28 random things about yourself..

[Daisy and Delilah]

I can't believe I'm trying this again.........

1. I've had three broken bones in my life.
2. My daughter is a correctional officer.
3. I love cinnamon buns and especially cinnabun.
4. I just finished reading "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch.
5. I am obsessed with finding a beautiful pair of crystal drop earrings.
6. I am not a believer in plastic surgery for cosmetic purposes only. I freak out when I see a botched or overdone job. I really believe people should be natural and be happy with what they have unless it's necessary to do the surgery for other reasons.
7. I don't like needles.
8. I was a true child of the 60's and 70's.
9. I have an extreme dislike for arrogant people.
10. I have a bigger dislike for people without manners(is that the same as arrogant?).
11. I failed my first driving test for not turning on the windshield wipers when it was raining.
12. I once saw a rattlesnake the size of a small human leg.
13. I can't stand the sight of blood but I love watching the Discovery Health channel. Especially the ER Trauma shows.
14. I love pancakes.
15. My sister owns 10 cats and isn't a member of Pet Talk.
16. My son was voted "Most Likely to Succeed" in high school and he certainly has lived up to it. He's one of the smartest people I've ever known and he has no college degree.
17. I am a Leo and a born leader.
18. I am a party planner(for the family and work--not professionally) and I love it.
19. I have really bad arthritis.
20. I always try to give people the benefit of the doubt. I feel I have no right to judge anyone.
21. I take alot of vitamins. I try to believe that they help me.
22. My first job was a switchboard operator. I was constantly forgetting people's wakeup calls.
23. I worked at a motel in Daytona Beach for 4 years. I met alot of famous people there. My favorite was James Garner. I also liked A.J. Foyt.
24. I have about 100 different daylilies in my yard. I've collected them from everywhere.
25. I'm a generous tipper at restaurants. I think good service should be rewarded.
26. My second husband died of cancer. We didn't know he was sick. He died 6 weeks after he was diagnosed.
27. I need to visit my mother more often.
28. Ellie, can you believe I did this???
29. I can't wait for Ellie to do her next set. This is so much fun!!!

[Desert Arabian]

3. I love cinnamon buns and especially cinnabun.

Amen to that!! I joke constantly about having a giant Cinnabon for a wedding cake. An employee of Cinnabon informed me that it can be done and has been done before...she should never have told me that.

[K9karen]

Round 2

1. I get car sick if I sit in back

2. I'm a night person (duh)

3. I talk fast

4. I'm afraid of heights, driving at night, especially in the rain

5. I can't tolerate cilantro, green peppers, cucumbers. They hate
me

6. Love my wine

7. I'm still trying to stop smoking

8. i go to the gym 4-5 x a week

9. Breakfast consists of 2-3 cups of coffee..cream and Sweet n Loww if you please

10. Always had parakeets growing up. Love them! Smart little buggers!

11. I've worn glasses since I was 2 y.o., .contacts for 30+ years. I'm almost blind without them.

12. Just like M&M's Mom (Theresa), I can fall asleep anywhere, particularily if I'm horizontal.

13. I talk in my sleep

14. I became allergic to hair dye almost 10 years ago. Hence, the gray!

15. I touched John Lennon

16. I love appetizers and finger food, especially fried calamari and onion rings!

17. I hate talking politics and religion.

18. I raised my niece for half her life so I feel like she's my daughter.

19. I'm a terrible housekeeper.

20. I used to play guitar and piano

21. I love crosswords and Sudoku

22. My mother wanted me to be a nurse or opera singer

23. I have the world's ugliest feet. Good thing one of them is in a cast!

24. I love all fruits and most vegetables.

25. I hate cleaning dog poop

26. I hate that people can't just plain get along and accept and respect each other for who they are. I'm a *Pay It Back* type of person.

27. I love purple and certain shades of green

28. I wish I could hug my parents again.

[k9krazee]

Round 3! I love this thread!

1. I play DDR (dance dance revolution) so much I see arrows when I go to sleep.

2. I have a hard time when my sleep patterns are messed up. Makes working night security and a full day of classes hard.

3. I love cereal and would eat it everyday. Sometimes I do.

4. I love having people I know in my classes. I like to 'beat' them on tests and it makes me study that much harder in order to get the better grade.

5. Most of my best friends I didn't like at my first impression.

6. I don't really mind cleaning up dog vomit. Pee on the other hand...

7. I absolutely hate my ears. And for this reason I never wear my hair up.

8. I strongly believe that only boring people get bored.

9. I had a near death experience last September.

10. I was both a girl and boy scout. Found that boy scouts have much more fun.

11. I like to smoke hookah.

12. I love reading these.

13. I just want my mom to be proud of me. I'm definitely not her favorite of us kids, and I don't want to be, I'm just afraid she sees me as a failure.

14. I don't do movies. I don't know actors/actresses. I don't memorize lines. And chances are I have NO idea what you're talking about.

15. When I was little I used to have pet worms that I'd collect, carry around and kiss often.

16. Secretly, I want to be a graphic designer. I'm envious of all the fun they seem to have. And I'm secretly dreading living in a house next year with 5 graphic designers.

17. My lovely dog prefers my boyfriend over me.

18. I wish I had a "better" older brother. I try to be the big sister to my little sister that I wish I had.

19. I hate when the TV's too loud.

20. I don't like Valentine's Day. Actually, I liked it better when I was single.

21. I love spending time training Jack. My favorite pasttime. And I can't wait until we can do agility more regularly.

22. I desperately want to tell my sister the family secret. But I can't.

23. I love to ski, but am terrified the enitre time. AND, I'd rather ski on a mountain (in Montana) than our crappy Michigan hills.

24. I love card games.

25. I bite my nails, and I can't quit.

26. I don't like to re-watch movies or re-read books.

27. I'm pretty gullible

28. Doing the dishes is my favorite chore. Laundry is my least favorite.

[pomtzu]

Here we go again Terry - round 4

1. I have never eaten avocado. I just can't get past the looks!
2. When I was little - I got car sick all the time. No Sunday afternoon drive was any fun.
3. My first few month of 1st grade, I had to have a home tutor. The new school in walking distance wasn't completed, and I couldn't take the bus to the temporary school. (Bus sick!)
4. I spent my 60th birthday on a 24 hr train ride to Miami to attend my brother's funeral. I don't do planes!
5. When I travel I must have a window seat. Need somewhere to prop my pillow so I can sleep!
6. I was born and raised in New England, but to this day, have never been to Maine or Vermont.
7. I have walked to the top of the Washington Monument.
8. When I was a kid, I slammed the car door shut on 3 fingers. Nothing broken, but lost a couple of fingernails.
9. When I was an adult, a "helpful" store clerk loading a heavy item into the trunk of my car, slammed the trunk closed on the same 3 fingers. Again - nothing broken - just some nerve damage in 1 finger.
10. I never learned to play a musical instrument which was a bummer, since I envied those in the marching band in h.s.
11. People that scuff their feet are very annoying to me. Pick them up!!!
12. I hate pulling weeds, so I'm not much of a gardener.
13. I tend to get nervous on very windy days. I been thru several hurricanes and one very small tornado.
14. I taught myself to knit, crochet and do macrame. I just couldn't get it when my mother tried to teach me. My favorite projects were afghans.
15. I cut my long hair when I turned 30, because I listened to my mother when she said I was getting "too old" for long hair. I still regret it.
16. I hate guns. My ex was in law enforcement, and I hated that he had his service revolver in the house.
17. I haven't worn a dress & heels in the three years since I retired.
18. I have cheated death twice, so I celebrate every day that I'm alive, no matter how bad things may seem at times.
19. Tomorrow is the 1st anniversary of fracturing my hip, and I am celebrating not breaking anything else since. I hope I didn't jinx myself by saying that!
20. I have never worked as a waitress, nor worked in a fast food joint - ever!
21. White roses are my favorite flower.
22. I used to ride a bike about 20 miles a day if I didn't have to work. Lots of woodland preserves around here to enjoy.
23. My RB Meezer Ming was catnapped from out of state by my sil and given to me. He was only a kitten and was being abused - something neither of us could tolerate. He was with me for 20 years!.
24. People think I'm tough - but I'm a real marshmallow. Even the sight of road kill upsets me, and I can't watch any t.v. shows like Animal Precinct or the old Emergency Vet show. Too upsetting, and I can't get the images out of my head.
25. All the men on my father's side of the family died relatively young - early 70's and under. However my surviving brother has broken the record and will be 75 this year. All the woman on that side of the family did much better - living in to their 80's and even one in her 90's. Hmmm - wonder where I fit in there???
26. When I was in grade school, I wrote an essay that won me a trip to the U.N. and Radio City Music Hall. That was my first train trip.
27. I never got my driver's license until after I was married, because my father was a very old-fashioned Italian dad, and he believed that women didn't need to know how to drive, and wouldn't allow me to take driver's-ed in school. Obviously, my mother never learned to drive!
28. I'd like to see Medusa give us at least one list on here. Come on Mary!

[Daisy and Delilah]

Way to go Ellie!!

I had forgotten to list that I am also a person that can't stand avocado until recently. I couldn't stand the texture, the look, the taste, etc.

For the Super Bowl, I made my first guacamole and it was delicious!! I couldn't eat alot of it but I'm getting better.

[pomtzu]

Way to go Ellie!!

I had forgotten to list that I am also a person that can't stand avocado until recently. I couldn't stand the texture, the look, the taste, etc.

For the Super Bowl, I made my first guacamole and it was delicious!! I couldn't eat alot of it but I'm getting better.

LOL! To me, they just look like something that has gone bad and should be thrown out!!!

[beeniesmom]

22. I desperately want to tell my sister the family secret. But I can't.

She probably already knows unless she is very young.

[kokopup]

Round 3 of 28 random things

1. I love a thunder storm. The smell of negative charged air rejuvenates me.

2. My favorite plant is the Crepe Myrtle.

3. A loud gun shot in my 20's left me tone deaf. I especially have problems hearing the female voice.

4. My all time favorite movie is “Another place in time”.

5. I do not like shows that go out of their way to show blood and gore. This seems to be a new trend that plagues many shows that I would other wise love.

6. I was almost 5 before I had my first hair cut. i think my mother wanted another girl.

7. I had a pet Jenny mule as a kid. She was the alarm clock for everyone in a 5 mile radius. Her morning bray was unreal. When we finally found a new home for her we had people calling wanting to know what happen to Josephine their alarm.

8. The most trouble I got into as a kid was killing My fathers prize Golden Pheasant rooster by accident with my BB gun.

9. The number of my favorite NASCAR driver.

10. I still have my wisdom teeth.

11. I found 3 baby snakes and took them home with me as a kid. Turns out they were Copperheads. I was lucky because even a baby snake has deadly venom.

12 The number of my all time favorite quarterback, Joe Namath.

13. When I was a kid I was self conscience about my ears. I have since grown into them. They are still big but they are no longer an issue for me

14. I had a pet alligator for a short time as a 10 year old. I had to find it a new home after my mother almost stepped on it one night when she got up for my baby sister's two am feeding. Up until I heard her screams my pet had been my secret.

15. When i was 16 my first auto accident was because of a game of chase. I rolled my car in a family's side yard uprooting 2 trees and scooping up hundreds of Canna lily bulbs with my wheel well. BIG Trouble. Lost my car for months and had to landscape the yard.

16. My first fishing trip as a kid was at my uncles in Florida. I didn't catch a fish but did catch a huge alligator. Needless to say my uncle let the alligator have the fly hooked in the roof of his mouth.

17. Another teen adventure had me hitching a ride on train pulling old passenger cars. When the train was suppose to stop it didn't and my friend and I had to jump from the moving train at 35 miles an hour.

18. One night while walking home from church a friend of mine drove up in a Jeep and ask if I wanted a ride. Rather than driving me home he proceeded to drive to the woods and ditched the Jeep. He informed me he had stolen the Jeep from a National guard armory, He had run away from home and needed away to get back. At the time we were both 15. This delinquent is now a prominent doctor in North Carolina and married to my first girlfriend at 13.

19. I usually have a good memory but when it comes to movies I don't. I can start watching a movie I've seen and keep thinking this looks familiar but can not remember anything about it until I'm seeing it. That goes for the ending also.

20. I had to repeat the first grade. I moved 3 times that first year.

21. All males on both sides of my family died in their early seventies. My mother lived to be 84 and her mother 103. I am hoping I have their genes instead of my fathers.

22. I never get hungry or thirsty.

23. The number X 3 that will equal my age in March.

24. I dislike the CSI type of show. They are so bogus.

25. When I was 7 years old I would ride the bus 10 miles to go the the Mickey Mouse Club at the Alabama Theater. Today you would never even think about allowing a 7 year old out anywhere alone. Things,at least in the south, were different back then.

26. I converted a hearing aid into a radio when I was in high School. I got caught when my teacher told my sister I needed to have my hearing aid adjusted because I could never hear her. My sister told her I was not hard of hearing and did not wear a hearing aid. Oh well it was good while it lasted.

27. The only ball sport that I care for is College Football. The Super bowl was the only Pro game I watched all year.

28. My Social Security card has my first name as Billy. I got my card when I was 11 and had no idea my name was really William. I have since corrected all my records but the only card I have ever owned said Billy.

[CathyBogart]

This looks like fun.

1. I'm getting married in a little over three weeks.

2. I've been stressing out enormously lately because I feel like I passed up so many opportunities and haven't gone as far as I should have.

3. My dog sleeps next to my bed, but as soon as hubby gets up in the morning he hops under the covers and snuggles with me.

4. One of my kitties is the softest cat I have ever felt.

5. I had my tubes tied last year.

6. All but one of my close friends are men.

7. I don't have a cell phone. And I don't miss having one.

8. I graduated from college last year, but being a vet tech made me almost suicidal so I quit.

9. I go to Hooters at least once a week for fried pickles.

10. I dated another girl briefly in high school.

11. I want to donate to a pit bull rescue instead of having favors at my wedding.

12. I live with my mother-in-law, and I don't mind it.

13. I hate the snow, but I want to live in Boulder, CO.

14. I have a motorcycle.

15. I just made peanut butter brownies from scratch. They came out so-so.

16. I think the idea of losing weight just for a wedding is stupid. Change your lifestyle to be healthier, but don't starve yourself to fit into that Vera Wang.

17. I am addicted to LUSH bath products. I spent a whole bunch on them yesterday and now paying the bills next month is going to be tight.

18. I am bi-polar and have problems with anxiety.

19. I met my hubby through his sister, who I went to school with.

20. I would like it very much if my father dropped off the face of the earth.

21. I get jealous of other people easily.

22. I drive a 20 year old Buick. I think it's gorgeous.

23. I hate kids. No, seriously. I hate it more when people find this out and act all patronizing about it.

24. Glacier made the gifts I'm giving my bridesmaids, and they are exquisite. It has been SO hard not to show them off to the girls already.

25. I love Food Network

26. I've been grouchy this week, so I've made a point not to invite friends over. It's a little lonely.

27. I've been super laid-back about most of the wedding stuff, but one friend can't give me a solid answer on if he's bringing a guest and for some reason it's making me CRAZY.

28. I had a panic attack at work this week. I've never had one before. My chest hurt so badly I thought I was going to have to go to the hospital.

[beeniesmom]

4. I just finished reading "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch.

I read that too. Made me CRYyyyyy. He was a genious. The good ones always go too soon.