcohol). Inhale, shot, exhale, chaser, inhale. Weird. Yes, I was "that girl" in college
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yayyyyy for kitty love woohoo ladies!!!
Ah, see and I never take baths because no matter how much I clean the bathtub I know someone else who lived there before me was in it. And I really hate any kind of dirt, hair, mildew etc. in the tub/shower and there's always some lurking somewhere that I don't notice until I'm sitting in the tub. Guess I'll have to get over it when I put the baby in there. haha
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I don't like being breathed on. If H sleeps on his side and breathes on me, it bugs the hell out of me.
I hate the sound of fingernails/toenails being clipped. H needs to go downstairs and we need two TVs blaring to cover the sound. If he tries to do it on the sly, I always hear it.
I sleep with a stuffed animal (a polar bear). I have multiple sclerosis, and it is very uncomfortable to sleep without my arm resting on something. H actually sleeps with a stuffed animal (a panda bear) too, and on Saturday nights we swap. I cuddle with the panda, and he cuddles with the polar bear.
OHMIGOD - I dry heave if I smell spit. Early in the days of our relationship DH and I were wrestling around being silly and he licked my face to try and win. Oh, he won alright and I ran to the bathroom gagging. He still laughs about it 3 years later.
THIS
I cant take baths, the thought of soaking in my own dirt and the fact that I never feel like the tub is clean enough...just grosses me out to no end...
I also hate onions, and Feet!
And I talk to my dog everyday, i treat him like a son I dont have
he is a member of the family and my daughter even calls him her little brother LOL
I also talk to my dogs and cat as if they are human..
My closet is arranged by clothing type..
I LOVE putting ranch dressing on spaghetti (with sauce and all)..
I have to sleep with one leg out of the blanket regardless of how cold it is..
I also have to have both of my feet covered by the blanket..
I really dislike when my husband rubs his bare feet on my legs or feet..
Ditto. I talk to my dogs as if they can understand every word I say.
I used to collect Star Wars action figures. I have 175 of them...plus countless other random Star Wars items. I rarely purchase new Star Wars items anymore, but I won't get rid of the ones I have either.
I also collect movie scores/soundtracks. I have almost 100 of them. Most of them are digital copies though, and I'd really love to make hardcopies of them, just in case my computer crashes.
I love flat pop and I dip my popcorn in nacho cheese - it's unbelievably good!
I'm also terrified of moths and earwigs, but have no trouble holding snakes and killing spiders, go figure.
I too talk to my dogs like they're kids, so add me to that list of crazy
I think I have an unhealthy obsession with anything sour. I eat lemons about 5 times a week. Sometimes more. I also eat koolaid right out of the packet. i have also been known to dump koolaid into an empty cup, put one ice cube in it and suck the koolaid off of it. Warheads... oh my god do I love warheads, I don't eat the candy party, i just suck the sour stuff off.
Ditto on the feet. Absolutely disgusting. Anyone who trys to touch my feet or touches me with theirs needs to be able to run fast because I might end up slapping you. lol
I also have a huge underwear collection. I don't think i have even worn half of the underwear I own. I think i have close to 300 pairs now. Not sure though I would have to sit down and count them LMAO. There is a store at the mall that I go to that sells undies for $1. They are actually pretty nice/cute too. I'm sorry but you can not go wrong with really cute undies for only a buck.
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Just very interesting to read everyone's response LOL...
I get really annoyed when our bed isn't at least roughly made (I leave before my hubby, so it's sort of his chore! ;P)... if it's not, when I get into bed at night I swear it feels like there's "things" in it, like grains of sand or whatever... thats's the only one I can think of right now! ...I'm right there with the dog and cat conversations!
This times 100! I'm so anal about food touching...if some things touch I will not eat the parts that touch. My in-laws always joke that they are going to use a kid's plate for me at supper.