25 Things You Probably Don't Know

Rebecca, from Pressing On, tagged us, which means that we must post twenty-five things that our readers probably don't know about us. To make it easier on ourselves, we decided to split it into halves: the first twelve will be mine, the next twelve Lauren's, and the final one will be shared. ;-) Let's begin!

1. Let’s just get the “can’ts” over with: I can’t whistle. I’ve tried—and tried—and tried. I’m just a hopeless case. ;-)
2. I can’t cartwheel (or stand on my head).
3. In addition to playing violin and piano, I can also play viola (under duress).
4. I have never read all of Little Women. I’ve begun it countless times, and always love it, but…
5. The thing that most irritates me is when people lick their fingers before turning a page. Gross!
6. My earliest memory is the birth of Melanie, my younger sister. I remember staying at my aunt and uncle’s house while Mom was at the hospital, and I remember going to the hospital to see her. I was one month shy of my third birthday.
7. I once ran away as a child because I was upset that my house did not have stairs (having lunch I disliked didn’t help, either). Mom watched me go, thinking I wouldn’t actually do it, and then ran after me when I took off! She called to me, “Mikaela, you forgot your coat.” Oh, yeah—better go back and get that, huh?
8. I have never broken a bone.
9. I have kept a journal since I was nine.
10. I never drink my herbal tea with sweetener; I sometimes take my black tea with a small (small) amount of honey.
11. I had never cut my hair (besides minimal trims) until I was fourteen.
12. My favorite number is seven. What can I say? It’s odd (who likes even?), used less often than other numbers, and represents perfection (seven days of creation, etc.)!
13. I have extreme Morton’s Toe (look it up on Wikipedia). However, don’t feel too sorry for me, because it is a sign of royalty and even the Statue of Liberty has it!
14. I put my seatbelt on strangely and have endured much mocking for this habit. (I pull the shoulder belt behind my head, buckle it, and then pull the shoulder belt in front.)
15. As a child, I stuffed a French fry up my nose.
16. I can claim relation to John Adams, John Quincy Adams, and Samuel Adams.
17. I have been known to go look something up in the encyclopedia, get distracted, and read through the entries until I snap back to reality.
18. My favorite books of the Bible are Isaiah and I John, but don’t ask me my favorite verse, because we’ll be here all day!
19. I love people that follow and comment on One Bright Corner!!
20. My childhood dream was to become an author, and I even finished a 130 page novel set in the Great Depression.
21. My favorite historical Christian figures include Eric Liddell, Darlene Deibler Rose, and Amy Carmichael.
22. I learned to read when I was four and have never stopped since!
23. As far as I know, I’m only allergic to one thing: a certain kind of deodorant.
24. I once started reading the Lewis and Clark journals, determined to finish them. However, I cood not quyte endoor the speling and punktuashon. (-:
25. Until we were 18, we had never spent a single, whole night apart from one another (i.e., in different locations, not just different rooms). So far, we still have only spent a grand total of one night apart.

And that's about it, folks! When you comment, it would be great fun for us to hear 5 (or 10 or...) things that we might not know about you. Please share! ;-)
Oh, and we hereby tag Jacqueline.