The Merkley Family

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Quirks - updated

Robyn tagged me to write about six of my quirky traits. So here goes...

1. My feet are very important to the quality of my sleep. I cannot sleep if they are too hot or too cold and will have to use socks accordingly. If I don't have socks on, I usually end up with my big toe crossed over my second toe. Then sleep will easily come.

2. I am very meticulous about how my towels are folded. And sadly, that is pretty much the only housekeeping chore I am meticulous about.

3. Like Robyn, I absolutely cannot stand grammar and spelling mistakes in writing, especially in professional publications! I would love a job where I can proof novels before they head to print. I could do that from home! Any ideas how to get a job like that? P.S. If I make a mistake, it's because I am moving too fast. Please... call me on it.

4. I cannot stand it when people don't use their blinkers. They are there for a reason! Use them!

5. I usually don't admit this. I cry at movies. Most movies make me cry. Movies that I have seen a thousand times and that are probably not worth crying over will still make me cry. When we are trying to pick out a movie, I will often reject a selection of Luke's just on the basis that it will make me cry and I don't feel like crying that day. Some examples... The Little Mermaid and most recently Monsters, Inc. What?! I know. I'm a baby.

6. A two-fer: I can't stand incomplete sets of books. For example, my mom bought Noah a Eric Carle book for his birthday. I thought it was cute and bought another one, only to find out it was part of a set of four! So my mom (she is the same this way) and I went back to the store and finished off the set of four. Good thing they were a bargain... which leads me the second of the two-fer: I can't buy anything that is regular priced. I seriously am a bargain shopper and have a really, really, really hard time paying full price for anything (even a can of tomatoes)! This has saved me some dough over time and so I am thankful for it. And like the incomplete set thing... it runs in the family. You should hear about the deals that my sister gets!

6 comments:

Life for the Pillings said...

You are so funny! That was a fun little blog. I'm going to apologize - I know that I have grammer writing errors on my blog. I try to find most of them before posting, but sometimes I'm in to big a rush to get off the computer. I take too much time to blog and attach the pictures that I don't always leave enough time to edit correctly :0). That's crazy that you can cross your toes like that - that's talent!

The Funky Bunch said...

I love those! That is too funny. Love the feet one. I'm with you on most of the others though. I love these types of posts, so you can get to know everyone!

Amber said...

I love the post! I love hearing everyones weird little quirks!

Perry's said...

I am so bad at grammer. So You shouldn't read my blog.

Sarah and Trent said...

Megan that's hilarious you cry in movies. Have you seen PS I love you? That was my latest cry. When she starts crying... I just LOST it!!
Thanks again for a super fun shower!! Soooo fun to see you girls and have some great laughs and chatting time.

Robyn said...

Thanks for taking the tag. Who said crying in movies is quirky? I thought that was normal.