1. I find the weather in California boring and would rather be where there are seasons
2. I am self-employed after 20+ years in “corporate America”
3. Now I average 15 air plane flights a year. One job I had I averaged six flights a week. That was too much
4. I am a volunteer docent at the local historic mission
5. I am the youngest sibling and have two sisters and a brother
6. My parents are in their 80s and still active and independent
7. My husband is younger than I
8. I have traveled to 44 of the 48 continental United States
9. My husband has a Harley and I ride on the back of it
10. I am allergic to cats
11. All my names have four letters in them
12. I was an expatriate working in Mexico for two years and had to use my mother’s birth name as my second last name – has four letters in it too
13. I have never eaten peanut butter or jelly – and hope I am never hungry enough that I have to
14. I have traveled to South America, most countries in Western Europe, Canada, Mexico, Egypt, Turkey and the Caribbean
15. I am a blue-eyed blonde in a family of brown-eyed brunettes
16. My father’s parents were from Slovenia
17. My mother’s family has been in the US since before the Civil War
18. I have a degree in labor relations and have worked in the field since graduating
19. I graduated in three years and wish I had stayed longer and played more
20. I have attended Jazzercise classes for almost 20 years
21. I use to smoke cigarettes. Quitting was the most difficult thing I have ever done
22. My fear (phobia is too strong) is doctors. I have difficulty even phoning the doctor’s office
23. I enjoy wine. And beer or a margarita if it is hot
24. I read and am conversant in Spanish
25. I am a feminist which means I believe men and women should have equal rights and opportunity
26. I cherish my friends and stay in touch with them even if it is only a few emails/letters a year. I have friends I have know since we were five years old
27. I was married in my mother’s 50+ year old wedding dress – the fourth woman to do so. Two of those who married in it previously – my mother and her lifelong best friend -- attended my wedding
28. I have had a job since I was 14 and have no particular desire to every NOT have a job. I enjoy working