For lack of a better post idea...

Here is my "3-Things" list:

A good friend tagged me in her 3-Things list on Facebook. I usually don't follow through with the tags (even though I love reading my friends' notes), but I was bored. Anyhow, here goes:

Three names I go by:
1. Lindsay
2. Lindsay-Kins
3. Lindsay-Kae

Three Jobs I have had in my life:
1. Swim Instructor
2. Financial analyst & Customer Service Relations Specialist
3. Hair Designer

Three places I have lived:
1. In a house
2. In a fourplex
3. In an apartment

Three Favorite Drinks
1. Water, WATER!!
2. diet coke
3. Water? :-)

Three TV shows I watch: (if watching seasons I rent from the library counts...)
1. 24
2. M*A*S*H
3. Design programs on HGTV



Three domestic places I have been:
1. Glacier National Park
2. Mesa Verde National Park
3. Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Three People that text (or instant message) me regularly:
1. my boyfriend
2. my cousin
3. my boyfriend's brother's girlfriend (she's my friend, too)

Three of my favorite foods:
1. Ratatouille
2. cantaloupe
3. blueberries

Three Favorite pets:
1. Schatzie--my late, Shitzu/Maltese, perfection dog.
2. Ducks
3. Pygmy Marmosets (except for a brief period after reading The Hot Zone, I've always wanted a monkey).

THREE WAYS I AM STILL A KID:
1. I prefer going barefoot
2. I'm kind of afraid of the dark (embarrassing... )
3. Roald Dahl is still a favorite author; I definitely get a kick out of frobscottle!

THREE WAYS I AM ALREADY OLD:
1. I sleep a ton, including daytime naps.
2. Genealogy, I am doing it.
3. I love talk radio.

THREE THINGS I WANT TO DO:
1. Graduate and become a school-teacher.
2. Get a passport + use it= TRAVEL!!
3. Become a published children's author.

THREE WAYS THAT I’M A STEREOTYPICAL “BOY”:
1. I don't like a lot of chick flicks.
2. I can become pretty aggressive when playing sports.
3. When a problem arises, I want to determine a solution right away, not JUST talk about my feelings.

THREE WAYS THAT I’M A STEREOTYPICAL “GIRL”:
1. I love getting gussied up for a night out.
2. Body-image hangups (well, I am a girl ya know).
3. I frequently daydream of cute things like receiving flowers.

THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS:
1. Receive my class assignment for my student internship.
2. Publish one of my stories in a children's magazine.
3. Finish reading the Old Testament cover-to-cover (first time through).

THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. I am a very kind person; I care a lot about people.
2. I like to be very imaginative & creative.
3. I stand up for myself for the important things.

THREE THINGS YOU HATE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. I am the classic worry-wort.
2. I am a perfectionist.
3. I give people the benefit of the doubt (good) too much (bad).

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. Not becoming my best self
2. My boyfriend--he's always trying to spook me. lol
3. monsters under my bed! J/K

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. relaxing, quiet time and/or a little bit of piano practicing.
2. exercise
3. laughter

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1. 5'7", blond, striking blue eyes, amazing smile complete with vampire teeth (how's that for cheeeeeese?)
2. Smile (Do they?)
3. Good Disposition/countenance (I know that isn't exactly a physical thing, but it's probably the first thing I look at)

THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN’T DO:
1. Stop loving Texas
2. that really loud whistle one uses to get a large group's attention.
3. Sing below the D below middle C. (and If my voice is warm...out go all the low notes) :)

THREE CAREERS YOU’RE CONSIDERING:
1. School-teacher.
2. School Librarian.
3. Professor in the far-off future

THREE THINGS YOU WISH TO TELL THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE: i.e. three things I could never say to these people’s face, but I’m just dying to tell them in person. ;)

1. I have no idea! Oh! Maybe, "you should really trim the hairs sticking out of your nose." lol--that is really mean.
2. um
3. I can't think of anything else.

THREE PLACES YOU FEEL AT HOME:
1. At home, of course (that's novel)
2. my cousin's house
3. with my boyfriend (lyrics from Fiddler in the Roof are running through my head. "Yet, there with my love, I'm home.") I know that is really cheesy, but it is very true.

THREE IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE: (this is where I'll be a little more discreet--sorry I don't like putting names on my blog)
From HS:
1. friends
2. German teacher
3. seminary teachers

College:
1. roommates
2. cousins
3. Aunt & Uncle

At home (excepting family who are too important to even put on the list)
1. family friends
2. My doctors.
3. My next door neighbor who took me to the Houston Grand Opera so many times and even arranged for me to meet the conductor and Susan Graham.

THREE THINGS THAT CROSS YOUR MIND A LOT:
1. Something about a book I'm reading.
2. How I can be or do something better.
3. Something about the people I love.

THREE THINGS YOU DO BEFORE YOU FALL ASLEEP:
1. Brush the sweaters off my teeth. ;-)
2. Read
3. Stretch

THREE CONFESSIONS:
1. I miss being on stage like crazy.
2. I have never been able to do a pull-up.
3. cheese and chocolate are my vices.

THREE THINGS YOU ARE THINKING RIGHT NOW:
1. I am awfully tired.
2. Why is my camera still around my neck?
3. I'm really hungry, and I forgot to eat lunch. It's almost 7; I think I'll eat dinner.