My favorite type of blog posts to read are the ones where people get real. The behind-the-scenes photos or the embarrassing stories...I love that! We live in an Instagram world where we only get to see the highlight reel. That's why I love those glimpses into people's real lives! We are all seeking to connect with others and not feel super different or weird.
I thought I'd share a few things with you today that make me weird! I'm putting myself out there, so ya'll have to return the favor and comment below with what makes you a little odd too.
I gag when I brush my teeth.
I've been brushing my teeth for almost 27 years and I still gag every time. Sometimes it's just a little and other times my husband can't stop laughing at me because he can hear it in the other room. This is totally genetic because my sister has always been a gagger too. (Is gagger a word?) For me it's usually textures and smells that make me gag, but when I'm brushing my teeth it's because of the toothpaste and brushing my tongue at the same time that causes it.
I love riding with my feet on the dash, but absolutely hate it when other people do.
There is nothing like kicking off your shoes, propping your feet up on the dashboard and leaning the seat back when you are going to be in the car for awhile...except when you do it. I absolutely hate seeing people's feet on their dashboards when driving around. But, I can do it and it doesn't bother me. I realize this doesn't make any sense.
I have an actual phobia of cotton balls.
I honestly feel sick just writing about this. The texture of cotton balls makes my skin crawl and my stomach flip. I actually tear up when I open a pill bottle and see that it has a cotton ball in it. I can't touch it or I will throw up. It's kinda like nails on a chalkboard, or a fork scratching a plate. The thought of them is so cringey. It's probably mostly a texture thing, but even the thought of them alone makes me shiver. Cotton rounds are a bit different for me, and that's what a use to take off my nail polish. They just have to be soaking wet with acetone for me to feel okay. It's so weird and I totally regret writing this post now.
Dolphins give me anxiety.
Okay, so this one stems from an experience. I was kayaking with my friend and we came upon some dolphins. It's a movie moment, but instead of feeling amazed by nature I was so overcome with worry about being surrounded by them in a little kayak that I still have dread when I see a dolphin. I just have this feeling that they'd turn on you. It's like clowns for some people. They are supposed to be all happy and cheery, but a lot of people feel like they are secretly evil. That's me with dolphins! Even when I see them in an aquarium I feel a bit anxious.
I imagine my furniture in every home I go into.
I guess this is just a testament to how my brain works. Every time I go into a new house, (which is often since I work in Real Estate and clean houses for extra money.) I imagine all of my belongings and furniture in there as if I was going to move in. It may have started as an mental exercise when I started my job, but now I just do it every time I'm in a new house. I think about where our couch would fit, where the tv would go and if I'd have to get rid of something or buy new stuff. If I'm not imagining my own furniture, I'm mentally moving the existing furniture and redecorating. To all my real-life friends reading this, yes, I've done it at your house!
It's my hope that reading this made you feel a little less weird yourself, or maybe you feel connected to me now! Please leave a comment below letting me know I'm not alone and that you love reading about other people's real lives.
I have fully enjoyed watching Vogue's 73 question series on Youtube! Reese Witherspoon and Taylor Swift's interviews were probably my favorites. Getting a little sneak peak into their houses was really cool too. I borrowed a set of 73 questions I thought I'd answer for you today! The youtube videos go pretty quickly, so I'm adopting that same speed and trying to answer these questions with the first thing that comes to mind.
1.What’s the best thing that happened to you this month? I won another Instagram giveaway! This time it was the entire Summer 2016 nail polish collection from Essie!
2. What is something you’re tired of? Not having enough hours in the day.
3. What is something that recently moved you? "When we wait on God, we may find that his solutions to our problems far exceed anything that we might have devised ourselves."
4. If you could teach one subject in school what would it be? History!
5. What’s your favorite beverage? Iced Tea with Lemon
6. What’s your favorite cocktail? Jack & Coke
7. What is your favorite cake? Chocolate Ice Cream Cake!
8.What is one thing you still have from your childhood? I actually have an entire rubbermaid under the bed full of treasures from when I was a kid. There was a stuffed tiger in there I just recently took out and I stuck it in the bin my niece and nephew's toys are in.
9. What is your favorite movie? Father of the Pride or The Parent Trap
10. What is something you can’t do? Be a hot mess.(in front of other people)
11. What is one habit you wish you could break? Biting my nails...talking to much...
12. What makes you laugh no matter what? I have a few inside jokes with my husband that never fail to make us both crack up.
13. What does creativity mean to you? Being able to express what's on your mind.
14. What are your favorite lyrics of all time? Love is our shelter, Love is our cause, Love goes on forever, Yeah love will lead us all, Love, it is our honor, Love, it is our all, Love goes on forever, Yeah love it is our home. -That's What's Up
15. What is something you’ve always wanted to try but you’ve been too scared to do? Move somewhere new and start over.
16. Best advice for your 19 year old self? Exercise! You'll like it.
17. If you could raid one woman’s closet who would it be? Kate Middleton
18. Must have purse item? Money!
19. What did you want to do with your life at age 12? I think at 12 I wanted to be an opera singer actually.
20. What is something you will not be doing in ten years? I really hope I will be better at saving money instead of spending it.
21. What is an important life lesson for someone to learn? There are always many sides to the story and yours won't always be the right one.
22. What is one goal you are determined to achieve in your lifetime? Make it out alive.
23. Would you ever live anywhere besides where you live now? Uh, yeah!
24. What is your favorite dessert? Moose Tracks Ice Cream or warm chocolate chip cookies
25. Is there a dessert you don’t like? Rice pudding is weird.
26. It’s brunch! What do you eat? Chicken and Waffles
27. Who is your favorite painter? This may be the hardest question yet! I always liked David Hockney. Salvador Dali has always been fascinating too...and I guess it depends on my mood because I really like the Thomas Kinkade Disney paintings also!
28. Favorite Disney animal? Percy from Pocahontas obvi.
29. What is a book you are planning on reading? Next up is "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
30. What did you read most recently? “What She Knew" by Gillian Macmillan
31. Favorite solo artist? I couldn't possibly pick one.
32. What’s your Favorite board game? Clue!
33. What’s a city you wish to visit? Sydney!
34. Heels or flats? Flats
35. Where does one go on a perfect road trip? California
36. What do you do on a rainy day? If I don't have to go about my day to day life? Stay inside and cuddle on the couch.
37. What’s your favorite exercise? Turbofire!
38. What was your worst subject in school? Math. All of the kinds of math.
39. What is your spirit animal? Probably a puppy. They just want to love you and look cute.
40. What do you usually eat for breakfast? It's different everyday, but probably peanut butter toast.
41. What do you usually eat for dinner? That's different every day too, but usually some kind of chicken.
42. Cooking or Baking? Cooking
43. Favorite baked good? Chocolate Chip Cookies!
44. What is something you wish you could be good at? Hair and Make Up...Dancing...Ninja Warrior Obsctacle courses.
45. Skiing or Surfing? Surfing, because the beach will always win.
46. First celebrity crush? JTT haha
47. Most recent celebrity crush? Henry Cavill is basically perfect looking.
48. What color was your prom dress? Didn't go to prom!
49. How do you manage stress? Hah! I don't! But, exercise always helps.
50. What do you do to relax? I love baths and I love to watch movies and fall asleep on the couch.
51. Age when you were first kissed? 16 I'm pretty sure, but I kind of blocked it out.
52. Place you were first kissed? The dining room in the house I group up in. *burning cheeks*
53. Favorite fashion trend of all time? Midi skirts!
54. Best fashion advice you’ve ever received?"A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to prove you're a lady.”― Edith Head
55. Trend you would like to see disappear forever? I don't really care for rompers or crop tops...but! I think you can pull off anything as long as it fits you properly and isn't 2 sizes too small.
56. Shoes or Bags? hmmm..bags.
57. How do you know if you’re in love? You just know! I think it's easy to tell when someone else is in love because they will bring that person up in conversation at every opportunity. 58. Television show you’ve binged on recently? I (almost) got away with it. *shame!* Those reenactments though!
59. Who do you turn to when you’re sad? Blake first.
60. Name one thing you’ve learned the hard way? You don't have to be best friends with everyone and not everyone will like you. But that's totally fine!
61. If you could make a documentary about anything what would it be? Pugs.
62. What is your Kryptonite? The TJ Maxx home section.
63. What are you most enchanted by? sunsets over the water.
64. What is your biggest strength? Wow, uh, probably having vision. I can see tons of outcomes at once in lots of different arenas. From consequences of good or bad actions to where furniture should go in a room.
65. What is your biggest weakness? Over thinking/analyzing. I can't just go with it.
66. What are 3 words to describe living in Florida? Hot, Tourists, and Awesome
67. Cutest thing on planet earth? baby anything
68. Most important advice you’d give your future children? Always be considerate of others. Think of their feelings and how what you do will affect them. Give people the benefit of the doubt. See their side and know that they also have a lot going on in their lives.
69. Best first date idea? A big group outing with lots of activities to take the pressure off.
70. Favorite type of flower? Hydrangeas and Peonies
71. What do you first notice about someone when you meet them? Their overall appearance. That sounds really shallow, but I just mean you can tell a lot about a person by how they take care of themselves and if they are trying to put themselves together. I don't mean what brands they are wearing, but if they have put some effort into being their best selves.
72. What’s your guilty pleasure? The Bachelor and Keeping Up with the Kardashians
73. Plans for the weekend? This weekend we start on our bathroom reno! It's DEMO DAY!
That probably wasn't near as interesting as a celebrity's interview would be, but I had fun! Some of those questions were really hard, and I had to think about it for much longer than I thought I would. I'd love to read your interviews, so leave a link in the comments below!
Have you ever been at a party and the conversation turns to something that you just can't relate to at all? I'm talking about something that literally the entire group agrees with and you are the only one not nodding in agreement.
For example: I'm often the only morning person in the group while everyone is talking about how they just wish they could sleep until noon. or: I've seen every episode of Doctor Who and I do not understand why people like it so much. or: naps. I hate naps!!
Oh how my teenage self would just love not to stand out in situations like this! I would have just smiled and nodded. Now, I love my unpopular opinions! I don't mind being different if it means being myself.
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My main unpopular opinion? I love Mondays!
While most people dread Monday, I look forward to them! To me Mondays mean routine. A fresh start to have a great week! That is the reason diets always start on Monday anyway right? Don't get me wrong, I love Fridays as much as the next girl. Weekends are filled with social events and little getaways, but you have to be balanced. Monday means balance to me. I got to be social all weekend, and now I want my routine! I look forward to the fresh page in planner, and getting ready to accomplish my to-do list.
Ok it's your turn!
Leave me a comment: What are your unpopular opinions?! Any other morning people out there?
Have all of your friends been doing that 20 random fact lists on Instagram too? Here is my list! I cannot believe how hard it was to come up with that many things-interesting things anyway.
1. When I got married and changed my name with the Social Security office, they messed up and combined my middle name with my maiden name. So my official middle name is ElizabethSalley.
2. I love singing in Opera!
3. If I had a superpower it would be Laser Vision-then I could trim really tall trees.
4. I am an ENFJ which means I care more about you than I do about me.
5. My favorite scripture is Job 37:5
6. My favorite animals are pugs, sloths and donkeys.
7. I'm slightly obsessive, in that there is always room for improving. I can always be better.
8. My favorite movie of all time is Father of the Bride.
9. I am a really fast reader. But, I tend to read a book in a day and then not another one for a few months.
10. I hate highwaist shorts and tights as pants.
11. I also hate when people wear workout clothes out, and obviously have no plans to work out.
12. I am the anti-hoarder. I absolutely love throwing things away!
13. I redecorate everyone's houses in my head when I visit.
14. I love both Chipotle and Moe's!
15. When I go to TJMaxx I'd rather look in the home section than at the clothes.
16. My husband is my best friend! He pats my arm when I go off about something. Even though that irritates me, I also love that he is my opposite and balances out my crazy.
17. I have a terrible inner struggle about having children. I love kids so much, but the idea of having them on purpose is so crazy to me.
18. I love lists!
19. I hate awkward silence! I end up saying the stupidest stuff just to break the silence.
20. One of my ultimate fitness goals is to do a 5 minute plank! I have gotten up to 2 minutes, but can't seem to break that.
Leave me a comment: Tell me a random fact about you! Can you relate to any of my randomness?
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