Meme: 7 random or weird facts about me
I have been tagged by Island Wench to participate in a meme entitled “Seven random or weird facts about me”. This is very similar to another meme that I participated in some time ago – Seven random things that you may not know about me.
1. My grandparents were sharecroppers.
Consequently, when my father was 17, he convinced his mother to allow him to join the army. He tells me that he joined the
army because he was “tired of looking at the south end of a north-bound mule”.
I guess that I got my work ethic honestly. My parents are both 67 years old and still work twelve hours a day (at least 5 days a week).
2. I became an entrepreneur at the age of twelve.
Just before summer vacation started, when I was in the sixth grade, my father brought home a slightly-used lawn mower and told me that “if I wanted any spending money, then I needed to get busy cutting grass”. He went on to say that everything that I made after paying him $40.00 (the cost of the lawn mower), would be mine.
I would get up early in the morning, tie the lawn mower to my bicycle and drag it everywhere in search of grass to cut. It turned out to be lucrative (at least in my twelve year old mind).
3. I put myself through college by working in a textile factory.
Hard work will not kill you. You are capable of doing a great deal more than you may initially believe you are capable of, if you are highly motivated.
4. The smell of liver can make me puke.
5. My wife and I are expecting our third child, any day.
I can’t wait.
6. I have become a computer geek out of necessity.
I did not log on to the internet or use a computer from 2000 to 2006. I was too busy. However, some friends and I discovered that there was a niche that was being ignored, so we set out to develop an internet business model that would cater to their needs. This project is still developing, but we have recently had an infusion of new talent that looks to be incredibly promising. I hope to announce something about our project later this year.
I also had the opportunity to become involved with the Rotater, which has turned out to be a rehabilitation and athletic phenomenon.
7. One of my goals is to have a vacation home in Hawaii.
My wife and I spent a week in Maui, several years ago. It was beautiful, exotic and paradise.
Now for the rules:
1. Once you are tagged, link back to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Post 7 random or weird facts about yourself on your blog.
4. Tag 7 people and link to them.
5. Comment on their blog to let them know they have been tagged.
Tag – your it!
Holli Jo – Evolving Blueprint
Jeanie Marshall – JMViews Personal Development and Meditation
Karen Lynch – Live the Power
Personal Growth with Corinne Edwards
Robin Skeen – Robin’s Reflections
Leila – Special 2 Me
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Chris:
I did a meme like this months ago and it’s actually under the list of “most inspiring posts” at my blog. It was so much fun.
So naturally I took a great interest in seeing this on your site - I love having a peek at other blogger’s personal lives because, well, it makes it INTERESTING! And it puts a more of a personal stamp at the blog I’m reading.
It’s fascinating to learn that your grandparents were sharecroppers. HOw interesting.
You are one of my greatest inspirations - I am particularly enamored with your success with the Rotator. From what I gather, that’s giving you an opportunity to eventually build your dream home in Hawaii - and THAT MY FRIEND, is absolutely inspiring.
Keep it up!! You’re going places.
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Hi Chris
This is my first proper visit to your site, so this post was a fun way to get to know you better. I’m off to Maui for the first time this April - I can’t wait! As an Australian currently experiencing a long wet Vancouver winter I’m in desperate need of some sun.
Keep up the good work - you have a new subscriber.
Peter
Thanks for stopping by Peter. You are going to love Maui.
Before visiting Hawaii, I had never really considered living any place other than Alabama (the climate is great). However, after a week in Maui, my opinion changed.
Maui is definitely on my short list of vacation homes.
Congratulations on your new job as Contributing Editor with Pickthebrain.com (http://www.pickthebrain.com). I have read several of your articles (http://www.iwillchangeyourlife.com/) after Brad Baggett (http://www.thejuiceofchampions.com) alerted me to your skills. You are the right man for the job. I look forward to watching you stretch your editorial muscles.
I’m back again because I just realize you and Peter (commentator above) may be missing a very cool website that talks about nothing but Hawaii. I don’t remember how I found her but her passion is vacationing in Hawaii. She provides a chock full of tips and insights. I think you’ll find it beneficial. Here’s her blog:
http://www.govisithawaii.com/
Enjoy!
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Chris, my husband bought school clothes for himself every year plus his first car by cutting lawns in the 1960’s. I think he said he was 14 years old when he went to Otasco Hardware Store and asked them to sell him a lawn mower on credit so he could start his business. They took a chance since he could show them that he was already hired to cut several yards in his small hometown of northwest Louisiana.
Stephen Hopson keeps talking about you on his blog so I decided to come see for myself. This meme was fun. I did it myself several months ago.
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Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve even heard someone mention an Otasco hardware store.
I’ll bet your husband has a terrific work ethic, doesn’t he?
Stephen is truly one of a kind and I really appreciate him mentioning me. Please come back anytime. I’ll be checking your blog soon.
Chris, my husband definitely believe in doing an honest day of work. He has owned his parking lot striping business for over 20 years. Our children would work on the parking lots with us in the summers starting when they were 7 and 8 years old. My son bought his first Nintendo game with money that he earned working one summer with his dad. As we have started getting a little older, I have started having breathing problems in the hot Arkansas summers so I don’t work as much with my husband as I used to. We are both in our late 50’s. I don’t see myself as old. I don’t think I ever will and I love working outside and my husband is an easy going boss and I do listen to my body now. I didn’t always. We do, most of us, get wiser as we get older.
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I’m glad to hear from hard-working people. So many want a to get-rich-quick. It sounds like you and your husband have set a fine example for your children, who I’d be willing to bet, are doing well for themselves and passing the work ethic that they learned on to their children. The apples never fall far from the tree.
Your definitely right, hard work will not kill you. Most of the time it only makes you appreciate the rewards and sense of accomplishment even more. Some of the most rewarding times in my professional career have been after mind blowing; tuff projects came to a successful end.
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P.S. I may be one of the few, but I love homemade liver and onions. I rarely get it, but one of my good friend’s mothers could cook it like no one else.
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