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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

6 Uninteresting Things about Me

The splash awards are going around and I received one from Danika at Gorgeous Shiny Things. Thank you! She was inspired by my post on Which colour Market Umbrella you should buy! Then I was over at Pure Style Home where Lauren had also been given the Splash Award and asked to post 6 uninteresting things about her. I loved that idea, so here are mine:

1. I’m a bookworm, a design magazine worm and now because of this blog, I’m a blogworm. Really. When I was in school and someone was looking for me, they’d find me in the library. I’d go over to my friend Jennifer’s house who had a million Archie comics and she’d get cranky cause I’d just want to sit on her bed and read them.

2. I hate to be cold. In other words; I have a low tolerance for being uncomfortable. Which is why, in the winter, I mostly wear turtlenecks. I have one in every colour.

Design by Maria Killam Colour & Design

3. I know I've designed a space that really works for my clients when I come over later and everything is exactly where it was placed from the beginning (like the above photo for my bachelor client in North Vancouver). And I secretly like to get my clients to the point where they don’t buy anything without asking me first, shhhh don't tell anyone.

4. When I’m in a public washroom, I only take one paper towel to dry my hands, and I judge everyone that takes two. The truth is, I hate waste of any kind. People that really know me, call me the ‘war rations girl’. I make juice you can see through and everyone can always tell if I’ve buttered the bread because there is barely any on it!

5. I will not leave the house without lipstick on. With the exception of going to the gym in the morning (too contrived). I recently met a lovely group of women that I hang out with when I do a ‘power up’ class at the gym. This past weekend when I arrived at a party one was holding for her birthday, NO ONE recognized me. That is how different (bad) I look without make-up. That is why there is no photo of me here [above] there aren’t many without my lips on!

6. I hate to Zig Zag. Because I am a designer, and book a lot of appointments, source fabric, furniture, etc, I am always very organized about how I schedule my day. I plan my shopping/appointments so that I’m driving in a circle, I will go to great lengths to avoid a zig zag and I get cranky on the occasion when this becomes unavoidable.

So that’s it my lovelies! Whoever would like to participate in this game of tag, just post a link in the comments section!!