50 Things I know about me that you probably didn't.

Created March, 2002

  1. Every time I open word, I change the font from 10pt to 12pt because I hate it so small, and have no idea how to fix it permanently. Theryn helped, and it's fixed now. Thanks!

  2. I married my husband after I’d known him only 6 months. This year we will celebrate our 14th anniversary.  This list was created in 2002, in March.

  3. I have a really hard time expressing deep, inner thoughts vocally, but can write them and be understood. At least, most of the time.

  4. I own more Harrison Ford pictures than I do actual photographs. (I lost all my personal photographs but a few in a tragic move, but had the HF folder with me at all times.) Actually, I realized this isn't that true, and we did just buy a camera, so it'll be less true as time marches on.

  5. I still have my childhood doll, Betty Beans, in the drawer next to my bed.

  6. I started smoking when I was 10, and quit when I was 35. (I’m 36.)

  7. I don’t like nick-knacks, but have a collection of small plastic figurines and stuffed ‘Beanie Baby’ animals.

  8. I have roughly 7 lilac trees. It’s my favorite smell in the whole world.

  9. My eyes and my hair are just about the same color. (A tawny red-gold color.)

  10. I gave up my soap operas for Lent, and I’m not Catholic. It just happened to be that week, and I think I’m funny. But I haven’t watched them since. About one week after I posted this, I went back to watching "Days of Our Lives"...I'm a sucker for Jack, what can I say.

  11. 2 months after a friend announced she was pregnant, I found out I was. 4 months after we had those children, another friend announced she was pregnant. A week later, I knew I was going to have my second kid. I told my friends they weren’t allowed to get pregnant any more.

  12. I haven’t left my state in easily 5 years, (probably more) and haven’t left my immediate city area (Portland, Or. Has a lot of suburbs, which I consider part of Portland, really, since its all one big sprawl separated by green signs, tunnels, or bridges.) since last year.

  13. I have never set foot inside any Wal-Mart.

  14. I have more Harlequins than any other type or kind of novel.

  15. I had scarlet fever for a week when I was 9.

  16. When I was 18, I wrote a novel from start to finish in 4 days. My brother nagged me over my shoulder the entire time. I lost it during various moves, wet garages, and stupidity.

  17. My husband is 9 years older than I am. We counted, he's only 8 years older. He was a tad miffed I thought he was turning 45. LOL

  18. I have a passion for the family genealogy. My Aunt compiled a book, but I was not given a copy. My father gave me a copy he copied. :) 

  19. I can not stand to do the dishes.

  20. When I was in high school, we raced snakes as a fund-raiser. Our team was "The Orange Juice Gang", we named the snake "Squeeze" and the one they handed us was a python. He lost the race, but we were all on a local TV show.

  21. I don’t like the Tolkien novels. You know who you are. I also haven’t seen the movie. Okay, well, I have seen both movies so far and enjoy it immensely. I might even try to read the books. Skipping "The Hobbit" which I think snarks.

  22. I saw "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi" on opening day, having won an ‘advance’ ticket off the radio for the first, and skipped school for the second. I didn’t see "Star Wars" until 2 years after it had been released.

  23. I’m truthful to a fault, and will answer direct questions directly and without evasion or embarrassment. However, I will omit parts of the truth off if I don't want to share, don't want to fight, and can avoid it.

  24. My favorite books are the "Rose of the Prophet" series by Weis & Hickman. I read them about every other year.

  25. I like to listen and watch operas. (Not as in "soap", just "opera". Think "Madame Butterfly" here.)

  26. I read "Gone with the Wind" when I was 15, during a summer reading contest. I didn’t read any other books because GWTW was too big for me. It was printed in columns, too, which didn’t help.

  27. The very first thing I ever said to my husband was, "You can’t sleep with me to get to the top." He was a new employee on a tour, and I was being promoted to manager just then. That’s right. I was his boss.

  28. I maintain contact and friendships with three people from JR. High. (8th grade, to be specific)

  29. I don’t have a car, or a license to drive.

  30. I can’t remember anything much of my life before the age of 13. Including a trip to Disneyland when I was 10. (Although I do remember "It’s a Small World")

  31. My favorite movie is "Breakfast at Tiffany’s". My 2nd is "Empire Strikes Back". However, "Moulin Rouge" is climbing the charts.

  32. Cantaloupe is the work of the devil, but I love watermelon.

  33. I’ve had the same dial-up ISP (basically) since 1994 or 1995.

  34. I rarely wear jewelry, and when I do, it’s usually a necklace. I don’t have pierced ears (anymore), and carry my wedding band in my purse.

  35. At 5’4", I’m still the tallest woman on my mother’s side of the family.

  36. I watch an average of 4 rented movies every week.

  37. Once while baby-sitting, I made donuts from scratch (okay, I punched holes in Pillsbury biscuit dough). I dropped the donuts into the oil and walked away to watch a movie. THREE hours later I saw flames shooting up from the pan. I got the fire out JUST as the fire alarm went off. The kids never woke up, the parents never said a word, and I never made donuts again.

  38. If I know of a shortcut, I take it. If I know a cheat, I’ll challenge myself to work without it.

  39. I can key in 10,000 numbers a minute. I type at about 75.

  40. I loathe confrontations and will either find a way to see other guy’s point of view or make a problem my fault in order to avoid them.

  41. I haven’t had cable since 1993.

  42. I got my license to drive when I was 24, after 3 failed attempts on my own and a bunch of Sears driving lessons. It just never seemed important.

  43. My favorite music is the Doors.

  44. The first drink I could make was a rum and coke, and I knew that by age 8.

  45. I know the Western and Chinese astrological signs of myself, my husband, both my kids, my dog, my 3 closest friends and their children, and can recite them. I also know (but haven’t memorized) the signs of most of the Snarkers.

  46. I wanted to be an actor, but couldn’t stand being in front of people.

  47. I’m an abuse survivor, and don’t mind answering questions or talking about it. I still see and speak to my father, and neither of my kids knows a thing about it.

  48. My father-in-law looks EXACTLY like that snowman in a vest from "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" the classic Christmas movie. (Burl Ives) And my father looks and sounds kind of like Mr. Rogers (PBS).

  49. I can’t give tours of Portland. I don’t know where anything is.

  50. My favorite color is orange. But I can't wear it, because I have red hair.

 

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