For you, Sandi

Okay.....I didn't really know what to say....so I phoned my sister in Japan and asked her to list off ten random things about me so that I would be able to answer your "tag" post.....

She had more than 10.....

I was so happy to see that you are also a germphobe, Sandi.......do you practice any of the following???????

1. Pack sheets/pillows and blankets with me when I travel. Seal them in a lrg garbage bag and bring the bag with me into the hotel.....being careful to not let it touch anything. I quickly strip the bed......wash my hands and remake the bed with MY bedding. I do not allow my children to sit on the bedspread (I was a chambermaid once....and we only washed the bedspreads every 6 months or so....very gross). Sleep with socks on and never touch the floor without shoes on when in a hotel.

2. I celebrated with the invention of the automatic door. I NEVER touch a door handle. I use my shirt/coat or foot to open public doors.

3. I bathe almost every night. If for some reason I am unable too......I make sure I wash my feet.....and scuttle into bed with my feet dragging the towel so they don't touch the floor.

4. I sleep wrapped in a sheet.

5. Wash my floors every second day. If I am camping in our travel trailer....I wash the floors everyday.

6. Purell is my very best friend.

Okay....so it sounds like I need medication.....but really I don't. I think I will move past the OCD confessions....and post something different.

7. My sister says I am the only one who she has met that is able to put up a Christmas tree in less than an hour. I'm flattered, Jodi. I think I do a great job with my tree.....even though it only has 12 ornaments on it.

8. Jodi says I am constantly in mourning.......I wear black everyday.

9. I am always cold and the rest of my family lives in my make shift sweat house.

10. I rarely return phone calls.

11. Gave my brother a piece of charcoal for Christmas when I was in Elementary School.....he has never recovered.

12. I have had 21 blood transfusions and 28 units of plasma.

13. I come from a long line of hermits and anti social family members.

14. I don't like large crowds of people. Any more than 2 and I will probably retreat to my own little corner.

Is this sufficient, dearest Doctor????

Oh! One last thing......my sister says that part of my anatomy is shaped wrong......like an upside down pear. Funny thing is.....I have known this since I was a child.....just never thought anyone else noticed. (Please don't ask.....and don't look at me funny the next time we see each other).