Today I'm excited to start a new series on my blog with a random list of things every Friday. I'm going to try to stick to 14 things on each list and I have a bunch drafted and ready to go, but I wanted to start this first one with 14 random facts you might not know about me. The last time I did a post like this was around my birthday a year and a half ago. I recycled 2 facts from that post so don't check it out yet. Haha.
1) 14 is my favourite number. Like many kids, my favourite number used to always be my age at the time, but when I turned 14 I decided that would be my favourite number moving forward (my birthday is August 14 - I'm so creative). ;)
2) I play 3 instruments: french horn, piano, and violin/fiddle - however, I hardly ever make the time to play any of them these days. I should really get back into at least one or two of them.
3) I grew up on the other side of the country and moved to the east coast to go to university when I was 19. My mom is from Nova Scotia though so most of my extended family on that side was here, and now my parents have moved here too so Calgary isn't really "home" anymore. (I don't feel super sad about this - but there are a few things I miss). I've lived in Nova Scotia for 14 years now!
4) I currently work part-time in a permanent position, but I might go back to work full-time when our youngest daughter starts school in 2019. I love the work-life balance of working 3 days a week and spending extra time with our girls but I feel like it is selfish to have so much time to myself (and also, I might get bored) down the road when they're both in school. We'll see how it goes.
5) This will be news to no one here, but reading is my very most favourite hobby and although I am much more serious about my reading life than I was a few years ago, it's always been a part of my life. I love love love love love it and I don't think a day ever goes by anymore without me reading at some point. However, I mostly only talk to the internet about books because I don't have tons of super bookish friends in real life. (Although if anyone ever brings up a book or asks me about one I am ALL FOR talking about it incessantly 100%! Maybe that scares less serious bookworms off?!)
6) I'm taking French classes and I love that too - our 6 year old is taking French immersion in school and since I used to be almost fluent, I am enjoying the challenge of learning the language again. It's one evening a week.
7) Brian and I met online and I am so grateful we met each other (More about our story here or here if you are nosy :D).
8) I am not a super outdoorsy person in general but I do really enjoy it in the fall, and I love camping in the summer. We are antsy to get out camping again with the girls this summer. I have a list planned for things I love to do outdoors :)
9) I love keeping in touch with friends and I really need to do a better job of it - my close friends are spread out all over the country but many of them live nearby and I would love to see them more.
10) I try to talk to my parents almost every day and I probably also talk to my in-laws at least several times a week. They are a huge part of our lives and I appreciate our relationship.
11) I used to collect quotes from books and movies, and we have a few framed in our house. I had a major Pinterest addiction when Molly was a newborn and I was up at all hours feeding her. Word art is amazing.
12) Although I appreciate art and art history, I don't know a lot about it. However, my favourite painting is Starry Night and I wish so badly that I had seen it when I was in NYC in 2008. (It's at MOMA and I HOPE to see it someday)
13) I am the kind of person who hears a song I love on the radio and then listen to it a million times until I'm sick of it. Then I usually don't listen to it for a year or so and when I hear it again, it's amazing again.
14) I love lists and I've always made them. I can't wait to share more FOURTEEN THINGS. I have a bunch of fun ones planned and I think each one will have its own theme. I am hoping it will be a fun and random way to be chatty on the internet once a week. Do you like lists?
So that's it! What lists have you made lately?!
We have a bit of a lower key weekend planned - tonight Brian is out so I'm going to watch a movie or This is Us, tomorrow night we are having a date night and the girls are having a sleepover with my in-laws and Sunday I'm getting a massage and we will do some fun family things. I got most of my housecleaning done yesterday so I hope we can relax a bit this weekend!
i've only been to NS once (for work) and i loved it! everyone on the east coast is SO NICE and the seafood is amazing YUM
ReplyDeleteI think that this is such a fun idea for Friday! I didn’t realize that you met your husband online, but that’s how one of my friends met her husband too! And that’s awesome that you’re learning French again! I’m not fluent in anything but English, and I wish that I’d learned Spanish better.
ReplyDeletehappy 33 years to your parents! i love the idea of this series :) i love lists! i love the reasoning behind 14 being your favourite number. 3 is probably mine, i don't know why. i always say random things like 'it's 300 degrees, there were like 30,000 people there, i read 37 books this weekend' none of those are true but they always start with 3s. or 75. which is 3 quarters of a hundred hahaha. i definitely scare people off if they bring up books in real life. i have to tell myself to stop talking at book club lol, remind myself they aren't all crazy like me.
ReplyDeleteHappy anniversary to your parents! I love the idea of this series! I too met my husband online. My birthday is August 17th. I used to collect quotes. Look at that :)
ReplyDeleteExcellent idea for a series! Lists are my language.
ReplyDeleteI love Starry Night, and I even like the weird song with the title. LOL
I do not talk about books a ton in real life either but I am known as a reader and always have been.
So cool that you can play so many instruments! I'm not sure I really have a favorite number, but I'd always pick 26 which is my birthday. I need to get back on a Pinterest kick while I'm up during the night-- I end up online shopping which usually is never good, lol. I love posts like these-- it's such a fun way to get to learn new things.
ReplyDeleteI saw Starry Night last year at MOMA and it was amazing. I just stood and stared! So cool to see it in real life. And that is so interesting that you are learning French!!
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