I've Been Tagged!

The rules:
Tell 10 interesting/weird things about you.
When you are done assign 3 others the same task.

1. Most people don't know this about me and you may think it is just a bad habit but since I was in 9th grade, I have collected PEZ dispensers. I have over 300, some of them are rare but most are just ones that I buy at the grocery store.

2. I grew up in California, in the city going to the beach on the weekends with my friends.

Jason grew up in a very small farm town called Benjamin, helping his Dad on the land. We have very different backgrounds but couldn't be more similar when it comes to likes, dislikes and our personalities.

3. I love to cook anything and everything. My inspirations are Ina Garten (Barefoot Contessa), she makes the most delicious and practical things, and Curtis Stone (Take-Home-Chef), other than being very good looking, he also makes the coolest meals that are not so practical but look so delicious.
4. A lot of people don't know that I am half Cuban. My mother was born in Cuba and so were her parents and when she was 10, they moved to the US. It is such a beautiful place, hopefully Raul Castro will change some things and make it possible for people to easily go there to visit .
5. I served a mission in Neuquen, Argentina and got to learn how to speak Spanish (or Castellano) fluently, and will forever be grateful. It was the hardest, yet most rewarding 18 months of my life.
6. While on my mission I gained a lot of weight and since then, I have lost 40 pounds. They make good food in Argentina. A lot of beef and fried food! This is embarrassing to post but here you go. This is a photo of a photo because we don't have a scanner. Here I am in my first area, called Sarmiento, about ready to be transferred. This was a lady we were teaching, in her very humble home. I wish I were still that tan and had the sun bleached hair again.

7. I have very eclectic taste in music. I love anything from Mozart to Sean Kingston, to John Denver and Shakira. It just depends on the mood I am in but you can be sure, that dancing is involved... only behind closed doors :o)
8. One of my favorite things to do is to go shopping at Tai Pan or in down town LA with my Mom and my sisters. We all have very similar taste and end up having the best time being out together. I just wish that my Mom lived closer so that we could go more often.

9. For my whole life, up until about 5 months ago, I have had really long hair. My friend Heather told me that she cut her hair and donated it to a little girl she knows who cant grow her own. I was getting pretty sick of my hair and was very ready for a drastic change, so I too cut 10 & 1/2 inches off and was able to donate it to this little girl. I knew that the only way I could feel good about cutting my hair was if it were going to be used for some good. It is something that I would like to do again once my hair grows back out.(Sorry, the bottom one is a picture of a picture)

10. I love sports. In high school I played softball and volleyball, I was never really good at either but, because my Dad and I would play catch so often, I had a really good arm and could throw really far. I don't think I could do that now. These days, I enjoy running (when the weather is good) and I love to go bike riding.

Now that post took way too long to do but was pretty fun. I am going to tag, cousin Becky, cousin Sarah, and Vanessa M. Have fun girls!