I have been tagged by Doodaddy - one of my new favorite blogs - with the “8 Things About You” meme. So here goes.

  1. I love being home with my daughter. It is work, don’t get me wrong, but oh-so-much-more-rewarding than any job I have ever had. I never in a million years would have thought that I would be a person who would like being home. I figured I would love her and all that, but that I would be bored and ready to go back to work within minutes after her birth. Instead I have found a peace and a quiet stability in being with her and making sure she is getting what she needs.
  2. I can’t stand Andie MacDowell. I would rather watch a piece of cardboard act than watch anything with her in it.
  3. My Grandpa Gus Gus was a POW in World War II. He was shot down, broke his leg badly during the crash and was held in a German camp for 18 months (Dad, please correct my details here!). I never really talked to him much about it when he was alive, but he kept a journal of his time in the camp complete with sketches that is amazing. So at least I can tell Gus’s great granddaughter about his life and experiences.
  4. I just figured out the guitar chords for Patti Griffin’s songs “Mary” and “Tony”. I think they could be the first songs I have learned that weren’t written over a decade ago.
  5. In general I think TV is a huge waste of time. Reality television even more so. Having said that, I have to admit that I am shamelessly addicted to “Hell’s Kitchen” and “So You Think You Can Dance”. I remember a few years ago, a good friend of mine, a social worker, admitted she had been completely addicted to “Beverly Hills 90210″ when it was on. It gave her the chance to escape from the reality of the tough job of being a social worker and she considered it crucial to her ability to do her job well. I was completely shocked, since “90210″ was never something I watched. But now I get it. So, yeah, same with me. Go Sabra!
  6. My favorite city in the world is Edinburgh, Scotland. The castle, the pubs, the haggis.
  7. I want a minivan. There, I said it. I know it’s not very hip of me, but I love everything about the minivan, especially the sliding doors. I can’t imagine why they don’t put sliding doors on everything - SUVs, sedans, mini coopers. Our current mode of transport, a VW Jetta Wagon, has 112,572 miles on it, so we have started to think about what we might replace it with, if the need should arise. We have our eye on the Mazda 5 right now, but haven’t completely decided yet.
  8. I know all the words to Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire”, a fact that causes my husband no end of embarassment. Someday I will teach them to Emma and put him right over the edge.

Now I have to tag five people to carry on the glorious “8 Things” meme. No doubt you guys have all done this, but just in case - Cristen, Emily, Terrance, Mandy and Katie.