SPT: #7 on 100 list

I know it's technically long past Tuesday, but I want to jump back into the SPT fun this week. 

Lelly’s SPT challenges this month hearken back to our 100 lists (have you made a list of 100 things about YOU {ahem..april}  yet? If not, post one on your blog soon!). And this week’s challenge has to do with #7 on the list. Which happened to be the one item my husband took issue with when I posted said list for the first time.

#7 I married a boy with no ounce of gypsy

I think Jim took that as a "you are boring" indictment, but its true nature only reaches clarity in comparison to the previous entry on the list...

#6 my family moved 15 times by the time I turned 18

Shocking, no? 

I'm a gypsy.  I have a restless bug, a travel bug, a driving need to see & do & hear & Be.  After graduating from high school, I spent the summer in Japan, then headed straight to college.  After graduating college (in 3 years because I couldn't sit still by that point), I moved to D.C., where I lived for a year taking random jobs because I didn't want to be tied down.  I even gypsied my way through my mission, managing to serve in Taiwan, California, and Tempe, Arizona.  It wasn't until I was 26 that  I settled into a vocation (formerly the queen of temp jobs).  And even now - as an at-home mom - I flit from hobby to hobby, fitting housework and laundry in as necessary. 

Jim...well, he is steady.  But  “steady” definitely does not mean dull.

His lack of gypsy is balanced by a healthy dose of this un-dull duo:  rebellious spontaneity .  He originally won my heart by breaking traffic laws...and continues to keep me on my toes with (among other things) an unparalleled aptitude for verbal sparring, sudden & mischievous movements (which completely freak me out), and a deplorable desire to litter (despite my best efforts to introduce a "Scott's don't litter" family motto, the boy still needs looking after).

More than enough variety to keep this gypsy happy.

evidence of how an innocent SPT may come to include tongue when you live with a mischief-maker

Comments

[Neighbor Jane Payne]

What a great post, Amy. I'm glad you posted that picture of Jim. But most of all I love the ways your eyes sparkle in that picture! What a fun, fun picture.

[Barb]

Jane nailed it. It is the sparkle in your eye that makes this a great SPT. I hope you turned and kissed him right after that.

[lelly]

what a happy photo!!

[Katie A.]

That is an amazing amount of moving! I've never lived anywhere but MT, and fought tooth and nail when Mike suggested trying Nevada on for size. I love that photo (and the caption beneath it)!

[Megan]

Our family is a gypsy family, never an ounce of boredom to go around, that's for sure!! The picture is adorable, your eyes are always so alive.

[Tiffany]

I was going to comment about your beautiful eyes, too! Lovely you--so glad you caught your own non-gypsy steady man.

Let's see...I had moved a grand total of 1 time by the time I turned 18. And married a man who never moved before he left on his mission. No gypsy genes here.

[Kelly]

That photo made me laugh out loud. It's fabulous, and you do look extra sparkly in it.

I am afraid there is more gypsy in Keith than in me -- hopefully this last move got it out of his system!

[Mandy]

I never moved until I left for college. Josh and I have moved I think 11 times since that but we have always stayed in Montana. I don't know if that counts as gypsy-ing or not.

Lovely picture of you!

[Marie]

This is great! I am not a gypsy, I'm affriad. I am a lover of home.

Great photo of you two!

[Rachel]

Love when you talk about your and Jim's relationship. And I have to echo everyone else. The picture is FABULOUS! I am a closet gypsy. I have all these hidden desires to travel and do spontaneous things, but never do. Not brave enough, I guess.

[michelle]

I love this post! The words, the photo, just fabulous. But my favorite part? Your trying to introduce a family motto of Scotts don't litter!! Hilarious.

[Mandi]

I think D inherited your eyes (especially when it comes to pictures). I hope you'll come visit me when I finally live up to my gypsy dreams of moving out of Arizona!

[Lucy]

Amy - such a fun explanation of two things about you...and your other. The picture is the best part!

I've been so frustrated! My computer constantly freezes on your blog. I don't know why. And I don't get your pictures on google reader. Words only. Anyways, I fought off my temper tantrum, waited patiently, and now find myself able to leave a comment.

I think you were sent into my life to teach me something in the ways of endurance. Who knew???:)

[Shanon]

This was a fun post to read and love the picture! That is something Jared would do.

[April]

Could you be any more darling? I don't know if I've ever seen that much "happy" in your eyes.