Pay it Forward

Hey! It's Monday! We actually have a sunny day today. (Can't remember the last time we had a sunny day... umm in October?) The mountains of snow are turning into just wonderfully mush brown colored hills of slush. Funness! Good thing I invested in sexy huge rubber boots. 

Enough about the weather. I was tagged by the ever entertaining and redongculously talented illustrator Maya Beus to continue a post. So here are 7 things you didn't know about me...

p.s. I'm not a blond.

1. I have the most ridiculous phobias ever. I am actually super scared of Coca-Cola and ketchup. I can't be near the stuff. The smell haunts me and I think I would seriously cry if someone spilt one of the two on me (or even more horrifying both!) I must have been traumatized as a child. hehe I also have a ridiculous vomit-phobia (but who likes ralphing?)

2. I have two passports and two highschool diplomas (I graduated twice spring 2002), weird I know. My parents moved our family from Maine to Florida (for work) in my senior year in high school. I graduated at my new school with people I didn't know and then graduated with the kids I had grown up with and gone to school with since kindergarden. I suppose it was a sentimental graduation more than anything else. And two passports since I was born in the States but my parents are Swedish so I got duel citizenship automatically. It's a sinch traveling... never have to wait in anything long customs lines. woo hoo!

3. I have a scar on my left cornea (from having the chicken pox when I was 4), so I see practically nothing. There is the possiblity of cornea transplant, but the idea of surgery to my eyeball while being awake and seeing the entire process freaks me out. I am totally content with continuing to use my safe trendy red plastic glasses.

4. Hmm, I am such an introvert and an old soul. I very rarely get bored. I have no problem being alone and finding small things to entertain myself with, such as cooking, baking, or reading (housewify things). Pretty good quality since I work from home. I have turned into quite the avid reader. Already finished 5 books this year (haha and it is only the 17th, I need to get a social life!) 2 Agatha Christies, 2 Roald Dahl biographies, and Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (Which I enjoyed very much Becky, thanks!) I also seriously hate partying now. Going out for a few drinks with the ladies is fun. But dumb ass house parties with far too many drinks, table dancing and other shananigans is getting old. I want to have adult dinner parties where you can can talk and actually hear what others are saying. I must be getting old! Yes!

5. I have moved 6 times in 3 years (and we are working on our 7th move this week!!!!) The weirdest place my BF and I lived for a few months was in the Women's dressing room of a car shop/dealership which BF's parents own. Just as glamorous as it sounds (at least it was free!) The housing situation in Stockholm is ghastly! 

6. This one I am actually embarassed about. I was a model for like 5 seconds when I was 16. Only did silly model training and took test photos. I had an agent but never got any jobs because when I turned 17 I was too fat (a.k.a. healthy looking.) Once in art school I was a nude model for artistic purposes (I kept my underoos on so I suppose I wasn't really nude... ) but pretty much. My only hippy moment ever... just a part of the Art School experience!

7. Oh and the best one for last of course. I have never in my life opened a soda can! Beat that!

Hope that was somewhat enjoyable! I tag all my readers to repost! Lame I know.