7 Random things you don't need to know....

Krista tagged me. First of all, I have to say how happy I am to have a new blogging friend named Krista with a 'k' -- all you "Blogging Amy's" watch out, it's only a matter of time before we catch up and take over the blogosphere....mwah haha!

So here goes:

1. My husband was the first stranger to introduce himself to me at university. We started dating three years later and married 5 years after that....15 years ago.

2. When I was 8, I swam 100 lengths of the Belleville, Ontario swimming pool and raised the most money of anyone in a charity swim-a-thon. No one thought I'd swim more than about 20 lengths, so when I went door-to-door, smiling sweetly, they sponsored me $0.25 to $0.50 per length. Suckas. In the local newspaper they described me as "the spunky 8 year old". They even gave me a trophy for Top Fundraiser! My dad swam too, then waited (a long time) for me to finish.

3. I've seen Mt. Everest in person. In 1990 I trekked to Gokyo Re in Nepal and had a most magnificent view of the world's highest peak. That was really tiring and probably the hardest physical thing I've ever done (yes, harderthan swimming 100 lengths, and because I know someone will ask, childbirth was a piece of cake compared to that day at 5500 m elevation).

4. I hate olives.

5. For one year, during university, I owned and rode this:

6. I can do a killer witchy cackle and am regularly called upon to do so at campfires by my kids, as in "my mom is a real witch you know...do it mom...do the cackle!"

7. Math was my best subject. Ever. But geography was my favourite.

So, who wants to go next? How about Carol and Amy? This is only a wee notch above a chain letter, so if you're not into it, that's okay with me, but on the upside, you don't have to make anything for this blogpost!