100 Things About Me
1. I am an optimistic, generally cheerful person.
2. I have a lot of "hermit" tendencies and I do not enjoy crowds.
3. I have been divorced and have remarried
4. I met my husband online.
5. I think that raising children is the most important thing I will ever do.
6. I have two children.
7. I am often tired.
8. I am a morning person, not a night person.
9. I am ambidextrous
10. I can pick up objects off the floor with my toes (is there a word for that?)
11. I have been able to read since age 2
12. I skipped a grade in elementary school
13 I homeschooled, beginning in the middle of my sophomore year and graduated early after what would have been my junior year.
14. I have been working since the age of 14
15. I am much older than that now.
16. I have had several very odd jobs. One was on a ranch that raised ostriches. I've also been a taxi cab dispatcher, milked goats on a dairy, run a photo lab and worked as a seamstress in a bridal salon.
17. If theres a craft or artsy thing out there, I've probably tried it. I can knit, sew, crochet, tat, bead, paint, do stained glass, glass blowing, mosaic, photography, scrapbooking... and probably many more things I've forgotten to mention
18. I cannot sing. AT ALL! I'm the one in the back mouthing the words to "Happy Birthday" so as not to offend anyone.
19.I do not like to be photographed.
20. I do like to be the one behind the camera taking the pictures.
21. I like to cook
22. I like to eat
23. I hate to do dishes!
24. I often excel at "fiddly" difficult tasks and tend to do poorly at simple, mundane tasks. (I bore easily!)
25. I grow orchids.
26. I know how to grow marijuana (being raised by a pack of wild hippies, you learn some strange things!)
27. I drink only rarely and do not smoke cigarettes.
28. I love to play blackjack
29. I LOVE Las Vegas!
30. I was married in Las Vegas.
31. I have one sister.
31. I have more in-laws than I can count (my husband has a huge family!)
32. I have a strained relationship with my father and my stepmother.
33. I am a stepmother (!!!)
34. I do not think that I am a "wicked" stepmother
35. My stepsons may not agree with #34
36. I tend to be a bit more bossy and stubborn than I would like to be
37. I am getting better about not being so bossy/stubborn as I get older.
38. I have vivid dreams
39. I often have good ideas and inspirations upon awakening from said dreams.
40. I believe in spirits.
41. I have spoken to spirits through a medium
42. I have a collection of vintage sewing machines
43. I drive a minivan that's always full of kid stuff and work stuff and generally in considerable disarray.
44. I am fifteen years younger than my husband
45. I first used a computer in 1978 when I was 10 years old. (It was in what is now described as a dinosaur pen and had reel to reel tapes!)
46. I don't have a favorite color
47 When asked about my favorite book, I can't ever pick just one.
48. I'm a VERY fast reader
49. I can quote verbatim from books I read years ago.
50. I am horrible with numbers
51. I am easily sidetracked.
52. I have an excellent sense of direction.
53. I really, really want to get a tattoo
54. I can't decide what kind of tattoo I want.. yet
55. I have been pierced. And removed all piercings except for my ears because I got annoyed with them.
56. Don't ask where, if you don't already know I'm not gonna tell you.
57. I love rollercoasters
57. I get motion sick on nearly every method of conveyance there is...except for rollercoasters.
58. I have bungee jumped from an 18 story tower.
59. Twice.
60. And I have the video to prove it.
61. I like skirts and dresses and I wear them more than pants.
62. I like to paint my toenails but not my fingernails.
63. I have sworn never to wear high heels ever again.
64. I don't need them. I'm tall.
65. I've also sworn never to wear pantyhose ever again.
66.I don't enjoy shopping in malls or stores
67.I do like to shop online
68. I like to go to flea markets and garage sales.
69. yes
70. I think I'm a bit of a cheapskate.
71. I miss having a dog
72. I have three cats and two birds.
73. I have a business doing flowers for weddings and special events.
74. I also moonlight with a catering company
75. Which is one of the reasons I find it difficult to keep weight off once I lose it!
76. I love vintage fabrics and vintage dishes, and I have quite a collection of each.
77. I collect old pottery vases from the 1930s and 1940's
78. I consider myself a Buddhist
79. I really really want to buy an old Mercedes...to run on bio-diesel
80. I recycle as much as I can, and I am trying to consider the environmental aspects of things before I purchase/consume them
81. I do love to buy used stuff...clothing, furniture, etc. I'm a good "re-user"
82. I do occasionally shop at WalMart
83. I feel guilty when I shop at WalMart
84. I'm a worrier by nature
85. My drug of choice is caffeine.
86. I love the weird shows on Discovery Channel.
87. I love Ebay. I buy and sell there.
88. I watch more tv than I should.
89. like to read and knit at the same time. Or surf the web and knit at the same time.
90. I talk to my sister every day.
91. I bite my nails
92. I want to move out of California as soon as my kids are through with school.
93. I have a very touchy sense of smell and am bothered by a lot of fragrances.
94. I love earrings
95. I rarely wear any other jewelry except for my wedding ring
96. I often have premonitions and feelings of deja-vu
97. I am a very bad dancer
98. I like to belive that people are generally good and honest.
99. I'm a firm believer in the concept of karma.
100. I am a happy person. Life is good!