Eight Things

It appears I have been tagged by my once-upon-a-time co-blogger Phil at Brandywine books with a meme:

In which each player lists eight facts/habits about themselves, the rules of the game being posted at the beginning before those facts/habits are listed, eight people tagged at the end of the post, listing their names. The player then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read his blog.

I will confess I am not big on these memes (Friday five, etc.) but since Phil is such a gentleman I will comply but with one exception. I am not going to tag eight more people. Sorry, to break the meme but you take what you can get these days.

So here are eight nearly random things about me:

1) I am bad with names and dates (Despite having a graduate degree in history).

2) I have high cholesterol and high blood sugar and so I am trying to eat a low carb diet.

3) I have been married to my high school sweetheart for 13 years this August.

4) I have two cats, two dogs and come September I will have two kids.

5) I am trying to read 75 books in one year. As of now, I have read 44 so I am track to exceed that goal. (But I need to be ahead of the curve because football season always cuts heavily into my reading.)

6) I never liked coffee until I was into my thirties, but now I drink two cups a day religiously.

7) I have five different email accounts.

8) I have always dreamed of living on a lake.

Hope that satisfies Phil and anyone else who was curious about the man behind the blog. If you would like to help me fulfill the eight other people part of this tag please leave a link or a list in the comments.