1. I have several nicknames: "Linz," "L-Six," "Six," "Lin-Weezy" (although I will never claim that one!!!) and more recently, "Mama Mercer"
2. I was adopted when I was six weeks old. My real parents are Pat and Sue Six. If you would like to inquire about my biological parents, then you need to address them as such: "Birth parents" or "Biological parents."
3. A college professor (at a Christian college, no less) once told me I was the most conservative (politically) student he ever taught.
4. My mom was my high school English teacher. I vowed I would never be like her - now I'm a high school English teacher.
5. I am involved in a torrid love affair with Dr Pepper.
6. My greatest fear is that I will die before I get to see Mikayla (and future children) grow up.
7. I am scared of: clowns (there is nothing funny about a grown man wearing make-up and playing with little kids), spiders (only the big hairy ones), cockroaches (aka waterbugs -the big Texas-sized ones that are so big they could hold a conversation with you), getting hit by a train (that's how I'm scared I will die).
8. I have met a lot of Texas singer/songwriters: Pat Green, Cody Canada (Cross Canadian Ragweed), Kevin Fowler, Blue Edmondson, Aaron Watson (Go Wildcats!), Stoney Larue, Django Walker, to name a few.
9. I do not like it when strangers encroach on my personal space. I don't like hugging people I don't know well, either. "Don't touch me, dude."
10. I waited tables at several restaurants for 8 years. "Hi, my name is Lindsey, and I'll be taking care of you tonight!"
11. Stripper names take your first pet's name, then the first street you lived on. My stripper name? Florida Hamilton
12. I do not root for a major college football team. I went to a Division 2 school, so I hold no allegiance to any Division 1 school.
13. Mike Krzyzewski, however, is the best basketball coach in the entire world, so I am a Duke Blue Devil basketball fan.
14. I always think I'm right about everything. I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.
15. In high school, I played basketball, volleyball, softball, ran cross country, played 3-on-3 soccer*, sewed needlepoint and crosstich*, was in a puppet show production*, competed in photography competitions*, competed in art competitions, participated in Texas Youth and Government, was in four musicals: Annie Get Your Gun, Hello Dolly, Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat, and the Music Man, and I was on the stage crew for My Fair Lady, I was the yearbook Co-Editor in Chief, Who's Who, and in the National Honor Society. * means it was ORUEF competition - you'd have to go to LC to understand.
16. I have totaled two vehicles, been in 5 other auto accidents, received 8 speeding tickets, and 3 moving violations. And they let me drive a school bus full of kids!!
17. I hold two bachelor's degrees: One in Broadcast Journalism, and one in Exercise and Sport Science, with a minor in education. I am 3 hours short of having a minor in English, as well as 3 hours short of a minor in religion.
18. I will one day write a children's book, a tween book, and a young adult book - not on the same topics, nor in that order.
19. I will not ride rollercoasters. I am not young anymore; I have too much to live for. (I should have written "I have too much for which to live" so that I don't end my sentence with a preposition, but I don't want to sound like a grammar geek.)
20. I'm a grammar geek. I actually liked diagramming sentences in 7th grade.
21. I don't get "The Office." I do however, love Boston Legal and Psych.
22. I listen to a lot of AM talk radio: Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levine and the such. See #3 above.
23. I attend Gateway Church, and it is awesome! Every Sunday I learn something new, and it refreshes my soul and strengthens my walk with the Lord. www.gatewaypeople.com
24. I love starting new projects, but I have a hard time finishing them.
25. I never knew I could love someone as much as I love my daughter. She is the most amazing creature in the entire world. The Lord gave her to me at the perfect time in my life. God has taught me so much through her: Mainly about His love for me.
