7 Things You Don’t Know About Me
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My Seven
I was tagged by Susan Donley for this meme. Write 7 things my blog readers don’t know about me then tag 7 people to keep this going. I’m not sure which one is harder. Is there really anything I haven’t written about on this blog over the past 3+ years?
Here’s my try:
- I’ve only owned 3 cars in my life. I didn’t buy my first one (Bufurd) until 1989 right before I got married at age 26. Bought the second one (Annabel) in 1992 right before my son was born and it was clear we would have to become a 2 car family. I bought the 3rd one a few years back when the one from 1992 was totaled in an accident. The first two I bought new, my current car is a 1996 Honda Accord named Pam.
- In my grad school days I was a co-author on a few computer science research papers. We presented one of them in Orlando and I had to fly down to Florida with my adviser in his small airplane. He made us (myself and fellow graduate student) help navigate. I didn’t want to and put no effort into it. I was generally on the wrong map page when he asked me to show him where we were. We still made it to Florida and back just fine.
- When my grandparents sold their farm in 1987 or 88 they had a big auction. I bought my grandmother’s floor quilting frame but couldn’t get it home with me on the plane so a few months later I drove from Wisconsin to Kansas (in Bufurd) to get them. So basically I drove 1200 miles round trip, alone, to get a bunch of old 2×4s. I came close to getting rid of it when I moved this year but didn’t, so it is currently crammed into my storage locker.
- I’m really really good at playing Blockus
as I’m really good at thinking spatially. I have to bribe my kids to play with me but mostly they refuse because I always win. I’m also really good at tetris and prefer 3-d tetris cause regular is too easy. And even better, I’m really good at packing a car with tons of stuff. I think this is why I like making the type of art I make, it’s very much like putting a puzzle together to make it all work out. Requires a lot of spatial reasoning.
- My first cat was named Radiation Burn. I called her Raid. I stole that name from my best friend Kelly as she was going to name her first child this but her husband objected. I’ve since had cats named Toxie (Toxic Waste) and Indie (Industrial Waste). Our current cats are Nukie (Nuclear Waste) and Abby. My daughter was 5 when we got Abby and didn’t quite pick up the pattern. Next cat is already named. It’ll be Medi (Medical Waste).
- I was a girl scout growing up. My mom was our leader and we did lots of camping and backpacking and I loved it. I have many fond memories of those years. In my 20s I dreamed of having a daughter and being her girl scout leader. I was most happy when my daughter said no way she would do girl scouts. Whew – off the hook. Teaching and herding kids is not very high on my ‘like to to do’ list. My mom was a saint. (Thanks mom!)
- I don’t like rules.
And so given #7 I’m going to skip the part where I tag other people specifically. Instead I’m tagging anyone that reads this blog and has exactly 2 A’s and 2 E’s in their name (first and last). If that’s you – your turn!
Small Art
This weekend I was hoping to wrap up the small art I planned for the online holiday sale I’m participating in but it didn’t quite happen. Which is fine as I’ll wrap it up this week. Along with packing up my house so they can rip down walls.
The above piece is part of the sale and in the next day or 2 I’ll get my webpage up with all of the work. It’s been fun to make these little works but I’m also itching to get back into making some larger pieces now.
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!
Posted by Lisa in: About Me
Tagged: Art for Sale, cats, kids, meme, parents, structures
Great list! I sure a few of these: I too keep my cars until they don’t drive anymore. I still consider my latest, a 2001 Subaru Outback my “new car”.
My fave in this list, though is your driving 1200 miles to acquire a pile of 2×4’s — How everyday things become anointed by their loving use! We have my grandfather’s old workbench that falls into that category. We museum-folk love how everyday objects take on new meanings by how and by whom they are used. I’m glad they survived your move!
I can so relate to Number 7…Like the rule about not taking your baby stroller up the escalator…duh…that rule obviously only applies to people who don’t know how to do it, not me…jeesh!
Thanks for the list….and you’ll be proud of me!
I spent about 1 hour in my studio today…didn’t get a lot done, but it was a start. I plan to be there again tomorrow.
Very entertaining list, Lisa. And I realize I fit the criteria for being tagged. Now to decide what you all don’t know about me that I’m willing to share…
I have always named my cars too :) My first was a 1981 Honda Accord…cute little green four-door with a wood slatted luggage rack on the trunk- his name was Donatello after the Ninja Turtle.
I recently got into a vehicle discussion with a friend and counted up the number that hubby and I have had since we’ve been married (11 years). um, 18… yeah.