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my question of the week
| Fri, 02-18-2005 - 12:05pm |
What talents do we have here on the board? Who sings, dances, paints, writes, etc, etc...
Brag on yourself a little. I know a few of your talents probably, but give us a good long list. I'm curious.

I cook and I do a lot of "needlework" as in crochet and a little kniting. I like the crochet better.
Also sew some.
I think if I invested more time in these things, I'd be better at it. Most everything I do try in those areas turns out.
My DH thinks I have a wonderful beautiful lovely voice. He's the only one who's ever made such a big deal and he makes a REALLY big deal. I honestly don't know if he's got bad ears or if I really can sing. I WISH I could.
To answer my own question:
I sing like an angel, I draw, paint and I'm very creative, I love to read and research, I'm a good writer (academic and creative). I do ikebana and some calligraphy.
I have written music and poetry.
I have a great sense of humor.
I have been told I have beautiful, expressive eyes.
I know what to do with a man in bed. LOL And I hear not every woman does (how sad...)
I am great with multicultural relations, I'm practically bilingual now...I could get by in a spanish speaking country.
I know a lot about a lot of things. I'm a great partner in Trivia games. :)
I have a gift for everything to do with words or verbal ability. I'm a walking dictionary, almost always guess the "wheel of fortune" puzzle, and I can stomp almost anyone at any word game.
I'm strong for a woman. I have strong hands and give great massages. I can throw men my own size or bigger (karate is so much fun)...
I play a mean game of pool.
I have a sixth sense about what people need and I'm good as a friend/counselor. Lots of people have told me I've said something that helped them make a good decision.
Come on y'all...tell me how wonderful you are!!!!
I'm SURE there's more than that...you're holding back. think harder. :)
For example, You're an outdoorswoman...you camp and hike.
I didn't know we were going that deep till I read yours. LOL
I can kick ANYONE's butt at Cribbage and Euchre.
I make a great "Cranium" partner, and can "bs" my way through most any question. And I am GOOD at the drawing/sculpting questions as well as the charades type stuff.
I am a great camper, yes. ;) Can set up a tent and make a cozy "home away from home" in the middle of nowhere.
I CAN and DO bait my own hook when I fish.
I know how to make INCREDIBLE homemade vanilla bean icecream from scratch (no mixes please!)
Also make amazing meat balls in spicey red sauce!
Um....Ok, that's all I can think of for now.
This is fun.
I can cook and bake - I have spent my life learning this in good schools and hotels.
I can ride a bike 100 miles very fast
I can swim for miles
I can run for miles
and of course compete in a triathlon!!
Also:
camping, roughing it
photography
hiking
fishing
riding a horse
taking care of animals - as long as they are not reptiles :-)
Being a good mom
Being on a budget
Launching a new company - thinking out of the box so to speak
Keeping a beautiful well run home - decorating, cleaning quick, keeping it picked up, making it warm and happy
Shopping!! :-)
Ok, here's my list:
I paint, ceramics, well actually it's plaster without the final step of being fired in a kiln. I prefer plaster to ceramics because you have to use special paints with ceramics, and you are limited in colors. I just fixed up my "craft room" in my basement, and I wager to guess that I have over 200 different kinds of paints that I use. Plus I use stain and chalk for added effect. It's my real artistic passion. I've been doing it since I was about 8. I used to sell my stuff at a craft store, but that was before my kids were born. I just started getting back into it. I painted a bunch of Christmas ornaments and sold them to raise money for our church. I also do other crafts that I have sold in the past. I'm known as the craft lady at church. I'm in charge of all of the Sunday School crafts. I have a dream that some day I can paint enough stuff that I can take pictures and put the stuff on the internet for sale, like on E-Bay, or maybe even my own website. I know it's a big dream -- but maybe some day. My speciality is Christmas stuff like ornaments and light-up Christmas trees. I really wish you guys could see my stuff, it's pretty cool.
I enjoy taking vacations with my kids. I love outdoor vacations like renting cabins on a lake. I love camping, but I haven't been since I had my kids. I love all outdoor stuff like bike riding, walking, hiking, fishing (dad had all girls, so he taught us all to fish), canoeing (although it's been years), lying on the beach. I just love being outside.
Next to my crafts, my second passion is music. I can't sing or play an instrument, but I LOVE music. I have music on all the time. I like classic rock, current rock, 80's retro and rock. I'm real good at music trivia too. I like to say I'm the queen of stupid music trivia. My favorite game is Songburst, which is where they give you the line of a song and you have to complete it. I have the 70's/80's version, and no one ever wants to play against me because I always win. I think I was about 8 when I got my first radio -- it was a white transistor radio with ear plugs, and I think it only got AM, but I thought I was the coolest kid on the whole block. I used to sit under the tree in my yard and listen to music for hours. I think I bought my first record when I was 8.
As a friend, I'm very loyal. I'll be your friend for life and do whatever I can to help you. I'm very generous, almost to a fault sometimes. I'd give you the shirt off my back. And when you come into my house, you are my guest, and you will be treated like royalty (my dad was like that). I also think I'm a good listener.
I'm very active in my church. I help teach kids club on Thursday night and I do all the crafts with the kids. It was my idea to put on a Fun Fair last year, and it was a big success. I run the crafts for VBS and I also help out with decorations. This year, I'm going to get adventerous and try to take charge of the decorations. I'm never happy with the way they are, and I always end up making things on my own and staying up til 2:00 or 3:00 a.m. during the week of VBS. So I already have a plan of what I want to do and hopefully I can get some help. I hope to make the decorations this year be the best they have ever been. That's my goal. I'm really good at crafts and creating stuff like that, and the ideas just come to me. I kind of have "visions" of how I want it to look. The theme is the Serengetti, so I hope to transform the church into a real African jungle.
Ok, sorry I rambled so much.
Donna
that was very cool! not rambling at all.
This is great. ONce in awhile we need to brag on ourselves...to remind ourselves how wonderful we are.
I loved your ramble - and everyone else's - we have such talent here, ladies!!
This was a great question of the week, Candi!! It helps us see that we all have a lot to offer!!
I can sing. I have all of my ribbons from high school festivals.
I can dance. Any kind of dance. Give me a good partner who can lead and I can do it. In high heels, and backwards. :)
I'm a great swimmer.
I make the very best homemade from scratch, salsa and tortillas and all, baked chicken and cheese chimichangas.
I'm an avid, first class markswoman. I have a concealed weapon permit with three different hand guns. I can outshoot the vast majority of men - including MY DAD! WHOO HOO! Even if it IS only due to his age and fading eye sight! I'm still claiming it!
I'm a great hunter - my favorite being havolina (a type of wild boar - known for treeing hunters!) - and I've never been treed! And I can clean and cook whatever I hunt.
I'm the best dang corporate wife I know. LOL! I can put on the pretty dress or casual outfit and fit in at any situation and smile and nod and carry on intelligent conversations about any subject and make the new wives/girlfriends feel comfortable and make my husband proud.
I'm an awesome speller!
I'm a great friend. A great counselor. Nothing makes me happier than to be there to support, to be there to cry, to be there to CELEBRATE!
I'm a really good hostess.
I'm very mechanically inclined.
I'm a great furniture refinisher. I love it. Everything turns out beautifully.
I can make a bed that will pass military inspection. :)
I can play the dulcimer. I wish I still had one to play!
I am dying to play with euchre with Bec. I have a feeling that the two of us together could beat ANYONE!
I rock at Cranium.
I get standing ovations whenever I sign karaoke. ROTFLMAO!
I CAN HOLD MY LIQUOR! ROTFLMAO!
I'm an awesome traveler. I pack light, travel well - no matter the mode of transportation, and feel comfortable anywhere.
I can read a map and a compass and follow directions very well - even on open water in a boat or on a dive.
I can leash train a dog in a week, flat. No matter their size.
I'm witty.
I can scuba dive!
I can mountain climb. I'm a great boulderer. I can climb lead. I can tie all the knots.
I ROCK as a mom to two boys. LOL!
And - I'm a fantastic lover!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ROTFLMAO!!!!!
Mindy
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