I smurfed this from Conservative Belle, and I remember thinking to myself, “I hope I get something cool … like, with FIRE!”

Oh yeah, I’d be all over this one!

Be afraid … be very afraid!

I totally blame Rachel for this one …

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5 year olds are nothing … come back and see me when they’re Jessie’s age!

I’ve been tagged by Cookie for the Passion Quilt. I had never heard of this thing, but its concept is interesting.

The way it goes:

A PASSION QUILT

THE RULES:

1. Post a picture or make/take/create your own that captures what YOU are most passionate for students to learn about.
2. Give your picture a short title.
3. Title your blog post “Meme: Passion Quilt.”
4. Link back to this blog entry.
5. Include links to 5 (or more) educators.

Ok, so here’s my picture, and its title is Find Your Voice

Photo courtesy of Hagit

Here are my educator picks that I think today’s young people could learn a lot from:

• Teresa
• John and Miranda
• White Trash Mom
• Beth of My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy
• Conservative Belle
• Greta of Kiss My Gumbo and Hooah Wife
• Jules of Everyday Mommy

Cookie gets honorable mention — he would have been in my list, but he’s already done this meme … and he’s the one who tagged me in the first place!

Beth tagged me, so here’s my go of it.

The Meme: Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself.

1. I’m a little OCD when it comes to chewing and food. I have to chew equal amounts on both sides of my mouth. And if I’m eating candies (M&Ms!), I match ‘em up by color and chew one of each on each side of my mouth.
2. My favorite brand of chocolate is Hershey’s.
3. I absolutely LOATHE the color pink — but will jump at the chance to dress my child in it. ~smirk~
4. One of the quickest ways for a server (in a restaurant) to piss me off is to stick a lemon in my sweet tea. (Particularly because I almost always ask NOT to have a lemon!)
5. Sometimes I absentmindedly grind my teeth in time to whatever song is stuck in my head.
6. I don’t care what you print about me, just make sure you get my name right.

It then tells me: “You type 345 characters per minute, You have 60 correct words and, you have 1 wrong word.”

Not bad, but I used to be a LOT faster. My co-workers tease me all the time about my typing, telling me that I don’t “type like a programmer” LOL