Yippee! I won an award! While catching up on my blogs I happened across a post from Carolyn of Fake it While You Make it, who awarded me with the Stylish Blog Award. Awesome! Carolyn is also awesome, and she recently made this killer belt. Okay, in keeping with the rules of the award, here are seven things you may not know about me.
- I was in the Junior-Olympic roller skating program.
- My husband and I met on a film set.
- I am absolutely terrified of raccoons. Petrified. I can barely type this. I’m freaking out! And I found out very recently that the same holds true for opossums. Any coyotes.
- My son’s birth lasted 56 hours. I birthed him naturally, mainly at home, and finally at a birthing center. I cannot possibly say enough good things about Hypnobirthing or this
magical music. I also can’t say enough good things about placenta encapsulation.
- I was a Bluebird and Campfire Girl. I named myself Ewok which stood for Earth, Water, Outdoors and Kindness, and because, well, I was obsessed with ewoks. I still have my vest.
- In my early twenties I topped the scale at 230 pounds. Yup. I can’t even believe I just wrote that for the world to see, but I felt compelled to share for some reason (!?!). While I’m not currently that size, I am a far cry from the small size 6 on my wedding day, which I compare myself to regularly. I try each and every day not to let my weight dictate how much love I give myself. This is difficult for me and I hate beyond hate that it is.
- At the age of 19 I moved to San Francisco on a whim. I lived there for a couple years and came back to Portland with hot pink hair, a nose ring, a kitten, and a tattoo of a kitten.
And because I’m on a roll…
- When I was 17 I sang the National Anthem at the Memorial Coliseum…for a dance competition. I have danced the majority of my life. I think I’ll do a little dancing right now!
And here is the short list of darling bloggers whose journeys I love to read and would like to give the Stylish Award to:
And I recently stumbled upon West Coast Addict and Small+Friendly, both of which warmed my heart a great deal.
Much love to you all! And hey, if you want to leave seven (or one or 12) little known facts about yourself, I’d love to read them!
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12 Responses to “7 little known facts about moi”
wow, these are some really intriguing facts! it sounds like you’ve had an exciting life so far. i love that you came back from san francisco with a kitten AND a kitten tattoo.
Congrats on your award! Your blog is super stylish. Thanks so much for the small + friendly shout out! Here’s an interesting fact: my dad is only 41! (It was a step-parent adoption, but still)
Carla recently posted..Meatless Monday
#3 is SOOOOO true! Severely true! For the longest time I thought it was humorous and didn’t “get it.” In fact, I didn’t get it until about two weeks ago. Sorry for all the Raccoon jokes
Jerk.
Umm, 56 hours of labor…I’m speechless. And if we end up having another kid I am definitely going for placenta encapsulation…and now I’ll know just who to turn to when I have any questions about it
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Congratulations! I am most intrigued by the 7 things about you. I’m okay with raccoons but opossums creep me out a bit. There’s something very hybrid about them and not in a good way – as though completely incompatible animals got together to produce them.
Hope the darning goes well – it’s quite addictive!
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Oh sick! Sick! They are totally hybrids! I know they’re so loving with their little opossums babies and stuff but oh man, I’m shivering up and down just thinking about their long fleshy faces and rat tail. AHHHH!
Hey Kimberly!
I actually read yours last night and that’s what finally gave me a kick in the pants to post my own. I’d been sitting on the award (Major!) for weeks. : )
i wanna know about this film set…details…
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Oh how funny – congrats! Like you, I acted for many, many, many years. I’m not sure I’m done with it yet either! In San Francisco I got into make-up artistry and had small make-up gigs here and there. When I moved back to Portland I continued with acting lessons and through acquaintances was introduced to the independent film community here, where I worked as a make-up artist (and sometimes as an actor) for several feature-length films as well as shorts. My husband worked mainly lighting and sometimes camera. I’m sure that was entirely too much information!
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oh my my my, this is INCREDIBLE. what a hilarious and interesting set of facts. i can also so relate to a lot of them! but just purple hair, no tattoo here. and THANK you for the award!!!
Ha! So glad you enjoyed it Kendra. And I love knowing that you once had purple hair!