Oh me, it's a meme!

I have been tagged by Mandy for the "8 Things You May Not Know(or care to know) About Me" Meme....and by the way, that word "meme" still makes me laugh. So, without further ado, here goes:

1. I am the oldest of 4 who is married to the youngest of 4. We started dating just before I turned 17 and married at 21. He made me laugh then, and he still does! We have been married for 10 and a half years, but my husband's brother and his wife have been married for 15 so she has seniority on me. Which means, when my mother in law gets old and has to be taken care of, the daugher-in-law with the most seniority has to do it! My brother in law who actually had been married for almost 20 years got divorced last year, so Tammy gets it by default. Congratulations!

2. I can play piano & banjo. (I don't do it much though, so I'm rusty) My Mom was a music teacher before she went over the edge, and she wanted us to be well rounded. She also made us take tap and ballet lessons. Tap I liked, ballet...not so much! I did always think it would be a hoot to play the banjo while tap dancing...you know maybe for a talent show or something, so as to mortify as many people as possible at one time.

3. My favorite sport in all the world is fast pitch softball. I played from age 5 all through school and I loved every. single. second. of it! If they'd had college softball at that time, I would have played that too, but that came a few years after I graduated. I played catcher, and loved it because I was part of the play, every single time! My second favorite sport is basketball. I played basketball from 6th grade until 11th grade and I loved it too. I did not, however, like my varsity coach, which is ironic since my son has the same name he does. His name was Carter Dale and he went by Dale. I always thought Carter was so much cooler and wondered why he didn't use it. So, I used it!

4. I can ride a 4 wheeler like there is no tommorrow! Several of the youth at church have been totally impressed with my riding abilities on more than one occasion. I can do great jumps, and don't blink twice when riding down a mountain that makes my husband seriously squeeze his cheeks! (yeah, those cheeks!)

5. I carry a gun. A Beretta 22. My dad taught us to shoot when we were pretty young. He would put a coke can (cause ya'll know every soda in the south is a "coke") across the pond and make us shoot at it from the deck. Probably 100 yards or so. I can also shoot a bow & arrow.

6. I do not like to talk on the phone. Which is weird since I have worked at 2 phone companies, one of which I sold cell phones!

7. I went to nursing school and worked at a hospital for almost 3 years. I don't think I am nice enough to be a good nurse. I am not the most compassionate of people. I saw what bad nurses were like, and didn't want to be one....so I quit. My dad was tickled, let me tell you!

8. I want to always be a good person. I have 2 babies waiting on me in heaven who will only know me by what I stand and give account for. They won't get to know me like my baby will.(does) I want them to be proud that I was their Mom.

You know, since I am the Queen of run on sentences, you actually got waaaay more than 8 things you didn't really want to know! Lucky You!! I will give you all a break as a reward for reading all this bloggity goodness, and not tag anyone...but if you want to share,...please do!

This was originally posted in May when I was tagged once before by Susanne, but since I have been up with a sick baby most of the night, I thought I'd just repost this one,.. I hope you'll forgive me Mandy!