I've Been Tagged!

Well, I got tagged in the newest round of Blog Tag. This time, I get to tell you (I'm sure you're super excited - yeah right, huh?) 7 things about myself and then tag 7 other people to do the same. Alli over at Rubber Rambles tagged me. She has a wonderful blog, so give it a peek! Here are 7 things about me:

1. I am terrified of heights - I found that out on the obstacle course at the Air Force Academy when I had to climb up a 7-or-so story tower by literally climbing up my classmates. I had to grab on to the front of them as they held the level above, and climb up their body to the next level. If I had been a little taller, I might not have had to do it that way. It's hard to picture, but I realized that I really don't like being up high.

2. With number one being said, I earned my Parachute Jump Wings from the Air Force while at the Academy by jumping BY MYSELF out of a plane 5 times and being in free fall each of those times for at least 10 seconds. It was the most AWESOME experience of my life and I would do it again in a heartbeat. You NEVER feel the sensation of falling. If you could lay on a giant fan, that's what free fall feels like, and then when your chute opens, you just feel like you're gliding/flying around. It was incredible.

3. I thought that I would be the "first" female _____ in the Air Force. I wasn't sure at the time what I would be the first at, but I am very competitive and like to give 110% so I was sure that would happen.

4. Making the career change to being a stay-at-home mom has been so rewarding, I can't describe it. I know that it is where I belong, and it is the HARDEST job I've ever had. No lunch break, and you don't get to leave the job behind at the end of a long and tiring day. All joking aside, I knew that I couldn't have anyone else raise my kids for me, so that's why I'm doing this.

5. At the US Air Force Academy I majored in Biology and minored in Spanish. I graduated by the skin of my teeth because I was of the mindset that "I'll have a job when I graduate no matter what, so I can focus on other things." Boy, what a mistake that was - your GPA does matter later if you want to get your Masters, etc. Oh well....

6. I want to go back to school when my youngest child (will it be this soon-to-be-born baby #3 or will we have one more? I don't even know!!) is in school. Things I've pondered studying are Law, Nursing and being an educator (not sure what age yet).

7. I was a falconer at the Air Force Academy. Four people are chosen at the end of their freshman year to be on a team of 12 cadets who get to raise, train, care for and handle the Air Force Academy's mascot, the falcon. Usually the Academy has around somewhere between 6 to 10 different falcons. They are trained to perform during half-time at football games and at other public events. I would like to pursue falconry again when our military career is over. They are amazing creatures.

Now, for my 7 people tagged. I'm not even sure where to start. I have so many blogs that I check daily and I don't want to hurt any feelings. I think I will randomly pick some people with that same random number selector program I use for my drawings and give each spot in my sidebar a corresponding number from 1 to whatever the last one is. One second....

1. Linda - Celebration Moments
2. Lori - Inking Aloud
3. Paula - Love Bloom's in Me
4. Jenny - Paper Daisy Chain
5. Jan - Paper Tango
6. Ronee - Ronee Malama
7. Jennifer - Stampin' Crazy Jennifer's one of my downline, so I was excited that her number got "picked" :)