[If I Were A Boy, Beyonce]

So, there have been many serious posts as of late.  Totally cool.  A lighthearted post is needed every now and then, though, and I liked fatmumslim 's meme so I am doing it, too.  How's that for an HYC update?

1 . Were you named after anyone? Yeah.  My mom had a friend named Tammy Tobeck.  Not sure why my name is spelled Tami; I guess she just liked it that way.  Tammy died of a heroin overdose, though, so that's sad.  I don't touch drugs, so that's a good thing.

2. Do you still have your tonsils? Nope.  Out at, I think, 12 years old.  I haven't had strep throat in 16 years; I had it about 5 times in the year before I had them out, so I suppose that was a wise choice on my mother's part, the whole tonsillectomy bit.

3. Would you bungee jump? Probably not.  Even if I weighed 110 pounds (which, on me, would be gross) I wouldn't so much be into it.  I love roller coasters, though.  Can't wait to be un-fat enough to be able to fit into one again.

4. What is your favourite cereal? It's a toss up- raisin bran, frosted mini-wheats, cracklin' oat bran.  I can't eat any of them anymore, what with the whole gluten deal; I like rice chex and they seem to be gluten free so that's happy.


5. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? All but never.

6. What is your favourite ice cream? I sure loves me some B&J's New York Super Fudge Chunk, but my new passion is Skinny Cow cones.  Tasty and low cal.  Superb.  [I kept the Brit/Aussie version of "favourite" on purpose.  Save with #4.].

7. What is the first thing you notice about people? Honestly, their body shape.  Fat, thin, etc.  Probably due to my own body image issues.

8. What is your least favorite thing about yourself? The whole being a sinner deal.  Not ideal.

9. What was the last thing you ate? A skinny cow ice cream cone :)

10. What are you listening to right now? Commercials from last week's episode of Grey's.  I didn't fast forward far enough and the stupid DVR gets all nutty and jumps too far ahead or back and it's annoying.  If it's close to the end of commercials sometimes I just let it play.  So yeah.

11. Last movie you watched? We watched Forgetting Sarah Marshall this weekend.  It was far, far more crude than I expected, so... it sort of detracted from the storyline.  Not one I'll be buying on DVD.

12. What did you dream about last night? I don't remember, not in the least bit.

13. What book are you reading? Searching For God Knows What by Donald Miller.

14. Summer or Winter? Spring AND Fall.

15. Do you have any special talents? I have an uncanny knack for being awesome.  'Tis fantastic.

As an actual HYC update, by the way, the scale is nuts.  It said I was 4 pounds down- four pounds!  And then the next day it said I gained almost 3, a jump of 7.  I've been eating really well and plan to keep walking so hopefully the down four was real and the up was a fluke.  Time will tell.

PS Tonight's dinner was INCREDIBLE but, like a real winner, I forgot to take any pics of it.  It was basically chicken in a peanut sauce with coconut milk, curry, chili powder, onions, garlic, organic tamari sauce (a gluten-free alternative to soy sauce), and tasty light brown organic brown sugar, etc, over rice with green onions and chopped up peanuts on top.  So tasty, and we get to have leftovers at community group tomorrow so we can avoid gluten infested normal people food :)