OK, here's another thread that will give us another chance to get to know each other a little better...may be a good thing...maybe not...you decide:

Tell us something useless you do well, something semi-important that you want to do but suck at, and something about the ugliest thing in your house.

for example:

The Good: I can recall stupid poinless obscure trivia like nobody's business. A totally useless skill that comes in handy when the party gets a little besotted.

The Bad: I am absolutely terrible with names. This is not age or habit. Twenty years ago at a party I went to introduce my wife of (then) 10 or so years to a friend and drew a total blank. Not on my friend's name, on Sandy's! I hate this deficiency. I always feel like I'm offending people by not using their names when I just can't recall their names at that moment. I'm talking about people I've known for five years.

The Ugly: When Rob, my oldest, was about five he made a little pottery container at a summer arts camp. It was glazed and fired and everything. It's hideous. Blob shaped. Ugly orange brown color. All in all it looks like something alien spoor. I love it.

 

Well this idea fell like a rock. What? Nobody wants to fess up to their shortcomings or nobody wants to toot their own horn?

 

I like the idea but I have to think hard about it.

I'm good at tutoring teenagers math. I really enjoy doing it, and if it's middle school algebra, I remember how to do it. The kids almost always like my help.

I too have a horrible memory for names. I have hurt the feelings of people at meets around So Cal, because I never remember their names. It sucks.

Ugly? I am in the process of packing to move in 8 days, so I've thrown away some really ugly stuff. I guess one thing that may be ugly but is gorgeous to me is a white ceramic container, like an ashtray, with pink "marbles". I think my daughter made it when she was around 9 years old, and I love it.

 

The good. I think I'm really a darn good Grandma. I have put a lot of time into it over the past 6 1/2 years, and have been rewarded for it ten fold. To see our grandkids so comfortable in our home and with us is great.

The bad. I talk too fast, my brain moves too fast and sometimes I interrupt people when they are talking. I realize that I did it and feel bad....It's a bad habit.

The ugly? I've got stuff my kid made me too, I think a turtle of some kind...it's not on display, but I can't throw it away.

The real ugly? Certain people at work "push my buttons" and I lose my cool. I HATE it when I lose my cool. Nothing good comes from losing your cool.