Wednesday, January 18, 2006

"Conceal a flaw and the world will imagine the worst"

I got tagged by Sammy to admit some faults. I tried to be as honest as pride would allow. Here's a peek.

I'm pretty sloppy. If you surprise me and come over you'll probably catch me hunched over the computer with dirty dishes in the sink. I can have the house spotless in minutes which always amazes Seb, but I generally live in chaos when no one is around. Only very close friends and family know this dirty little secret.

I'm also very lazy. I think the sloppy goes hand in hand with the lazy. I really like to veg with a book or a movie when I have some down time. I have to curb myself because if I start a book I always want to finish it in one or two sittings, even if there's a mountain of laundry sitting right next to me. It's what my husband calls "lazy genes" because my mom and sister are the same way. Everyone in my family is lazy in fact.

Look out Sybil. I have a dual personality. Even though I'm sloppy and lazy I have a very neat side to me. It's completely weird. People often remark on it when they've lived with me for a week or so. Like I'll leave my socks on the floor by the bed, but my bathroom products are all neatly organized by size. My tupperware is all stacked perfectly together but I probably have smudge marks on my fridge. Stuff like that. It's a real personality quirk. How can these two people live in the same body?

I'm dominating in the kitchen. Everyone will tell you this about me. I can't stand being in a kitchen and not taking over. It drives me mad! I hate being invited to people's house for dinner because I really can't stand not controlling the cooking. Likewise I can't stand having anyone touch anything in my kitchen when I'm cooking. Oh even just thinking about it drives me crazy. I've had legendary fights over this with friends and family over the years. Everyone knows to stay away.

I leave my keys everywhere. I always forget to lock my house or invariably when I come home I leave the keys in the door. My mailman is forever tapping on my door saying "courier madame...et les clés."

Okay tell me your quirks in your own blog. I'm not going to tag anyone in particular just drop me a link.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Quite scary how your quirks are exactly my quirks - no kidding!....how could I even think of blogging this now - when you've said it all for me! Maybe if I think hard enough I could find a few others....

Anonymous said...

Oh My God! YOU ARE ME!