The one where I answer the why’s…

FAQ’s that begin with “why”…

Q: Why do you have so many children?
A: Because they rock! Being a mom is the best experience ever. I believe it’s one of the highest callings a woman has, and I try to do the best job I can.  The rewards are incomparable, and I wouldn’t change my job of raising children for all the money in the world.

Q: Why are you obsessed with working out/getting in shape?
A: Well, I’m not obsessed, but my reasons for working out are threefold:
     1. working out makes me feel good
     II. working out gives me energy (though not always immediately; in the long run)
     c. once I get in shape, I’ll have more strength and endurance – two things I strongly desire

Q: Why did you use a number, a roman numeral, and a letter on the three points in the previous post?
A: It’s good therapy for my OCD.

Q: What’s your most embarrassing moment?
A: I’ve been asked this multiple times, and I never really have an answer.  I don’t really get embarrassed very easily, and if I do get embarrassed, I tend to make sarcastic jokes until the moment is no longer embarrassing.  For instance, last night’s blog post about my two fails at soccer practice —> not embarrassing at all (even though a woman was watching me get in the wrong car).  I just thought of it as fodder for the blog.  Stuff happens, you know?  No use crying about it.  I suppose if I thought hard, though, I could probably come up with some stories that should have embarrassed me, but offhand?  I got nothin’.

Q: How do you have such an awesome marriage?
A: God.
Seriously.  Andrew and I, after a few VERY rocky years, gave our hearts, lives, and our marriage to God, committed to Him and to each other, and our marriage has done nothing but get better in the 6 1/2 years since.  All the glory goes to Him!

Q: Why do you freak out so dramatically whenever flying or jumping bugs and/or reptiles come near you?
A: I can’t be sure of the exact psychological reasons, but I know they are vast.  I played with bugs, dug up worms, and pushed the antennae into the heads of snails at the age of five and six.  When I was four, I remember collecting multitudes of caterpillars and letting them crawl all over my arms, and catching crickets with Timberly in the church and bringing them outside (during cricket season in Texas).  So obviously, I wasn’t born this way (unlike Jacob – who we are trying to teach that small creatures aren’t scary – lol).  Things that possibly contributed to my fears…
1. From age 7 to 9 1/2, we lived in a log stick cabin that we built ourselves.  It came complete with a plastic roof, a dirt floor, and gaps in the walls.  Bugs were everywhere.  As far as I know, at least 50% of my siblings have the same irrational fear of bugs as I do.
2. When I was 12 to 14, we lived in a townhouse in Knoxville.  One year, there was a plague of caterpillars.  They were EVERYWHERE.  You couldn’t walk outside without stepping on  them. 
3. Another year at the same house, there was a similar plague, only this time it was earthworms.  *shudder shudder* I accidentally touched one that had come in through the back door – which is where my bedroom was – when I was lying on my floor talking on the phone.  (I’m not sure who I was talking to when that happened, but I’m sorry if I damaged your ear drums with my screams.)

Any more ‘why’ questions?  Ask them in the comments and I’ll answer.