Tag I’m It…Again!

Gosh. Sean Sexton tagged me for another online meme and told me to blame Randy Seaver <smile>. This time I’m supposed to tell you eight random things about myself and of course tag eight others. So here goes. First, the rules.

1. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
2. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
3. At the end of your blog post, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their name.
4. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged and to read your blog.

1. Like Sean, I’m usually reading more than one book at a time. Right now it’s a James Rollins novel, Tribes by Seth Godin, and a book on training my puppy. This doesn’t include the daytime reading I do to solve your picture mysteries. Can you tell I was an early reader?

2. I have dog. These memes can get a little personal so I hope this doesn’t cross over into the TMI (too much information) category. She’s a lovely little Maltese.

3. I owned my first camera at 7 and have the photographic proof to prove it. You might have caught a glimpse of me with camera in hand on my FaceBook page.

4. My current favorite museum is the Metropolitan Museum in New York City. They have a special membership fee for folks who live a certain distance from the Big Apple so I joined. Now I wish I lived closer to the city so I could go more often.

5. I once tried to learn Russian. Do I need to say more?

6. I can’t remember a time when I didn’t want to work with photographs. My first job out of college was as a reference assistant at a historical society and as an assistant photo curator. It was a spilt job–one in the morning and the other in the afternoon.

7. My office is organized by color. As a visual person it’s a lot easier for me to locate files if I assign different colors for different types of material. The only problem I’ve had is when a company discontinues a color.

8. My ancestry is French-Candian, English, Irish and Scottish. Some day I hope to travel to Scotland, but first I have to track down the birthplaces of those ancestors. I’m working on it.

I’m going to tag the following people:

• Diane Haddad, The Genealogy Insider
• Joe Bott of Dead Fred’s Relatively Speaking
• Midge Frazel of Granite in My Blood
• Juliana Smith of Ancestry’s 24/7 Family History Circle
• Kathryn Doyle of the California Genealogical Society blog
• Dawn Scotting of New Zealand and her blog, ByGoneDaysPhotography
• Miriam Midkoff of AnceStories: The Stories of My Ancestors
• Instead of tagging an eighth blogger, I suggest you take a look at the couple of hundred Genea-Bloggers on FaceBook. There is something for everyone. If you write a blog, think about joining. It’s a great community!