Memory Monday Mash up

Have you ever seen Glee? It's a show on TV that actually isn't any good anymore, but when it first came out I enjoyed it. The glee club does this thing once a season where they pick two great songs and squish them together to make one even greater song. It's called a mash up.

Welcome to my Memory Monday Mash up: Awkward and Awesome:

Awkward:

• I couldn't tell my left from right until I was in 4th grade.
• I couldn't tell time either until that same magical year.
• I tried growing my bangs out 3 different times while I was a teenager. To compensate for ugly hair, I wore mismatched clothing and too much makeup. I never did succeed in growing out my bangs.
• I asked my second grade teacher {in front of the class} why she taught school. This was not a question of curiosity, it was an accusation.
• I went to a wedding reception for a friend of mine after I was married and a lady from my old home ward came up to me to visit. This was awkward for two reasons. #1, She never had spoken to me before. #2, As soon as she realized I wasn't Heather, she walked away. A.W.K.W.A.R.D. !!
• I had a hard time making friends until our family moved to Silverdale. Once I didn't have an older sister in the Young Women's program, friends came a lot easier.
• Me as a Beehive. (12-13 year old girl in our church.) Yes, I know all 12-13 year old girls are kind of awkward, but I excelled.
• Cats are girls and Dogs are boys.

Awesome:

• I won 2nd place in a hula hoop contest at the Boise State Fair in 1985--the only year I ever went to the BSF.
• I started learning how to sew when I was 12. I have loved it ever since.
• Brown has been one of my favorite colors since I was 3 or 4 years old. My mom made me this awesome shirt that was brown polyester and it was my favorite one.
• My most favorite English Classes in High School were Speech and Oral Interpretation. They were both opinion based and as long as I participated and followed all the rules, I did well. Greek Mythology? Bad Idea.
• I learned how to drive a stick shift in the lower parking lot of the Nels Nelson Building.
• My favorite music, even as a child, was Neil Diamond and Billy Joel. I also enjoyed [and still do] Elton John and Roger Miller. I didn't care then, and still don't about the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. {Comment how you will, I still don't enjoy them.]
• My first memory of my mom telling us something about her childhood was when I was 15. I'll save that story for another time.

Here's a mash up for your listening pleasure.

Merry Monday!