Yay Me!

Isabel Princes at Mommy is in the Bathroom has made me the proud recipient of The Honest Scrap Award. Yay Me! Muchisimas gracias!

This award comes with responsibilities. “Heavy is the head that wears the crown.” I am to list 10 things about myself that are true and that most people don’t know and then tag five other bloggers. It’s sort of like an award chain letter.

1. I once played the accordion with Lawrence Welk.

2. I do my 9’s times table with my hands.

3. I took a Greyhound bus on a winding trip from San Diego to Boston for 6,666 miles. I thought I would get to see this beautiful country. All I saw was highways and ugly bus stations. Worst trip ever! I’m convinced I held hands with a leper; he fell down and I took his hand to help him up and I kid you not a chunk of his hand stayed in my hand when I let go.

4. I can not stand ordering pizza for delivery. I love to eat it when it arrives, but I will do anything to avoid having to order it. I don’t mind ordering any other kind of food.

5. I do not have a middle name.

6. Danny Aiello gave me a hug in the parking lot of Jerry’s Deli in LA when I was a teenager. He approached me.

7. I love big noses. I find them unbelievably sexy.

8. I hate it when people say, “I could care less”; it should be “I couldn’t care less”. If you could care less, then it means you care and the point is that you don’t care.

9. I never believed in Santa Claus, but I “knew” the Easter Bunny existed because he would leave these great candy-filled baskets in my room. Until one year when my mom came to tuck me in the night before Easter and told me she was sorry, but she didn’t have any money to buy me a basket. I was in shock, but I managed to tell her it was ok. As soon as she left the room, I started bawling, not because I wasn’t getting a basket, but because I was crushed that the Easter Bunny wasn’t real.

10. I have two matching birthmarks where the sun don’t shine.

Now as far as passing on the award, if Isabel Princes hadn’t given me the award I would definitely be giving it to her (check out her blog, you’ll like it). My picks are NYC Mama, This Casual Life., Under the Sheets- shhh, N.E.O. Moms, and Spanish Knitting Blog.

Alright ladies, collect your award and fulfill your duties or don’t, it’s up to you. And remember, “With great power comes great responsibility.”