10 Things about Me

Did you know that I am Candace Olsen's daughter? Nah, not really. I'm just kidding.

I think a huge part of blogging is meeting new people and making new friends. So, in my attempt to reach out to you, I'm going to share ten things about me that you don't know. If I start struggling at number three seven, stick with me.

1. I live in Alabama in a small town that is home to NASCAR drivers Davey Allison and Neil Bonnett. If you are a serial killer coming to find me, I'm at least going to make you look it up!

2. I have the most adorable six year old in the world. He is the sweetest, loving kid in the world to everyone except my niece. For some reason, he doesn't always reciprocate her love for him. We are working on it.

3. I was married for 8 years and got divorced after my ex-husband and I decided we made better friends than a couple. As terrible of a situation that divorce is, I could not have asked for anything better for me and my little guy. I have recently gotten remarried to my bestest friend and now I get to have the life that I always wanted. My husband is the peas in my carrots!

4. I have 3 sisters and a brother. They are my sisters and brother. I cannot stand when someone refers to them as "half" or "step".

5. I come from a long line of DIYers. Last week my mom was rebuilding the engine of an 18 wheeler and this week she is laying hardwood floor in her bedroom. My dad is redoing the floor in his shop with some paint/epoxy/color fleck stuff. My mom says that my grandfather could build or fix anything. I never got to meet him (He was killed when my mom was pregnant with me) but he must have been pretty awesome for my mom to know all she does.

6. I have never tweeted or twittered or whatever you call it. I don't know why. I love online social networking but I've never gotten into it. Should I?

7. I love Alabama football. It's really kind of funny because as huge as football is here, I never had an interest in it until last year. I always played softball and loved baseball. Football didn't make sense to me because I didn't understand the game until my hubs got me interested. He has taught me the game, and tries to teach me the rules, and now I love it. Come game time, don't mess with mama!

8. I used to drag race. My first husband has an obsession with cars and that became our life. It was my life until our son was born and we'll, it's still his life. We souped up my little Civic, made a 5speed out of an automatic, and had that little thing sounding like a swarm of bees on crack! He would race it often and one night, I told him I was. Talk about nervous. I though I was going to pee on myself in the staging lane. I made it though. I didn't crash. I actually won my race and got back in line to do it again... after a trip to the port-o-potty!

9. I'm an extreme couponer. I follow Southern Savers and when I try hard, I can spend less than $40.00 a week on groceries and have a huge stockpile. Everyone laughs at me because I have 30 things of toothpaste (that were all free) and 20 razors (that were all free). My dad says he's going to get me a shirt printed that says "Don't get in line behind me. I coupon!"

10. I have a irrational, crazy, don't-come-near-me-with-that-thing fear of needles. I'm 30. I know I should be past that by now, but I'm not. I don't think I ever will. I was planning to never have kids because I didn't think I could have an IV & epidural. Turns out, I had to have a C-Section, so I had to have both. I was RH-negative so I got 2 more lovely injections of Rhogam and I failed my glucose test so I had to have the 3 hour test which meant 4 more sticks. After all that, I'm still not over my fear but I am almost positive I won't be having more kids!

Whew, that wasn't so hard! Do we have anything in common? What surprised you most?