I'm it!! I've Been Tagged!

The Good Woman from My wee Scottish Blog tagged me. The basis of the "tagging game" is to tell 8 things about yourself that others don't know. Then tag 5 different people and get to know them. So without further ado....

1. I used to be a hippie. No, no, not from the 60's. I was a hippie-wannabe in college in the early 90's and I had all the groovy outfits. On Halloween, people borrowed all my clothes to dress up like hippies for the costume party. I won first prize for my hippie outfit (of course I saved the best outfit for me!).
2. When I was 7 or 8 years old, I wanted to join the school band. The music conductor looked at this little deaf girl and said, "No." Dad argued. Conductor asked me to pick an instrument. I picked the flute. Conductor showed me how to blow a note and asked me to blow and hold a note as long as I could. I blew and held a note for over a minute and a half. I played the flute for nearly 6 years in the school band. Didn't know a deaf person could play, did ya?
3. Once, in college, I had a little too much to drink and discovered I could do a really good imitation of Dolly Parton (y'know, that blond big-haired country singer with the big boobs).
4. I have a pierced tongue. It was a gift for my 21st birthday. Does it mess up my speech? I already talk with an Irish accent, so what difference does it make?
5. Dad took me to see John Denver in concert for my 16th birthday. I love John Denver!
6. I once performed at the Kennedy Center in D.C. with my high school Deaf Performing Arts group, The MSSD Road Show.
7. I paid $150 for an Italian glass hanging lamp and it has never been used since I bought it 12 years ago. I simply haven't found the right place for it. I don't think I ever will.
8. I rip up old cotton sheets and clothing into strips and crochet them into rag rugs. Sometimes I'll take a teeny tiny hole and make it bigger just so I can say, "Oops! A big hole in the sheet! Looks like this one will go into the rug!" Because I need a particular color! (And there's my excuse for a new set of sheets!)

Well! That was actually harder than I thought it was going to be. It was a nice trip down memory lane for me, though, so I didn't mind. Here are the 5 people I'd like to know more about and I am tagging:

• Elsie Button of Flower Fairies and Fairy Cakes
• Lantana of Lantana's Latitude
• Drunk Mummy
• Karen from A Deaf Mom Shares Her World
• LindyStar of Danielle is a Hor (Yes, I know you were tagged before, but that was an A to Z thing and I like you! I want to know more about you...no, no.. not a stalker...don't call the police.. wait, wait! --{footsteps running away}-- Come back! I just want to be your friend!)

You're it!