SQT: Seven Quick Quirks

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I was inspired by Kirby’s list “What’s Your Weird?” and decided to come up with a list of my own.

7 Quick Quirks

1. The Dentist
I love the dentist.  It’s like confession for your teeth.  Sure, it’s not all that pleasant during the actual appointment, but afterwards your teeth feel like a million bucks.  I leave the house whistlin’ when I’m heading to the dentist.

PS–I also floss every day.  You should too, if you don’t.  I think that people who don’t floss every day just haven’t found the right floss for them.   Did you know there are many different kinds of floss?  (Does that make floss its own quirk?)  The only product I care enough about to sell besides Norwex is floss.  I’ll provide floss consultations at no cost.  Just email me.  Because I don’t pay for texting on my flip-tracfone.  (Is that a separate quirk, too?  Turns out I’m so weird that pretty much everything about me isn’t normal.)

 

2.  Homemade Cards
I love giving and receiving cards, but I have a hard time paying $5 for a printed card.  So I make my own!  I browse pinterest for ideas and then whip some up.  To get a sense of the caliber of art and prose, here are some of the cards I’ve given to actual people:

Anniversary:  You’re a Perfect Pair! (draw a pair of pears)
Birthday, 3yo boy:  Happy Dirtday! (draw sand/dirt/backhoe)
Birthday, adult guy:  Happy Beerday! (draw mug of beer)
Mother’s Day:  Thanks for Raisin’ Me! (draw a raisin…try to make it not look like poop)
Father’s Day:  You’re Tie-riffic, Dad! (kids’ art cut into ties and taped onto beer bottles)

Father's Day

3.  Corn Love
Growing up my family would put up (or freeze) a bunch of fresh sweet corn.  As my parents were boiling dozens of ears of corn for the winter, we would pause to gobble up a few ears for supper.  That was it.  No entree.  No other sides.  Just corn on the cob and butter.  And salt.  No one complained; actually it was something we looked forward to.  Imagine my surprise at David’s horror after we were married when I suggested just eating some corn for supper.  With.  No. Meat.

4.  Sun Allergy
Although I’m not technically allergic to the sun, I’m super duper sensitive to it.  If I’m outside for long, I usually get a headache.  Sometimes worse.  I also joke that it’s impossible for me to tan.  I burn, temporarily turn pink, peel, and fade back to pale.  I see all the Charlotte Mason type pictures of kids experiencing nature, and I’m inspired.  I like the idea of nature, but in reality I can only handle it in small doses.

In the creek

My kids loved this day spent in nature.  Thankfully it was shady enough that I was able to survive.

 

5.  4 Pairs + 1 Backup = Unusual
I own 4 pairs of shoes– a pair of pink ballet flat Crocs, a pair of Asics tennis shoes, a pair of fuzzy boots, and tan wedge sandals.  I keep a pair of brown loafer-type shoes from college as a back up.  It has happened (through no fault of my own, I might add) that I discover while rushing out the door that I have only one right pink Croc and right fuzzy boot.  If I had time to search, I’d find a left Croc in the basement under the couch where it was being used as a house for Lego people.  I’d find the left fuzzy boot in the kids’ room filled with clothes pins.  Obviously.

That’s where the emergency pair comes in.  They’re pretty outdated and a little too worn, but they’ll do in a pinch when I don’t have time to think of imaginative hiding places and am going a place that tennis shoes aren’t appropriate.  (Based on my sports responses from yesterday, you can probably assume correctly that those Asics don’t see much action anyway.)  

So if you see me in real life wearing brown loafers– that means I literally left the house without any other shoe options because my kids’ numero uno purpose in life is to teach me humility.  And if I’m in tennis shoes– you better just start running because pretty much the zombie apocalypse is upon us.

According to a search on the internet, the average woman has 27 pairs, so 5 is sort of quirky.  I’d like to add a couple pairs, but it’s really hard for me to find shoes that I like that fit my post-baby wide feet.

 

6.  Dis-Rememberment

Since I had kids, my memory is awful.  I live in fear that I will witness a crime and be called to testify.  Unless the criminal is wearing an eye-patch or is a body double for somebody famous, I’m hosed.

This is also why my life looks like this:

sticky-notes

My sticky notes are external storage devices for my memory.  (Check out the giveaway if this is you, too!)

I’m not quite this girl


but it’s pretty close.  Besides the sticky note system, I also tell my kids to remind me about stuff.

Sometimes it’s things like, “I’m sorry we don’t have time to read that bedtime story, but if you remind me tomorrow, we will.  You know I’ll forget unless you remind me.” or some version of, “That was terrible!  Remind me when we get home to take away a privilege.”  Riiiiiight.

Now that I have a blog, I’m also afraid that I’ll end up writing the same post twice a couple weeks apart without realizing it.  Sorry in advance.

 

7.  Alicia-isms (or The Intentional Mis-pronunciation of and Invention of Words)

If you’ve followed along on the blog, you know I’m prone to invent words.  I’ve already forgotten all the other examples (see #6) from the past, so look around a little and you’ll see what I mean.

Here’s a good example from life.  Some moms might tell their kids to “behave.”  I tell my kids to “Be. Haeve.”  As if “haeve” is the state of un-naughtiness.  I realized this when one of my kids came up and informed me that she was “being haeve,”  Oops.

 

Thanks for tolerating the weirdness quirks.  Head over to This Ain’t the Lyceum for all the other quick takers!

11 Comments


  1. // Reply

    Love this! People who are “quirky” are my FAVORITE! Life is always more fun with people that have a unique look on life 🙂 I’m glad to know you!


  2. // Reply

    I love the tie cards on the beer bottles! Great idea for dad on any special occasion! !


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    I’m not a fan of the dentist but I do floss everyday. I also am not a fan of buying cards, thank you 4 year old daughter who can now draw and write! 😉


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    I’m “weird” in the shoe category too. No–not weird. Sensible. Let’s see. Black boots. Maroon flats. Tennis shoes. Maroon casual shoes. I also have piggy slippers…but unfortunately I don’t wear them out of the house. Yeah pretty bare bones in the shoe department. I guess I do have some “dress up ” shoes leftover from some sort of special occasion but those are way in the back of the closet and are never worn since walking normally is something I value. My feet have grown since having babies too! You really should just write a whole post on this. Apparently I have a lot to say about shoes.

    And corn. Now I feel bad I fed you canned corn! It was going to be corn on the cob- but i couldn’t get into the big city to get it, so we had to suffice with canned. Ah well. And what is this with husbands liking meat? Don’t even get me started on meat pizza. 🙂 another blog post topic as well, I’m sure.


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    Yes! Floss is awesome! I would TOTALLY come for a floss consultation. I love this post. Quirks (like the word itself) are fun.


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      I can picture myself visiting people with a tiny briefcase filled with different types of floss. Waxed? Minty? Yarny? Ribbony? I can’t even hide how excited exploring this thought makes me feel. 🙂


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    “I love the dentist. It’s like confession for your teeth.” Hahahahaha! I totally think about this too!
    Happy to have been an inspiration!


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    Okay, I used to like the dentist too and I still like the cleaning part but having cavities filled is the pits. :-/
    And my dad tells a story of going to some gathering growing up where he could eat all the corn on the cob soaked in butter that he wanted for dinner and he loved it. 🙂


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      Ugh. I’ve been lucky *so far* not to have to deal much with cavities. That would definitely change things!


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