Tagged By Angie

My friend Angie "blog tagged" me about a month ago, and I've been trying to think of something to write ever since. Angie and I taught together at McMeans Jr. High and she's one of the sweetest people I have ever met. She taught reading; I taught English and we were the pep squad and cheerleader sponsors. Needless to say all the girls we taught were precious angels since they thought there might be a smidgen of a chance that we actually had a say in who the cheerleaders were. If you know anything about Texas cheerleading then you know it is ultra, super, intense competitive. We had to have judges come from over a hundred miles away (so there was no chance they would know any of the girls), then Angie and I would leave through a backdoor before the results were given out...Our principal wanted us safely in our own homes so the moms couldn't accost us in the parking lot. At the school I taught at before McMeans, I would be escorted to my car by a police officer after tryouts "for my own safety". Yes, it's that serious. Cheerleading tryouts aside, we had so much together. She is now in Anna, Texas with her 3 kids and husband, Andrew, who is the pastor at the First Baptist Church. This picture of us was taken at Angie's going away party (she was moving to Waco) right before we moved to China.

Okay, so now onto my tagging. I'm supposed to tell you 6 interesting things about me...that's been the hard part, I tend to over share, so I think y'all already know everything. I'm not sure if these count as 6 interesting things or not...but I did my best to go for things you may not know.

1. I'm right handed, but the left side of my body is the strongest. In high school drill team I could always kick my left leg higher than my right. And if you asked me to do the splits right now, I couldn't do either of them, but my left split would be better. Kyle is heaver so I always carry him in my left arm and Reed in my right.

2. Little kids really like me. If there's a little kid around, they always seem to be drawn to me. I've decided that it must be my voice. I'm like Elmo. Sesame Street can be on all day and none of my kids will look at it. They hear Elmo's voice and they stop everything to turn around and look. There's only been one kid that has an aversion to me. JR's friend, Travis, is terrified of me. Jason thinks it's hilarious because he's seen how most kids are attracted to me (Travis actually really likes Jason.) Every time Travis sees me he starts saying "Bye-Bye! Bye-Bye! Bye-Bye!"

3. I'd love to have a gaggle of kids. I guess it's my "only-childness" in me that makes me want to have a herd myself. Jason says "we're done". But I still plan on having a little girl. I've just got a few minor details to work out: Convincing Jason, AND getting back to China (or anywhere else in Asia) to adopt her....we'll have an Ingersoll girl yet....just stay tuned!

4. I love sleeping. Sleeping late, taking naps...nuff-said.

5. Jason and I think we should have our own reality show. Jason and I started watching a lot of reality TV when we moved home from China since we had missed the start-ups of so many popular scripted shows. Seems like everybody has their own reality show these days, you don't even have to be famous...or that interesting. Jason and I are convinced we'd make great TV. If any TV producers are reading this, we'd be happy to open our home to your cameras....and enjoy all the freebies that come with it. I'll be happy to pour my kids Juicy Juice every morning if they send a crate over for free!

6. I'm not a picky eater. I really will eat most anything. In China I wasn't too interested in eating the fish that was still looking at me, but I would eat it. The only food I really don't like are pickles. Which means I really don't like potato salad either. Every once in awhile I think that I should like potato salad, so I'll try it again...And I still don't like it (it's the pickles). I don't like slaw either. Is that pickle based too?

Now I'm supposed to tag 6 others and have them tell 6 interesting things about themselves. Kristi has already done it, so that leaves Allison, Robin, and Beth. I'm bad at math, but I do know that that's not 6...but that's all the bloggers I know!