Sunday, December 30, 2007

Dare To Confess?

By way of many a Journal, I found this "Confess to Four Things" thing.  At Hadon's place, then Roxy's, round a few others, and here J-Land Mini Convention & Confessional Continues at Lynne's (which she confesses is not her true first name lol).  I thought about this, and realized I could be arrested if I disclosed the really good stuff, so these are 4 I feel safe about confessing to:

l.  I have a fear of cotton sheets.  No doubt someone put a name to this phobia but that doesn't help me when I have to shop for rayon "faux" silk sheets, or man-made fiber mixes.  I also have to sleep with the bedclothes pulled over my head, perfectly straight on my back, arms at my side.  I know, I know .....

2.  Between 8 and 11 give or take, I loved to "move in" to all the houses in my area under construction.  After breakfast during summer vacation, I'd pack my most needed things (raw cake mix, a book on Beethoven's life, and a spoon) then seek out which "about to be a" house I wanted for that day.  Some were alot more finished than others, and I pretended it was MY house, found MY room, MY kitchen, etc.  This is called trespassing.  (I got SUCH a rush!)

3.  During those same ages, I somehow evolved into a "Peeping Tom"-boy.  Hiding in the woods, which were everywhere, I'd zero in on a particular house and make my stealthy approach (thinking no one saw me lol).  Crouching from tree to tree, I'm pretty sure I looked like a nutcase.  One lady came home with her groceries to find me standing in her garden and I swear when she dropped her bags and came running after me, all I wanted was my Mommy (who was happy to punish the life out of me later).  

4.  I lit a fire in dry grass then ran away and didn't look back.  I was about 10.  It most likely never caught, just died out, but the idea of it makes me wonder if I'm harboring a "secret sociopath" in my psyche.  I know, I know .....   

Hey!  I feel alot better now!  Of course, YOU may not, but try not to think differently of me - I left out the real scary things.            

27 comments:

Anonymous said...

Interesting entry.  I think lots of children like to spy on others, I know my girl did.  As for the cotton sheets, never heard of a phobia like that.  No, I have never set fire to anything lol
well, not intentionally!

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Anonymous said...

A sheet phobia, never heard of that one!  I used to hike thru the woods when I was growing up, and sat above a home that seemed to have no entry point deep into the woods.  I used to have quite an imagination about what went on at that home, to include criminal activity and I would be the hero to have them found out, lol.  It never got past my imagination though, and I don't remember sneaking too close to where I'd actually be on their property.  You were a whole lot braver than I ever was!  

Anonymous said...

Hmmmm, now you have me thinking.  What weird things did I do when I was that age ......Linda in Washington state  

Anonymous said...

Cathy, you naughty girl lol

Anonymous said...

I poured gasoline all the way down my sidewalk when I was 13 and lit it. SO don't feel bad :) -Missy

Anonymous said...

O but Missy I DO!  For YOU that is lol!!

Anonymous said...

I am crazy with my sheets and blankets (and pillows).  Don't even ask me how they are arranged and straightened and pulled and then straightened again.. LOL.    xox
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Anonymous said...

WOW!!!  You scare me!!!  LOL!!!  I'd hate to hear the 'other' stuff!!! I can't think of anything I did that was that bad..... I must've been a really boring kid!!  LOL!!!

Joann

Anonymous said...

Forgive me Father, I have sinned, lol...  Reading through this entry Cath, makes me feel like a saint.  The things we do when we are kids, eh?

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Anonymous said...

Oh good golly -- I don't know how much there is for me to disclose ... but I'll give it a shot!

Anonymous said...

I think they made a movie about the little girl who was always stalking, spying and sluething around.  I suppose this is going to go so far that I have to make my own confessions.  I have a certain way I like to lay to fall asleep and a certain way I want the sheet to be.  It was my safe way to be when I was young and scared of what might be in the shadows.  Got so used to it I couldn't give it up.  ;o)  -  Barbara

Anonymous said...

Are you kidding....   I like ya even more now..............
You would fit right in at my family reunion....
Happy New Year to ya....

Anonymous said...

    I hate to admit it, but your little misadventures in childhood are too close to my own. You pouring out your soul has done wonders for mine. So have a happy and healthy New Year.
Jude
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Anonymous said...

This was fun to read. Now I wanna know the scary things!! LOL Or..maybe not...
Pam

Anonymous said...

Mea culpa time, I see Cathy
Well you are not getting my secrets from me.......................................just yet.
Fear of cotton sheets? (Must look up that phobia)
What do you do at trick or treat? Hide? There is thousands dressed like that as ghosts, it must be hell for you!
Trespasser and fantasists by eight with added Terrorism thrown in for good measure
A nosey “peeping tom” roughly at the same age and the piste de resistance
Sociopath by ten!
Now there no hope for you is there?
Take the pills and get to those meetings and have yourself a wonderful quiet New Year.
With my Best Wishes for your improving nature and status in 2008. ED

Anonymous said...

Bambakophobia
But that is balls to you and I! Cotton of course lol ED

Anonymous said...

Thank you ED, it's the fear of sleeping in them, not wearing cotton, that befalls and baffles me.  I really needed a name for it, gee thanks.

Anonymous said...

Omg... you were a real firecracker as a kid huh?  LOL

be well,
Dawn
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Anonymous said...

very good list of your confession you are brave for sure, i may skip, i think i will pass on this one and because if i did write mine i would haev more publicty then one can handle, i would be nver to post ,lol no judgemnts on the cotton fibers, no no name on the phiobia,  i haev a phbia to, thought to peak in, happy hoildays nad happy new year great humor in this entry, glad to see you writng,

Anonymous said...

Oh my gosh -- we're two peas in a pod!  But hey, if you need lessons on how to get the fire to ... uh, er, ... you know.  I think I was probably right around the same age.  

Anonymous said...

Thanks Kath, you're priceless.  

Anonymous said...

Wow!!  Your confessions are Grrreatt!!  : )  Happy New Year!!  May 2008 bring you good heath, peace and prosperity.  Is that right?  lol  I tried.  Love, Shelly

Anonymous said...

Somehow I figured you were a wild child. Wishing you a wonderful, loving New Year all the year long. (Hugs) Indigo

Anonymous said...

LOL, your confessions seem harmless enough...now onto the good stuff!!! ;)  
Lisa

Anonymous said...

LOL You were quite the child, weren't ya?  LOL

LORI

Anonymous said...

Little boys... you just gotta love them. That's what I think when I'm dealing with a kid that seems to get in trouble over silly and not so silly things... sometimes you punish them, sometimes you reason with them, sometimes you just smile and pat them on the head because you know? One day they will grow up to be loving husbands and fathers who remember what little scamps they were growing up! You just gotta love them. bea


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Anonymous said...

and little girls!!