Quote Me

Day four of blog every day in May is your favorite quote. I've been thinking about it all morning. There are so many amazing quotes out there. I knew I wanted it to be from a book, but even narrowing it down like that still made it difficult. I have so many favorite books with several amazing quotes. I eventually chose a book that has more hi-liter marks than all the rest. "Still Life With Woodpecker" by Tom Robbins. I can't tell you how many times I've read this book (and how many copies I've gone through...) This is my favorite quote from the book. I love how full of itself it is, and how it happens on page 4/5. I love how it sets up the entire book and sums everything up without giving anything away. I love how it asks the question we are all trying to answer, "who knows how to make love stay?" And in the end, you find out the answer.

I highly recommend checking out any and all of Tom Robbin's books. They are each amazing in their own way.

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/197.Tom_Robbins

 

Day Four 

Things That Make Me Uncomfortable

Yeah, so I totally skipped day two of the challenge. Not off to a good start. But I couldn't think of a single thing I was good enough at to write a post on, and then link up the post so others could see.

Moving on. It's time for day three : Things that make me uncomfortable.

• When I have to talk on the phone. Seriously, texting is the way to communicate. I don't like holding the phone up to my face. When I take orders at work over the phone I always feel like they can hear me breathing and are judging me based on the fact that they can hear me breathing.
• Speaking of work. I don't like going up to a table that is in the middle of a conversation. I have to, it's my job. I mean, most of the time they just sat down and I'm supposed to greet them in 30 seconds and get their drink orders. So I go over and stand awkwardly until someone notices that I'm there. 
• I don't like being in crowds. When I go to the mall, or a crowded store, or Ikea, I get this nervous feeling and I sort of run through the building, trying to get the experience over as soon as possible. 
• Confrontation makes me very uncomfortable. There is a scene in, I think, "Meet The Fockers" where something breaks or something happens, but Robert Di Nero and Ben Stiller are fighting. I had to fast forward through it and on occasion I remember the feelings I had while watching it and I break out into a nervous sweat. Another example is my husband's road rage. It doesn't happen often but every time it does I want to disappear in to the passenger seat.

• I am uncomfortable when people talk to me in general. I would prefer not to be spoken to, unless I know you. Strangers are the worst. 

 My dad giving a speech at our wedding. Jordan's face is my favorite.





Day Three

250 Words

Jenni at Story of My Life came up with the great idea of blogging everyday in May. She has writing prompts for each day and even a daily link up. I doubt I will do it everyday (I'm actually three days late, so we're cramming it all in to today, yup) But it will be fun to try and push myself to blog more. I've gotten into a once a week/two week posting rut. I'm excited to break out of that, a bit :)

So here goes : First prompt is a mini auto-biography in 250 words.

My daughter with my baby photo

I was born in Richmond, Indiana on October 31st, 1988. I'm an only child who spent most of my childhood living with my grandparents because my parents lived on opposite coasts. I was my Senior Winterfest queen and played saxophone in the marching band (which is where I met my husband) Graduated in 2007 and birthed my one and only on June, 6th 2008. Married my one true love on September 5th, 2010. Right after getting married we moved to North Carolina. We lived there for a few years before moving to Indianapolis. My husband and I are both currently up for promotions at work. We hope to someday in the next couple of years to expand our family. Right now we are a happy little family of three, improving everyday.

Not quite 250 words, but I wanted to leave out all the crappy stuff :)

 

Day 1