10 Surprising Things About Me Meme

Colleen tagged me and this is probably a good way to get back into blogging. So here it goes!

1. I didn't learn English until I was almost five. Today, none of my kids speak fluent Spanish. :-/

2. I prefer to always wear skirts. But about 4-5 years ago I never thought I'd own enough skirts to wear them fulltime. I only take a break when I'm pregnant since I don't have enough maternity skirts. My kids now think I look funny in pants/capris. LOL!

3. When I pick up a good fiction book, I can't put it down. I will stay up until 5am to finish if need be.

4. I don't read much fiction since starting homeschooling and having so many kids. See #3.

5. I wish I had prettier cursive writing. My handwriting isn't ugly. It just isn't as pretty as I'd like. I notice handwriting when reading cards. My friend, Beverly, probably has the prettiest. I'd link to her but she isn't blogging at her blog!! *hint ... hint* ;-)

6. Growing up money was very tight. We NEVER ate out. NEVER! No drive thru, restaurants for special occasions, etc.

7. We eat out way too much. My 22 mos old can "read" take out signs. "M" is the first alphabet letter my kids learn.

8. Growing up my dad took my sister and I to the library every week. I love books and love to read.

9. I don't take my kids to the library at all. We amass to many fines. My goal is to build my own library. We currently have 10 bookshelves full of books. If Dave Ramsey, Laura Schlessinger, Gregory Popcak, Ray Guarendi, Rush Limbaugh, etc. recommend a book, I probably have it.

10. My favorite store is Half Price Books. Some of Craig and mine's/my/our first dates ..... (just learned about nouns in the collective possessive ... how do I write Craig and I .... besides saying our??) Some of our first dates were to Half Price Books. We would spend hours there. I usually hit the out of print books while he stayed in the how to/wood working section. Now, I'm lucky to get 30 mins.

I tag:
Jennie at Far Beyond Pearls,
Brenda at Life As We Know It,
Michelle at Familia Hinckley,
'Neen at All This and Heaven,
and
Kristin at A Catholic Riddle.

Thanks for getting me back here, Colleen!