100 THINGS ABOUT ME - TRY IT - IT'S HARDER THAN YOU THINK!

100 THINGS ABOUT ME - TRY THIS ABOUT YOURSELF - IT'S HARD

1. I love being a mother.
2. I detest growing old.
3. I play the lottery
4. I dream of winning the lottery
5. I have never won the lottery
6. I love my dogs and cannot imagine a life without dogs.
7. I absolutely hate to cook
8. I don't cook
9. I was diagnosed with adult onset diabetes in September 2003.
10. Diabetes sucks
11. Diet drinks are really great if that's all you can drink
12. I love horses and am a pretty fair rider.
13. I love to bowl but can't anymore because of carpal tunnel in both wrists
14. I love theatre and am a damn fine actress
15. I love people and make friends easily
16. I keep friends for a long time even if they move away
17. I hate housekeeping
18. My house is a mess
19. I love country music
20. I hate acid rock and rap
21. I remember JFK getting shot
22. I saw Lee Harvey Oswald get shot on television as it happened
23. Our television stayed on 24 hours a day during JFK's assassination and funeral
24. I have personally met Caroline Kennedy and she is a sweetheart
25. I have personally met Richard Nixon's two daughters and they were very nice
26. I have read every single one of Anita Bryant's books
27. I have read every single one of Dale Evans' books
28. When my dogs get old and have to be euthanized, I hold them in my arms so that the last
thing they hear is " what a good dog"
29. I had my two pekingese cremated and have their ashes in my bedroom
30. I am allergic to bee stings - really bad
31. I have been on a Carnival cruise to the Bahamas
32. I have been to Disney World when it was just "The Magic Kingdom"
33. I have been to Disney World, Epcot and MGM three times
34. I have been to Germany
35. My father was German
36. I lived in Hotels for the first 8 years of my life
37. My father was an Executive Chef at those Hotels
38. My father was an alcoholic - but I loved him and he was a great dad
39. My father was a "five pack a day" man and died of lung cancer
40. I have been in Rochester Minnesota in February - it is cold there
41. My mother had surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota
42. I have flown on an air ambulance from Rochester Minnesota to Knoxville Tennessee
43. I have made the decision to remove my mother from life support and let her die
44. Someone I loved very deeply died in Viet Nam
45. I have never married
46. I have a 3 year college education
47. You never know how much you love someone until you can't tell them that anymore
48. I am a single parent through adoption
49. I am a paralegal
50. I also work for Dolly Parton at Dollywood
51. I also work for 3D Mystery Shows
52. I have several gay and lesbian friends
53. I have a friend in Pennsylvania I met on the internet in 2001 whom I have never met in
person but she is a most important part of my life and a wonderful woman
54. I love to play games on the internet at Pogo.com
55. I have a friend whom I have known for 35 years - still friends
56. I have a friend who moved to Georgia - my soul sister - still friends
57. I had the priviledge of having a "second mother" after mine died
58. My son had the priviledge of having a "grandma" even though his Nana died before he was
born
59. My "second mother" has also passed away
60. My father had two children from his first marriage
61. My half sister died from a cerebral hemorrhage
62. My half brother and I have a wonderful relationship - and he is so much more to me than
"half". I love my brother
63. My sister in law is a wonderful, caring woman - I love her
64. On the cruise I had two Bahama Mama's and won the lip synch contest on 50's night
65. I hardly EVER drink
66. I hate to do laundry
67. I love snow - just can't drive in it
68. I love fresh vegetables and salads
69. I am Catholic
70. I teach 2nd grade CCD (Sunday school)
71. I am obese (fat)
72. I hate my gray hairs in my hair
73. When I have extra money I color my hair
74. I miss having a cat
75. I have 8 birds
76. I used to live on a farm
77. Now I live in the city
78. I have three collector's dolls
79. I have over 300 Beanie Babies (I know..I know)
80. I hate to have to "dress up"
81. I can wear jeans to work as a paralegal
82. I wear an 1800's bathing suit as my costume at Dollywood
83. I look like a dork in an 1800's bathing suit
84. I hate to drive
85. I love long bus trips - I don't have to drive
86. I want to retire to an RV and travel
87. I will probably never retire
88. High heeled shoes were made for someone other than me
89. I want a house with walk in closets and lots of storage room
90. I am NOT a chocoholic
91. My favorite drinks right now are Diet Coke with Splenda, Diet Coke with Lime and Diet Pepsi
with Lime
92. I have a friend who works down the hall from me and she lets me "share" her Yorkie
93. I have my own Yorkie, Abby and a terrier mix, Millie. Millie is very smart.
94. I cry during sad movies and sometimes happy ones
95. I cry when I get really mad
96. My theatre group at 3D Mystery shows is like my second family
97. My 24 year old son still loves me - amazing huh?
98. I wear a size 11 shoe (used to be a 10 - but they "spread out")
99. I need knee replacements on both knees
100. I don't have health insurance