8 Random Things

I've seen this meme answered in many places around the blogosphere and now I've been tagged by Lucy Gray.  While I've really enjoyed reading other people's random facts, I have to admit that I'm not really a "meme kind of girl." I'm not the only one.  Clarence Fisher and Anne Davis feel much the same way.

Here are the Official Rules (although I'm breaking #3 and #4):

1. Post these rules before you give your facts
2. List 8 random facts about yourself
3. At the end of your post, choose (tag) 8 people and list their names, linking to them
4. Leave a comment on their blog, letting them know they’ve been tagged

8 Random Things About Me:

1. This summer, while running across the living room to reach my crying two year old, my little toe caught on the corner of a wall.  It's purple, bruised and broken but at least it's my daughter favorite color!
2. My husband is a professional jazz musician.  He plays the upright, acoustic bass.
3. I teach at the same school as my in-laws (mother, father, and brother-in-law).
   
4. Since my first pregnancy, I have become an ambilivant vegetarian.  It started with bacon, which I blamed on cravings.  Gradually, I've been eating more and more meat.  With guilt, I quietly admit that it tastes good.
5. I was offered my first teaching job three weeks before school started. Those were three of the most stressful and exciting weeks of my life.
6. After college, I taught English for a year at the Lithuanian Police Academy. I lived with my mother's cousins, met my great aunt and uncles, and learned a lot about family's amazing history.
7. I love chocolate, good coffee and guacamole - not all at once.
8. I often get the word order of phrases and idioms mixed up.  My husband's favorite is, "I'm runnning around with my head cut off, like a chicken."  Well, you know what I mean!

I'm tagging you!