TAGGED
My friend Katrina tagged my blog. These are the instructions I'm supposed to follow:

• Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours.
• Tag 6 fellow bloggers by linking them.
• Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger’s blogs letting them know they’ve been tagged.

Hmmm...this is harder than it seems!

1. I hate eggs. I guess I'm oversensitive to the sulfur they contain, because they all smell (and taste) like stinky egg gas to me! I even didn't like french toast because most of the times I had it it was too "eggy." Ryan taught me to quickly dunk it in the batter, but never let it soak, and now I love it. BUT I always swore I'd learn to cook eggs for my husband and family. Now Ryan says that I make eggs better than he does!
   
2. That reminds me that I don't like store-bought maple syrup. It tastes like plastic to me! My mom always made syrup with Maple-ine, and that's the only kind I really like. And I'm cheap, and so is Maple-ine syrup, so it suits me just fine!
   
3. I hardly ever wear socks when it's warm enough. I remember 3 occasions that I wore socks this summer. When we lived in Arizona, I hardly ever wore socks and shoes, all year round! I owned like 8 pair of flip-flops and that's all I wore except for special occasions and church. Except I always wear dress sandals to church, so no stocking-type footwear there, either. I don't think I've worn nylons or tights since my mission! Oh, except for the time my sister made me wear some to my brother's wedding. Also, I kick off my shoes, flip-flops, or Crocs the moment I get in the door. I'd rather be barefoot than anything!
   
4. I talk too much. This is strange because I used to be so shy! Part of it was that I learned how to talk to anyone on my mission, and the other part is because I don't get the chance very often anymore. At least, I don't get the chance to talk to adults very often. So I guess I try to take advantage of every opportunity I get. Maybe after we make more friends, I can spread it around better and not talk everyone's ears off!
5. My feet are almost always hot at night. I usually have to stick them out of the covers. Maybe they are hot during the day, too, and that's why I like to go barefoot???
6. I see pajamas as a reason to wear clothes I wouldn't usually wear in public. Right now, I have red and pink plaid pj pants (from the clearance rack after Valentine's Day) with a red shirt. They're actually really cute and I love them. But once at the swap meet in LA, I found this cute but crazy fabric and made pj's out of it. It was tomato red with blue hand-drawn flowers. The leaves on the flowers were chartreuse, and of course, the swap meet also had chartreuse fabric and chartreuse buttons! I made the collar of the pj's chartreuse, with a band of chartreuse at the bottom of the shorts, too. I sewed the collar on a little bit wrong, and it totally looked like a bowling shirt. So I embroidered my name on an oval of chartreuse fabric and appliquéd it on the chest. Actually, I think I embroidered "Simon" on it. Simon Elly was a nickname my friend Sarah gave me our freshman year at BYU. It had to do with a game using your initials. Anyway, I took those pj's on my mission. When I came home, I left most of my stuff there in Brazil, donated to members or other sister missionaries. I found out later that those pajamas were later used as a wild and crazy costume in a ward activity! They were a hit!

So now it's time to tag some others. This could be tough, too!
Okay, I tag Bonnie, Melanie, Kika, and Erin. My other blog buddies don't update their blogs often enough, I think. I don't think they'd notice that I tagged them!