Quirky Jenni

I was tagged by both Julie and Stephanie to tell 6 Quirks I have. I am finally going to finish up my list.... but just because I was tagged twice doesn't mean I have to do 12... right??


1) When I heat something up in the microwave, the time I set almost always ends in a 7. Instead of a minute, I usually do 77 seconds (which is probably most often used...). Never 30 seconds... it's 37..... or 57......... you get the idea. I have a slight obsessive compulsive behavior there....

2) Often when I'm listening to music, I find myself "leading" the music.... whether it be all out conducting, just a slight swing of the hand, or just a little wave of a few fingers. Often I even find that I am leading the beat with my foot. ........down, in, out, up, down, in, out, up......

3) I..... can NOT dance..... But, I have a little "jig" I do randomly..... its more just a little shuffle of the feet. Sometimes its like a victory dance, or an "I'm happy" dance. Very NOT cute.... you'll probably never see me do it.... unless you are Steve.... maybe my mom or sister.

4) I guess I am what my sibblings like to call a "food monitor." Ever since I was little, I was always keeping track of what everyone ate... "No, you can't eat another popsicle, you already had one!" "Didn't mom just buy these fruit snacks.... and they are already gone???" "Hey, I had 217 Skittles in this bag.... now there are only 216! Who ate one????" "Are you sure you want to take that much mashed potatoes? You're not going to eat it all...." Then as I got older, it evolved into not being able to stand seeing food get wasted.... When my family would go out to restaurants, I wouldn't order anything, because I knew without at doubt that everyone would order too much food, so I would just eat everyone else's "leftovers" or the stuff they didn't want on their plate (the vegetables off of Daniel's plate, the other half of the giant steak on Jordan's plate.....etc.) and, heck, by the end, I would get a sampler platter of all the meals and we wouldn't waste any food!!! My sibblings think I'm a "food monitor" and find it irritating I'm sure. My grandma is proud of my ways and applauds me for being so frugal and non-wasteful. :)

5) If food is intended to be hot, I would rather it be so hot that it burns my tongue than have it just luke warm. I also like my drinks very cold.

6) I love the windshield wipers.... but only if they work really well. There is just something so wonderful about having a splotchy dirty window... and then squirting that washer fluid and watching those wipers wipe it squeaky clean!!! I probably use my wipers way more often than is needed. Sometimes I even reach over while Steve is driving and squirt the fluid and wipe the window!! hahaha.... I'm sure it drives him crazy. But, it's not just windshield wipers.... I find the same joy in taking a paint roller and watching as my strokes change the wall from one color to another! Or how about when you have a dark carpet that is dirty, and you vacuum it..... ooohhh. ...yeah... love that..... watching as each stride makes a path of clean carpet! Wow... I am quite strange.....

7) Just kidding, not really doing any more. I just like the number 7......