A Quirky Meme

My friend Melissa has been in a meme mood of late and tagged me for this one. It's taken me a while to come up with six quirks that I'm willing to admit to, but at long last, here they are (my family and my students could probably come up with many more!)

Here are the rules:
1. Link the person(s) who tagged you
2. Mention the rules on your blog
3. Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours
4. Tag 6 fellow bloggers by linking them
5. Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger’s blogs letting them know they’ve been tagged

Here's my list:
1. I am absolutely NOT a "front row" kind of girl. There's something about sitting in the middle front row of a meeting or classroom that makes me very uncomfortable (there's all that pressure to stay awake and look like you're paying attention...) I'll sit on the side of the front row if I have to (sometimes that happens if I'm accompanying the singing) but I would much, much, much rather sit further back.

2. I am not a clean freak, and I honestly admit that I often retire for the evening with the kitchen sink still full of dirty dishes. But, the one thing that does have to be done every day is making the bed. The house can be a disaster, but I always feel that if I have made my bed then I have done something useful that day.

3. I like to eat my meals one food at a time. Don't get me wrong- everything can be on the same plate, and I have no issues with foods touching other foods- but I guess that old habits die hard, and instead of taking one bite of green beans, one bite of potatoes, one bite of chicken, one bite of green beans... it's always all the green beans on my plate, then the potatoes, then the chicken (or the other way around- depends on the day!)

4. I really don't care for milk on my cold cereal. Yogurt is fine. Applesauce is fine. Even buttermilk is fine on Cheerios (it's thicker than regular milk and doesn't make the cereal soggy.) Eating cereal dry with nothing on it is fine. But milk on cereal- definitely not my favorite.

5. I read the paper over breakfast (or dinner on those busy school days) and the comics are usually the first things that I turn to. The quirky thing is that I always read them in a very particular order- from least favorite to most favorite. That means that "Pearls Before Swine" and "The Meaning of Lila" (blech!) get read first and "Pickles", "Zits", and "For Better or Worse" get read towards the end (with the latter saved for the very last.) Forget skipping the ones I don't like- it can't be done.

6. I sew a fair amount (mostly quilts, with clothes every now and then) and I used to buy individual spools of colored thread to match every sewing project. The last several years, however, I've gotten lazy and I sew most things these days with gray thread (not white or black- it has to be a very specific shade of gray.) I buy spools and spools of it whenever it goes on sale, and while I don't quite have a year's supply of it, I definitely have enough to get me through a few months.

So that's me- quirks and all. I'm going to ignore rules 4 and 5, but if you're reading this and want to participate, go to it! (And leave me a note!)