Tagged

Joy has tagged me to name 7 random facts about myself. I've seen this meme with 8 random facts, too, but since I was tagged for 7, that's what I'll stick to. Here goes:

7 of Erin's bad Habits:

1. I eat at my computer. I hate that I do it, and my keyboard is always covered in crumbs. But I've been doing it for years. Often times when I'm eating is prime opportunity to read the blogs because I have to sit still anyhow.

2. I drink waaayyy too much diet soda - sometimes 6 a day. When I developed diabetes, I had to forgo juice and milk and sweet tea and most of the other stuff I liked to drink - so diet soda it was. My dad has recently had two nasty bouts of kidney stones, at least in part from a soda habit... so I am in the process of changing my ways. 80% of America is dehydrated.

3. I hate doing the dishes. It's my housekeeping pet peeve. I will sometimes let it go too long and make excuses for why I don't have to do it. So I have been training my kids to do it for me. Maybe it's evil of me, but what else are kids for?

4. In the summer I check out massive quantities of books from the library, more than I can read at once. So then I renew them and renew them, preventing other people from having the pleasure. But I love to read, and our library system is so phenomenal here, I can go online, reserve books I want, have them sent to the library closest to me from anywhere in the county, and I can also renew them online. This makes it way too enabling for a bookworm like me.

5. I leave the sunroof open. If the weather is nice I will inevitably have the sunroof of the car open. The problem is, I leave it open when I get home, thinking I will probably have to go somewhere else, and leaving it open helps keep the car cool. Usually I'll forget it's open even when I go to bed. We live in the Pacific Northwest, where rain is common even in the summer. Whoops!

6. I'm lazy even when I'm not. I have to work out in front of the TV or I won't work out at all. So I rent movies at the video store and watch them in 45 or 60 minute increments while on the treadmill. My husband, who is an avid cyclist, can't comprehend this.

7. I love Popcap Games. I have bought and beaten exactly 10 of their games. When I get a new one, I play it incessantly until I beat it, then I never play it again. I am not into video games like the kids, but this is a real vice for me.

So there you have it - 7 bad habits you all can razz me about.

A Former Leader, Rhonda, Cynthia, Mak, and MC - if you haven't done it already, tell us 7 or 8 random things about yourselves.