I've been tagged!

My friend, Jaimee, tagged me tonight. I have never been tagged before, so here goes...

Rules:
1. Link the person(s) who tagged you
2. Mention the rules on your blog
3. Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours
4. Tag 6 fellow bloggers by linking them

1. A lot of people know this about me but I can't stand it when my kids get dirty. If they are dirty, I change their clothes before we go somewhere. I always try to have their faces washed, hair done, and clothes clean when we are in public. (Now, when we are at home is another story!) I really have tried to not stress so much about it, but it is hard for me!

2. I am a freak about being on time! Not that we are always 100% on time, but I always strive to be. I have told people that if you want to see the worst side of me, come observe me while I am rushing around the house trying to get us all ready to leave and be on time!

3. I am TERRIFIED of bugs! Especially crickets, june bugs, really any kind of beetle. When we first moved in our house we had a lot of crickets. That was a nightmare for me! One day I was vacuuming the floor in the kitchen and a cricket jumped out from under the ledge of my counter. I thought I would die. I wasn't even brave enough to use the vacuum hose and vacuum it up. I dropped the vacuum, still running, and ran to my kids for help. Easton was brave enough to go vacuum it up so that I could go on with my life. I could tell you many more instances where my kids, especially Paisley, (I think I passed on my fear to Easton a bit) had to "save" their poor mom from a bug. Last week it was from a praying mantis while I was mowing the lawn! FREAKY!!!

4. I am also scared of really large birds and really large fish! They freak me out, too! When Dave and I were dating, we were four-wheeling in Island Park. We came around a corner and right in front of us was this HUGE crane. It took off running/flying when it saw us. But, that was so creepy to me!

The summer after I graduated, my family went down to Lake Powell for a week. It was so fun. The water was like bath water. But, when I was swimming in the water, if I made the mistake of letting my mind think about what kind of fish were swimming around me, I would have to get out! Also very, very creepy to me. There is just something unnatural about big birds and big fish!!

5. As I write about being scared of things, ironically another quirk is that I kind of like to be scared. Not by beetles, large birds and fish, but of scary movies, books, and stories. The older I get, I have decided I enjoy it a bit less. But, I still am drawn to scary thriller movies. I always hate being scared when I am in the moment of watching the movie. Dave always laughs at me for watching a scary movie through my fingers while my hand is covering my eyes. But, at the end, when I feel safe again, I think "That was fun!" :)

6. I, along with Jaimee and Megan, have to check on my kids every night before I can go to sleep. It must not be so much of a quirk as it is just a "mom" thing. There have been nights that I get all cozy in bed and remember that I didn't go down and check on Easton or something. I will think, "Oh, I am sure he is fine." But, the thought will nag at me and keep me awake until I get out of bed and go see with my own eyes that he is okay. I also worry that they are going to get cold during the night so I make sure that they are covered up. Like I said, I think it is totally a mom thing!

When I first saw that Jaimee tagged me, I thought, what quirks? How can I come up with 6 of them? But, unfortunately, I realized that I have a lot of weird quirks. I am sure that I could come up with several more. Call me crazy!

I tag: Chelsea, Kori, and Ashley.