Random Facts About Me

1) I love socks with something on them, anything cute or funky will do.

2) I am not a girly-girl, I don't like the color pink, never have, probably never will.

3) I am an overachiever and I enjoy it.

4) I like names and their meanings, they intrigue me.

5) I used to want to name my future children original names like Nathan, Elisabeth, etc. I didn't like any of the recent popular names. I am now leaning towards old-fashioned and practically extinct names.

6) I always have a pile of clean clothes on the floor at the end of my bed, it's part of my closet :)

7) I have trouble finding pants that are long enough.

8) I am teaching myself html, xml, ccs, and bbccode through trial and error.

9) I pretend to know more than I actually do.

10) Contrary to popular belief, I do know how to cook, and I do enjoy it. Sadly it doesn't fit into my hectic schedule.

11) When I have a violin concert I am rarely nervous and don't have trouble performing. When I have an audition, it is the complete opposite.

12) I have pitchers syndrome in my wrist, I am not a pitcher.

13) I do not speak a foreign language but know a few phrases in Czech and German. I am trying to teach myself sign language.

14) I have 3 jobs.

15) On Friday after making some sweethearts for Valentine's Day I went to the bank and signed my check, Catherine Sweetheart. *headdesk*

16) I need a new purse.

17) I have very little fashion and makeup sense. Everything I know, do and wear I copy or learn from my sisters.

18) My favorite violinist is Isaac Stern.

19) Someday I WILL play Stern's solo from the overture of Fiddler on the Roof.

20) I LOVE bright colors and enjoy wearing them.

21) I enjoy studying and learning.

22) I wish I lived in the 1800's or 1940's and 50's.

23) Everything bizarre thing that has ever happened to me in the car has happened on a road trip when we were following our parents.

24) I talk about myself in the third person.

25) I LOVE to travel!!! But hate car trips, planes on the other hand...

26) My first plane trip was a 8 hour flight from Chicago to Amsterdam.

27) I have nieces and nephews but none of my siblings have children.

28) I want to learn how to ballroom dance.

29) I didn't have the patience to sew until I learned to quilt. Now I quilt and sew.

30) When I need to zone out or relax I sew.

31) I have costumed or helped costume 5 plays and another coming up.

32) My sister says I'm overachieving and I should stop now.

33) But I thought of another one: I have trouble saying no when people ask for help and I volunteer to help with too many things.


34) I'm stopping with the memes now, I promise.

About Me Meme

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE: Yes, Catherine Ilene after my Grandmas' middle names.

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? Umm..don't remember... I wanted to on Thursday... otherwise it's been a while..

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? As long as I'm not writing too fast.

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Turkey

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? No, hopefully someday...

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Maybe

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM? Who me?!?!

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yes

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? Maybe...

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Cinnamon Toast Crunch

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Depends on the shoe.

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Peppermint Chip or Chocolate Chip

14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? Height... I know... it's weird...

15. RED OR PINK? Red, I'm not a girly-girl

16. WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? Umm... I try not to think too long about that stuff...

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? My mom and Sarah B.

18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO COMPLETE THIS LIST? Only if they want to.

19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? Khaki pants and brown shoes with green accents.

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? Rebecca and Stephanie are watching Pride and Prejudice.. and my computer burning a CD.

22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Red or Green

23. FAVORITE SMELLS? Fall.. bread baking

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? Mom

25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? Well... I actually swiped this off Mike's Facebook.

26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH? Cooking!!!........... Baseball

27. HAIR COLOR? Brown

28. EYE COLOR? Brown

29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? Not usually.. I should get back to that...

30. FAVORITE FOOD? hmmmm... that's hard... I love food!!!

31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Happy endings! Always happy endings!!

32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? We are in the middle of Bleak House.. otherwise...Poirot... which is technically a TV show...

33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? Green

34 SUMMER OR WINTER? Summer!! Winter in WI is FOREVER!!

35. HUGS OR KISSES? Hugs... I might feel differently when I am married... who knows...

36. FAVORITE DESSERT? This is a hard one!!!

37. IF YOU COULD MAKE A WISH... Less stress and a God-fearing president

38. WHAT (in general) IRRITATES YOU? hmm... slackers... decisions based on not enough information!

39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? The Feast of Tabernacles and Northanger Abbey

40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? Nothing, it's just boringly black... I used to have a yellow smiley face.

41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT? umm... I think there might have been a ball game on at Mom and Dad's. But I didn't watch anything...

42. FAVORITE SOUND(S)? Classical music, children playing... peace and quiet!

43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Neither!!!

44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? The Czech Republic... but the summer in Mahomet felt farther away... it lasted longer..

45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? Wouldn't you like to know! (wouldn't I like to know...)

46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Wisconsin

47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO RECEIVING? Any

48. WHERE DID YOU MEET YOUR SPOUSE/SIGNIFICANT OTHER? TBD

Words on a Page - Meme

I've been tagged by Emma and Joanna at A Banner of Crimson

Here are the rules...  

1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages)
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence
4. Post the next three sentences
5. Tag five people.

The top book on the closest stack of books is Vienna Prelude by Brock and Bodie Thoene.  I highly suggest their books.

6. For a long time, Murphy stood alone on the wet cement and stared off where he had last seen the aircraft bucking and rocking on the air currents. 

7.  He expected to see the bright burst of an explosion as the conclusion for his news dispatch.
8.  Instead, a more distant bolt of lightning arched toward the ground, and for an instant, Murphy thought he spotted the tiny aircraft as it but a wake through the tempest.

End of the chapter, that worked out well...


I tag:
1) Rebecca at flowershopgirl
2) Lydia at A Walk in the Rain
3) Joe at SouthPaw in the House
4) Moriah at My Wacky Blog
5) consider yourself tagger :)