- I thru hiked the Appalachian Trail – over 2000 miles – in 2017.
- I sit at my computer with my feet in the chair and knees scrunched up to my chest.
- I drink too much Diet Pepsi – whatever amount you are thinking – double it.
- I actually owned 8-track tapes long ago.
- I have one daughter.
- Since I have been married we have moved 12 times.
- I am a fierce competitor.
- I do not lie.
- I can not hold a tune – when I am driving I turn the music up loud so I can’t hear myself sing.
- I have climbed four “14ers” – Mountains in Colorado over 14,000 feet.
- Two drinks and I am loopy!
- I believe I am a better driver than 98% of people on the road.
- I have skydived.
- My father died when I was 30 and I still miss him.
- I hate vacuuming.
- When I first got married I had to call my mother and ask how long do you boil an egg for it to be hard boiled.
- I love to dance – my husband does not.
- I hate June bugs.
- I have one grandchild.
- I was always the “good” child.
- I am always punctual.
- I am a better “handyman” than my husband.
- I love, respect, and honor my Mother.
- I can not whistle.
- I have been hot-air ballooning.
- My husband thinks I’m sexy.
- Hot Flashes are “normal” now.
- I have 2 speeds – full out or a dead stop – no in between.
- I think Valentines Day is the dumbest holiday.
- I live in Kansas.
- My husband won a trip to Singapore and Bali. We stayed at the Ritz and while lying at the pool a hotel employee came around and spritzed me with Evian.
- I saw Yule Brynner perform the King and I on stage.
- On our first big date – I finished my soon to be husband’s meal.
- I did not go to my Junior or Senior Prom.
- I hate being cold.
- Early in our marriage – Pizza Hut sent us a Christmas card because we were such good customers.
- I am a poker junky.
- If you look at my wedding pictures – you would see I still had braces.
- We called my grandmother – “Grannie.”
- I have two Yorkie Pups.
- I have seen 28 Broadway musicals.
- I climbed Independence Monument. A free standing tower of soft, red sandstone whose summit is 45 stories above the floor of the canyon.
- I love games: scrabble, charades, poker…you name it – I’ll play it.
- I get angrier with people who are mean to others then I do than I do when they are mean to me.
- The person in the mirror looks older than I feel.
- I think “patience” is over-rated and only slows things down.
- I have rafted down class five rapids – and enjoyed every second of it.
- I can’t keep my mouth shut when my husband drives. Truly – I have tried.
- I respect my husband more than anyone else I know.
- My husband is the smartest person I know.
- My husband is a lousy driver.
- I mix my fried eggs and hash browns together.
- I hate to shop.
- I take hour long baths.
- Best compliment I ever got was when my daughter said, “I want what you and Dad have together.”
- I think most parents don’t discipline their children enough.
- I have been married 33 years.
- I always believed I would grow old gracefully – now I believe that is bullshit – I will fight it every step of the way.
- I think you can learn something from everyone.
- I read the poem Deserata when I was 13 and loved it – at 55 still think it is wonderful.
- I’m a Survivor Junky…I can’t help myself.
- I do not watch ANY live TV. DVR Rule!
- I dream in color.
- I love musicals – especial old ones: Unsinkable Molly Brown, 1776, 7 Brides, Sweet Charity, the list goes on.
- I am very ticklish.
- Leaving our husbands behind – my Mother and I visited Italy and Paris 1992 – I will always treasure the memories of our trip together.
- I drive a Ford Escape.
- I have never watched the movie Titanic.
- I like to make sand castles – I am pitiful at it – but still enjoy it.
- I want to learn how to surf.
- I love the TV show Alone.
- We hosted an Italian exchange student for 9 months.
- One summer during college I worked road construction.
- I love talking to strangers. You learn such interesting things.
- My husband is ten years older then me.
- My first computer had an 80286 processor, 256k of RAM and a 1.2MB floppy disk drive – it operated on DOS.
- I now have a desktop with two screens, iPad and iPhone! Things have changed!
- Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are still yummy.
- I value human life over animal life.
- I think the best place to look for God is in nature, not a book.
- I often wear my hair in a pony tail.
- I don’t understand why people take their children to Vegas with them.
- My Christmas stocking is 55 years old.
- I love to read.
- I once helped put a toilet on a neighbor’s roof as a practical joke.
- I love photography.
- I crochet afghans every now and then for special people.
- I have the cutest grandchild EVER.
- I am the “go to person” in my family.
- My mother loves me best. (Of course my siblings think she loves them best.)
- I fell in love to James Taylor – and when one of his songs comes on the radio when we are in the car – my husband still reaches for my hand and squeezes it.
- I tried snails for the first time in 2005 – they were ok.
- Bungee jumping is not a fun as it looks. It gave me a headache.
- Golf is the hardest sport I have ever played.
- I once had a boil on my face – I named it Bertha. It was huge!
- I still think go-carts are fun.
- My daughter is a beautiful person – inside and out.
- Literally never having owned a needle – I bought a sewing machine, read a book and made drapes. They came out great!
- I think “prolonging life” has been taken to the extreme.
- I am going to hike the Appalachian trail.