I was surfing the net one day, looking at blogs from around the world and I ran into a cool idea. A blogger who calls herself the Tequila Mockingbird said it’s common in blog communities for each blogger to make a list titled, 100 Things About Me. So, me being hooked on blogging, I decided to give this a try. Here’s my results….
- My hair is naturally curly.
- In my entire life, I’ve only lived a couple of months without a dog in the house.
- ‘Hate’ is not a strong enough word for the way I feel about the color orange.
- I practically live in sweats and jogging clothes.
- I’ve never gone jogging.
- My favorite male movie stars are: Brad Pitt, Toby McGuire, Robert Redford and Tom Cruise.
- If I could have three wishes come true, one would be to have my dad back again.
- I detest watching sports on TV or at sports events.
- I love movies about sports and sports figures---Babe Ruth, Tin Cup, etc.
- I still have many of my childhood toys.
- I'm a recovering pack rat who is very good at organizing.
- My favorite hot house flowers are gardenias and roses.
- I’ve never had a baby.
- I like dark semi-sweet chocolate much better than milk chocolate.
- Currently, my favorite flowers grown outside are sweet peas and sunflowers.
- I totally don’t understand why people get face lifts.
- I’m left handed.
- I’ve only changed a tire on a car three times in my life.
- I’m fascinated with bungee cords. I say, “Bungee cords are my life” to my husband all the time, but I have no idea what that means.
- I over-eat when I’m stressed.
- I used to have a lot of contact with published authors.
- One of the authors named a fictional character in my honor; another mentioned me in a dedication.
- I’m dyslexia.
- I detest the smell, sight, taste and texture of liver.
- I’ve had pen pals in my life since I was a kid.
- I’ve lived alone for 42 years of my life (except for a dog).
- It’s a rare day that I enjoy driving.
- My favorite flavor of ice cream is mint chocolate.
- For 18 years, I did commercial snow plowing in the winters.
- My favorite public personality is Oprah.
- Phil Donahue used to be my favorite personality before Oprah.
- I don’t have a favorite, FAVORITE song---just lots of them I love a lot.
- I rarely wear jewelry, not even my wedding rings.
- Silver is my favorite of the precious metals.
- I collect Cracker Jack plastic toys.
- I like to knit and sew, but I don’t do it much anymore.
- I have more collections/hobbies than I could name on my fingers.
- I follow the rules of life.
- If I could have three wishes granted, one of them would be to a famous artist.
- My eyes are brown.
- I love the oil paintings of John Singer Sargent.
- I made all my own clothes in my teens and well into my twenties.
- Traveling overseas has never, ever held any appeal to me.
- If they could bring Paris over here, I’d be the first one in line to see it.
- My computer desk is really messy and unorganized.
- I ‘m a very well adjusted person.
- I’d rather write a letter than make a phone call.
- For over a decade I edited a readers’ forum where I also wrote book reviews.
- I love Friends, Frasier and Seinfeld reruns.
- I finished college exactly 25 years after I started.
- My favorite fruits are peaches, strawberries, and bananas.
- I do many things well but few, if any, things really great.
- I detest fake fingernails on other women.
- On my desk is a Ziggy cartoon that says, “Your past failures will always overtake you if you STOP chasing after your future success!”
- I’m a sweetaholic.
- I still have contact with my best friend through grade school and high school---she lives far away now.
- Sleeping on jersey knit sheets is my preference over other fabric choices in sheets.
- I’m pro-choice.
- I like the color gray for neutrals in a house and for exteriors.
- When I was a kid, I wouldn’t eat orange vegetables and often had to sit at the dinner table for hours until either me or my mom would break.
- I was over forty before I would eat squash willingly and now I love it.
- I can’t spell very well without my electronic dictionary.
- I could happily live in bathrobes all day long if ‘custom’ would let me.
- My older brother is my only sibling.
- I was a bridal consultant in the floral industry for twenty years.
- For ten of those years I had my own business.
- For several summers I worked part time filling pot holes in parking lots.
- I don’t like tattoos on women.
- My husband and I used to have booths in three antique malls.
- I like milk.
- If I could have three wishes come true, one would be to have new knees without going through the pain of surgery.
- I was a ‘take-classes’ junkie for most of my life.
- A portrait of one of my ancestor’s is hanging in a national art museum and although thirteen generations separates her from my mom, they looked like sisters. (See photo above.)
- My husband knows all my secrets and dreams.
- I love anything that smells like peaches---hand creams, shampoos, soaps, etc.
- I’m a democrat and a liberal.
- I’ve only had one beer in my entire life.
- I could eat or drink anything if it had crème de’ mint in it or over it.
- My belly button is an ‘inny.’
- I’ve made wedding flowers for literally thousands of weddings, but I didn’t have any at my own.
- I’ve own one of my house plants for 46 years.
- Vanilla bean frappuccionos and carmel macchiatos are my favorite drinks at Starbucks.
- I’ve only moved twice in my life and both times were within the last seven years.
- Growing up, red was my favorite color to wear.
- Now, purple is my favorite color to wear.
- I have a lot of allergies and have had chronic hives many times in my life.
- I would hate going back to a world without microwave ovens.
- I admire and appreciate good cooks, but I have no interest in being one.
- I once slept overnight on a cemetery plot.
- My tastes in music cover a wide range from Big Band era stuff to World Beat.
- On one side of my family my ancestors go back to the Mayflower.
- On the other side of my family, my ancestors were part of the great Ellis Island immigration era.
- I’m half English descent and half Italian descent.
- I’m glad I flew when I was young because I’d be scared to do it today.
- I’ve never bleached or dyed my hair or had a permanent.
- Before my husband’s stroke I was in a library once or twice a week, now I’m lucky to get there once every six months.
- I carry two credit cards in my wallet but I rarely used them.
- I hate reptiles.
- The best gift I ever got was at thirteen when my dad told my mom I didn’t have to eat orange vegetables anymore.
- It took me two days to come up with this list…making one is harder than it looks!
3 comments:
Nice getting to know you better Jean...you didn't mention aphasia once :)
BTW re: #61 What is squaw and how do you eat it?
Merry Christmas!
One Mom,
I meant to write squash. LOL Thanks for the correction and my laugh for the day.
Jean
Jean,
That was quite a list! You have done quite a bit in your life! I've had this mental picture of you for some time now, reading your blog, and everything you wrote just enhanced it!
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