And now, the talent competition...
We all have our unique talents. Maybe you've taken ballet since you were five. Maybe you can write your name with both hands. Me, I have double jointed fingers. I sincerely hope that your talent is better than that. Please brag to us about everything your family is sick of hearing about. Remember this site is written by you! If you would like to submit your bizarre talent for all to see click here. I will choose approximately 10-20 per week to post.
Chief Mommy Owl - The Songtress
I have the unfortunate talent of instantly being able to learn songs by heart. When I hear a song on the radio for the first time, I can immediately turn off the radio and sing the song back. It was great in college. People would constantly come up to me at parties and ask, "Do you remember for the words to "The Reflex" by Duran Duran?" and inevitably I would. I would also put all of my studies to music and the next day could ace my exams(I was first in my college class). What is so unfortunate you ask? Try walking around for fifteen years with Huey Lewis's "I want a new drug" stuck in your head.
Mary Lou Mommy- Donna L., Ohio
I love to tell people about how I was the star on my high school gymnastics team. I was never good enough to try out for the Olympics or anything like that, but for our little school district I was the champ! People would always tell me I should pursue serious competition, but at the time I was a lazy high school student who had no interest in training ten hours per day. Three kids later, I don't think I could still do the back handsprings, but I can do a pretty good cart wheel.
Kenmore Master - Marianne J., Florida
No problem bragging here, I am a master of loading the dishwasher. I pride myself on the fact that I can load dinner and lunch dishes including pots and pans into one load of the dishwasher. Not only that, everything comes out clean and I don't do that much prerinsing. I would not advise an amateur to try this at their own home as I have had years and years of practice. By the way, I have four children.
Editor's Note - I would just be happy to own a dishwasher.
Another Singer- Lynn M., West Virginia
Don't mind if I gloat a little, but I have always had a really good singing voice. When I was in high school, I was always in the choir and participated in the drama program. In college, I starred in several musicals and even toured with a band for awhile. Eventually I settled into life as an accountant and a mother, but I never lost my love of singing. I frequently walk around the house singing opera selections, show tunes or even an eighties heavy metal ballad if I'm in the mood. My teenagers won't bring their friends over to the house any more. Another reason to keep singing!
Knitting Phenomenon- Blair G., North Carolina
Despite my young age (I'm in my thirties and that's young in knitting circles) I am a phenomenly fast knitter. I have been knitting since I was about thirteen, but it wasn't until I joined a local knitting club that I realized how truly talented that I am. I thought that everyone could sit down and knit a complicated sweater in a couple of evenings. I recently completed a whole afghan on a four day vacation. When I go to our monthly club meetings all of the ladies gather around so they can watch my technique.
Editor's note: Someone alert the Guiness Book!
Ride em' Cowgirl- Lourdes H.., Texas
I've been riding horses since before I knew how to walk. I grew up on all small cow farm which basically was an intermediate farm for cows to get fattened up before going to the next farm. We had several horses also and my father used to spend a lot of time teaching my brothers how to lasso as this was a hobby of his. Well, none of my three brothers was ever coordinated to get the hang of it so when I was ten I asked my father if I could give it a try. I was a natural! He would set posts out and challenge me to lasso them from far away and I could always get my mark. This may or may not be how I landed my husband.