An Award

A Joyful Chaos and Coveredwithjoy have gifted me with this meme award, but the hitch is I have to tell you seven things you may not know about me, and then pass it on to seven other blogs. Here it goes:

1. I am an only child, but have an endless amount of cousins. I meet new ones every year. Some of them have become great friends, and I look forward to living a long life full of meeting "surprise" cousins for years to come.
   
2. I can't stand celery, olives, most Chinese food, nor do I eat a lot of meat. The smell of ham makes me nauseous, and I don't understand "fast food." I only like to eat chicken if I know whose farm it came from. Yet, compared to some, I am not what you would call a picky eater, and I graciously eat whatever is served to me when visiting some one's home.
3. My husband collects things that he considers to be either valuable antiques or items that will be useful "some day" but that I think may be junk. He does resell some of the items, and the rest are stored at his parent's farm. The idea of him going to an auction gives me anxiety because I know he will probably buy junk. I love to tease him about the auction I will have someday when he is gone and I can sell all his "treasures!"
   
4. Most of what I know about sewing and cooking, I taught myself. My mother was a die-hard perfectionist and somewhat impatient, and did not like the distraction of children in the kitchen. As a result, I'm really good at figuring things out on my own, which is good. Also, I rarely ask for help, which is bad.
   
5. I'm deeply apolitical, do not keep up with current events in politics, and am not interested in international affairs. But what is really strange is that I have an undergrad degree in Political Science.
   
6. Sometimes, I think that the church prayer list is really a list of complaints. I am always grateful to the one person who submits something they are giving praise for, instead of yet another problem that they think God needs to fix right now.
   
7. When I was around five years old, we found out that I was born on St. Monica's day. A complete coincidence, of course, since we were not Catholic.

Now, what I usually do to pass an award like this on is to tag YOU, the reader, and just request that when you fulfill the requirements, you leave a comment here so we can know and visit! Of course, feel free to post the award on your blog and link back here.