Tell us something about you!

[Crazy-Cat-Lover]

• I was born on June 5th 1985

• I am 21 and married

• I have a daughter named Sierra

• I am 7 months pregnant

• I graduated from a Veterinary Assistant course last October

• I love the smell of my husbands sweat

• I can't fall asleep unless the TV is on and my feet aren't covered

• I love cooking

• I didn't finish highschool

• I love the smell of gasoline & propane

• My favorite food is Poutine!

• I get angry for the stupidest of reasons

• I am a cat person, but I do love dogs

• My middle name is Michelle

• I hate being alone in the dark

[K9karen]

What insight..so cool!

I was born 2 months premature and weighed around 2 pounds
I'm allergic to all kinds of hair dye
I wear a hard contact in one eye and a soft one in the other
I love to talk, yet can be shy, am overly trusting and hate confrontations
I was a tomboy, hated dolls and always played with stuffed animals
I grew up with parakeets and got my first dog at 40 (Cody)
I've always owned white cars
I'm numerically dyslexic
I've had 3 major surgeries in less than 2 years
I'm a moron when it comes to technology
I'm obsessed about my weight and only eat when I'm hungry
But I love to experiment with cooking for others
I hate thunder storms at night
I have fibromyalgia too

[CagneyDog]

I love this thread!

- I could sit on the computer for hours on end.
- I'm very sensitive and get my feelings hurt really easily.
- I relate better to adults, and several of friends are much older than me.
- I get attached to people very easily.
- I hope I have it in me to become a Veterinarian. And if not, I hope I'm able to find an occupation that I'm equally passionate about.
- I love getting pm's, although I don't get to many!
-When I was really young, I had fears of sleeping my bed after I saw an episode of Flipper where there was a tarantula (And I guess I thought it would be crawling in my bed?)
- I think way too much when left alone with my thoughts for too long.
- I've never worn makeup before in my life.
- My favorite show is the OC, although I hardly ever watch TV
- Motorcycles scare me....too loud.
- I'm scared of flying
- My favorite thing to do with friends is dog walk.
- I love listening to music but I don't have a favorite song or band.
- I look up to many people, friends, teachers, Pt'ers etc.
- I love reading the newspaper and staying in touch with current events.

[Suki Wingy]

I'm numerically dyslexic

what exactly is that? I'm wondering because I often mix up numbers without even realizing it, that's why I can fully understand the math and still get a whole bunch of things wrong.

[K9karen]

what exactly is that? I'm wondering because I often mix up numbers without even realizing it, that's why I can fully understand the math and still get a whole bunch of things wrong.

Most people are dyslexic with words, reading backwards or transposing letters. I transpose numbers. I can't balance a check book without a calculator. I add instead of subtract and visa versa. I have to be extra careful. I can't do the 9x table at all. I have no clue why. Somethings doesn't click. Been this way all my life, had tutors and summer school. Thankfully I was never called stupid or dumb. My folks helped me, knowing something was wrong but back in the day, there wasn't a name for it. Having my wires crossed really messed up my SAT score.

[Edwina's Secretary]

I can't do the 9x table at all.

Karen...did anyone every show you a hand trick for your 9x tables?

Hold your hands out, palms down. Starting from the left...count off how many times 9 you need. For example...3 X 9...count to the third finger. Put that finger down....look at your hands and there will be two fingers..space seven fingers....27. Four times 9....count to the fourth finger, curl it under and you have 3 fingers...space... 6 fingers ....36!

My stepson taught me this!

[zippy-kat]

Karen...did anyone every show you a hand trick for your 9x tables?

Hold your hands out, palms down. Starting from the left...count off how many times 9 you need. For example...3 X 9...count to the third finger. Put that finger down....look at your hands and there will be two fingers..space seven fingers....27. Four times 9....count to the fourth finger, curl it under and you have 3 fingers...space... 6 fingers ....36!

My stepson taught me this!

When I was in school, they taught us that you label down 1-9 starting at 2, then label up 0-9,0 starting at 10. I know that's a horrid explanation so...

0x9 = . 0
1x9 = . 9
2x9 = 1 8
3x9 = 2 7
4x9 = 3 6
5x9 = 4 5
6x9 = 5 4
7x9 = 6 3
8x9 = 7 2
9x9 = 8 1
9x10= 9 0

Not as quick as the hand trick but it helps you memorize them!

[dogzr#1]

Ok thought of some more

- I love to wear jewlery, but I hate earings.

- I love to wear jackets/ sweaters and wear them not matter the temperature.

- I am hooked on all sorts of forums. I am part of many, including PT (well duh! that one's obvious)

- I am pretty shy when it comes to meeting someone face-to-face, but on the internet, I'm not shy at all!

- I love taking pictures, but hate to be in them.

- I was a big time tomboy when I was growing up. Never played with dolls, instead played with beanie babies. Constantly got dirty or hurt playing with my brothers.

That's all for now. I'll try to think of more later.

[pitc9]

Karen...did anyone every show you a hand trick for your 9x tables?

Hold your hands out, palms down. Starting from the left...count off how many times 9 you need. For example...3 X 9...count to the third finger. Put that finger down....look at your hands and there will be two fingers..space seven fingers....27. Four times 9....count to the fourth finger, curl it under and you have 3 fingers...space... 6 fingers ....36!

My stepson taught me this!

Ahh!!! How COOL is that!??! I never knew that!
(yes... I'm sitting here at work doing it)


*I never took any math class beyond General Math (and still managed to graduate high school)
*I have a reading comprehension problem.
(If I read something I won't remember what I read after a few minuets)
*I am a horrible speller and would like a spell check button implanted in my brain
*I've never met my husband’s grandfather and he hasn't seen him in over 15 years and he lives only 20 minuets from us.
*The thing that kept me from taking my own life a year ago was not knowing what would happen to Buddy. (PTS, shelter, rescue...) Because he and my husband still hate each other.
*My mother in law had my husband when she was 16, then got pregnant again 1 month later, then they had another baby 13 years later.
(So my husband is 30 and I have a brother in law that is 29 and another that is 17)
*I was smacked in the face by my father in law (before he was my father in law) one night during a fight when he was drunk, he kept threathing to kill my husband and I was trying to hide him in the basement.
*My husband is a recovering alcoholic and when he was drinking he always had an out of control temper and became verbally abusive during his drunken rages. (JUST like his father!)
*I would love to be a wedding planner
*Nothing burns my a$$ more than "Designer Breeds"
*I would love to move to Alaska.
*My drink of choice at Starbucks is an extra tall, non fat, Carmel Latte.
*I used to have a lot of friends, but only have 1 now that I can really count on.
*When I was planning my wedding my friend appointed herself as my maid of honor and I never stood up for myself and told her that I didn't want her to be. Then she didn't even ask me to be hers for her wedding.
*I have been a bridesmaid 7 times.

Alright... that's enough!!

[slick]

Karen...did anyone every show you a hand trick for your 9x tables?
Hold your hands out, palms down. Starting from the left...count off how many times 9 you need. For example...3 X 9...count to the third finger. Put that finger down....look at your hands and there will be two fingers..space seven fingers....27. Four times 9....count to the fourth finger, curl it under and you have 3 fingers...space... 6 fingers ....36!

OK, I tried to do this and got lost....

[Edwina's Secretary]

OK, I tried to do this and got lost....

You need to use BOTH hands Slick....

[GreyhoundGirl]

OK, I tried to do this and got lost....

\I did to at first, now that I get it though.... It's cool.

[cmayer31]

Karen...did anyone every show you a hand trick for your 9x tables?

Hold your hands out, palms down. Starting from the left...count off how many times 9 you need. For example...3 X 9...count to the third finger. Put that finger down....look at your hands and there will be two fingers..space seven fingers....27. Four times 9....count to the fourth finger, curl it under and you have 3 fingers...space... 6 fingers ....36!

My stepson taught me this!

Wow, I have never seen that! I always had to make the horrible table in school. I'm sitting here at work trying every number x 9!

For some reason I can't caluclate in my head at all. I use my fingers all the time, and for more advanced math I need a calculator. I understand, and can memorize, formulas and how things work, but numbers in my head become a big jumble.

The sad part about not being able to calculate mentally is that I'm an analyst for a living.. so I always have a calculator or note pad if a work question might have a remote chance of being asked.

[Suki Wingy]

Most people are dyslexic with words, reading backwards or transposing letters. I transpose numbers. I can't balance a check book without a calculator. I add instead of subtract and visa versa. I have to be extra careful. I can't do the 9x table at all. I have no clue why. Somethings doesn't click. Been this way all my life, had tutors and summer school. Thankfully I was never called stupid or dumb. My folks helped me, knowing something was wrong but back in the day, there wasn't a name for it. Having my wires crossed really messed up my SAT score.

Well, I'm not quite that bad, but I do mix up or read numbers backwards a lot without realizing it.

[Chilli]

I decided to add a few more as they came into my head.

- I have a hard time showing my emotion when I know people are expecting it... such as opening presents. No matter how happy I am, I can't manage to jump up and down and act so excited like others do.
- To me, the best thing to do at night is to go into the part of the woods you don't know (with friends, of course) with only a flashlight. Getting lost. And finding places you'll never think you'll find again.
- I procrastinate... alot.
- People in the neighborhood think I'm crazy. They've told me.
- I'm mad at Arkansas because while living here, I can't own a piranha.
- In pre-school, people used to poke fun at me by calling me a chinese kid because I had slanty eyes. I have no oriental-like genes in me.
- Alot of people think my father is my grandfather.
- I have my grandmum's nose.
EDIT// As in I inherrited it, and my nose is such as hers... I didn't mean that I kept her nose in a jar or something.. that would be rather creepy. x__x
- People mistake me as a college student in real life.
- I'm pretty rad when it comes to bowling.
- I'm not good at math.. or english... or science... or.. any other school subject except art and band^^.
- I hate lunch time at school.
- I like going to funerals of people whom I don't know. Its interesting to talk to the family to hear nothing but good things about that person who died.
- I feel that if I don't make my dad so happy that he cries, that I didn't make him happy enough.
- If I would have been born a male, my name would be Cory Michael instead of Courtney Michelle.
- It amuses me when people say they "like all music except country" or "all music except rap". People limit themselves too much these days.
- I like all music genres.
- More of my friends are guys than girls.
- When I was young, my teachers told my parents that they think I had ADD(or ADHD?). My mum refused to believe it then, but now she keeps telling me she thinks I have it. ^__^

I should really stop there.