Friday, February 2, 2007

100 Things About Moi - February 2007

Practically everyone else in blogland did this eons ago but I'm just getting around to it - hey, I've been busy! ;)


1. I was born in Washington, DC


2. My name isn't on my birth certificate, but my footprint is


3. I couldn't say "mommy" as a little girl and called her "mimi" instead, which then became my nickname for years and years


4. I have 2 older sisters and a younger brother


5. For lack of room, I slept in a crib until I was seven, when my brother was born; then I slept on the couch with my sisters and continued sleeping on a couch until I left home


6. I liked to catch and play with frogs when I was little but never got warts from them


7. I'm Irish and Swedish


8. I don't speak any foreign language


9. I have green eyes with gold specks... or blue, depending on the weather and what I'm wearing


10. I don't wear make-up


11. I was fortunate as a teen and didnt suffer from bad skin or acne


12. I'm skeptical by nature and question people's motives more than I should sometimes


13. I tend to cry when I get really angry then I get angrier because I cry and cry more because I'm angry - it's a vicious cycle


14. I've grown pretty assertive and am not as shy as I used to be


15. I'm a non-practising Catholic


16. I'm a cat person who prefers Siamese cats for their beauty and intelligence, and presently own two mixed-Siamese kitties


17. I like dogs but don't like to take care of them - I think they're more demanding than children


18. I spell very well and won national spelling awards in high school


19. I didn't learn to drive until I was 30


20. I've had one speeding ticket in the intervening years


21. I didn't get my ears pierced until I was 30 (30 was a good year!)


22.
I was 50-something when I got the second holes pierced


23. I love to read and have pretty eclectic taste in books, but my favorites are detective/mystery


24. Reading in the bathroom escapes me - I want to be comfy when I read and sitting on the pot isn't my idea of comfortable


25. I've been married twice, divorced once


26.
My son is an only child


27. I have 5 step-children


28. My beautiful grandchildren fill my life with sunshine - I hate living so far away from them all


29. I love to laugh


30.
My favorite sound is a child's laughter


31.
I love to blow and chase bubbles with children


32.
I can't sew, knit, or crochet but I can embroider and do crewel work


33.
I can roller skate but can't ice skate worth diddly


34.
I haven't been able to master using chopsticks


35.
I have a lousy sense of direction - I can get lost in my backyard


36.
I enjoy cards, board games, puzzles - word and jigsaw - and on-line games


37.
I love oldies Rock and Roll music


38.
I still have my rather large 45 rpm record collection from my teen years and enjoy listening and reminiscing occasionally


39.
I absolutely can't stand Mick 'Lips' Jagger and wouldn't walk across the street to see him if the show was free - you couldn't pay me enough to sit through it


40.
I absolutely can't stand rap or heavy metal either


41.
I love to dance - I can't anymore because of my breathing but I still love it


42.
I'm forever using song titles or lyrics to make a point, to joke or tease, or as parts of conversation


43.
I used to need music to go to sleep by and kept my clock-radio on - now I can't stand any kind of noise, especially my husband's snoring, and need total quiet


44.
I always have the TV on while I'm on the computer - I like the background noise


45.
I've never had a broken bone and still have all my original parts - tonsils, appendix, gall bladder, etc.


46.
l love the beach, the sun, and the water - I tan very nicely, like the Coppertone ad


47.
I could easily live on the beach (preferably the Caribbean) and have always wanted my own private one with an A-frame house


48.
I love crab legs drenched in melted butter and can eat pounds of them in a sitting


49.
I can't stand peach fuzz in my mouth - ugh!


50.
I still like to color in coloring books


51.
I bowled regularly on a ten-pin league for about 20 years - I miss it


52.
I used to ride motorcycles when I was younger and would still if we had one


53.
I played softball for many years where I worked and was the only female player on our company All-Star softball team


54.
I smoked for over 30 years and now have emphysema and am on oxygen 24/7 (which explains the dancing thing above)


55.
I hate roller coasters - I actually get physically ill on them


56.
I sleep au naturel except when we have company or sleep elsewhere


57.
I love the luxury of fancy eyelet-trimmed bed linens


58.
I love smell goods - Tova and L'air du Temps are my favorite scents


59.
I spray White Shoulders cologne on my pillows when I change sheets and on guest pillows when we have guests


60.
I don't tolerate bullies


61.
I avoid negative people and am drawn to rational, intelligent, honest people with a sense of humor


62.
I'm pretty astute and trust my instincts


63.
I don't suffer fools gladly, and can't tolerate ignorance. Like the comic character, Maxine, I think that stupid should hurt


64.
I have no patience with lack of personal responsiblity either


65.
I'm irritated by people who won't enunciate


66.
I like people who assume the person they're talking to has the native intelligence to understand what they're saying


67.
I have a major "thing" about people who feel the need to explain the obvious


68.
I never could stand the smell of cigars

69. I'm a registered Democrat

70.
I don't like politics much and won't discuss it, along with religion or abortion with others - it's an exercise in futility and creates ugliness in otherwise nice people


71.
I love movies, especially ones that touch my emotions - tear-jerkers, comedies, drama, mysteries - not fond of slapstick in any form


72.
One of my favorite movie lines is from Independence Day when Will Smith says to Jeff Goldblum - "No, really... you think?" as they're speeding away from the aliens. Cracks me up every time.


73.
I think Anthony Hopkins is the best actor of our time


74.
I love dark chocolate, especially if it's from Holland


75.
Coffee is my beverage of choice though I don't drink as much since I stopped smoking


76.
Which, by the way, I did almost 12 years ago!

77. I love squeaky clean and shiny windows and mirrors

78.
I detest cleaning the stove/oven and would rather clean any number of toilets


79.
Which is why we have a flat-top stove and self-cleaning oven


80.
My first car that I bought all by myself was a 1982 Mustang


81.
I don't own a cell phone - or an iPod


82.
I have a beautiful collection of kaleidoscopes


83.
I've never had a passport


84.
I don't drink much, but when I do, my favorite alcoholic drink is a Golden Cadillac


85.
I don't like beer, it gives me a headache and just tastes nasty


86.
I try to avoid fast food at all costs with the possible exception of Mickey D's french fries and even they're not as good as they used to be


87.
I love turtleneck tops/sweaters, especially layered


88.
I'm not real good at math


89.
I don't have any tatoos or intentions of getting any at this late date, but wanted one when I was younger


90.
I always wanted a convertible and may get one yet - maybe a red one


91.
I refuse to "go gentle into that good night" - I color my hair to cover the gray


92.
I'm easy going and very good natured and it takes a lot to really piss me off; once you do, you've got to earn your way back into my good graces


93.
I'm not crazy about David Letterman; Leno's okay - I still miss Johnny Carson and Arsenio Hall


94.
I'm a big fan of Survivor and look forward to each season


95.
I love Dr. Phil's philosophy


96.
My mother-in-law once said I had understated elegance - I like that


97.
I haven't a clue what my IQ is


98.
I'm basically a night person and simply don't do mornings if I don't have to - I love to sleep in


99.
I'm really enjoying digital photography and want to learn more


100.!!
I'm so blessed to be married to a man who unselfishly buys cameras for ME!