More stuff about me

The Big Finn asked his readers who was interested in answering 5 questions about themselves. Since I have been a little overwhelmed lately, I have been hard-pressed to come up with any blog subjects. This sounded like an easy one. Here you go.

Oh yeah, and if you want me to ask you 5 questions about yourself, go ahead and let me know in your comment.

1. If you had to give up one of your senses (you have to choose one), which one would it be? Why?

Definitely my sense of smell because I already smell bad. Seriously, I have terrible sinus problems and can hardly smell anything as it is. It is by default that I choose my sense of smell. Of course, I would never choose sight or hearing. I love food too much to give up taste. And you could get along easier without a sense of smell rather than without a sense of touch.


2. If I were to ask the Medium Swede to describe you, what would he say? How would his description differ from yours?

I joke that The Swede is like the character in Shallow Hal. In the movie, Hal sees a heavy, unattractive girl as the beautiful and thin Gwenth Paltrow. The Swede sees me as pretty (God bless him) although, being a perfectionist, I see only my flaws. I think he would say I am honest and practical, stubborn and loyal. I would agree with all of those things. How we would differ? I think The Swede would say I run the house and he defers to me, I would say I run the house, but we defer to him. Now I would love to hear his answer.

3. Do you have a major regret in life? In other words, if you had to live your life over again, what one thing would you change?

I actually have two regrets. First, I would have been more involved in high school, both academically and in extra-curricular activities. I never even tried to do well or live up to my potential. I was too involved with the social scene to try out for the track team. I think I would have done really, really well in track. Now, I can hardly run at all.

Second, I would have quit working when I had our first child. The young years go so fast and I feel like I wasn't as good of a mother as I could have been because I was always struggling with work vs. raising children. It was really, really hard on me emotionally. Cliche or not, you can never get those years back.

4. Having grown up with all girls in the family (other than your dad), have you ever found yourself not knowing how to deal with "guy" things as it pertains to your sons? Are there certain things you just let the Medium Swede deal with?

Absolutely. I don't understand all this physical play and fighting. I don't understand why it's CONSTANTLY funny to talk about butts and poop. I expect them to be neat and tidy and behave like well-behaved kids (which isn't like most boys) and it drives me crazy.


5. The Dictator Princess had to answer this one, and I kind of like it: If you were to mentor a 15 year old girl, which 5 lessons would you want to be sure she learned?

#1 - to respect herself. Too many girls (and women) allow men to treat them badly. If girls can learn self-respect, many other problems in life can be avoided.

#2 - to be assertive. Especially in the workplace. Be a leader and be assertive without being bitchy.

#3 - to be a good wife. Treat your spouse with the utmost respect. Never be selfish in a marriage. Never be stubborn in a marriage. Be realistic with expectations of your spouse. Be constructive and not destructive (this last constructive/destructive point is taken directly from Dr. Phil.)

#4 - Don't sleep around or fool around just to please a guy. This kind of goes along with #1, but in more of a sexual way. I believe there is a trend nowadays for girls to do stuff just to please the guy (think GurlsGoneWild*) There is no chance when a girl grows up that she'll be proud of that behavior.
*trying to avoid unwanted GGW traffic.

#5 - Be safe. Be smart. I know this is a no-brainer, but if I really had to teach 5 lessons, this would definitely be one of them.