Breakfast this morning and 7 weird things

Here's our breakfast from this morning. We had a small pineapple sitting around so I chopped it up and threw it in the blender with some banana and kiwi and a handful of flax seeds. So what gives it that lovely pink color? Freshly squeezed blood oranges. It was very yummy.

Meredith over at Poppy Fields tagged me for a meme. I'm hot and cold on memes but since I am still sniffling and coughing away while I try to catch up on work, I welcome the opportunity to post just a little something...or 7 weird little somethings about me.

1) I was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. I guess there is nothing particularly weird about this except the word Kalamazoo...it always gets funny reactions. Especially in France.

2) I once changed my name to Sadie for almost a whole year. I think it was 2002. I was just fed up with Sarah and I had always liked the nickname Sadie, so that is how I started introducing myself. All of my co-workers stopped calling me Sarah. I was Sadie. But it felt weird. Every time I introduced myself, something in the back of mind was saying, "no, that's actually not my name..." And so, back to Sarah it was again.

3) I really don't mind eating moldy things. I don't usually eat the mold but I am very willing to push mold aside and continue eating whatever it was living on.

4) I love cold spaghetti for breakfast. This grosses Tibo out so I never eat it anymore but I love it. Got that from my dad.

5) I can't stand licking anything that's made of wood. Wooden spoons, wooden popsicle sticks. You name it. I hate the feeling of the wood on my tongue. (Thanks Kristen for reminding me of this one!)

6) I was the Monopoly champion of my home town when I was around 10. I think that's the age. I don't know how I did it but I won and had my picture in the newspaper. My dad still has the article, maybe he'll scan it so I can share it.

7) I got my ears pierced when I was 26 years old. I was always kind of scared of the whole "gun" apparatus mostly because I am afraid of needles. But one day, Tibo and walked past this little shop and he said "let's do it right now!" He held my hand and it was all over very quickly and painlessly. I'm so happy I did it because I love earrings.

Technically I am supposed to post the rules for this meme but you can read them over here at Meredith's blog. Also, according to the rules, I am supposed to tag 7 other people but I think most people have already done this meme. For good measure, I'll pass the baton to two on my blogroll who haven't updated in over a week: La Rêveuse and Stefanie - but no obligation ladies...and if anyone else out there needs a quick post, please feel free to share 7 weird things about yourself. I know I am interested.

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Comments

[screamish]

I got my ears pierced only 6 months ago, and I'm 35. My boyfriend led me out the house saying he had a surprise...he took me to a street with: a petshop, music shop, real estate agents, tattoo parlour, and bridal shop.

We passed the real estate agents (ok, so no surprise house) and I was just thinking "yippeee! a kitten!! a wedding!!" when he stopped outside the tattoo parlour and looked at me.

Two minutes later I was lying on my back bleeding from my earlobes;

OH THE CRUELTY!!!

[screamish]

ps what camera do you have? it takes gorgeous photos...

[Kristen]

Love the photo of those cups-reminds me of some we had when I was a kid. And yes-HATE those little wooden spoons, can hardly think about it!

[MamaBird]

Egads my comment disappeared. Love the 2 pics, cutting away mold (cept bread, the spores get throughout, must toss it) and spaghetti breakfast (but heat it up, woman! and have some scrambled eggs on the side...). Kalamazoo...my mom lived there for a bit.

[Caroline]

I had my ears pieced at 40 and again at 41 (4 holes total). Now I have lots of earrings but I still wear the same 4 pairs -- that is, if I remember to put them in.

[Anna]

I'd much rather say I'm from Kalamazoo than where I was born - Normal. Yes, that's the name of the town.

[poppy fields]

Love that photo.
I never liked popsiickle sticks. After a good popsickle how disappointing it is to end up with that bad tasting stick.

[yuko42]

Nice colour! :)

[MereMortal]

gorgeous photos and funny post. :)
the moldy bit? you are must better than me. for some reason, i can do it if its on cheese - just cut off the moldy bit. plus, it seems cheese is sort of a kind of mold in a way. haha.
i also tried to go by a different name and it totally didnt' work out. people who knew me by leigh would just look at me strangly when i tried to go by my other way. i was all "PEOPLE! can you just go along with it? you are ruining my mojo!"
xoxo

[Avant]

You think Kalamazoo sounds weird? try Ramapo!

1) In high school I seduced two teachers by using poetry (those women are forever etched in my psyche) and am a legend spoken in hushed whispers at that school to this day.
2) I love peanut butter and syrup sandwiches
3.) The sound of wet rubber is like nails on a chalk board to me
4.) I'm the goto wingman and matchmaker of the free world
5.) The sound of women rolling their "r's" or purring is an instant turn on to me
6.) I did televised teenage debates on pbs
7.) I refused to learn how to play basketball because when I moved to Montana everyone would say "oh you must be really good at basketball because you're black" and to this day suck (though I'm a kick a$$ wrestler! lol!)

[Wenchy]

I so love that picture!!