25 Random Things

Because of my love-hate relationship with facebook, I decided to cave on the "25 random things" tag, but I'm putting it on my blog instead of facebook. So here goes:

1. I can feel storms coming 3-4 days in advance. I guess you could call it my super power. I get sharp pains in my bones, usually ones I've injured. It's more of a curse than a gift really.
2. Nothing melts my heart like a little kid speaking Spanish.
3. I would drop almost anything I'm doing to go water skiing.
4. I love new toothbrushes.
5. When I was in 3rd grade I had to go to tongue therapy. If you want more details, you'll have to ask. :)
6. One of my lifelong dreams is to go to every temple in the world.
7. For a while the BYU directory listed me as being a lifeguard at the MTC.
8. My face turns red a lot, but I'm rarely embarrassed. Any strong emotion brings it out- angry, nervous, when I laugh, etc.
9. I might listen to the Spanish station in my car.
10. I did a year long term of service with AmeriCorps (think PeaceCorps but domestic) and loved it! (Minus the barely-being-able-to-eat-because-of-the-low-living-stipend part).
11. I got teased for having big lips when I was in elementary school. I think I've finally grown into them or maybe people have just grown out of teasing. I'm not really sure. I rarely put anything besides chapstick on and I think it's because subconsciously I don't want to draw attention to them.
12. I hate chili.
13. My great, great, lots of great grandpa was a Viking King. He killed a lot of people.
14. My roommate always tells me I have princess feet. I think that's her way to nicely say my feet are freakishly small for how tall I am.
15. I'm from the actual city of Salt Lake City, not the surrounding suburbs. And no, that doesn't mean I live downtown.
16. I went scuba diving and skydiving within a couple weeks of each other.
17. I am a huge BYU football fan. If I could have season tickets to the games for the rest of my life no matter where I live, I would be happy.
18. I hate birds. Except for quail. I really love quail. Especially little baby quail.
19. I had a stealing problem when I was little. I seriously was a little clepto.
20. I was in Ballet West's the Nutcracker when I was 12. I dreamed of becoming of ballerina when I grew up.
21. Thanks to predictive text some people call me Lipsti. I'll be honest though, it makes me question what I said in #11.
22. I was on the diving team in high school. I loved doing it because it scared the crap out of me.
23. I've swam with whales in Hawaii and sharks in Belize.
24. I wash my feet a lot.
25. I'm in a picture in chapter 44 of the Joesph Smith manual.